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  1. Is it ironic that People are private with their sex lives and yet proudly socialize with and brag about the product of their private activities: their children.

    88% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that The President gives speeches at cities he rode into on his bus, telling them he plans to make more jobs for Americans, and the...

    60% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that A girl hardened by the city slums is named Hope?

    80% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that My towns name is Candor and everybody talks behind one another's back? And that they all lie to each others faces?

    79% ironic 19 votes Irony Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that Someone gay call something gay.

    60% ironic 7 votes Irony Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that I spent 45years trying to stop my brother being a heroin addict.

    50% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that I am a clown but I am unhappy?

    80% not ironic 5 votes Irony Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that A friend told me: "We have to make another card for that too? How many pin codes do we have to remember? We'll get Alzheimer's!" (note: memory exercises are known to help prevent Alzheimer's disease and my friend knows that.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that Switzerland has a law stating that everyone must have a bomb shelter, when Switzerland has a reputation for being pacivist?

    73% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that The only ship not to sink in the Olympic class ships was the Olympia, not the Titanic or Britannic?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Science Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that I stuffed myself with chicken wings after working out for an hour?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that Would it be ironic to start a Facebook group for users of Facebook who hate Facebook?

    90% ironic 5 votes Irony Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that An environmentally-aware couple - who have recycled forever, don't own a car, vocally educated their friends on environmentalism, and seriously considered having just one child because of the environmental impact of humans and population growth - decided finally to have one more...

    60% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Pranks and practical jokes make me very uncomfortable but my birthday is April Fool's Day?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that One of the main characters on my daughter's favorite preschool cartoon is a robot and just danced 'the robot'?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that I bumped into my friend SPENCER running to his own cross country party.

    60% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that Oakland artist Antonio Ramos was shot and killed during work on an anti-violence mural?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that I fractured my patella immediately following an interview for a position as a radiologic technologist?

    70% not ironic 4 votes Health Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that My girlfriend saw a spider last evening - thought 'someone is going to walk into that, rather them than me so I'll leave it alone' - then walked into it the next day.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that He sadi he didn't like bananas yet he he got a banana strawberry smoothie for breakfast.

    65% ironic 2 votes Food Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that A person repeatedly claiming that he is the most humble person on Earth.

    78% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that I say "God help us all if America ever falls into the hands of China" and 5 years later it does?

    80% not ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that Considering a paper cut to be one of Life's way of saying "F&@k you!", is it ironic that I got a paper cut on my middle finger?

    60% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that One is from uttar Pradesh and working in Gurgaon and one is from haryana and working in Gurgaon.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that Howard Rollins, who plays a police detective in "In The Heat of The Night," is arrested for DUI and cocaine possession?

    50% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →