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  1. Is it ironic that An individual who does/did not believe in mental illness (for example depression) ends up having a child with mental illness?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that I was reading a book on tips to eat and live healthy and was so consumed in reading it that I ended up ordering a takeaway from Mcdonalds.

    80% not ironic 3 votes Food Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that Someone is accused of being a liar by someone who continuously lies?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that They grinned at each other humorlessly and nervously.

    80% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that Someone at a company informs me of a job opening at the company.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that Someone paints a real car to look like a toy car?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that Ben Franklin, whose face is on the $100 bill, once said, "Contentment makes poor men rich".

    77% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that I have enough intelligence to know I am not very bright?

    63% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that People believe in the idea of e Pluribus Unum while arguing we all must speak English.

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that The now bleeding cut on my knee is in the shape of a heart?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that We are told NOT TO judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics."...

    81% not ironic 8 votes Irony Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that Garbage cans are often labeled "LITTER"?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that That my speech therapist has a studder?

    83% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Sylvester Stallone actually gets knocked in a "Rocky" film?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that Shakespeare's scene from Julius Caesar that depicts a crowd around Caesar and Caesar asks for the person in the crowd (soothsayer) to stand before him is similar to the Bible account of Jesus, also having a crowd around Him, asks the woman who touched Jesus' garment to stand before Him.

    77% not ironic 3 votes Literary Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that Someone a work has left a box of "Fire Exit - Keep Clear" signs in front of a fire exit door?

    77% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that While photocopying a document about how it has not been possible to reproduce the text for copyright reasons the copier jammed?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that A AAA vehicle breaks down?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that Mother is paying both her own, and her daughter's, college tuitions at the same time.

    83% not ironic 3 votes School Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that If a manager tells an employer it is difficult to get information from him? Also the employee doesn't realise the impact this is having on the company and if he doesn't improve he will lose his job.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that A person would get hit by a bread truck while going for bread.

    63% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that Japanese law requires the censorship of pornography.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that Typically, the people you don't want to run into at a public event is often times the first ones you encounter?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Coincidence Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that You can steal a tool to make it easier to steal?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that If you look out a sliding glass door when the sun is just starting to rise and it appears to be foggy outside but when you open the sliding glass door you find that it's not foggy outside - the sliding glass door was fogged up?

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →