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  1. Is it ironic that We shout at kids to talk nicely.

    88% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that When you're in a store where you don't work, people automatically assume you work there and ask where something is, yet when you're at the store where you do work, people have to ask if you work there, even though they can clearly see you have a uniform and nametag?

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that An organizational/productivity coach forgets about a meeting?

    69% ironic 9 votes Irony Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that A former 100th generation American turns forces against his country threatening to go to war America.

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that I keep forgetting that I need to get a planner?

    75% not ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that I read an article to clear my misunderstandings about irony and I still don't understand irony?

    50% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that McDonald's are known for selling food which could potentially cause heart problems, and their 'TidyMan symbol' looks like this: http://i1146.

    60% ironic 2 votes Food Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that We put 40 days and 40 nights film on with josh hartnet in...

    50% ironic 3 votes Coincidence Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that My ironing board is really wrinkly.

    80% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that Coworkers think I am weak, and therefore, bully me, but going in to face these bullies takes a type of strength in itself.

    86% not ironic 5 votes Irony Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that Some women have children in poverty and raise them alone, and this government is doing everything in its power to make life more difficult for those women.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that A grown man calls a ten year old boy a coward when in actually the grown...

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that To ask a fellow boy whether he is a lesbian.

    83% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Today I was able to convince my team to do a Team Building exercise at a beer brewery in the middle of the day.

    75% ironic 2 votes Food Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that Someone who is actually drinking the koolaid accusses you of doing just that?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that The word for the practice of using really long words in speech or writing is sesquipedalianism.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that A person who before used to be nerd before and now calling others a nerd?

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that A girl goes to a park then not expectantly comes across a lost dog.

    52% not ironic 5 votes Coincidence Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that A fire alarm goes off in a fire dispatch?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that Two bald people (one in Liverpool and one in Jersey) have a discussion about wigs?

    55% not ironic 8 votes Irony Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that When looking through the greeting card section at the store, the only sold out age for birthday cards is 100, while there remains plentiful supply of younger age categories?

    70% not ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that In the deep south a snow making machine had to cancel a snow party because of snow on the highway closed the roads.

    60% not ironic 3 votes Coincidence Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that That we give out about England oppressing the irish people for hundreds of years and yet irish people go to England looking for work.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that The man who invented the road system in Sweden was knocked down and killed shortly after the new system was introduced?

    70% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that My son has to put water in the fridge to pour on him when he doesn't want to wake up in the morning.

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →