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  1. Is it ironic that I couldn't think of the phrase "L'esprit de l'escalier" till after the fact?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that That a sign saying not to step on the grass was put up by someone stepping on the grass to put it on.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that I laughed at someone for not knowing what ironic means, but when they asked what it meant, I didn't know?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that I can see where I put my glasses?

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  5. Is it ironic that Idaho state senator State Sen.

    77% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that A stripper is named Angel?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that I attended business school to learn private finance, but couldn't use it in practice because I had to work in a different industry in order to pay for the education?

    67% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that Someone who nearly died in a fire, is sacred of water?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that There are over 30 CCTV cameras within 200 meters of the apartment in which George Orwell lived until 1950.

    63% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that A textbook of 'value education' tells us that values can't be learnt from a textbook?

    91% ironic 7 votes Irony Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that The two facilitators of a diversity session were of different racial minority backgrounds, but everyone attending the session was white.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that An air-conditioner unit bursts into flames?

    60% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that Charles 2 of spain had a tax on his people building warships?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that When someone falls on ice and you laugh at them...

    65% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that Moral relativists believe in no moral absolutes but will make moral claims which assume a moral standard?

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that A person who is called a gentleman cross-dresses?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that I was just crying about how annoyed I am with my prom date..

    92% not ironic 6 votes Irony Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that You spend your life picking people up on their spelling, grammar, pronounciation etc.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that It's taken up all of your time and a lot of stress just to settle down.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that If I wrote that I can "nit pick" when it comes grammar, but the term is actually one word...

    80% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that The game of subway surfer is a game of jumping on trains played by every 5th person inside the train.

    68% not ironic 6 votes Irony Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that People use the phrase "happy campers"? Every camper I've seen looks cold and miserable.

    73% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that The more I read to try to understand the meaning of irony, the less I understand it?

    58% ironic 5 votes Irony Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that That in a movie called the death of pepe, the character of pepe and his group of friends try to discover who of them will die.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that I go on Ashley Madison to try and start an affair, only to strike up a relationship with a woman who tells and persuades me that having an affair is wrong.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →