Most popular examples

The community's favourite irony examples, ranked by views and votes. Think you can top them? Submit your own.

  1. Is it ironic that The small dog with the small brain was smarter than the big dog with a bigger brain?

    51% not ironic 14 votes Animal Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that You jump from the Niagara Falls and survive, and a week later die from stepping on an orange peel and slip.

    91% ironic 9 votes Death Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that The man protagonist of the film is in love with the antagonist and he is about to confess his love for her but she doesn't know?

    70% ironic 3 votes Love Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that While shopping in your fav coffee shop and buying a hot chocolate you get a voucher of a free coffee to be used in the same coffee shop but you hate with a passion the taste of coffee?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Food Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that Dairy, often promoted as an elixir of calcium has been proved to cause osteoporosis.

    94% ironic 9 votes Food Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that Musulman was seen outside the church?

    50% ironic 1 votes Religion Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that Garth Brooks has sold out 11 concerts in Chicago but I can't get rid of one extra ticket?

    62% ironic 6 votes Music Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that Someone wants a tattoo of a microwave as a joke - but they don't even own a microwave in real life?

    74% not ironic 5 votes Art Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that Almost all of the people suggesting ironic situations on this forum are making exactly the same mistake as Alanis Morissette, proposing amusing or unfortunate coincidences instead of irony and getting the green tick from this forum?

    60% not ironic 5 votes Technology Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that You think you are cool until you get ice shoved down your pants?

    73% ironic 3 votes School Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that A rat eat a snake?

    73% ironic 6 votes Art Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that A doctor smokes.

    62% ironic 13 votes Health Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that I am knitting a feather boa for burlesque?

    63% not ironic 4 votes Art Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that A hotdog eating, to raise money for obesity.

    90% ironic 5 votes Health Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that The BBC spearheading a campaign on how to distinguish between real news and fake news.

    80% not ironic 4 votes News Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that Your car breaks down in the middle of nowhere.

    74% ironic 14 votes Irony Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that I got a message from a guy on OKCupid saying "That is one seriously intimidating profile...

    58% ironic 6 votes Technology Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that We went to Wales on a camping holiday hoping for it to be sunny.

    84% not ironic 7 votes Irony Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that Someone in the Collingwood cheer squad had teeth.

    56% not ironic 22 votes Sport Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that In game of thrones, a castrated male (Gray worm) is interested in a woman and there is another castrated male in (Rorgr) who is a rapist.

    60% not ironic 2 votes Art Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that "the tramp himself committed the same error by stealing the crofter's money after comparing the world with a rattrap where a man's greed often lands him in trouble?"

    50% ironic 1 votes Literary Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that Shepherd's Pie is made with lamb instead of beef?

    73% not ironic 3 votes Food Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that Someone sells a pig to the slaughterhouse and uses that money to buy bacon.

    53% not ironic 7 votes Food Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that Abner Snopes in "Barn Burning" says about his enemies that "they knew he had them beat," when in reality he had lost a court case against them just a couple hours before?

    50% ironic 1 votes Literary Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that With the rapid advancements in technology, many musical instruments are evolving and changing at an unprecedented pace.

    50% ironic 1 votes Music Vote →