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  1. Is it ironic that I read the measure of an angle in math class and at the same time as the person sitting next to me said the forecast temperature which was the same number (63 degrees).

    87% not ironic 6 votes School Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that A bull dog does not relate to a bull.

    74% not ironic 5 votes Animal Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that The most silent place to study at my university is the cafeteria and not the library or the study room?

    64% ironic 7 votes School Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that You wash your hands before you enter a shrine to show respect to god but eventually you touch and throw dirty money at the box.

    75% ironic 2 votes Religion Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that A website that espouses its expertise doesn't use the proper possessive form? It is, after all, the readers' verdict, not a single reader's verdict.

    54% ironic 5 votes Literary Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that Colorado Sheriff (Patrick Sullivan) is arrested and thrown into jail named after him: Patrick J Sullivan Detention Center http://usnews.

    88% ironic 4 votes News Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that To write sieg heil in hebrew.

    74% ironic 7 votes Literary Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that A member of Iceland's Pirate Party just injured her eye and had to appear on TV wearing an eyepatch.

    90% ironic 14 votes News Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that Our school system did a lock down drill the same day as the tragic school shooting in Florida.

    65% ironic 13 votes School Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that To watch a valentine movies before valentine's day?

    89% not ironic 10 votes Love Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that My son's favorite subject is "fonix.

    72% ironic 6 votes School Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that My dad's doctors just issued a 10-13 hold on him, which means they are holding him in a mental health facility for 72 hours on suicide watch.

    77% not ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that A terrorist sends a bomb to the us president via mail but he gets it back because of the wrong postage and opens it :).

    50% ironic 3 votes News Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Oh Irony! I had to install windows professional so i could install virtual pc so i could install windows xp mode so my backgammon game will run.

    63% not ironic 4 votes Technology Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that Aaron Sorkin has attacked Fox News for lying, describing them as 'the worst culprits' (http://www.

    63% ironic 4 votes News Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that A woman would not want to have a say in how a country should be ruled despite living under a regime which is ruled by men who see women as only objects of pleasure?

    50% ironic 1 votes Literary Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that Wats ironic a grocery store with no food.

    88% ironic 6 votes Food Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that I texted my boyfriend "let's face it, we would've kept at that until one of us just stopped replying" (referring to a smiley face war) and he fell asleep, therefore not replying?

    60% not ironic 3 votes Love Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that Im in math class but the teacher is asking us to tell the class our parents jobs.

    80% not ironic 5 votes School Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that Labour, a left wing anti privatisation party, unwittingly passed a reform that would as a consequence enable the privatisation of the police force.

    70% ironic 2 votes News Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that Getting ran over by an ambulance?

    74% ironic 16 votes Death Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that The the Alanis Morisette song 'Isn't is Ironic?' contains a complete absence of ironic references.

    90% ironic 5 votes Music Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that Alanis Morissette's 'Ironic' is widely considered ironic due to not actually containing any irony, despite containing a perfectly good example of dramatic irony in the second verse?

    73% ironic 3 votes Music Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that I voted for a photo in a competition and it was pulled because it didn't meet the theme but the one that won was taken 8 years ago and the photos are only supposed to be taking in the past year?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Art Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that I think the name of the Washington Redskins should be changed but I am a Florida State Seminole fan?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Sport Vote →