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  1. Is it ironic that That Sir Tim Hunt (a Nobel laureate scientist) was cornered into resigning after a campaign by women cried out that his statement "when you criticise women, they cry" was offensive.

    93% ironic 7 votes News Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that The Dimera Family are Are days Villains lexie dimera is a decent person.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Art Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that Some people think they should not listen to bob dylan yet he is a musical icon.

    50% ironic 1 votes Art Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Bob said that everyone should see a video by CNN, when he really thinks they are a shitty news organization.

    58% not ironic 4 votes News Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that I forgot it was remembrance day.

    77% ironic 14 votes News Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that The Batteries on your smoke alarm running out the day before a fire,in the least prone fire region in the country?

    60% not ironic 2 votes Technology Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that A song about irony isn't actually ironic?

    85% ironic 6 votes Music Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that A policeman and a man who have bag which contained a lot of money were engaged in a chase.

    87% ironic 7 votes News Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that She developed anemia and was born with eczema?

    83% not ironic 9 votes Health Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that You put a string around your bathroom tab so the cat doesn't accidentally open the tab, and the cat then opens the tab because it's attracted to playing with the string?

    92% ironic 10 votes Animal Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that A woman who had a scandalizingly inappropriately old boyfriend as a youth is now horrified and upset that her daughter is doing the very same thing.

    75% ironic 2 votes Love Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that A kid tells his dad he has cancer and then his dad gets cancer.

    71% not ironic 7 votes Literary Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that I'm dating my coworker who is planning the staff party and his one rule is you can't bring your significant other to the party.

    93% ironic 7 votes Love Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a person while filming a movie about an accidental lethal shooting.

    84% ironic 9 votes Death Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that I am a reading teacher that collects...

    61% ironic 7 votes School Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that The werewolf is a vegetarian in her human form.

    80% ironic 3 votes Literary Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that Now David Gest has died today his previously planned show tour is called 'David Gest is not dead but alive with soul'.

    70% not ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that The wine drunk at the party was enough to float a ship.

    50% ironic 3 votes Food Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that If someone finally realises the meaning of life on death row.

    80% ironic 7 votes Death Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that Michael Brown's parents hired an independent forensic expert to perform a second autopsy on Brown's body because they did not believe the Chief State Medical Examiner was qualified then the "expert" they hired ended up being a fraud?

    88% ironic 4 votes News Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that If a Stupid person calls you stupid?

    82% ironic 11 votes School Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that While sitting in a mental health clinic's waiting room waiting for my partner's appointment to finish there was a creaking door that triggered my mild OCD and I had to stand up to deal with it.

    52% ironic 5 votes Health Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that Getting an STD after you loose your virginity.

    79% not ironic 8 votes Health Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that A priest reading Playboy magazine.

    83% ironic 15 votes Religion Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that There are innovative, new cell phone handsets that are made to look like retro, analog phone handsets?

    75% ironic 2 votes Technology Vote →