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  1. Is it ironic that A cancer researcher died of cancer.

    73% not ironic 4 votes Health Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that Love, that is a very powerful word, very powerful emotion.

    50% ironic 1 votes Love Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that Dresden was bombed.

    75% ironic 2 votes Death Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that You see your teacher one last time, the day before she dies of a heartattack?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that I'm writing a formal college admissions essay on humour.

    50% ironic 1 votes Literary Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that The Low rated Tv shows Are The best, The high rated tv shows not so well.

    50% ironic 1 votes Art Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that Days Tony father was a gardener, later tony was to be stefano.

    50% ironic 1 votes Art Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that A cafe named "Flames Coffee Shop" burned to the ground this morning in a 4-alarm fire?

    60% ironic 4 votes Food Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that I bought diet tablets because I eat too much then can't swallow them?

    55% not ironic 4 votes Food Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that On the 1970s game show Match Game, the producers added a Star Wheel with all the panelists' names to prevent contestants from constantly picking panelist Richard Dawson for the Head-To-Head Match and to give all the panelists an equal turn, and the first time it was spun, it landed on Richard Dawson?

    53% not ironic 3 votes Art Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that A homeless man volunteers to build a home.

    53% not ironic 7 votes Irony Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that Whenever I don't try hard on tests I get a really high grade but is I try hard it's a fail?

    90% ironic 8 votes School Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that In the Odyssey, the goddess Athena disguises herself as an old man and uses special sandals to walk on the water to get to Ithaka.

    78% ironic 4 votes Literary Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Someone was killed by the person they loved most.

    75% ironic 2 votes Death Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that A log is burning a human for warmth?

    50% ironic 4 votes Death Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that In the story I am reading, a family tries to protect themselves with many varieties of unnecessary security defences, but it ends up killing their own son ?

    90% ironic 6 votes Literary Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that That an 86 year old woman gets strangled to death by her medical alert necklace?

    89% ironic 11 votes Death Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that The something which can't be described is described by the word 'ineffable'.

    50% ironic 1 votes Literary Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that An urn for ashes is fireproof?

    70% not ironic 5 votes Irony Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that Charles is convicted as a sex offender ,and is released early because of good behavior but later commits the same crime once again.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Literary Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that I like salsa infused/flavored turkey, and I am of Latin blood?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Food Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that The transport manager couldn't drive.

    73% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that That someone posted a picture of a book entitled "things fall apart" and the cover was torn and falling off??

    50% ironic 3 votes Literary Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that Christians end up being right about everything except at the end of days Satan wins the war and his followers go to heaven while all others are banished to purgatory.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Religion Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that No matter what you say in court it is always wrong.

    63% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →