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  1. Is it ironic that The giant homicidal T-Rex is the ancestor of chickens?

    90% not ironic 6 votes Animal Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that An article from the BBC about kidnapped children was written by "Nick Childs"

    67% ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that The psychiatrist said, "My patients drive me nuts!"

    83% ironic 3 votes Health Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Flights to Florida are on sale following a murder, mass shooting, and an alligator attack?

    73% not ironic 6 votes Death Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that A doctor that accidentally kills his patient?

    65% ironic 2 votes Health Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that The word 'pronunciation' is often itself mispronounced? (ie, people say 'pro-nOUnc-ee-ay-shun' versus the correct pro-nUnc-ee-ay-shun).

    60% ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that The vulture is waiting to for the girl to die in order to eat her instead of humans usually eating animals?

    90% not ironic 6 votes Death Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that Hester's daughter Pearl from the Scarlet Letter thinks she will also eventually have to wear a scarlet letter like her mom when she gets older?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease - of the joy that kills.

    60% not ironic 6 votes Death Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that "He had learned the Koran, by heart, by the time he was...

    55% not ironic 2 votes Religion Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that 3/6/2014, the 5th anniversary of the 3/6/2009 stock market bottom, turns out to be the market top?

    70% not ironic 2 votes News Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that A baby has a baby sister/brother?

    70% not ironic 6 votes Health Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that On a website devoted to the exploration of irony that not a single person commenting on Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic" actually correctly interpreted the song as a prime example of irony simply because NONE of the examples used in the song were examples of irony? Alanis--you are a genius! well done!!

    95% ironic 11 votes Music Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that Mountain goats fall to their death?

    60% ironic 5 votes Death Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that To write "no comment" in a webpage's comment section?

    50% ironic 1 votes News Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that You want to be a vaccum cleaner but you don't want cleaning.

    64% ironic 5 votes Irony Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that The energizer bunny gets charged with assault and battery.

    93% not ironic 7 votes Irony Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that A singer being deaf -_-.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Music Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that A girl is born with a heart defect to a heart surgeon?

    50% ironic 1 votes Health Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that Smile.

    90% not ironic 5 votes Health Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that Me and my girlfriend were going to go to the aquarium to see the only two of a species of shark in captivity in the country.

    68% ironic 4 votes Love Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that Manti Te'o was faked into believing he had an imaginary girlfriend while attending a school who's beliefs are based on an imaginary being?

    56% not ironic 5 votes Religion Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that That an expert high-wire tightrope walker dies when they fall from tripping over a crack in the sidewalk.

    57% ironic 7 votes Death Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that Someone died by drowning in their own tears.

    88% not ironic 4 votes Death Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that People became more simple-minded with the advances of technology?

    84% ironic 7 votes Technology Vote →