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  1. Is it ironic that I left a guy who was cruel for a guy that was nice and now that same guy who was nice is cruel.

    63% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that A man is going to die tommorow of old age and the doctor tells him he has cancer and one day to live.

    50% ironic 4 votes Death Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that Jane Fonda was cast as Nancy Reagan in the movie "The Butler?".

    79% ironic 7 votes Art Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Sigmond Freud had controversial ideas about latent sexuality becasue of his own latent sexuality was controversial.

    83% not ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that As a school sub, I get health insurance if I work 60 straight days on the same job, but if I have to take a sick day I lose that insurance.

    79% ironic 9 votes Health Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that In the song "Praise the War Machine," the band Zao hails acts of wanton violence and brutality as being desirable, while the album of which the song is a part decries the moral depravity of our time.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Music Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that LIFE IS IRONIC BECAUSE IT TAKES SADNESS TO KNOW WHAT HAPPINESS IS, NOISE TO APPRECIATE SILENCE, AND ABSENCE TO VALUE PRESENCE.

    65% ironic 8 votes Religion Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that "..I need to look for my eye.

    77% not ironic 3 votes Health Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that The saddest guys can be happy drunks?

    50% ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that On the cover of this years October's New Yorker,...

    73% not ironic 6 votes Technology Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that The author who wrote a book about the Malvern Hills is then reading the book itself on the Malvern Hills?.

    69% ironic 11 votes Literary Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that God Answers Prayers of Paralyzed Little Boy "No," Says God.

    60% ironic 3 votes Religion Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that A woman driving to a clinic for an abortion was murdered by her mother?

    50% ironic 1 votes Health Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that I posted the following: I don't know if this is a 'blessing' or a 'curse'.

    55% ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that While you are brushing you're your teeth, your teeth get dirtier.

    63% ironic 4 votes Health Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that Is this statement ironic since they said hearth? "‎*#~the only thing about me thats still soft is the place in my hearth for u ♥ ~#*".

    83% not ironic 3 votes Love Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that Taylor Swift's last name is swift which means fast but when kanye west interrupted her at the VMA's she did not act very fast?

    63% ironic 4 votes Music Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that Chinese journalists covering MH370 in Canberra a furious at they see as Australian government control of the media.

    53% not ironic 3 votes News Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that Someone is appointed as Lord High Executioner and must execute others, but he himself is slated to be executed first?

    62% not ironic 5 votes Death Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that The preachers and politicians that rail most loudly against immorality are the ones found to be involved in immoral behavior?

    80% ironic 4 votes Religion Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that My old manager at a fastfood joint would illegally clock us out while we were still working...he...

    65% ironic 2 votes Food Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that To use a picture of a semi naked Barbie doll to advertise a film night for international women's day?

    50% ironic 1 votes News Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that In the fleetwood mac lyrics of 'oh daddy' the singer seems to praise the 'daddy' while at the same time revealing his negative influence on the self esteem of the singer/child??

    50% ironic 1 votes Music Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that Tree hugging protestor got poison ivy.

    57% ironic 3 votes Health Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that The weather forecast said that it was ironic that it had rained since the school holidays started.

    80% not ironic 11 votes Irony Vote →