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  1. Is it ironic that A man is terrified to fly in a plane, one day he finally gets the courage to fly on a plane, he packs his suit case and boards the plane.

    70% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that The word lisp is something someone with a lisp quite probably could not pronounce correctly?

    75% ironic 2 votes Health Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that A Dyslexia Research Center is in Reading?

    79% ironic 8 votes Literary Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that I curled my hair with a straightener.

    85% ironic 6 votes Technology Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that Mrs Bennet is always telling her daughters to find a husband when she is in fact the one repelling the men away?

    60% ironic 3 votes Literary Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that You know that a person looks strange and somewhat ugly, yet you end up wanting to stare at them because you find their looks strangely and alluringly attractive?

    57% not ironic 3 votes Love Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that Satanists wear the Saint Pete's cross?

    87% ironic 6 votes Religion Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that On an online forum, moderators who ban a poster without reason are banned.

    73% ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that A De-motivational poster pokes fun of those with anti-immigration sentiments by showing the face of a Native American with the caption: "Immigrants threatening your way of life?".

    75% ironic 2 votes News Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that "A friend suggested it ironic that the word colloquial is infrequently used in conversation."

    88% ironic 4 votes Literary Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that While creek walking, I spent the whole time trying not to get my shirt wet, then fell into the creek right as we left.

    81% ironic 8 votes Irony Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that Steve Irwin was killed in a freak accident by a stingray...perhaps...

    66% ironic 10 votes Death Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that A school teacher who cannot teach well in class advising her students to join her tuition class in a private tuition centre.

    75% not ironic 2 votes School Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that While standing in line at a hotel job fair, I called the Front Desk to have some chairs sent down.

    50% ironic 1 votes Irony Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that A firefighter dies in a fire the day before he retires.

    52% not ironic 10 votes Death Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that The daughter of the commandant of Auschwitz death camp moved to America and ended up working for Jews for 30 years?

    50% ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that I saw a hotelier begging for food.

    66% ironic 5 votes Food Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that Our teacher defines irony as "incongruity between what happens and what is expected to happen", hands us a book of short stories and tells us that they all have ironic endings, thus making us expect ironic endings?

    60% not ironic 7 votes Literary Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that My school email system marks as spam, email that is sent from the school itself?

    90% ironic 10 votes School Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A sky dive that is afraid of heights.

    66% ironic 5 votes Irony Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that I tripped over a caution sign?

    66% ironic 8 votes Irony Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that I was playing BF3 then went outside then came back in because the graphics of BF3 is better then real life.

    77% not ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that The people yelling the loudest for gun control are protected by armed security?

    50% ironic 5 votes News Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that A singer with the stage name Lady is rude and unladylike.

    83% ironic 6 votes Music Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that If a song is sung by a British Indian who had changed his name to that of a German composer, with the same song being adopted by another culture? Misappropriation and appropriation.

    75% ironic 2 votes Music Vote →