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  1. Is it ironic that Cornell University, highly esteemed for international relations, does not have access to several of the most major journals for European foreign affairs.

    63% ironic 8 votes School Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that You´re a salesperson and a customer (missing an arm), tells you he/she is just browsing and you reply: ¨Let me know if you need a hand¨ You realize what you´ve just said and.

    80% ironic 3 votes Health Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that A woman who is waiting to hear how serious her cancer is says "The suspense is killing...

    73% ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that More police officers die from suicide than from work-related shootings?

    63% not ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that A man who has played the lottery his whole life wins on his 82nd birthday and dies the next day.

    60% not ironic 10 votes Death Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that A Democratic candidate, who is suspected of being a closeted Republican, poses for a picture in his home with toy elephants mounted on the wall behind him? http://tinyurl.

    67% not ironic 3 votes News Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that As a child, I was not attracted to Blonde women, but I actually married a blonde!

    89% ironic 16 votes Love Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that When i write a story about a lost chapter of Odysseus where he goes back from Hades to Circe's island, and in a moment of despair (in a huge storm on a ship), he says, "Son of Kronos, Zeus, why have you forsaken me?" as to quote Matthew 27:46 "About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eli, Eli,[a] lema sabachthani?" (which means "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?")" ? IS it humorous?

    70% not ironic 4 votes Literary Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that I am eating a bag of crisps while watching an exercise video?

    83% ironic 4 votes Health Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that A neuroanatomist gets a stroke?

    63% not ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that My ironing board cover had a crease in...

    73% ironic 9 votes Irony Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that A child who believes that lucky charms are actually lucky gets killed in a car crash hours later.

    66% ironic 5 votes Irony Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that When those the Bible says are fools, profess themselves to be wise.

    95% not ironic 11 votes Religion Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that A song made specifically about being ironic does not mention one thing that is actually ironic?

    79% ironic 7 votes Music Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that A mother names her son Mark after the gospel writer, only for him to grow up to be atheist and gay.

    63% not ironic 4 votes Religion Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that An alliance of (now) thirteen cities is still known as "The Twelve Cities" after several of the now allied cities destroyed one of the most prominent cities and two more were built in its place?

    60% not ironic 3 votes Literary Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that "Is it ironic that Mitt Romney only won "47%" of the vote?".

    75% ironic 6 votes News Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that You are unaware of the cuisines of a country where you have lived most part of your life?

    50% ironic 1 votes Food Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that Painting baths.

    70% not ironic 2 votes Art Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that MySpace is using Facebook, the site that killed it to try and come back to life.

    65% ironic 2 votes Technology Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that A woman tried to purchase tobacco with healthy living coupons?

    88% ironic 5 votes Health Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that I was reading a health and fitness magazine on the beach while eating hot chips.

    55% ironic 2 votes Health Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that You wear a "we love you Las Vegas" t-shirt and argue against gun control laws.

    50% ironic 1 votes News Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that A man who makes people choose between two stories as to which one is the truth, believes in 3 religions.

    96% ironic 12 votes Religion Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that That thinking one's sins are so terrible that they are beyond the forgiveness of God is not a form of humility, but rather, a form of pride?

    53% not ironic 3 votes Religion Vote →