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  1. Is it ironic that Neil Diamond would be playing as someone was proposing marriage...

    66% not ironic 5 votes Love Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that Food from Fresh Market (the store) tastes very fresh?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Food Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that Torch Tower in Dubai cought fire.

    70% ironic 5 votes News Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that A man on death row ordered nails for his last meal hoping to die painfully by swallowing them.

    50% ironic 1 votes Death Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that I've paid to use public transit all my life...

    66% ironic 5 votes Irony Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that If a white guy from Australia who is a real Sinophile ends up having a bad relationship with someone who is of at least part Chinese heritage, and eventually goes on to marry a white woman from the United States?

    75% not ironic 4 votes Love Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that When asking about the correct spelling of a word, one is often referred to a dictionary?

    55% ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that Someone who drives a ford focus has ADD?

    58% not ironic 6 votes Irony Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that On their anniversary, my uncle sold his watch to buy my auntie a new sim card for her camera.

    87% ironic 7 votes Irony Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that Eminem is white and he raps.

    76% not ironic 7 votes Music Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that If someone who makes mattresses and beds for a living, suffers from crippling insomnia?

    75% not ironic 2 votes Health Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that On an old mans birthday he wins the lottery.

    60% not ironic 2 votes Coincidence Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that Jedward getting through to the final of a talent contest!

    50% ironic 1 votes Music Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that At the end of Xmas day I'm as stuffed as the turkey was at the start of the day?

    80% not ironic 3 votes Food Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that A man who was obsessed with his health and only ate nutritious food, choked to death while eating a healthy meal?

    70% ironic 7 votes Food Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that "America Runs on Dunkin's" although there is virtually no stores outside of New England.

    60% not ironic 2 votes Food Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that Is it irony that the inventor of TNT instigated the Nobel Peace Prize? Or was it a forgivable display of conscience and contrition? On a lighter note, the Irish comedian Ed Byrne has a great skit on the song "Ironic" by Alanis Morrissette (who I like, I'm not dissing her) but basically the gist of it is that none of the things quoted in the lyrics are ironic.

    55% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that When an annoyed listener says 'You sure know a lot' to someone who is arrogantly and offensively showing off knowledge.

    85% not ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that You always find the thing you are looking for when you no longer need it?

    87% ironic 6 votes Irony Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A boy does not want to take a test if he is pressured by society to do...

    65% not ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that I started my paralegal class today ranked 1st, then got a 101 on a test and two 100s on my homework which results in becoming 2nd in my class? (If you are wondering, the other person got more bonus questions right than I did).

    63% not ironic 4 votes School Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that A CEO of a company thinks their own company's food is absolutely disgusting?

    55% ironic 2 votes Food Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that A robber tries to rob a gun store with a knife?

    75% ironic 6 votes Irony Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that Someone who hates America has it listed that they live in America on Facebook?

    60% not ironic 7 votes Technology Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that A dyslexic person used maths to justify the reason why they do not read books?

    63% not ironic 3 votes Literary Vote →