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  1. Is it ironic that The fictitious novel's plot was the constant surveillance of computer comments by employees and non-employees.

    75% not ironic 6 votes Literary Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that The woman in the novel, who is not perceived as being very strong has to be strong for her daughter whom is very depressed, even suicidal?

    60% not ironic 3 votes Literary Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that People are horrified when they witness a death even though it's so common and everyone has to go through it.

    90% not ironic 5 votes Death Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that My ex husbands grandmother died of natural causes on my birthday? She had 364 other days to choose from.

    70% not ironic 4 votes Death Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that That grisly crimes happen everyday, but are handled in a neat and efficient manner?

    67% not ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that You are online on Steam, but your status reads "Away" and you don't realise that until a friend reminds you to change your status to "Online"

    76% ironic 20 votes Irony Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that Learning English as a second language, my Russian friend said to me, "The hardest part of learning English is the pronunciation."

    50% ironic 1 votes Literary Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that That I saw my closest friend at an airport across country.

    88% not ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that Inflatable dart board.

    70% ironic 6 votes Irony Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that I get called a geek for constantly surfing the web on my smart phone, by friends who are watching a Big Bang Theory marathon?

    83% not ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that Silence is more rythmic than sound.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Music Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that A stripper would say that God was the most important thing in her life.

    72% ironic 16 votes Religion Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that There was a sign in the library with bad grammar and spelling mistakes?

    92% ironic 6 votes Literary Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that There is an account on my computer called "administrator" but it's actually a standard account?

    70% not ironic 2 votes Technology Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that Nothing in Alanis Morissette's song about irony is actually ironic?

    57% ironic 4 votes Music Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that ChristianMingle.com...

    70% ironic 3 votes Religion Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that A woman in a relationship noticed her stomach was swelling and believed she was pregnant.

    58% not ironic 10 votes Death Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that The NRA doesn't allow guns at their conventions?

    83% ironic 15 votes Irony Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that I am watching a girl and thinks that she would also have a glance on me but it does not happen.

    63% not ironic 4 votes Love Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that My neighbor fought in and survived a war but is now missing three limbs due to the car wreck on the way home?

    80% ironic 3 votes Health Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that The DailyMail states that Katie Ledeceky state that she dominated the sport but that her swimming career started from following her brother's footsteps?

    50% ironic 2 votes News Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that A kid has his hair redone without his parents' permission and ends up cleaning it up from the floor.

    60% not ironic 2 votes School Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that A student who fails to complete a 2500 word essay makes an 8000 word explanation of why they couldn't do the 2500 one in the first place?

    50% ironic 3 votes School Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that A class of students complains about a teachers way of teaching, amount of homework and deadlines in general, but the students gets recordbreakingly high grades?

    77% not ironic 3 votes School Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that A doctor is so skilled that he can cure anyone of any disease, but one day, he himself falls ill, and finds that nothing he does will cure himself, and eventually, dies.

    70% not ironic 5 votes Death Vote →