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  1. Is it ironic that A valedictorian's high school diploma was withheld by school officials after saying "Hell" during her commencement speech.

    53% ironic 6 votes School Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that Someone says, "It's great to have pneumonoultamicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis!".

    84% ironic 10 votes Literary Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that There is a chinese guy in Thor and it is Norse mythology.

    75% not ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that A school in India have stolen the crest of Liverpool football club, even though people from Liverpool are supposed to, stereotypically, be thieves?

    60% ironic 3 votes School Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that I have an Ivy League education, but don't know the correct definition and use of irony?

    88% ironic 4 votes School Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that When a football team wins, that this also helps out their rivals?

    52% not ironic 5 votes Sport Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that Even though I drove my auntie out of my house, I miss her.

    65% ironic 2 votes Love Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that The jazzersice instructor is overweight?

    90% ironic 1 votes Sport Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that Someone says they hate facebook on a facebook status update?

    87% ironic 14 votes Technology Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that Turkey bacon is supposedly better for you than regular bacon but in the oscar mayer brand, regular bacon is better for you than turkey bacon?

    50% ironic 1 votes Food Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that It's like finally making the decision to spend the rest of your life with someone , who has decided to move on because they where tired of waiting on your decision.

    75% ironic 2 votes Love Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that An artisan who's fans are a source of drama on various Facebook groups posts on his own Facebook group that those other groups are unstable and dramatic.

    83% ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that The only way to get to a certain handicapped washroom is up a flight of stairs?

    70% ironic 5 votes Health Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that A mechanic's car breaks down and a passerby fixes the problem with the car?

    60% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that There is often such beauty in the last moments of life? Families often say to me in an almost embarrassed way, "At the end it was almost beautiful".

    50% ironic 3 votes Death Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that Would it be ironic if a teacher at Eton College got eaten?

    88% not ironic 4 votes Death Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that A book on how to read.

    93% ironic 7 votes Irony Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that I dropped out of school, then dropped out of university and have now wound up working as the editor of a careers magazine.

    64% not ironic 5 votes School Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that A teacher gives students detention for arriving to class late, the next day the teacher is late to class.

    80% ironic 5 votes School Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that I'm engaged to a guy with the same name as my ex.

    65% not ironic 2 votes Love Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that A girl who had cancer's only wish for her future was to get married.

    78% not ironic 6 votes Love Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that Jehovah's Witnesses don't celebrate Halloween.

    53% not ironic 8 votes Religion Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that A person's last minutes of their life were also their longest minutes.

    80% ironic 5 votes Death Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that During history class the teacher says hes going to ask a question & someone from each group will answer ones standing in front of a wall the teacher asks the other if they had an answer they all say no he asks the one standing in front of the wall he says the correct answer the teacher says turn around look eye level & there was the answer that he couldn't see but everyone else could!

    73% not ironic 3 votes School Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that Bethleham Steel Corporation makes weapons of war, when, according to the Bible, Bethleham is the birthplace of Jesus, Prince of Peace?

    88% ironic 6 votes Religion Vote →