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  1. Is it ironic that My grandmother was a cancer, and she was actually killed by a giant crab.

    57% ironic 6 votes Irony Vote →
  2. Is it ironic that A slave (Frederick Douglass) sees the ship that enslaved him as a symbol of freedom.

    75% ironic 2 votes Literary Vote →
  3. Is it ironic that I attended my first al-anon meeting wearing a Richards Shandy t-shirt?

    75% ironic 2 votes Food Vote →
  4. Is it ironic that Porn is legal and makes a lot of money, but is never taught or talked about in schools (colleges) as a career.

    58% ironic 5 votes School Vote →
  5. Is it ironic that A soldier is making a doll for a village girl and the mother of the little girl hands a bomb to another soldier.

    75% ironic 2 votes Death Vote →
  6. Is it ironic that Isn't it ironic that when my uncle died that his brother, who refused to speak to him for 20 years, showed up at the wake in tears.

    78% not ironic 8 votes Death Vote →
  7. Is it ironic that My ex girlfriend's father is buried in the same mausoleum wall as my mother?

    94% not ironic 9 votes Death Vote →
  8. Is it ironic that A man believes in the necessity of war but doesn't think anybody deserves to die?

    60% ironic 5 votes Death Vote →
  9. Is it ironic that My friend posted on facebook to complain about how she was being complained about on facebook.

    80% ironic 3 votes Technology Vote →
  10. Is it ironic that A person has a phobia of having phobias.

    78% ironic 4 votes Irony Vote →
  11. Is it ironic that In Rhett's answer to Scarlett? Rhett Butler quote: Scarlett, look at...

    66% not ironic 5 votes Love Vote →
  12. Is it ironic that If I could change one thing about me it would be my fear of change?

    55% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  13. Is it ironic that Im inventing a pavlova for diabetics.

    55% not ironic 2 votes Health Vote →
  14. Is it ironic that A man that owns an eating establishment named "Heart Attack Grill" dies of a heart attack?

    53% ironic 8 votes Death Vote →
  15. Is it ironic that That I have to skip a presentation on happiness to attend a funeral?

    58% not ironic 4 votes Death Vote →
  16. Is it ironic that Parents of high school seniors have a fund raiser "wine and beer gala" to raise money for a "senior all nighter" that is billed as an "alcohol and drug free night".

    83% ironic 3 votes School Vote →
  17. Is it ironic that When a person witnesses the death of another, their life begins.

    83% not ironic 4 votes Death Vote →
  18. Is it ironic that You burn down a water park?

    82% ironic 5 votes Irony Vote →
  19. Is it ironic that A mushroom explodes and makes a mushroom cloud?

    62% not ironic 5 votes Food Vote →
  20. Is it ironic that A portion of clients said the work was too intense, and a comparable portion said the work should have been deeper.

    75% ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →
  21. Is it ironic that In the Miss USA pageant, Miss Utah, when asked what the pay gap between men and women "says about society," stumbled around for an answer, eventually saying that we need to "create education better"?

    75% ironic 2 votes News Vote →
  22. Is it ironic that I watched a cricket match cheering for india with full enthusiasm; and when india finally won, and the losing captain apologised to his country and congragulated team india i felt that actually he deserved to win!

    55% not ironic 2 votes Sport Vote →
  23. Is it ironic that This is from A Doritos commercial.

    83% ironic 3 votes Irony Vote →
  24. Is it ironic that A serial killer is killed by a serial killer?

    54% ironic 5 votes Death Vote →
  25. Is it ironic that You work the graveyard shift in a graveyard at midnight?

    65% not ironic 2 votes Irony Vote →