I don’t remember when dad jokes became a thing that other people talked about, but I have been living with them for 5+ decades now. My father is no performer, nor is he a particularly glib public speaker. Nonetheless, every year when my extended family would get together, my dad would bring one joke and tell it over and over until everyone present had heard it. They all thought he was hilarious. What they didn’t know is that he dragged me to the library a month before to help him find THE joke, then made me listen to him practice until he had it down cold. He kept it on an index card in his breast pocket and popped it out every night at dinner. So by the time Dad was entertaining my 32 cousins with his joke-telling skills, my mother, brother, and I (and eventually my sister) had been subjected to it at least 30 times.
I am very fortunate. My father is still telling terrible jokes (and still practicing them on me). But to those of us whose dad is no longer with them, I hope today’s post brings you a smile and maybe helps you remember a time when your dad told you a terrible joke.
I’d like to wish a happy Father’s Day to all those fathers, step-fathers, grandfathers, uncles, much-older-brothers, and to every man who has ever told a terrible, dad-level joke to an exasperated child. Don’t ever stop, no matter how much we complain!
Today’s post is dedicated to SP and her lovely dad, MP. XOXO
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June 21, 2020 at 6:12 am
I am having a hard time to stop laughing to type this. Fun way to start the day. Hal
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June 21, 2020 at 9:25 am
Excellent! My plan to make my people happy is working!
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June 21, 2020 at 10:14 am
Good ones. I really like the Wi-Fi one.
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June 21, 2020 at 1:25 pm
That one was great!
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June 21, 2020 at 1:01 pm
The menfolk in my house all groaned and giggled at these jokes. My husband is fanatical about puns – often very laboured or obscure puns at that – and our sons appear to have inherited the pun gene. My Dad is basically a stand up comedian who hates public speaking. In informal situations, however, he is renowned as a raconteur and often takes center stage. His specialism is shaggy dog stories with a ridiculous pay off but he tells them so well that he somehow ends up having everyone hooting with laughter.
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June 21, 2020 at 1:28 pm
How fantastic! Thatβs exactly my memory of the people I met in Scotland. I would have loved growing up in a funny house. I was in charge of shenanigans. But it would have been nice to hand over the mic once in a while.
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June 21, 2020 at 3:48 pm
I am one of eight kids and, under our Dad’s influence, we all ended up being wisecrackers but in different ways. My thing, for instance, is snarky or witty comments that make people laugh rather than straight up jokes.
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June 21, 2020 at 6:23 pm
I love your variety.
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July 4, 2020 at 11:33 pm
These are all excellent! I love “Dad Jokes” and seek them out. I love them on “You Laugh, You Lose”!
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July 5, 2020 at 11:41 am
How funny! Iβd never heard of that before!
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July 5, 2020 at 1:22 pm
I think it’s a YouTube channel where comedians try to make each other laugh. Sometimes they are using a script of jokes… I saw one of those with Mark Walhlburg. The comedians might not be great but the jokes are groaningly stellar!
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July 5, 2020 at 1:50 pm
Awesome!
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June 25, 2021 at 6:52 pm
These are fantastic! πππ
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July 1, 2021 at 7:46 am
So glad you enjoyed them!
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