40 Dad Jokes So Bad They Are Actually Hilarious
Dad jokes never get old...
Dad jokes have a way of landing somewhere between groan-worthy and genuinely funny, and that is exactly why people keep sharing them. The best ones lean on puns, awkward timing, and the kind of silliness that makes you roll your eyes before you laugh.
This roundup pulls together 40 dad jokes that are so bad they circle right back to hilarious. Along the way, there is a little nostalgia, a lot of wordplay, and plenty of the kind of humor that families have been trading for years.
By the end, you may be laughing at the jokes, or at yourself for laughing at them.
1. Her standards went down a bit...
dadsaysjokes2. Those vacuum cleaners...
dadsaysjokes3. New faces didn't turn out too well.
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4. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
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5. Eight characters and one capital
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6. He keeps forgetting...
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7. Minimum
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8. The same thing...
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9. Let’s see how it goes...
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10. There it was
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11. Fluctuating...
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12. Sue me...
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13. Bi-yourself
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14. It makes our day
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Moonpig, an online card and gift retailer, has recently conducted a study to find the cringiest dad joke. It turns out that the all-time favorite dad joke is a classic, "What do you call a boomerang that doesn't come back? A stick."
15. Great grandfather
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That Moonpig study hits different, like vintage grandparents photos where “safety was a suggestion”.
16. And things got cold pretty quickly...
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17. No straight answers there...
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18. And scandalized, outraged, offended…
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19. Rock bottom. And a trip to the hospital
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20. He means well.
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21. Apple watch...
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22. Frankenstein
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23. CIEIO
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24. Thank you for nothing, zero guy...
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25. She always does...
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26. No windows
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27. "Because maybe you're gonna be the one that saves me And after all, you're my wonderwall"
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28. Be careful what you wish for
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29. Antibody
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30. No sun, I don't.
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31. Sometimes they come back....
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32. Five words you can spell
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33. Just jamming
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34. Just use both of your eyes, man
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35. It really does...
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36. I have no idea...
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37. Free of charge
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38. Lone drinkers, huh?
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39. You can take that to the bank
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40. Nein
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This Instagram page has a whopping 2.3 million followers, and it’s not hard to understand why. These jokes are amazing.
Sometimes they are so bad that they make us cringe and roll our eyes. But in the end, that is precisely what makes us laugh.
Their badness is what makes them so great. This sentence doesn’t make sense, does it? Well, neither do most of these dad jokes.
Want more cringe nostalgia, check out 70 school photos that prove everyone had an awkward phase.
