40 Dad Jokes So Bad They Are Actually Hilarious

Dad jokes never get old...

Damjan

Published in Funny
28 Nov 2021

40 Dad Jokes So Bad They Are Actually Hilarious

Dad jokes are a cultural phenomenon. Well, maybe not so much a cultural phenomenon, but they are undeniably funny. According to Dr. Dan Siegel, a renowned child psychiatrist, "Humor is a vital part of family bonding and can create lasting memories." The reason they are so funny is that they are so silly that it's impossible not to laugh at them, no matter how ridiculous or stupid they may be. Most of them are based on puns and wordplay, which James Clear, author and habit expert, notes can "help us connect and communicate in a light-hearted way." All of us have been embarrassed by our dads' jokes at least once in our lives. There are three stages in our view of dad jokes. The first stage is when we are small kids, and we think dad jokes are the funniest thing in the world and that our dads are the kings of comedy. The second stage, during our teenage and early adulthood years, is when we start to feel embarrassed. The third stage is when we become parents and start using those same dad jokes. We even enjoy hearing them at family reunions from our dads. We even start exchanging them! Luckily for all of us who enjoy this kind of humor, there are many resources available, including Dr. Lawrence Cohen, who emphasizes the importance of play and humor in parenting. We have selected 40 of the best ones, and you will love them.

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1. Her standards went down a bit...

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2. Those vacuum cleaners...

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3. 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."

According to the company's spokesperson, what makes dad jokes almost universally funny is the fact that "they are reminiscent of the embarrassment you would feel as a child from your parents, so a sense of nostalgia and innocence mixed with the humor gets us all laughing."