Becoming a dad means having a license to tell the lamest, cringiest, most awful dad jokes that’ll leave everyone either facepalming or in stitches.
The key to any dad joke worth its salt lies in wordplay, pointing out the obvious, or turning ordinary situations into downright bizarre ones for the sake of a pun.
We’ve scoured the internet and compiled a list of these awfully punny jokes you can crack at any time, or just for you to read for your own entertainment!
10 Best (or worst!) dad jokes
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1.
Driving past a cemetery
Dad: Did you know that all the people who live around here aren’t allowed to be buried in that cemetery?
Me: Really? Why not?
Dad: Because they’re not dead yet.
2.
Me: Are you cold?
Daughter: Yes!
Me: You should sit in a corner.
Daughter: Why??
Me: Because it’s 90 degrees.
3.
You know you can tell whether an ant is a girl or boy by dropping it in water? If it sinks it’s a girl ant, if it floats it’s boy ant.
4.
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Child: I’m hungry Dad: Hi Hungry, I’m Dad
5.
A flock of geese passes by overhead, in classic ‘V’ formation.
Dad: Do you know why one side of the ‘v’ is longer than the other?
Son: No, why?
Dad: Because it has more geese.
6.
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Reversing the car
“Ahh, this takes me back.”
7.
Holding a step ladder
“This is my step ladder… I never knew my real ladder.”
8.
Today, my son asked “Can I have a book mark?” and I burst into tears. 11-years-old and he still doesn’t know my name is Brian.
9.
As I handed my Dad his 50th birthday card, he looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, “You know, one would have been enough.”
10.
I heard about a Mexican magician who said that on the count of 3 he would disappear. So he counted uno… dos… poof! He vanished without a tres.
We know, we know! Some of these are cringey! But at the same time, they can be really wholesome! If they drew a laugh out of you, mission accomplished! Try them out on your own kids to see how good they are!
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