Dad Jokes for Father’s Day

What are some of your favorites?

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Today is Father’s Day, and although I haven’t seen my dad for 60 years, I still have fond memories of him. Unlike some of my friends, my dad was kind, fun-loving, and a real prankster; traits I’m glad I inherited.

I recall being rewarded with an ice cream cone after attending church. Since being confined in an incense-filled cathedral was a drag, a bribe always made church tolerable.

I remember squirt guns, pies in the face, and other rowdy games he initiated. Although my parents were forced to divorce when I was 6, I still hold comical memories of him.

So it would be fitting to come up with some new dad jokes. Until recently, I hadn’t heard that term before, but I guess it’s a bona fide phrase. Why are they called Dad Jokes?

According to Wikipedia, it’s a wholesome joke of the type said to be told by fathers with a punchline that is often an obvious or predictable pun or play on words, and usually judged to be endearingly corny or unfunny.

Here are a few new ones I’ve created.

• What do you call a lazy kangaroo? A bad bouncer.
• I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I’ll drop it by once I’m finished with it.
• What did the Roomba say when it hit…