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My name is Dave. For the past 8 years, I have been drawing dad joke cartoons on my children's lunch bags. Just to make them smile and yeah, more often than not, groan and exclaim "Daaaaaaad."

It all started when my eldest daughter started school. My wife began carving love hearts and other simple shapes into my daughter's sandwiches. After a few days, I took over carving duties and then, eventually, found it was just easier to draw on the sandwich bags themselves. All of a sudden, a new daily ritual and hobby emerged. Lunch bag cartoons!

My daughter's lunch bag drawing reveals rapidly became a big hit in her classroom... and a major talking point at parent-teacher evening. ("Your daughter is doing great... Can we talk more about your lunch bag drawings, though!?") Eventually, I was persuaded by one of her teachers to create a social media account and share the cartoons. And so, @sandwichbagdad was born!

Today, I draw 3 bags per day, one for each of my 3 daughters. Pretty much day in, day out (although, thankfully, slightly less frequently while they are remote learning these days!) I get my inspiration from so many places: the news, my kids, even when out jogging. 'Tooning is a great way for me to relax after a hard day. I work in corporate finance, so drawing and puns are purely a hobby.

And while my kids roll their eyes when they see their bags each day, I know they secretly get a kick out of them. They have even begun to hone the art of dad joking themselves now and frequently make their own cartoon suggestions!

So here's a snippet of some of my faves. C'mon. "Loaf" out loud. You know you want to...

If you are interested, you can follow my sandwich bag chronicles on Instagram, Facebook, or here on Bored Panda!

More info: Instagram | Facebook | youtube.com

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Bacony
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    Andrew Gibb
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    6 years ago

    the motorbike is a Bee MW

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    SpongeGarPatar
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    6 years ago

    This one is hilarious!

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    Why?
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    6 years ago

    But you'll break him!

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    Why?
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    6 years ago

    Peter panned the show.

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    ChinaPandas122
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    6 years ago

    a good peter pan this drawing is.

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    6 years ago

    This was translated from JavaScript.

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    Why?
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    6 years ago

    She'll eventually have to cope with the aftermath!

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    6 years ago

    this one made my day :D

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    Billy The Kid
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    6 years ago

    its a takeaway

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    Zoe's Mom
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    6 years ago

    Me.

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    Andrew Gibb
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    6 years ago

    Hasta la sandwich

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    Big Blue Cat
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    6 years ago

    Yes! Finally :D

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    Amanda Trent
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    6 years ago

    Is anyone gonna say what a great artist this dude is?

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    averageperson
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    6 years ago

    The adaptor has his mouth open in astonishment.

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    6 years ago

    John Travolivta

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    Pau Tea
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    6 years ago (edited)

    *Eye roll* Overachievers...

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    Slinkman
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    6 years ago

    'Mirror Mirror ont the wall, do you agree protests againts face-masks are the dumbest of them all? '

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    IrishGirl
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    6 years ago

    for forks sake! there's plenty of tine!

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    IrishGirl
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    6 years ago

    this is bogus! a real stormpooper would miss it every time! 😆

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    Sherie Davis
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    6 years ago

    Orange you really thinking that joke will fly? Stick to your day job. BTW, you should do this professionally (if you don't already) as you are outstanding!

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    b l a n c
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    6 years ago

    they're a really good drawer

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    ChinaPandas122
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    6 years ago

    is that donald trump hair?

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    IrishGirl
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    6 years ago

    oohhh, this is SAVAGE, LOVE. keep TALKin' DIRTY & you'll be RIDIN' SOLO! (apologies to JD!)

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    Billy The Kid
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    6 years ago

    great pitch

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    IrishGirl
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    6 years ago

    this type of endearment is rare

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    Slinkman
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    6 years ago

    Well, no people will come near you looking like this so....

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    Vorknkx
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    6 years ago

    Is this math class... or sex-ed?

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    IrishGirl
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    6 years ago

    'It means no CoVid, for the rest of the day...20 seconds please...6 feet away from me...hand cleaner, a lotta!'

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    IrishGirl
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    6 years ago

    'but you said till death do you part, sooo...'

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    ChinaPandas122
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    6 years ago

    smudge the cat!!!

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    Zoe Baker
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    6 years ago

    Too cute

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    IrishGirl
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    6 years ago

    AHA! Good thinking!

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    Zoe Baker
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    6 years ago

    Totally my inner-kid humour!

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    Billy The Kid
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    6 years ago

    so now he has a toilet ring?

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    IrishGirl
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    6 years ago

    'are you sure you're throat's sore?' 'yes, Doc, I'm positive!'

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    IrishGirl
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    6 years ago

    Maybe he was being a P.I.T.A.

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    Raine Soo
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    6 years ago

    Well, this hardly seems fair, does it\?

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    PjandBolt
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    6 years ago

    "It always has been"

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    tuzdayschild
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    6 years ago

    Well that's just dandi

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    6 years ago

    what a minor jump - he should get over easy

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    Magda Kočičková
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    6 years ago

    This made me laugh my head off

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    Celeste Grant
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    6 years ago

    Clever!

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    This guy's really Gouda!

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    IrishGirl
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    6 years ago

    go FINish washing up!

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    Kady Maree Mcgrath
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    6 years ago

    "MEEP MEEP" Ahh the memories

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    6 years ago

    r/choosingbeggars lol

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    6 years ago (edited)

    Now THAT’S an abusive relationship.

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    Pauline Bennett
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    6 years ago

    Hi. fly boy.

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    Zoe Baker
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    6 years ago

    Total dad joke!

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    WilvanderHeijden
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    6 years ago

    Strange how people refer to the Universal declaration of Human rights when it's about masks but deny that same declaration when someone says that the human right to medical care is also in that same declaration.

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    Rissie
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    6 years ago

    This made me chuckle ;)

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    Alina
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    6 years ago

    He *nose* it!

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    *sigh*, The Yellow Teletubby
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    6 years ago

    why y'all downvoting Pauline, she was asking a question that she didn't know the answer to lol

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    Andrew Gibb
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    6 years ago

    15, Love

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    Andrew Gibb
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    6 years ago

    that joke was wooden

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    Pauline Bennett
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    6 years ago

    Lets get to get and juice.

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    killua
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    6 years ago

    i was lummiere in a play once (idk if i spelt it right)

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    Pauline Bennett
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    6 years ago

    And do they ever.

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    Pauline Bennett
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    6 years ago

    A mask is not a political statement. It's an I.Q. Test.

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    If you are wearing a mask, why would you care that I'm not.

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    IrishGirl
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    6 years ago

    pants have always been optional! no?? oh, that explains a lot.

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    Bruh.
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    6 years ago

    Lol the dead bread

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    IrishGirl
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    6 years ago

    train of thought derailed. passengers & luggage everywhere. all I think about now is Duck Doughnuts! 😋🍩🥰

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    6 years ago

    ooh. maximouse.

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    tuzdayschild
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    6 years ago

    Go Go's

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    Demongrrrrl
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    You don't have to be a genie-us to figure it out.

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    IrishGirl
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    6 years ago

    I can SEA you're not LION!

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    Pauline Bennett
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    6 years ago

    Gorilla my dreams.

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    Pauline Bennett
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    6 years ago

    Come near me with that stuff and I'll fold you.

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    averageperson
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    6 years ago

    ...beyond?

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    Andrew Gibb
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    6 years ago

    he's a carrot Queen

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    IrishGirl
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    6 years ago

    Woodsy?!

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    Pauline Bennett
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    6 years ago

    A great .combination

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    IrishGirl
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    6 years ago

    I was expecting a little pun, but this one definitely FULL GROAN!

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    REMOTE IT LOOK PRETTY CLOSE TO ME.

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    Pauline Bennett
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    I'm Canadian I carry a big stick. It's called a hockey stick it's about 6ft get near me and you'll know what a slap shot feels like.

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    Audrey Kahin
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    4 years ago

    Bad Elsa!!

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