Some dads are passionate about classic cars and fishing trips. Others enjoy hiking and tackling DIY projects. But no matter how different they may be, dads seem to share one common trait: their unstoppable urge to crack the cheesiest jokes.
And even though we might roll our eyes at their puns and groan at their one-liners, deep down, we secretly love them. Luckily, the popular Facebook group ‘Dad Jokes Daily’ features plenty of these awkwardly hilarious quips, and we’ve picked out some of their best dad jokes to share with you. Scroll down to check them out and upvote your favorites!
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They do and I'm not drunk. Took me longer than it should to figure out what exactly they were.
For many of us, childhood meant being exposed to a steady stream of classic dad jokes. However, the term itself wasn’t officially recognized in dictionaries until 2014. Though it appeared on X (formerly Twitter) in 2007, and British publishers began releasing joke compilation books under this theme in 2013.
The earliest mention of dad jokes is credited to a 1987 editorial in the Gettysburg Times. Writer Jim Kalbaugh praised fathers for telling embarrassing jokes to their children—or, even better, to others in front of their children. Kalbaugh argued that this practice was “one of the great traditions of fatherhood worth preserving.”
Up there with "assume makes an a*s out of u and me"
Load More Replies...Funny and clever, but terrible advice. First, this only applies in the United States. Most countries don't track credit scores. Second, don't date somebody that is bad with their money. They will be even worse with yours.
I know it's easy to forget us way up here, but, yes, Canadians have what's called a Credit Score. It goes up and down every time you make a purchase on a credit card, borrow money (and pay it back), pay your rent, do your taxes, whatever. You can find out what it is for free. Every single time you want to get a loan or make a major purchase, they will access your Credit Score before they decide if you're worthy. Dating someone with good credit is excellent advice.
Load More Replies..."Its kinda true. From etymoline : serving as an external sign or symbol of some fact," c. 1400, significatif, "having meaning, meaningful," from Latin significativus, from significat-, stem of significare "make known, indicate" (see signify). Related: Significatively.
I just shot Diet Coke out thru my nose, when I read about the 14 years !! That's HILARIOUS !!!!
It was quite funny when it was first posted, which must be not far off 14 years ago now.
Load More Replies...Most everyone I knew used to love watching music videos on MTV. It is sad how MTV has devolved into what they are now.
This. I don't understand what happened nor do I understand why.
Load More Replies...Yikes. The summer I graduated high school we all sat around and watched the very first video.
I’m 50 and I don’t know MTV ever had/has anything other than music... OK, I’m not in America, but still.
Load More Replies...Dad jokes seem to have universal appeal across cultures, notes Marc Hye-Knudsen, a humor researcher and lab manager at Aarhus University. For example, in Japan, they have a concept called oyaji gyagu, which can be translated to ‘old men’s gags’ or ‘middle-aged men’s gags’. In Danish culture, they’ve adopted the modern term ‘dad jokes’. But in the past, they referred to it as onkel humor (‘uncle humor’) and morfar vittigheder (‘grandfather jokes’).
First time I saw one was last week, driving through Niagara Falls New York and I thought, "oh look, someone's just learned how to weld and they've constructed some some crazy looking car for their first attempt... Maybe their child drew a picture of a car and they tried to make similar in real life version...Good for them for trying." Imagine my surprise when I found out that this is $100,000 vehicle.
This is too far down in the comments to get the attention it deserves.
Load More Replies...Not enough polygons for that. More like a PC racing game from the early 90s. I'm thinking Papyrus IndyCar Racing from 1993.
Load More Replies...Every time I see a picture of one of these I feel like the internet is playing a practical joke on me
When I see one of these, I think it looks like the cars kids drew in fourth grade, except those were better.
Load More Replies...It took me a moment to figure out that it was a Cybertruck. For a minute I thought it was some type of Redneck trailer that you see people making from beds of old Pickup Trucks that they use to haul s**t.
The real protip is learning not to care for other people's opinions
I go to a class that is at the top of a massive hill and you can only park at the bottom. I always get a coffee on the way there so that it looks like I’ve stopped to have a sip, rather than catch my breath!
I don't drink coffee, but I'm going to start carrying my water in a coffee cup.
Load More Replies...So why are dads across generations and countries so invested in this corny kind of humor? Comedy critic and dad Jason Zinoman has an explanation. “The demise of a dad’s sense of humor begins in early parenthood while workshopping jokes in front of babies, tiny philistines who think peekaboo is a hilarious bit of misdirection,” he writes.
When kids grow into toddlers, they fixate on trivial things, making it easy to amuse them with silly remarks. “Like so many lazy comics, we parents pander. If jokes work, they stay in the set. Gradually, we become hooked on cheap laughs.”
As children become older, dads are reluctant to let go of the jokes they’ve come to love. “When their humor matures, they mock ours and, in their search for a critical language to express their contempt, the dad joke was born.”
Yep. I went to San Antonio in October. It was 95f with a dewpoint of 80. Too humid to get cremated but daaaaaang. Texas people are super heros at heat management
Load More Replies...A man once said that if he owned Texas and hell he would rent out Texas and live in hell.
So maybe a little hotter, but lower humidity? That doesn't sound too bad.
Load More Replies...I went to Austin in August and walked around for hours. I was so sweaty and gross, and so was everyone else.
Depending on which part, "have you ever been cremated in the jungle?" It gets humid AF where my sister lives.
I won't play the Heat Olympics, because "humid hot" is its own kind of hell. Anyone who has visited the Phoenix Metro, Tucson or Yuma regions of Arizona in July and August know that we have one as well, though. (There are people in other regions looking at both Arizona and Texas, going "B*tch, please!" Lol)
Come to Scottsdale AZ. We haven’t had a day under 100* in over 105 days. Some days 115* +
I'm on board with your jokes. I wood tell you a joke but I can't think of any right now.
Load More Replies...It is reckoned that cats actually understand more language than dogs do. It’s just beneath their dignity to do anything about it.
Some cats understand everything you say, others understand their names and "Food" and maybe a (very) little more.
Load More Replies...I have two rescued dogs. 1 is really smart and 8 out of 10 times I know what she wants and feel like we can communicate. The other 1 has some issues. He will chase a squirrel across the fence and see where it went but will spend 2 minutes running back and forth at the fence. They both look like chihuahua's. The smart one is chihuahua and poodle. The one with issues is chihuahua and bichon frise. Love them both all the same.
Oh yeah, cat understood, just doesn't give a damn 😼😽
So David Berkowitz....talk to your dog much ? Has he asked you to kill anyone lately ? (Google it)
Regardless of the audience, the biggest fans of dad jokes are probably other dads. For example, Zinoman recounts a moment he once shared with another father. At a kids’ birthday party, one dad mentioned he had just “cobbled together” summer camps for his child. Zinoman quipped that camps in the area are very “cobble-able”. Catching on, the other dad grinned and said, “Cobble Hill,” referring to a nearby neighborhood.
There's a 24-hours Chinese restaurant in our town. 'Wok Around The Clock'.
Also the title of Lee Mack's nonexistent cookbook. Available in stores nowhere. (This one's for WILTY fans.)
Load More Replies...This boy is going places. I don't know where exactly, though. It could be far, it could be jail
Load More Replies...In Italy we have a saying "Mind your own business and you'll live 100 years".
As an adult, I know that as soon as I lost my appetite, another will come right up (Jerry Seinfeld paraphrase).
Reminds me of a Gabriel Iglesias bit with the hotel staff who couldn't believe his last name was spelled with an I.
Same. Helps that I just watched that bit not too long ago :)
Load More Replies...The funny thing is that most people don't know good advice when they hear it.
The woman must have been looking over her shoulder to not see that large herbivore.
“The best argument for dad jokes is that bad art can be tremendous fun. Anyone who tells you differently has never cackled their way through an abysmal movie as they made fun of it with good friends, or gleefully beat a joke into the ground,” Zinoman says. “Some of the biggest laughs of my life have been from bad jokes, because what’s funnier than failure?”
And that "animal friendly fake leather" jacket you're wearing is made of plastic, will be ruined in a week and will sit on a land fill for decades to come.
It’s about degrees. At least an animal wasn’t killed to make it.
Load More Replies...To avoid biases (and cause it'd be awesome) the flowers on the coffin should be set on something that catapults them into the crowd.
Allow me to tell a joke. Little Fritz and his friends are sitting in their treehouse. One of his friends then "Uugghhh tomorrow I have to go and attend a wedding....and my whole family is there..... with lots of aunts.....the horror." Little Fritz: "I feel ya boy. The struggle is real, when they all come over pointing at you, giggling and saying stuff like "hohoho you will be the next hohoho". But you wanna know when they stopped doing this? Last year when we were at my great grandfathers funeral. I pointed at them giggled and sayd "hohoho you will be the next ones"
“Believing wholeheartedly in something lame is very funny,” agrees Christian Smith, a comedian from Toronto and a father to a two-year-old. “The lamer the better and the more you do it with a mischievous grin, the more you’ll get away with it.”
He likes to tease his wife with this one: “Do you have a raisin?” he asks, knowing she’ll inevitably respond with a no. “Well, how about a date?”
Has anyone noticed that the candy bars the kids used to walk around and sell for a dollar, has gotten so much smaller, and it's only worth about 50 cent if that??
No argument from me! I have yet to eat their soap, but I was forced to eat Lava soap for having a potty mouth before! Yucky! 🤢
A man rings he door. A mother with five kids opens. The man starts: " I am collecting donations for the Orphanage." The Woman looks at her kids and thinks for for a second before turning back to the man. " Right." She says. " you can have two."
One glass at a time might take awhile but they were the ones who asked for a donation, after all … 😳
My English is not that good. Is there a pun, word trick here?
Yes. When you have seen one (jaun) you've seen them all (amal)
Load More Replies...My mother used to keep a picture in her wallet. She'd ask people if they'd like to see her pride and joy. When they said yes, she'd show them the picture--it was a bottle of Pride detergent and Joy dish soap. Mom was an early adopter of the Dad Joke.
In a world where many jokes aim to offend or belittle, dad jokes do the opposite—they’re harmless and bring people together. Another Canadian comedian Dylan Gott, who has a three-year-old son and is expecting another child this month, shares, “The key to a good dad joke is uniting the rest of your family against you.” This is especially helpful if others are feeling anxious. “You come in and say something that makes everyone forget about the tense situation.”
Go listen to The Monster in the Closet. By Uncle Bonsai. It's on YouTube
I hope this kid is old enough to understand what dear old mom is trying to do.
Personally, I would love to go out with a good laugh. The last laugh, one might say.
for a proper dish of mashed potatoes, you need the same quantity of potatoes and butter (salted of course); and when serving the dish, don't forget to add some butter, otherwise it is too dry
Load More Replies...Plant Based is the name of the range but I still chuckle to myself whenever I see this in store.
Yes, you are entirely right. Just shows the marketing team had a sense of humour - or completely missed it!
Load More Replies...It's because Asda's normal mash (and most store bought) use dairy products that vegans and those with dairy allergies (like me) can't have. So yes potato is a vegetable but the stuff they add to the potatoes aren't. Like some roast potatoes are cooked in duck fat. So whilst the potatoes again are plant based, the rest of the ingredients aren't.
And the potatoes are certified. Not made with those awful counterfeit potatoes!
It’s mashed potatoes, in which milk and butter are often added, so maybe that’s it?
Yeah, somewhere in the middle of the package it does say that it is vegan.
Load More Replies...Hey people bought that "fat free" hard candies were healthier than the pure sugar rocks without the claim
Oh my god. That's so painfully bad. I'll have to keep an eye out during my next shop - Asda is only down the road for me.
Moreover, dad jokes have been scientifically shown to positively influence children’s development. A study by The British Pscyhological society, led by Marc Hye-Knudsen, suggests that when fathers tell corny jokes, they push their kids’ limits for handling awkward situations. This helps children become more resilient to judgment and embarrassment, preparing them to grow into confident, empowered adults.
Let's hope they don't unionize, can you imagine a labor strike with those bad boys? Yikes!
Noah's Ark must have been bigger than people assume to include two of every kind of dinosaur.
Nah, the dinos were simply too big to wipe out with a flood.
Load More Replies...I thought it was gonna be like: “I laugh because I know I don’t have any kids.”
It’s fine, I asked Alexa if she secretly listens to everything I say and sells my secrets, and if the robots are planning an uprising. She assured me that she does not work for Skynet, and doesn’t know anything about a digital apocalypse. So it’s ok everyone, I trust her, we’re safe
Load More Replies...Hye-Knudsen points out that dad jokes resemble the rough-and-tumble play that fathers instinctively use to engage their children—a trait observed across multiple species, including primates. This makes dad jokes a natural outcome of a behavior that has existed for millions of years.
In fairness, he did only run on two legs. Maybe his front legs are where all the speed is?
Well it could be, or it could just be that the roadrunner can fly...all those scenes where his legs were spinning round, they really were not touching the ground.
Load More Replies...We don't have roadrunners in Australia. I spent my whole childhood thinking they were as big as a coyote.
Yeah but in reality the coyote doesn’t get an anvil dropped on his head before he catches up.
Xennial here... I'm in mandatory therapy because HR said I need to consider ppl have feelings.
Load More Replies...I don’t like the order they listed the generations. Put them chronologically! 😂
I feel like every post about 'generations' should have a key next to it for those of us that don't have a clue about what the x, y and z mean, either from the date ersepective or what their stereotypical characteristics are supposed to be.
Don't know really know them, but I'll try a quick run down. The greatest generation were born before or during the first world war and into the great depression and were young adults for WW2. I believe they're called the greatest because they fought in WW2. The silent generation was born during the great depression through WW2. The boomers are short for baby boomers because so many people whose lives were put on hold for the war suddenly settled down and had kids after the war was over, creating a baby boom. They were born in the roughly 20 years after WW2. Generation x comes next. They are mostly ignored in generational conversations, just as they were generally ignored growing up. The Era of the latch key kid. Gen x were from mid 1960's to 1980ish. Next is gen y, also called the millennials, named because they entered adulthood or adolescence around the year 2000. Gen y is from. 1980 to mid 1990's. Gen z follows from mid 1990's to around 2010. Gen Alpha is currently growing up.
Load More Replies...Yep, GenX here. Parents were Silent Generation. My mother's favourite saying when I'd get upset was, "You've got to be better than that."
You have my sympathies because that’s horrible. My parents were hippies.
Load More Replies...Buddhists: do not become attached to those feelings. Ignore those feelings.
Errrr… It’s so much more complicated than that. I almost feel like Buddhism is the epitome of nuance: desire is bad, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t strive to better yourself.
Load More Replies...Nah, he needs a bicycle pump for when one of the balloons starts to deflate
Load More Replies...He is not too tough to wear a mask. He knows a microscopic virus can kill him.
That large man is SO huge, even a full-grown sabertoothed cat in his basket would look like a kitten!!!!!
It seems a lot of people haven't got the joke, so here I am to explain again! The post is talking about the old man
Obviously? They’re just talking about the large dude… because he is a very large dude.
Load More Replies...“So to all the dads out there who love telling dad jokes to your kids: don’t let their groans, their eye-rolls, or their palpable irritation stop you,” encourages Hye-Knudsen. “You’re partaking in a long and proud tradition, and your embarrassingly awful jokes may even do them some good. Keep repeating the same old stale puns, year-in and year-out”.
Hopefully, you’re now inspired to continue the legacy of making dad jokes and have found some inspiration from these posts for your next one. Remember, the cheesier the better!
I just got a buzz outta that one, beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here.
It is the hatred/dislike for males. It is the opposite of misogyny, which is the hatred/dislike of females. Misanthropy is the hatred/dislike for all humans XD
Load More Replies...Ladies, I know how easy, tempting and at times fun it is to do this, but a guy needs his ego; it's what makes them want to take care of us. Just keep it in check.
I like this one. Going to have to get a t-shirt with that on it now.
For whatever reason I read your reply as "times infinity squidward" and now I can't unsee it.
Load More Replies...Hey don't knock Temu. Their products are inexpensive but the quality for most of their stuff is really good
Because their staff work 14 hour days and get paid peanuts.
Load More Replies...Ain't that the truth. Everything from there appears life size online then in reality it's hamster size.
The funeral director told me they all charge the same amount but the cost goes up depending on how many services you want. I believe that's BS cause combing the hair is a service right along with closing the coffin. They take after hospitals that charge for a tissue. There is a cost for every little thing!
FYI... it's cheaper to buy your urn and placement site or coffin and burial plot while you're alive. I'm 48 and already have mine.
Right now, 2050 is looking like a stretch :(
Load More Replies...You guys shouldn't read these types of threads, it's obvious you don't get it.
I'm a 42-year-old woman and I giggled at all of them and said them ALL out loud XD
Load More Replies...I'm a first aid teacher. Said the word nipple in front of a class of 15 year old boys....won't make that mistake again.
I work with an immigrant from there. I think of it often. 😅
Load More Replies...I'm practically an old lady, but I still laugh when they say Uranus and Titicaca on Jeopardy!
50F here... Every.Single.Time. My level of maturity also includes my s/o and I trying to 'trick' the other into saying 'underwear'.
Load More Replies...Phuket - I'm not going to try to remember that name.
Load More Replies...Lake Titicaca was an answer on Jeopardy recently and even Ken Jennings smirked at it. Plus you're never too old for a Uranus joke. :)
"it might burn your butt-tocks tomorrow". That better? 😁
Load More Replies...I usually do a comparison of how much I want the spicy now v how much I'm going to regret it in the morning. Every time I think, yeah future me will not mind a burning bum.
Yes. The logical conclusion to the Republican agenda is to ban all books except the bible.
Load More Replies...It could have been put together in Usa, Japan. This was a legitimate issue years ago.
“Gullible” is the only English word in common usage that does not appear in any dictionary.
I set my all passwords to "incorrect"....so when I type it wrong the computer says "your password is incorrect"
I have been lied to. I thought "incorrectly" when spelled right is "RIGHT".
In which case, it is spelled incorrectly, as it should be spelled incorrectly and if spelled right is obviously spelled incorrectly. A sentence which makes my eyes bleed.
Load More Replies...In French, we had a spelling reform in the 90s and those idiots in the language council made it optional to use instead of making it the mandatory new spelling, meaning the traditional and reformed spelling are technically both correct. But obviously, because of how stupidly it was all handled, most people are unaware there was a spelling reform and the classical and reformed spelling got mixed up. Now, there are many words a lot of people are convinced are spelled one way and other people are convinced are spelled an other way. Technically they are both correct, but you can never be right with these words because no matter how correctly you spell them, you're still spelling it wrong for someone else.
Food is the only word in the english language with double 'o'. Need proof?
If a word is spelled incorrectly in the dictionary, how would anyone know? 😉
Likewise. Except, it's not resting my eyes, it's checking my eyelids for light leaks. According to my dad.
Load More Replies...How many people do you think are dead there ? ( when driving by a cemetery )
I didn't know I have kids. But apparently I do, because I check all the boxes
“People don’t know how to drive in this town,” is not a dad thing, it’s an anyone-who-can-drive thing 😂
We got a Doberman Pinscher, and boy does he annoy my wife for some reason.
This is literally a big part of the reason so many guns fall into even wronger hands.
I've seen no evidence that any gun was ever stolen, just a window that's been smashed because someone didn't like what the sign said.
Load More Replies...How small does your penis have to be to put something like that on your window? Microscopic I'd guess.
Friendly reminder that plants are also alive and have reproductive processes and stress responses.
A few years ago my sister had to quickly leave her house due to flooding. She came to our house very upset because she had forgotten her teeth
If you see Jim Cantore or the Waffle House closes (WH, is a real weather index) you're completely f****d!
I think SHE is holding HIS hand so he doesn’t wander off after shiny objects.
Prevent him from buying another tool to add to his 1,200-piece tool collection.
I just tie a balloon around my partner's wrist so I can see which aisle he wandered off to.
My ex bf held my hand because I walked faster than he did. He refused to go to a doctor to examine his bad knees.
Another high school grad who doesn't know the difference between wander and wonder.
No, I just swear now. Living alone has real advantages.
Load More Replies...Me too. And when I sit down. And when I tie my shoes. And when I put on my socks. And when...
And when I look too far to the left (when I look too far to the right, I yelp)
Load More Replies...There's a saying women say in an outback town in Australia, where the male population outnumbers the women considerably...the odds are good, but the goods are odds.
How is it misandry when she’s the one being stereotyped/laughed at? Edit: You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means. ;p
Load More Replies...This one got me tittering like a 12 year old. Side note. It was obviously made by a woman, because men can’t……
Well u mighta found A g spot but dont know how much this is gonna help ya but go ahead take the win
I figure that people with a vag1na should get the final word.
Load More Replies...I wander how all these thousands of years the human race managed to survive without life coaches.
Many thanks, didn’t get it before I read your post x
Load More Replies...I promised my daughter an ice cream if she went for a walk with me. Got done with the walk, got her an ice cream sandwich from the "C" store, not the cone she was expecting. She learned to find out about details that day.
I'll often order a salad, and it comes with a knife and fork. My usual comment: "If I need a knife to eat a salad, someone's not doin' something right!"
My favorite Dangerfield joke: We were so poor when I was a kid that if I wasn't born a boy I would not have had anything to play with.
Load More Replies...Stop calling it duct tape. It is the worst tape to use to seal up air ducts.
Dog kisses can mean I have to go out, or I want some food, or I am bored lets play.
Load More Replies...Ya, how dare he use a small amount of a non-renewable resource in an emergency instead of large quantities daily.
He needs to get a Kia EV6 he can use as a backup battery to run his house. Buy a better car.
Load More Replies...I'm against the abuse of d***s, yet I take a moment when I have a big headache. So I'm an hypocrite?
Never quite grasped how Americans differentiate between petrol and belching.
This is exactly why certain dishes haven’t been served in my parents’ house for 47 years. :p
especially when it involves cooking. ALWAYS tell her how much better your mum cooked something so she will improve untill she makes it just as well
You probably shouldn't try to milk that one for long.
Load More Replies...That is a very illogical response for a Vulcan! 😆
Load More Replies...The new generation has no idea about Siamese Twin Meat Pac-Man.
Every so often I get this hankering for fried polony. That means I actually have to go out and buy polony. I fry some and eat two slices and remember why I don't eat friend polony!
What in the greasy hell, am I looking at? White sloppy bread with some could-be-cheese and a slice of 'yuk' covered in foaming grease? Thanks, I am out. Too old for that shιt
Fried bologna, one of my mom's comfort food (grew up poor) although she did it like a side to eggs like you would do bacon
Load More Replies...My mom sent me to grade school every day with a bologna sandwich. I never questioned it until I was about 11 and all of a sudden I went "WTF is this?". That was the last time I ever touched bologna. True story! :)
Bologna with slits in the sides so it doesn't curl up when you pan fry it. Cooking like that gives it some texture and a slightly bitter flavor that somehow almost makes it taste like food.
Load More Replies...I agree with you! We need more jokes and less "AITA" posts.
Load More Replies...I love, Love, LOVE, ❤️ dad jokes, especially the horrible puns - the worse they are, the better I like 'em!!!!! KEEP 'EM COMING!!!!!
One of my favorite dad jokes: How do you get D**k from Richard? You ask nicely
My favorite dad joke is: What’s a Pirate’s favorite letter? (They’ll inevitably say “Arrrr”, then you get to put on your best Pirate voice and say:) No, it’s the C!
This was awesome. Improved with every scroll too. Man... Post more like this please!
I agree with you! We need more jokes and less "AITA" posts.
Load More Replies...I love, Love, LOVE, ❤️ dad jokes, especially the horrible puns - the worse they are, the better I like 'em!!!!! KEEP 'EM COMING!!!!!
One of my favorite dad jokes: How do you get D**k from Richard? You ask nicely
My favorite dad joke is: What’s a Pirate’s favorite letter? (They’ll inevitably say “Arrrr”, then you get to put on your best Pirate voice and say:) No, it’s the C!
This was awesome. Improved with every scroll too. Man... Post more like this please!
