# What are Dad Jokes? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 26, 2024, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178 "2024-12-26T09:36:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178/101 "2024-12-31T13:20:41Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Not only that, they’re even better the second time. As I always say, a good pun is it’s own reword. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178/102 "2024-12-31T15:11:17Z")
Dad jokes thrive on repetition. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178/103 "2024-12-31T15:31:55Z")
Still. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178/104 "2024-12-31T15:44:26Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Dad jokes thrive on repetition. You can say that again! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178/105 "2024-12-31T17:05:19Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > > > Dad jokes thrive on repetition. > > You can say that again! - That. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178/106 "2024-12-31T17:05:42Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > > [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > > > Dad jokes thrive on repetition. > > You can say that again! I must have told you a million times to stop exaggerating. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178/107 "2024-12-31T17:07:05Z")
Dad jokes thrive on repetition. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178/108 "2024-12-31T17:08:46Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Dad jokes thrive on repetition. - I’ve heard that before. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178/109 "2024-12-31T17:48:12Z")
Then there are the dad jokes for when your kids become teenagers and they think they know everything. “Have you heard of Murphy’s Law?” “Yeah dad, ‘if anything can go wrong, it will’. Duh, everybody knows that.” “Ok smart guy, have you heard of Cole’s Law?” “Umm no, what’s that?” “Thinly sliced cabbage mixed with mayo”. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178/110 "2025-01-01T10:27:52Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > My dad’s stock response to “Hey!” was always “Hay is for horses but oats taste better”. > > My dad’s version was “Hay is for horses, better for cows.” I have a stoner dad his was "hay is for horses but grass is cheaper so grab a bowl and lets smoke some reefer " ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178/111 "2025-01-01T12:39:54Z")
Obligatory nitpick: “Everything that can go wrong, will” is actually Finagle’s Law. Murphy’s Law is “If there is a right way and a wrong way to do something, some fool will invariably do it the wrong way”. Murphy was an engineer, and his point was that systems should be designed so that there isn’t a wrong way. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2025, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178/112 "2025-01-01T13:10:31Z")
I don’t get it. 🤪 (I’m going, I’m going.) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178/113 "2025-01-02T00:16:31Z")
Nitpick of a nitpick: That is actually Finagle’s Second Law. Finagle’s First Law is: The perversity of the Universe tends to a maximum. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178/114 "2025-01-02T02:23:57Z")
Dad jokes thri… You’re right — enough, already. 😆 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178/115 "2025-01-02T13:01:37Z")
Where’s my eyeroll smiley? Oh yeah, here it is Dad : 🙄 🙄 🙄 🙄 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![a6ka97](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c2a13f/32.png) [@a6ka97](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a6ka97)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178/116 "2025-01-14T03:54:09Z")
Q. How can you tell if a joke is a “dad joke”” A. It is apparent when it is told. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-dad-jokes/1012178.md?page=5)