Dad jokes are a special form of humour. They are marked by two distinctive features. They are (a) not funny in the first place, and (b) increasingly less funny after endless repetition. (How come I suddenly think I crack a lot of Dad jokes? HAHA.)
A shattered child tells the story of driving with her father past a cemetery in a country town. In vain, she waited for him to make the remark: "Look at that, kids, it's the dead centre of the town- people are dying to get in there."
Such shocking case studies are one reason the government is establishing Dad Joke training centres, helping young fathers who can't get their Dad Jokes flowing. Says one counsellor, "Yong children naturally look up to their fathers and see them as a font of wisdom and authority. The Dad Joke is an important part of the process of separation, whereby the child realises that the father is a real person, with flaws and imperfections."
Haha. I guess it's different in the States and here. We don't really get to hear many Dad Jokes around here. I have never heard one from my Dad, that is.
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