So many men blossom when they become fathers—into wonderful, attentive parents, and also terrible, cringe-worthy joke-tellers. This phenomenon is well-documented (by me, in my head, every time a father I know makes an awful pun and then does Groucho Marx eyebrows). Does this describe someone you know, love, and maybe even call “Dad”? Or, does […]
While the jury is out on whether dad jokes are ever funny to anyone but the dad making them, we can all recognize how important it is for a father—facing down all the financial, physical, and emotional stresses of parenthood—to keep his sense of humor. With that in mind, here are five funny books about […]
I think many of us (long-suffering waitresses aside) will agree that dads can be pretty funny. And that humor, for better or for worse, is definitely absorbed by their young, impressionable kids. My own father has always appreciated a good pun, and at this point pun-lore is so ingrained in me that when the opportunity […]