The Very Embarrassing Book of Dad Jokes: Because Your Dad Thinks He's Hilarious
The Very Embarrassing Book of Dad Jokes: Because Your Dad Thinks He's Hilarious book cover

The Very Embarrassing Book of Dad Jokes: Because Your Dad Thinks He's Hilarious

Hardcover – June 1, 2012

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Price
$13.39
Format
Hardcover
Pages
224
Publisher
Portico
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1907554537
Dimensions
5 x 1 x 8 inches
Weight
11.6 ounces

Description

"Not only provide[s] amusement, but might also be [a] conversation starter."xa0 —Daily Loaf Ian Allen is a father of three teenagers and a funny man indeed.xa0Hexa0has workedxa0on several joke books.

Features & Highlights

  • A collection of "side-splitting" jokes collected from dads around the world, all of whom think they are hilarious
  • Why did the banana go to the doctors?
  • Because he wasn't peeling very well!
  • Proving the age-old maxim that "it's in the way that you tell them," dads have always been renowned for being truly godawful joke tellers. Whether it's telling them at the wrong moment, misremembering the punchline, or it just simply being a terrible joke to begin with, dads are an embarrassment to the whole family when it comes to trying to be funny. This collection is full to the brim with jokes that only dad would dare tell—jokes that will make you groan, sigh, and then probably groan again. Dads take great pleasure in these kinds of jokes and some of them are so terrible they blossom into actual ribticklers—but don't tell your dad that, it will only encourage him.

Customer Reviews

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Five Stars

My kids keep hiding this from me, which I take as a full endorsement.
45 people found this helpful
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British humor

This was an entertaining book, and maybe I should have looked at other reviews, but before I bought it I didn't realize the jokes sometimes were relevant for Brittish humor instead of American humor. It isn't a problem for most jokes, but some refer to things that aren't relevant if you live in the States
25 people found this helpful
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Gift for a new dad

My brother-in-law and sister are expecting their first child, and as a joke, my brother-in-law said that he wanted a book of dad jokes. When he opened this christmas day, I thought he would cry. He reads that book like it's the bible and reads it to my sister's belly, preparing their daughter for the dad jokes. I would recommend this to any new father, or anyone with a sense of humor in particular
15 people found this helpful
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Good little book and gift

Gave it as a gift to a dentist I was seeing for treatment--he always had some corny joke to tell to start the procedure, I thought he needed updating a bit, so I gave him something to expand his repertoire.
10 people found this helpful
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Region

Father Day
Was a gift book was ok but I didn’t realize the vocabulary/ satire is of UK region .
Some jokes we didn’t get .
Sorry
4 people found this helpful
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Cringe unless perhaps you are From England and lame

Boo. Not so good. Not even for bad Dad jokes. I’m sitting at the dining room right now as my husband reads to my son. This book is British! And stuffy. And lame. Loads of groans and not the good ones. The cover is deceptive. It’s full of “filler”. Not funny or even corny. Just a big fat fail.
4 people found this helpful
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FUN!

Some of the jokes were either old school or british... still a really great buy for a Dad with dad jokes!
4 people found this helpful
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Written in British English but still cute!

Dad thought the jokes were great. This is written for British people, so it has some sayings and stuff that aren't relevant to Americans, but still cute nonetheless!
3 people found this helpful
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Great present for the dad that thinks he's told all bad jokes out there

This is a great gift for dad's that love to tell bad jokes or need new bad dad joke material. The book is out of the UK so be aware so terms may not translate & some vocabulary may be unfamiliar. The bulk if it translates to an American dad just fine though. Bad funny is bad funny universally.
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Funny, but....

We don’t quite get British humor. Many things left us confused.
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