#6 Dads Don’t Like to Shout About It Jokes
Every comedian appreciates an audience
Who is the funniest man you know, whoever you said you’d be wrong? Ask any dad, even the grumpy one whose face has set firmer than a block of rhubarb jelly. Unable to smile. Who honestly believes his dry, acidic wit to be amusing? Rush to raise and wave their hand madly fanning the air like a blindfolded Kung Fu apprentice itching for permission to scratch his raiding hemorrhoid invasion.
Dad humor and jokes receive a lot of bad press, and quite rightly so, it’s all very well-deserved. But there is a profound distinction between them both, and they should be separated at all times. Dad humor at a sadist schoolboy base level might include a friendly wrestling match with one purpose and one purpose alone. To position the unsuspecting member of their brood somewhere in the vicinity of his rear end and after that let one go!
As for telling a joke, a prerequisite is the ability to recall all of the jokes while telling it. It’s a minor point but pretty much mission critical in the world of gag telling. Primarily because towards the end of the joke, the punch line invariably reveals itself igniting laughter, a physical and physiology appreciation.
Dads have a secret and don’t like to shout about it — the jokes are on them.
More often than you’d imagine, their job is to be the joke. Simultaneously, others busy themselves tripping over, falling off the wall, bike, out of bed. Bumping and banging into things, cutting knees, getting fingers caught in cupboards, poking oneself in the eye, getting scratched by the cat, bit by the dog, hit by your brother, smacked by your sister, it’s a long list. Also, it includes being dumped by the boyfriend or BFF.
Dads dive into such sticky situations with both feet, jackets off sleeves rolled up without a second thought. Often operating unnoticed under the radar. The premiership league of tasteless, tactless, poorly timed, sarcastic, left field — will do anything to raise a smile and hear that laughter, to help wipe away the tears.
Because dads know your beautiful sounding laughter triggers the release of endorphins, the body’s natural feel-good chemicals that can even temporarily relieve pain. Things don’t ever hurt half as bad when you’re laughing and let’s not forget the magic of a hug from the old man.
Dad humour is questionable at times and in regards to taste - well he is your dad. His ability to laugh at himself, often the first to laugh at the absurdity of the situation, forms part of the glue that connects a family unit and importantly keeps us all grounded. Handy life lessons that can remove the stressful shopping tantrum nightmares that send many of us down quieter aisles in search of anything far away from the screaming scene being played out in the frozen food aisle!
Top Take Away
How we feel in life is invariably a game of perspective. Change yours and enjoy the joke, as laughter is contagious and that’s got to be worth sharing.
Spend time with fun, playful people, those who laugh easily–both at themselves and life’s absurdities.
Dads don’t mind if your change of heart and smile comes at their expense — we happen to believe you’re worth it.