Dads are great - for many reasons. However, this Father's Day, there is one universal trait that deserves to be celebrated more than any other: the dad joke.

 

There are three key components to the classic dad joke:

 

First, and most importantly, it must be in no way funny (ideally, there should be a particularly unfunny pun in there as well)

 

Second, it should immediately - IMMEDIATELY - be followed by a self-congratulatory chuckle ('chuckle' is, in itself, a very daddish word)

 

Third, and most crucially, it should be repeated ad nauseum. Dads never get tired of them - that's why they're so potently rubbish.

 

So, today of all todays, rejoice in the splendour of our favourite selection of cringe-worthy, lame, limp and desperately unfunny dad jokes.

 

You may even like some of them (even though you wouldn't dream of admitting it).

 

1. Two pears on a table. Dad picks one up and says: they're not a pair anymore

 

2. (When driving in the car)

Me: Where are we Dad?

Dad: In the car

 

3. When rubbing your eye

Dad: What's up?"

Me: "There's something in my eye"

Dad: "Yeah, it's your finger"

 

4. Me: What's on the TV?

Dad: Just some dust.

 

5. Me: What are you doing, dad?

Dad (standing on one leg at bank machine): I'm checking my balance

 

6. Have you heard about that new film Constipation?

Me: No

Dad: That's cause it hasn't come out yet