The World's Greatest Collection of Dad Jokes

This book does what it says on the tin. As a great lover of the dad joke, this book hit my funny bone. It's a great bit of light reading for a dark time and would also make a lovely gift for the dad in your life.

I would add to the title: And Grandpas Too! My husband had just started amassing jokes for our 6 year old granddaughter. When I saw this title I had to request it! I will purchase it when it is published to keep as reference!

This is an interesting collection of jokes organized into sections by category. There were some good jokes that I shared with my husband and we got a chuckle out of them.

The formatting in the ARC kindle version made it difficult at times to see where one joke ended and another began.

Thank you to NetGalley and Barbour Publishing for providing an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Dad jokes. I have been accused of telling a few. Now, thanks to The World's Greatest Collection of Dad Jokes: More Than 500 of the Punniest Jokes Dads Love to Tell I have plenty more ammunition. The title tells it like it is. This is a bunch of jokes, ranging from one-liners and riddles, to more extensive stories. Some are classics. All of these, I expect, have been passed down through a few generations of Dads, now lovingly preserved and organized into a dozen categories by Glenn Hascall.



This collection is published by Barbour Publishing, a Christian publishing house, so you can be sure that the jokes are clean and, for the most part, inoffensive. Just to be sure you know this is a Christian book, each chapter starts with a scripture. I love the Bible, but the scriptures didn't add much to the book.



Hascall included some old favorites, like "repaint, and thin no more," "shave it," "the reception was great," and "no one can play it, and we really need more light." If you don't recognize those punch lines, well, you'll have to read the book!



True to the publisher's roots, there are good number of church-related jokes, like church bulletin gaffes and funnies. ("The class on prophecy has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.") I particularly enjoyed the "funny things kids say" jokes, too. (The little boy at the tiger exhibit at the zoo: "Daddy, if the tigers escaped and ate you . . . how would I get home?")



I've tried some of these out on my teenage boys. Reaction? "Stop, Dad, just stop." Mission accomplished!


Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the complimentary electronic review copy!

They say laughter is good medicine and my family and I love to laugh! This was a great read that kept us laughing all the way through. Some are funny because they are just funny and some are funny because you can relate totally to what they are saying. “My memory is so bad I can’t remember the last time I forgot something.” Relatable, don’t ya think?!?! And this one, “I’ve reached an age where my hindsight also needs glasses.” I recommend this book to all who love to laugh and to all who need to laugh. You know who you are.
I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.