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EP11 - Dad Jokes - Are They Funny? · Oh And One More Thing

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Some old friends facing our fears, laughing through the
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chaos and drinking some beers. So here's to the laughs, the
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crumbs and the cheers. All the awkward moments.
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And we're still here because? In the end, we're just doing our
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thing. It's our crazy life.
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One more thing, one more thing. Welcome to Oh and one more
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thing, a podcast where 2 long time friends try to figure out
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what the heck is going on with this crazy thing called middle
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age. It's a mix of stories of how we
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navigate our lives and maybe some questionable advice.
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Some days we're wise, other days we're just trying to remember
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where the heck we left our phone.
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So join us as we laugh, groan, and maybe even learn a little
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something about surviving in the second-half of life.
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Oh, and one more thing. Hello, I'm Brian.
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Welcome to Owen. One more thing.
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Hey, I'm Rob, what is new with you buddy?
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It's all great. Things are great over here.
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You know I always love a sunny day.
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Well, who doesn't puts a smile on my face?
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Did you know that a little time in the sun is good for you?
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I think I've heard that. Yeah, yeah, we get our vitamin D
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from the sun and our bodies. Well, we need vitamin D, of
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course, right? Otherwise we might get.
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Rickets. What are What are rickets?
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Nobody wants that. Yeah, I'm not going to.
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I, I don't really know. So I'm.
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Moving up, but they're bad. Right.
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But you do have to have your son in a moderation.
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Yeah, not like when we were teenagers and laying out in the
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sun for hours and baby oil, but I was a bronze beauty.
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Did did your baby oil when you? Were yes, uh huh.
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But sadly, I did, yeah. You see, I never did.
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The girls always did. They what are you saying?
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Well, don't think. The girls went full.
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The girls always went full like getting the sign and use the the
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little metal thing. Oh yeah, I was very tan.
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Baby oil on top of it and I just as nuts.
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You know, and today my, my kids say that I have this olive
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colored skin. You know, it's, I'm always, I
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can tan really easy. I think it's because when I was
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a teenager, I was always in the sun.
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Makes sense you're going with olive is the color you're going
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with. Yeah, olive is that.
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That's not old, It's just olive. It's a faded olive, but yes,
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sure. Yeah, he's I.
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Speaking of son, I was in Florida this past week for us on
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some work stuff. You were tell.
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Us about it. Yeah, it was horrible.
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What? It was horrible.
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Here's the deal. So in my mind, so I'm all
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excited, excited. I'm 1 of this work thing and
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learning work stuff and we're going to Orlando.
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And what do you think when you hear Orlando?
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I think theme. Parks.
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Disney Universal, Right? Yeah.
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I, I didn't get to go to theme parks.
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I had to go sit and work conferences for three days.
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Ohh listening to people sad. Did you hear the violins
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playing? My heart bleeds for you.
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Horrible. It was 95°, it was hot.
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It was lectures for 9 hours straight.
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Oh it was horrible. And then we then we get on the
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plane to come home and the plane was delayed and got rerouted.
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And I, I did call you when you're at the airport.
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You didn't sound very I. Was I was crabby?
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It was it was a long 3 days and we just found out our plane was
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delayed an hour when you called. So that had a lot to do with it.
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But it's so sad to go to Orlando, not go to any theme
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park. Oh, I was sad, but.
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Anyway, we'll have to plan that. We will.
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We will. What is the best day to get a
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tent on the beach? I don't know what is it.
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Well, Sunday, of course. Of course.
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Yes. You know, yeah, that's those
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memes that are on Facebook, The, the puns and those things.
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I, I don't know about you, but I think they, they are so funny.
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They make me laugh all the time. Oh, every time.
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It's probably my middle school sense of humor.
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But maturity doesn't come naturally.
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It does take time to hone that skill.
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True. Yeah, very true.
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Yeah. Some of my recent favourites are
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the adult version of head and shoulders, Knees and toes is
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wall. That class is keys and phone.
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Keys and phone that's. Very true and.
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Then just when you think food cannot can't call you on the
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phone, boom, onion rings. That's my favorite.
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Or like finally my winter fat is gone.
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Now I have spring rolls. Spring rolls.
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Spring rolls, right? Mm.
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Hmm. Yeah, I was watching a show
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called Ten Ways to Avoid Shark Attacks and surprisingly, Stay
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Out of the Water didn't make the list.
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What? That's how I avoid shark
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attacks. Lol oh that's funny.
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So you know, these are all forms of dad jokes.
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Dad jokes I love a good dad. Joke I love a good dad joke I.
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Don't know why I'd laugh all the time.
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It's maybe because we're dads or.
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Maybe. Or is it that they're actually
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are funny? I think they're hilarious.
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I do too. Yeah.
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So you know that topic we had the last week?
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Yeah, that you Are you a liar? Yeah, that's yeah it.
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Was a little difficult to get through it.
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Was tough, It was tough. You know, it's not that we are
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we're liars, and it wasn't Confessions of a Middle-aged
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Man, right? But a lot of reading and facts.
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Yeah. So this time we thought, you
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know, we thought, let's try to lighten it up the mood a little
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bit here and let's tell some dad jokes.
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Right. Who doesn't like dad jokes?
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I love them and. With Father's Day right around
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the corner, we thought it'd be nice to give our fathers a
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little shout out. OK, that's great.
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Yeah. So what was your dad like
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growing up? So I we talked about this in a
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previous podcast, but dad, dad was my buddy.
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So I was an only child growing up, so and spend a lot of time
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either watching TV, playing video games or hanging out with
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dad in the garage. Yeah.
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So I'd watch Dad when he'd go out and fix cars or, you know,
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build things, whatever. And truly, that's where I
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learned how to swear. Good.
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There was a lot of that going on out there.
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I'd like to hear more of it. Please.
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Yeah, Yeah, Right. And growing up, my dad was a
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smoker. So back in the 70s, you know,
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smoking was still like doctor, yeah, like encouraging smoking.
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It was, it was healthy for you back, you know, Right.
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Of course it was. No, of course it was.
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And so he would always smoke. But my mom hated the fact that
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he smoked. So he'd be out there, you know,
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gotta have his heater. And soon, as soon as that door
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would open. I've never seen a cigarette go
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flying faster in my life. Really.
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I don't know if she ever saw him smoke.
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I mean, you could smell it, but I don't know if she ever saw him
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smoke. That's crazy.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Well, my dad was really a a quiet guy, OK?
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You know, he was the matriarch of the family and he worked all
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the time. But he was a a cook.
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Mm Hmm. You know that.
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So I think that's where I've learned my love of cooking.
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That makes sense is from my dad. Yeah.
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And so he did always leave early, come home late and, you
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know, did not have a lot of interaction.
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And that other than he was always there.
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You know he was there supporting you, but he was the quiet guy in
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the background. Yeah, okay, makes sense.
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So this topic of dad jokes, you know, Rob, where did that come
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from? Well, let me give you a little
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definition first. A dad joke is a joke, obviously
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typically a pun, often presented as a one liner or a question and
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answer. Generally, inoffensive dad jokes
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are told with sincere, humorous intent or to intentionally
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provoke a negative groaning reaction to their overly
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simplistic humor. I love getting groans, right?
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That's my goal. That's your goal?
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OK I I I see a lot in your future today dad jokes called
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dad jokes because they are stereo stereotypically thought
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to be jokes a father or someone like a father would tell to a
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child. OK, that makes sense.
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It seems like dad jokes have been around a long time though.
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Yeah, well, the term dad joke have decoded as early as 1987 in
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a Pennsylvania newspaper, which noted dad jokes as making kids
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and wives grown, and then they've been doing so ever
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since. It's a word play tradition
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passed down from generation to generation.
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Yeah, it doesn't seem like it was that long ago.
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Right it, yeah. Yeah, 1987.
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That's that's when I got married.
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Oh, and and that doesn't seem like a long ago either, does it?
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No, but it is. It is.
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That's it's like it's like 37 years, dude.
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But you know, I I really only think dads think they're clever
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and funny. Well, duh.
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Right, Right. Did you know what my best Cliff
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Clavin? The term dad jokes also received
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mentions in the sitcom How I Met Your Mother in 2008.
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And to top it off, in September of 2019, Merriam Webster added
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the phrase dad joke to the dictionary.
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So it's a legitimate word and phrase.
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So it really is part of pop culture is awesome.
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That's awesome, yeah. So dad jokes was off, which
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often use puns for comedic effect.
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Are a genre that transcends cultural boundaries and time.
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They don't require any specific knowledge or awareness of
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current events to be understood and appreciated, which is
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probably why I like them. It's.
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Definitely. That helps.
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This timeless quality sets them apart from other forms of
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comedy, such as stand up, which constantly need to adapt to stay
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relevant. Dad jokes offer a reprieve from
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the negativity and complexities of the world.
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They're simple, harmless, don't require much thought or effort
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to understand. This makes them particularly
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appealing in today's world, where people are often
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overwhelmed by the constant barrage of negative news and
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information. And ain't.
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That the truth. That's true, yes.
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Have you seen those dad joke laugh challenges on YouTube?
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I have, yes. Yeah, so they those are pretty
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funny, especially when they're really trying not to laugh and
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you can just see it in them that they're just cracking up.
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Yeah, some of those jokes they come up with though, in my
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opinion, are. Hilarious, yes.
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Maybe we should try it. We should.
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Well then, let's tell a few dads.
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Let's. Hey Rob, what are your dogs
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names? Calvin and Klein.
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Isn't that a brand of underwear? Well, exactly.
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They're boxers. OK.
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All right. Sort of lame, but yet funny.
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Yes, they're all funny. So I got one for you.
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OK, I've written a book on how how to fall down the stairs.
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It's a step by step guide. I know, right?
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OK, Now are we playing that game?
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We can't laugh because I think. Oh, you have to laugh.
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You gotta laugh. You gotta laugh.
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Yeah. I, I, I'm, I'm trying to hold
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off on the on the rim shot for the ones that are truly worthy
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of a rim shot. OK, so that you're the judge of
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what's worthy of a rim? Shot I do have control over the
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board, but that's true, but I I think you can give me a you give
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me some sort of signal I think if well.
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When you see me wheezing from, there's my laugh.
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When there's tears coming down your eyes.
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Tears coming down my eyes all. Right here we go. 5 ants rented
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an apartment from another 5 ants.
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No, no, they're 10 ants. 10 ants. 10 ants. 10 ants.
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What's the best present you can ever give I.
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Don't know. A broken drum.
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Nobody can beat that. Yeah, I got their rim shot.
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That deserves a rim shot. Oh, funny.
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All right. David Hasselhoff has started
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referring himself as the Hoff. It's less of a hassle.
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All right, you caught me off guard.
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All right, that's good. My cell phone accidentally took
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a 10 minute video of my shoes yesterday.
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It was some pretty good footage. No, no, it's more of a girl
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that'll laugh. You know, I just realized that
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the word 7 has even in it. Yeah, that's odd.
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All right, you caught me off guard on that one.
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I had a date last night. You did.
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It was really exciting. Yeah.
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Tonight I'm going to try a fig. I I like that one.
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Yeah, I've just been promoted. Yeah, I'm running all the old
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McDonald's farms. I'll be the C i.e.
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I/O. Nice.
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Nice. OK.
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I got fired from the bank today. You did.
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A woman asked me to check her balance, so I pushed her.
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That's pretty good. This is.
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Probably more of a visual, but can you name a country without
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the letter R in it? No, no.
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Way. Norway, Norway.
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Norway. Lame.
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I know that one, that that one is lame.
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That was a stretch because if I thought hard enough I could come
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up with one. Probably could.
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OK, anyway, what's the opposite of Antarctica?
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I don't know. Uncle Arctica.
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Here's me trying to think of continents.
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Their dad jokes. Yeah, I remember.
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I know. A man showed up for a dual armed
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only with pencil and paper. He then proceeded to draw his
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weapon. All right, why is why is dark
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spelled with AK and not ACI? Don't know 'cause you can't see
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in the dark. Get.
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It I can't see. The dark DARK.
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That's that's a groan, not a laugh.
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Thank you. I like groans.
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All right, all right. Last one for now already.
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My grandma always used to say an apple a day keeps a doctor away.
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I don't know if that's true or just one of Granny's myths.
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I get it. Granny Smith.
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I get it. Granny Smith.
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Yeah. That's pretty good.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Did you know that many different cultures recognize a dad joke?
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Yeah, Yeah, they do. They do.
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The Japanese have a similar concept.
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I'm gonna butcher all these words.
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Ovali, Guagu. That that sounds good.
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That's pretty close, but should be translated to old men gags or
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middle-aged men's gags. All right, old men gags, I
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called. Old men gags.
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The Danish culture recognizes uncle humor or uncle humor.
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I like that. It's Uncle ONKEL, but it's close
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enough to Uncle I can say that one or more far vintage hedger.
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I like that one. I feel like it's a like a shell
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from IKEA or or or. Those are called grandfather
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jokes. It seems like dad jokes have
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universal appeal, at least to dads.
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Sure, we've all heard the old saying laughter is the best of
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medicine, right? Well, the release of serotonin,
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A neurotransmitter and hormone, is triggered by laughter, and a
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higher serotonin levels can help you make you feel good.
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But that's not the only benefit laughter has in your health.
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Also, a hearty laugh not only relaxes your body and it can
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relieve stress up to 45 minutes and boost your immune system by
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decreasing stress hormones and increasing infection fighting
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antibodies. Well, that's awesome.
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Yeah, laughter improves the function of blood vessels and
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increases blood flow, which can help protect you against heart
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attacks and other cardiovascular problem.
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And my favorite laughter burns calories.
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See. That's why, right?
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It's why I don't exercise. You don't need to is because.
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I'm laughing all the time. All day and you're burning
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calories. In my negativity and pessimistic
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style attitude, no, I'm kidding. No laughter lightens the mood.
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Nothing diffuses anger or conflict faster than a shared
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laugh. And laughter may even help you
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live longer. A study in Norway Norway No Way
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No Way found that people with a strong sense of humor outlive
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those who don't laugh as much. So we're going to live forever.
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Forever. Well, yeah.
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Longer than we're going to live long, long way past average age.
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Longer than we, probably. Should OK, so let's see if we
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can get each other laughing again.
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Here we go. So I just picked up a bottle of
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that new Fred Flown aftershave. Yeah, yeah, it's strong stuff.
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You only need to use a tiny bit. A little dab will do you.
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My wife. Harper on that one is you need
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to know who the Flintstones are. So if you're of a certain age
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and audience have may have no clue that joke pertains to like,
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that's stupid. It's not stupid to us because.
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We grew up on the Flintstones. And the Jetsons.
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And the Jetsons. My wife found out I was cheating
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on her. Oh, after she found all the
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letters I was hiding she got so mad.
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She'll never play Scrabble with me again.
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Sounds sounds about right. Someone asked me to name 2
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structures that hold water. I was like, well damn.
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That deserves a rib. Shot All right, there you go.
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I was going to cook alligator for dinner, but then I realized
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I only had a crock pot. Nice.
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Thank you. What?
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Do you call an alien that gets uncomfortably close to you?
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About what? A space invader.
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That joke was out of this world. Yes, it was.
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That was the best part. That was better.
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The better. Yeah, My doctor told me my
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prostate was good. I was deeply touched.
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All right, that's good, that's good.
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All right. I'm not saying I'm attractive,
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but when I take my clothes off in the bathroom, I turn the
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shower on. Oh yeah, you do.
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I spent a lot of time and money and and effort childproofing my
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house. OK Damn, the kids still get in.
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That are hard you try they keep showing up for dinner coming
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back make it stop. We we love our kids.
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We do so you know I I just recently had to travel to
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Florida. We just had this conversation he
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did a couple seconds ago. Google kept calling me surely
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all day yesterday and I was getting very annoyed.
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And then I finally realized I left my phone in airplane mode.
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OK, again, again. You need to, you need to have
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reference of of the movie airplane.
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That that still makes much more sense.
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It does, yeah. What's the least spoken language
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in the world? I don't know.
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Sign language. Get it?
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And true and true. Did you know I played guitar?
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I didn't, yeah. After playing guitar for years,
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I thought I could learn to play the piano, but it's not an easy
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instrument to pick up. I could see it.
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Hanging around your neck, right? But they do make those
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synthesizer pianos that do hang around your neck.
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You can play it. Like a piano, Yeah, still heavy.
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And and the accordion. And the accordion.
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Yes, could totally do the accordion.
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Can you though? No, I have one.
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Do you? Yeah, my dad played.
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I think I remember that. Yeah, he played all the time,
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and he'd play when we were kids. Yeah, maybe that's what I
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remember a lot about. He'd play the accordion and we'd
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all dance around kitchens. You'd need to bring the
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accordion to a podcast recording.
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But I don't know how to play it. So.
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It was. It is on my bucket list someday
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to learn how to play the accordion OK in honor of my dad.
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Sure, and it's it's pretty fun music if you're German.
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If you're German and if if you watch, watch a lot of Lawrence
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Welk growing up. Yes, I did Shocker Saturday
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night. Yeah, yeah.
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So what do you call a person who never farts in public?
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I don't know. Private tutor.
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That's that's that's that's. That's thank you.
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Thank you. That's worthy, alright.
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Stephen King has a son named. Joe, he does.
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Yeah, I'm not joking, but he is. Joking, joking.
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Stephen King? No.
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No. It's not.
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Yeah, explain them. And that that is good if you
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have to explain. It right, yeah, but we we're
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getting them. Yeah, we, yeah, that's all that
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matters. I told my wife.
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She drew her eyebrows, eyebrows on too high.
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She seems surprised. I can't see you telling your
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wife that. She doesn't draw on her
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eyebrows. But I thought it was funny.
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So when I was reading these jokes to myself, I'm laughing.
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Yeah. Oh, God, myself.
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So I I'm like, if I can make myself laugh, yeah.
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It's worth it. My daughter was doing history
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homework the other day and asked me what I knew about Galileo.
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I said he was a poor boy from a poor family.
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Another reference. I love it.
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Does anybody know the reference? Well, I do.
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I know you do. Yeah.
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I hope the listeners. Everybody knows, Queen.
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Come on. Come on, I do not.
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I know Yesterday my GPS told me to turn around.
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After that I couldn't see anything.
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I get it, I get it. My daughter, again, she was very
20:17
busy the other day. She asked me, Dad, today I
20:19
watched somebody do 50 push ups. Do you think you could do that?
20:22
I said of course, but I don't want to brag.
20:24
I mean, I could probably watch somebody do 100 push ups.
20:30
I love it. What do you call an alligator in
20:34
a vest? I don't know.
20:35
An investigator? That's a groan.
20:39
That's a groan. That's a groan.
20:40
Yeah, we need a groan. Sound bite.
20:43
I have the lot lot somewhere. If I if I looked hard enough.
20:46
Oh, here we go. I.
20:51
Totally needed that. Totally need that.
20:53
A cop stopped me and asked do you know why I stopped you?
20:56
I looked back at my trailer full of donkeys and said because I'm
20:58
hauling ass. I have another one I saw today
21:03
too though. Another cop stopped me today by
21:05
the way. He did, yeah.
21:07
He asked me to get out of the car and I said why?
21:09
Because you want to know how tall I am?
21:11
Sure as shit that's why. No, I'm kidding.
21:16
First I thought you, you. I'm fallible.
21:17
You had me there for a minute, right?
21:20
Well, it's the way you said it. It's like, is he pulling my leg?
21:23
I didn't know. I used to play piano by ear, but
21:26
now I use my hands, it's much easier.
21:29
OK, that's a that's a semicron, not a full eye girl.
21:32
That's how I grow. Actually.
21:34
I gave my wife a glue stick instead of her lipstick.
21:36
Yeah, she's still not talking to.
21:41
Me, you know, I told my wife to embrace her mistakes, so she
21:44
hugged me. Have you never heard that when
21:51
we thought? I have not, but that that's
21:52
quite true for both of us it. Is.
21:54
I love that one. Yeah.
21:56
So whether you thought those jokes are funny or not, well, I
21:59
did. I did.
21:59
There's real stats behind laughter.
22:01
OK? Laughter is a great form of
22:03
stress relief, and that's no joke.
22:06
It is no joke. So how about some short term
22:08
benefits? OK.
22:09
A good laugh offers several immediate physical and mental
22:11
advantages. Yeah, it What are they?
22:13
It boosts organ function, so laughter increases oxygen and
22:16
intake, stimulating the heart, lungs and muscles.
22:19
It also prompts the release of endorphins in the brain.
22:21
We gotta do that more, right? Laugh.
22:23
Yeah, I know. Manages stress response.
22:26
A hearty laugh activates and then reduces the body stress
22:29
response, leading to fluctuations and eventual
22:31
decreases in heart rate and blood pressure, resulting in a
22:34
state of relaxation. So if I laughed more, I could
22:37
get off my blood pressure medicine.
22:39
That is the goal, right I. Don't know if it works that way,
22:41
but I want to. Believe it, Let's try.
22:43
Let's try. It also eases tension, laughter,
22:46
can improve circulation and relaxed muscles, which can
22:48
alleviate some of the physical signs of stress.
22:51
And there are lasting effects too, beyond the immediate
22:55
laughter contributes to long term well-being, like
22:57
strengthens immunity. Negative thoughts can trigger
23:00
chemical reactions that increase stress and lower immunity.
23:04
Conversely, positive thoughts stimulated by laughter can
23:07
release neuropeptides that Combat Stress and potentially
23:12
more severe conditions. I got you.
23:15
I feel what you're putting down. It also reduces pain.
23:18
Laughter may encourage the body to produce its own natural pain
23:22
relievers. Interesting.
23:25
I'm going to laugh more, right? It also in enhances well-being
23:30
laughter can improve resilience in challenging situations and
23:33
foster connections with others. Elevates mood.
23:37
Laughter can alleviate stress, depression and anxiety,
23:41
potentially increasing happiness and self esteem potentially
23:44
excuse me, particularly for individuals experiencing chronic
23:49
illness. Maybe that's why I prefer to
23:51
watch like comedies and sitcoms as opposed to dramas.
23:53
I still like a good drama once in a while but I I would much
23:55
rather sit down and watch it. Half hour sitcom.
23:57
I like 1/2 hour sitcom a comedy, but what I don't like and it
24:03
drives me insane are laugh tracks.
24:08
I want the comedy. To be real.
24:11
And I don't want to hear the laugh track to tell me I'm
24:15
supposed to laugh at that time. Yeah, laugh tracks were big in
24:18
like 60s TV. Oh, they're big now, too.
24:21
Well yeah, but I then I'll see you watch the shows like like
24:25
The Office and Modern Family, which shows I both love by the
24:28
way, I'm not ripping on them, but those that have 0 audience
24:31
or laugh track whatsoever, sometimes that gets a little
24:34
annoying too. But it it has to rely more on
24:39
the actual content, yes, versus the laugh track queuing the
24:42
audience force. Canned laugh.
24:44
Yeah, yeah. That's what I don't.
24:45
Like, yeah, yeah, I get that. But I like a good like a live
24:48
audience like Big Bang Theory and friends like I, I like.
24:50
That, Yeah, that's the thing. I do like those shows, yeah.
24:53
And I have ignored the laugh track and those, Yeah.
24:56
But if I get into another show that I'm not as vested in, and
25:01
then there's the laugh track, it's all I can hear and I'm
25:03
like, I hate this. Never tell you I went to a
25:06
sitcom taping in Hollywood. No, never told you that.
25:10
No, Rob, how long have we been friends?
25:13
Quite a quite a long time. I know you've been on
25:15
television. We'll talk about that another
25:16
time. I've been on television, yes,
25:17
but I've been on television twice.
25:20
National TV. Twice.
25:21
We're going to talk about that as well.
25:23
Yes, another time. Future podcast I was on, I was
25:26
on, I was in the audience for, you remember a little sitcom
25:28
called Just Shoot Me Yes, David Spade and Wendy Malik and a
25:32
great cast, great, great little sitcom.
25:34
Went to a taping. It was one of one of the season
25:36
finales and at the end of the show I I can't remember the
25:39
actual character's name, but Wendy and David Spade.
25:44
Yeah, I can't remember the. Kissed at the end and there was
25:46
like, like, there's a lot of sexual tension, like that whole
25:48
season. Then at the end, they kissed and
25:50
in the audience, like, we like, hooted and hollered and cheered
25:53
for like 2 minutes straight. And then and then like the kind
25:56
of directors kind of waited and then they said, OK, we're gonna
25:58
do it again, but why don't you guys stay quiet?
26:00
So they did another take and we just kind of sat there and
26:02
watched them. And then it was funny to watch
26:03
the final episode as it aired. There was 0 hooted, hooting and
26:08
hollering at all whatsoever. Really.
26:10
Yeah. So they completely edited that
26:12
out, which I thought was very interesting because it's kind of
26:15
a big moment to end the season on.
26:17
So I'm surprised they didn't do like a quick oh.
26:19
Yeah, they would have done something.
26:20
They did nothing. It's just a complete silence.
26:21
That's odd. But it's a very, very
26:23
interesting process. We were there for half hour
26:25
sitcom. We were there well over six
26:27
hours. No.
26:28
Yeah, I ran into. In and out of going to the
26:32
bathroom get food I. Mean you you mean they encourage
26:35
you not to leave, But if you have to go to the bathroom, yes,
26:37
in in between takes, you can get up and go out and use the
26:39
bathroom and come back. But the way the stage is set up,
26:40
so it's you know, you have the three main sets and they have a
26:43
couple side sets where they do other things.
26:44
They had a high school set and they had not Sarah Michelle
26:49
Gellar, who's the other back in the 90s, that three named girl.
26:54
Oh, John, a good blank. Anyway, as we're walking in
26:57
Sarah Jessica Park. No, no, no, no, not her.
27:00
I'll think of it after we're done recording this.
27:01
But as we're walking in, she walks out in costume.
27:04
Like we're walking in the the studio audience and we
27:06
apparently walk past the dressing rooms and she walks out
27:08
in this cheerleader outfit and literally bumped into me.
27:10
And I'm like, Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry.
27:12
And at the time I'm like, I just somebody bumped into me.
27:14
And as we go sit down, I'm like, Oh my God, that's blah, blah,
27:17
blah. I'm like, I ran into a celebrity
27:19
and I had no idea. Wow.
27:21
Yeah, it's fun. It's fun though.
27:23
Anyway, Movie 9. Should tell a few more dad jokes
27:25
I. Think we should?
27:26
I think we should. Math is hard.
27:27
Yeah, 15 + 15 is 30, but 16 + 16 is 32 TOO.
27:34
Get it? No, it's TWO.
27:35
Yeah, groan. That's a groan.
27:38
That's a groan. I asked my dog what's 2 - 2?
27:42
He said nothing. And true, I didn't think wearing
27:49
orthopedic shoes would work, but I stand corrected.
27:55
We had the shoe conversation. I like that one.
27:59
I ordered a chicken and an egg from Amazon.
28:02
I'll let you know I was. Going to say let's me first,
28:06
suck me in. Oh that's funny.
28:10
I'm nervous about signing up for my company's 4O1K.
28:13
I've never run that far before. I used to hate facial hair other
28:21
than it grew. On me, that's a grown.
28:25
I just finished writing a book on Penguins.
28:27
Yeah, it probably wouldn't have been a lot easier to write on
28:29
paper. What do mermaids wash their fins
28:35
with? I don't know, Tide.
28:39
That's a grown Baldwin is a cool name.
28:43
It's the opposite of hair loss. Baldwin hair loss.
28:47
That's funny, what did the fried rice say to the shrimp?
28:51
I don't know. Don't walk away from me.
28:56
That's funny. 3 weeks ago I sent my hearing aids in for repair.
28:59
Yeah, I haven't heard nothing since.
29:02
It's true, that's true. I don't have hearing aids yet,
29:05
but. I should have them.
29:07
It's in my future. Did you hear Steve Harvey and
29:10
his wife got into a fight? It was a real family feud.
29:14
That's funny. Don't throw sodium chloride at
29:18
people. That's assault.
29:21
So my wife speaking assault. Wife said please stop eating so
29:25
much salt. I said why?
29:26
Yeah, She said too much sodium can lead to high blood pressure,
29:29
heart attacks and strokes. I'm like, so you're saying too
29:32
much sodium is assault with a deadly weapon?
29:36
Yeah. She pours more salt in my food.
29:37
Yeah, she's trying to get rid of you.
29:39
Yes. Is that it?
29:41
Now that's the whole. That's all I got.
29:44
What kind of car does an egg drive?
29:46
I don't know. A yolk's wagon.
29:48
That's a groan. I bought a pen that can write
29:52
underwater. OK, they can write other words
29:54
as well. What kind of shoes does the
30:00
Gopher wear? I don't know.
30:01
Woodchucks get it? Get it.
30:06
Took me a while to get that one I wrote.
30:07
It I get it, I get it. Respect people who wear glasses.
30:11
They paid money to see you. That's right.
30:14
That's true. Did you know the man that
30:17
invented the umbrella was going to call it umbrella?
30:20
No, but he hesitated. He's somewhat related to me
30:25
because I say all the time I. Think he's your uncle?
30:29
He's got to be. I thought Bob was your uncle.
30:31
That's your uncle. Yes, Bob is my uncle.
30:36
I was so confused last night as my printer started playing
30:38
music. Turns out the paper was just
30:40
jamming. Tech joke right?
30:45
Did you hear that Mister Cups wife left him?
30:49
Did not. Now he's a solo cup.
30:53
That's good. All right.
30:54
This is my last one. I have so many jokes about
30:57
unemployed people, but none of them work.
31:02
OK, I have two more. Two more.
31:03
Okay, hit me. Well, what song did the Pink
31:05
Panthers sing when he stepped on an Ant?
31:08
Did Ant? Did Ant dead Ant dead Ant?
31:10
Unfortunately, I've heard that one.
31:14
OK, this is my last joke. OK, I didn't believe my wife
31:17
when she said she'd leave me if I didn't stop singing the
31:19
Monkeys, but then I saw her face.
31:23
And I'm, I'm a believer, all right?
31:25
That's, that's enough. That's enough.
31:27
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31:32
And drop us a line at O1. One more thing, pod@gmail.com.
31:37
Hey, one more thing. As we celebrate Father's It's
31:39
Father's Day, remember that there is more to the dad joke
31:42
than the eye rolls and the groans.
31:44
Dad jokes are funny. Yes, they are.
31:46
Bye everyone. Bye my fellow jokesters.
31:48
Sometimes I tell myself a joke and we both laugh.