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An homage to the dad joke, one of the great traditions of fatherhood

  • Written by Ian Brodie, Professor of Folklore, Cape Breton University
An homage to the dad joke, one of the great traditions of fatherhoodSometimes lameness – not laughter – is the point.AHPhotoswpg/iStock via Getty Images

“Dad, I’m hungry.”

“Hi, hungry. I’m Dad.”

If you haven’t been asleep for the past 20 years, you’ll probably recognize this exchange as a dad joke.

The term dad joke is credited to a June 20, 1987, editorial...

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