Dad Jokes 2026

Figured we should get the new year off right:

What did the guy who shoplifted the calendar on January 1 get?
12 months.

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Yes! and Thank You!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

I don't get this one.

2026 Season Challenge: TBD
Previous Challenges: Star Wars (2019), Marvel (2020), Batman (2021), Wrasslin' (2022)

Doesn't matter if it's cake or pie as long as it's chocolate.

You wasted no time starting this thread. Nicely done.

What's the difference between jam and jelly?

Oh wait, sorry, not a dad joke...

uva - the taint of the ACC
Callused perineum is a symptom of being a uva fan

Answering because I have always enjoyed this topic even if it was a joke.

  • Jam is chopped/pureed fruit and sugar
  • Jelly is exclusively fruit juice and sugar (unless you are from the UK when it is a gelatin based dessert like Jello)
  • Preserves are whole fruit/chunks and sugar
  • Chutney is jam with spices
  • Marmalade is like preserves but exclusively citrus based and includes the peel with the fruit

Pectin is sometimes added to these depending on how much occurs naturally in the fruit to help it set up at room temperature.

I do art stuff.

I was intentionally sidestepping that bit

I do art stuff.

Where do bad rainbows go?

To prism.

It's a light sentence, but it gives them time to reflect.

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

got a buddy who is getting remarried later this year - says hes going to have the same best man and that the best man has already told him his speech is going to start with "It's great to see half of you again...."

Onward and upward

Ummm, OK, ... that seems like a "Not Great, Bob" Start ... especially for the new bride...

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Yeah, if I'm being honest, that dude's speech at the first wedding was one of the worst I've ever witnessed. It ended with him throwing a packet of condoms at the groom. So, par for the course, I guess

Onward and upward

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Did you know that there aren't any canaries in the Canary Islands? The same holds true for the Virgin Islands. There aren't any canaries there either!

HTHokie93

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

The Best Sweater:

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

I'm doing the snowman diet this year.
The pounds just melt away.

A decade on TKP and it's been time well spent.

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Son: I'm going to go out and bring home a pizza.

My wife: No, the storm has made the roads too treacherous. You could crash and die. Let your father go get it.

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

I don't get what's wrong with that. Almost every time I poop, it's in the house..

This is going to be great for the ACC.

Wait, do you know my dog?

Reel men fish on Wednesdays

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

My dad once said "Do what you hate first thing in the morning to get it out of the way".
Then 3 months later he called me to say happy birthday at 6am....

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pilots here will like this one:

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

It took me far too long to realize this wasn't about Instant Pot cooking times, and I'm not sure it isn't.

2026 Season Challenge: TBD
Previous Challenges: Star Wars (2019), Marvel (2020), Batman (2021), Wrasslin' (2022)

From the Work Chronicles desk calendar my wife got me for Christmas:

Employee #1: Mondays are the worst. I hate Mondays.
Employee #2: You don't hate Mondays. You hate your job.
Employee #1: Great. Now I hate other days of the week as well.

Perfect for a Monday at a PE-owned firm!

Recovering scientist working in business consulting

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

I was actually going to stop putting two spaces after a period until I found out how much it bothers people.

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Puns make me feel numb.

Math puns make me feel number.

I do art stuff.

Try calculus puns, they have their limits.

This is going to be great for the ACC.

Why can you always get the answer to chemistry jokes.
They all have solutions.

Recovering scientist working in business consulting

That about sums it up.

2026 Season Challenge: TBD
Previous Challenges: Star Wars (2019), Marvel (2020), Batman (2021), Wrasslin' (2022)

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

A perfect candle example:

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

"We were still ass, but, you know we weren't that bad" - Tobi Lawal

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

What is the difference between a Vietnamese restaurant and an Indian restaurant?

One is pho-profit and the other is naan-profit.

I do art stuff.

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

I painted this portrait for the same reason. Hanging above the stairs to my basement.

I do art stuff.

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Shoog, is that you?

Reel men fish on Wednesdays

Did you know Ireland has the city with the world's fastest growing population? It's Dublin every year. Happy St Patties everyone!

What's Whitney Houston's favorite type of coordination?

emphatic single drum beat "HAND EYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEE..."

I do art stuff.

Dammit, I was just about to post this. Saw it on reddit last night.

👏👏👏

"Yes I am going to have favorites. My favorites are high production and low maintenance players, coaches, and staff." - JMFF

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

I like pineapple on pizza (with some other toppings), but this is funny:

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Most veterinarians refuse to treat a grizzly without strong anesthesia first because there's safety in numb bears.

I do art stuff.

Frosty did not appreciate this joke. Oh well, at least he is not a grizzly.

Recovering scientist working in business consulting

Oooh sure, they're all cute as hell when they're little.

Reel men fish on Wednesdays

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Guy #1 at the bar: For almost 30 years, my wife and I were both so happy.
Guy #2 at the bar: Oh man, what happened?
Guy #1 at the bar: We met.

Editor's note - Actually, my wife and I are very happy together.

Recovering scientist working in business consulting

I don't actually have kids, but I love telling Dad jokes.

It makes for a bit of a faux pa

I do art stuff.

OK, that's a good one. I'll pass it on to my crowd's version of the reservoir of juvenile humor, he'll get a kick.

Reel men fish on Wednesdays

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

A friend of mine changed his name to Björn today.

He wasn't Björn yesterday

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

I told my wife I wanted to be cremated.

She made an appointment for Tuesday.

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

People make fun of my cargo pants, until they need a ratchet set or a pulled-pork sandwich...

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

That's no joke, man!

"Yes I am going to have favorites. My favorites are high production and low maintenance players, coaches, and staff." - JMFF

Yeah, I have a wife and 2 daughters. They don't make women's clothes with pockets.

This is going to be great for the ACC.

That's why women carry purses that can double as long weekend travel bags. Don't get me wrong, my dear wife has pulled items out of her purse that have been very useful at times.

Ut Prosim Ad Dei Gloriam

That's why women carry purses that can double as long weekend travel bags

Yes my purse is large ; and for a GUY it might double as a 'long weekend bag'-my son can fly for a weekend visit with a small backpack); but for a long weekend I'd have a MINIMUM of full carry on suitcase and laptop bag (but no laptop in it; just my purse and assorted other things that are 'necessary' to have 'options' for various possible weather and events.... and that's just for flying where I'm limited on space by baggage regulations. If I'm driving somewhere for weekend break/vacation, I'll have at least two(maybe three) suitcases (shoes/boots take up a lot of space!). And yes my day to day purse is huge and has a myriad of useful items in it....including an ACTUAL kitchen sink from the Play Family kid's toys by Fisher Price !(cause then when someone says 'you have everything but the kitchen sink in there' I can reply 'oh no- I've got that too!')

pulled items out of her purse that have been very useful at times.

Nail file and clippers, feminine hygiene products; power banks and cord; hair ties and scrunchies; hairbrush; eyeglass repair kits; tylenol/advil, neosporin, bandaids; tweezers; change of underwear; foldable flats; a sandwich bag of quarters to play pool at the club I go to. It weighs probably 10-15 lbs and would inflict some pain if I swung it at you lol.

From the 2018 VT-uva game-"This is when LEGENDS are made!"

Sounds a lot like my wife lol

Onward and upward

tylenol/advil, neosporin, bandaids

Nurse's kid here. I have a pharmacy in my laptop bag with the essentials and my suitcase has a larger one that has enough OTC drugs for a week or more. Pro-tip: foreign countries have different names and brands for every drug you know. Bring the ones you'll probably need with you so aren't in a foreign pharmacy trying to figure out where the Imodium is.

I do art stuff.

I'd add that, when you travel, try to avoid places where you are likely to end up needing Imodium.

Recovering scientist working in business consulting

Where is your sense of adventure

That approach will make you miss a lot of interesting places and experiences.

To be fair, you'll miss several hours of other experiences the other way.

2026 Season Challenge: TBD
Previous Challenges: Star Wars (2019), Marvel (2020), Batman (2021), Wrasslin' (2022)

Recovering scientist working in business consulting

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

I've got a "Dad Joke of the Day(-ish)" on the whiteboard, here's today's entry (which I don't think I've seen here yet):

Shout out to those who don't know the opposite of the word "in".

"Yes I am going to have favorites. My favorites are high production and low maintenance players, coaches, and staff." - JMFF

I ordered a chicken and an egg from Amazon.

I'll let you know.

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Oh no! No one is safe now!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

What's the difference between Black Eyed Peas and Chickpeas?

The Black Eyed Peas can sing us a song and the Chickpeas can hummus one.

Plan for the worst and hope for the best, not the other way around.

i like the: what's the difference between a garbanzo bean and a chick pea? i've never had a garbanzo bean on my chest before...

uva - the taint of the ACC
Callused perineum is a symptom of being a uva fan

And that, kids, is how I met your mother.

2026 Season Challenge: TBD
Previous Challenges: Star Wars (2019), Marvel (2020), Batman (2021), Wrasslin' (2022)

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Used the black eyed peas/chickpeas one on Friday. Good one, thanks.

Used this on my dad joke whiteboard today:

What do you call a snobby criminal going down the stairs?

A condescending con descending.

"Yes I am going to have favorites. My favorites are high production and low maintenance players, coaches, and staff." - JMFF

A photographer was tragically crushed when a giant block of cheddar fell on him. The people he was photographing tried desperately to warn him.

Cheeeeeese

Onward and upward

What part of your brain determines which sandwiches you eat?

The subconscious

I do art stuff.

Justice is best served cold.

Because if it was served warm, it would be just water.

I do art stuff.

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

How do you make a water bed more bouncy?

Use spring water.

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

The past... IYKYK!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!

Pain is Temporary, Chicks Dig Scars
Glory is Forever, Let's Go Hokies!!