A bit of a meta experiment I came up with: Try to build a joke around a punchline

Essentially, this idea for a joke came to me recently, which was a play on words. A two story building - that means it has multiple floors, OR, if it's taken literally, has two mental stories, which could be linked to schzofrenia.

In other words, a house with more floors than one has schizofrenia. That's the general idea. But I struggled to build a joke around that. So, jokers of r/dadjokes, I raise you this challenge!

I have no idea what the reception to this post will be, but keep in mind it's just supposed to be a fun experiment.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/ZenyX-
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I had to give up learning how to build bridges.

Too much suspense.

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I love a good build up
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All about the build up

I present the longest pun ever:

An Afghan, an Albanian, an Algerian, an American, an Andorran, an Angolan, an Antiguans, an Argentine, an Armenian, an Australian, an Austrian, an Azerbaijani, a Bahamian, a Bahraini, a Bangladeshi, a Barbadian, a Barbudans, a Batswanan, a Belarusian, a Belgian, a Belizean, a Beninese, a Bhutanese, a Bolivian, a Bosnian, a Brazilian, a Brit, a Bruneian, a Bulgarian, a Burkinabe, a Burmese, a Burundian, a Cambodian, a Cameroonian, a Canadian, a Cape Verdean, a Central African, a Chadian, a Chilean, a Chinese, a Colombian, a Comoran, a Congolese, a Costa Rican, a Croatian, a Cuban, a Cypriot, a Czech, a Dane, a Djibouti, a Dominican, a Dutchman, an East Timorese, an Ecuadorean, an Egyptian, an Emirian, an Equatorial Guinean, an Eritrean, an Estonian, an Ethiopian, a Fijian, a Filipino, a Finn, a Frenchman, a Gabonese, a Gambian, a Georgian, a German, a Ghanaian, a Greek, a Grenadian, a Guatemalan, a Guinea-Bissauan, a Guinean, a Guyanese, a Haitian, a Herzegovinian, a Honduran, a Hungarian, an I-Kiribati, an Icelander, an Indian, an Indonesian, an Iranian, an Iraqi, an Irishman, an Israeli, an Italian, an Ivorian, a Jamaican, a Japanese, a Jordanian, a Kazakhstani, a Kenyan, a Kittian and Nevisian, a Kuwaiti, a Kyrgyz, a Laotian, a Latvian, a Lebanese, a Liberian, a Libyan, a Liechtensteiner, a Lithuanian, a Luxembourger, a Macedonian, a Malagasy, a Malawian, a Malaysian, a Maldivan, a Malian, a Maltese, a Marshallese, a Mauritanian, a Mauritian, a Mexican, a Micronesian, a Moldovan, a Monacan, a Mongolian, a Moroccan, a Mosotho, a Motswana, a Mozambican, a Namibian, a Nauruan, a Nepalese, a New Zealander, a Nicaraguan, a Nigerian, a Nigerien, a North Korean, a Northern Irishman, a Norwegian, an Omani, a Pakistani, a Palauan, a Palestinian, a Panamanian, a Papua New Guinean, a Paraguayan, a Peruvian, a Pole, a Portuguese, a Qatari, a Romanian, a Russian, a Rwandan, a Saint Lucian, a Salvadoran, a Samoan, a San Marinese, a Sao Tomean, a Saudi, a Scottish, a Senegalese, a Serbian, a Seychellois, a Sierra Leonean, a Singaporean, a Slovakian, a Slovenian, a Solomon Islander, a Somali, a South African, a South Korean, a Spaniard, a Sri Lankan, a Sudanese, a Surinamer, a Swazi, a Swede, a Swiss, a Syrian, a Tajik, a Tanzanian, a Togolese, a Tongan, a Trinidadian or Tobagonian, a Tunisian, a Turk, a Tuvaluan, a Ugandan, a Ukrainian, a Uruguayan, a Uzbekistani, a Venezuelan, a Vietnamese, a Welshman, a Yemenite, a Zambian and a Zimba

... keep reading on reddit ➑

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πŸ‘€︎ u/liamo000
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Build up at least 3/10

3 men were on a boat, having dinner. In between the starter and main dishes they went smoking on the deck. Once arrived on the deck, the one with the cigarettes figured he had 4 cigarettes but no lighter. He threw one cigarette overboard so that the boat became a cigarette lighter

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πŸ‘€︎ u/SpicyForefingers
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I threw a party tor all the workers who helped build my house. The door guy showed up late...

...but he really knew how to make an entrance.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/simplyGagi
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Science joke build up

I work as a salesman in a call center. We were going over some of the more interesting names we’ve seen and called. Without disclosing the last name my neighbor said oh, you haven’t heard of β€œCytoplasm XXXXXXX”? I answered. The guy is a computer programmer who I’d imagine changed his name to that unless his parents are that cruel. I start rambling off β€œCytoplasm?? Of all the organelles in a eukaryotic cell to name yourself you pick cytoplasm?! What about Golgi apparatus, or endoplasmic reticulum?” My manager chimes in β€œwow you memorized a lot from bio” I told her I went to college for science shit but β€œnow here I am making phone calls as a professional, thanks college” to which my neighbor replies.... β€œI guess now you could say you’re a PROkaryote

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I've built up a business building yachts in my attic.

I'm delighted to say...sales are going through the roof

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πŸ‘€︎ u/berkleysquare
πŸ“…︎ Feb 28 2023
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My daughter randomly demanded that I tell her a dad joke, but I told her I don't just keep them in my pocket.

I gave them up for lint.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Shaggy1324
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When you visit the dentist
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πŸ‘€︎ u/gofynono
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For the past few days, I wake up to see someone has dumped a bunch of LEGO blocks on my front porch.

I don’t know what to make of it.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/kevindavis338
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My surgeon was bragging how he lined up all the surgeries perfectly this week.

I told him he should be a mathematician if he really likes the order of operations.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/waldo06
πŸ“…︎ Mar 16 2023
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Have you ever heard of the movie constipated

It hasn't come out yet

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πŸ‘€︎ u/TheMaxPhaseYT
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Theory of relativity
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Blu-Zoo-18
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Why don’t scientists trust atoms?

Because they make up everything.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Fair-Two-6551
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Hey do you guys want to hear a pizza joke?

Ah never mind, it’s too cheesy

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πŸ‘€︎ u/MrAmazing3001
πŸ“…︎ Dec 21 2022
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A true-to-life Dad joke from before I was a Dad

(Warning: some setup required)

My friend and I lived in an apartment building years ago that had grills on the roof for community use. But so paranoid were they about people damaging them that they kept them locked at all times and required residents to reserve the grills and sign out the key from the front desk.

One day we signed out the key and were finishing grilling some burgers when another resident, who didn’t know the policy, came up to the roof wanting to grill. We shared a laugh at how stupid the system was before giving him the key and telling him to lock the grill when he was done.

An hour later, my friend gets an angry call from the front desk asking where the key is. We explain that we gave it to someone else and he should have returned it. Evidently they never did. They eventually had to cut the lock off and were very irritated with us, but we figured there was nothing to be done and the other guy was just being a jerk not returning the key.

The next day my friend goes to take a shower…and finds the key in one of the pockets of his shorts. He quickly tossed the key in a dumpster. We felt pretty dumb, but no one ever found out and we never got into any trouble because in this country, everyone is innocentβ€”until proven grill key.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/PioneerTowel
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My wife wanted to know if I'd autograph my favorite Pixar movie involving balloons so she could give it to the clown who lived in the sewer because he also loved balloons. I said.....

Sure, I'll sign UP for IT.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/paulvs88
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Once upon a time, there was a bird...

This was not any ordinary bird however, as he was able to speak and understand English at a perfect level. For quite a while, he didn't use it much to his advantage. He was content simply fluttering around and living peacefully with his bird wife.

But one day, tragedy struck! Our bird one day woke up to an empty nest, no bird kids, no bird wife, just him and some twigs.

He starts asking around his bird community, and eventually pieces together that his bird wife got tired of him and his lack of ambition. She took the bird kids and flew off to stay with her bird Mother.

Our bird was left with an overwhelming sense of listlessness, realizing that everything he had worked towards in his bird life was now gone.

Our bird, now destitute and lonely, decided he was tired of bird life, and wanted to use his English speaking ability to try something new.

He decides to fly into the nearest human town, and observe for a bit. He perched himself on a tree overlooking the main street of the town, and simply watched.

After an hour or two, he noticed several people heading into a building, one labelled as "Bar". He decides that if he wants to truly utilize his prowess of the English language, the best place to start is with other English speakers, so he flies down to the building and hops his way inside.

Our bird makes his way over the bar, hops up on a stool, and says "Hey bartender, can I get a drink?" The bartender and a few other people nearby notice that these words came out of a bird and are immediately and completely enthralled and bewildered by this sight.

The bartender saunters over and asks "Did you just ask for a drink? But you're a bird! I've never seen anything like this before, but if you want a drink I'm happy to oblige".

The bartender pours the bird some water, places it in front of him, and they start chatting. After realizing what was happening, every patron at the bar is standing around the bird, eager to get another peek at this otherworldly phenomenon. People ask the bird some questions, and the bird happily responds, informing them all of his plight and his goal to take full advantage of his gift. More people make their way to him, snapping pictures and videos to share with their friends. The bird loves all the attention and is more than happy to indulge each and every customer who comes up to him.

After a few hours, closing time rolls around. Most people make their way out of the bar, ecstatic to share their newfound memories with family an

... keep reading on reddit ➑

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πŸ‘€︎ u/vasagle_gleblu
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I've started a new business where I am building Bible characters from Lego. First up, Isaiah. I hope to make a major prophet.
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Did you hear about the new ring-shaped building they're setting up around Italian expressways that allow drivers to stop in and get superfast coffee order fulfillment?

They're calling it an express-o.

  • Thanks to sourceshrek for inspiring this joke with his own: https://www.reddit.com/r/dadjokes/comments/qqf7i0/a_girl_i_once_dated_was_an_italian_pastry_chef/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share
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πŸ‘€︎ u/TheRealTsavo
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You know those tubes that Elon Musk is building for his Teslas? …

You know how Elon Musk is building those tubes under Los Angeles and San Francisco so people can get to work in their teslas faster than regular roads? Well there’s a problem … the cars go so fast that the passengers are terrified. Whole cars full of commuters arrive at their destination so cramped up from grabbing their seats or steering wheel in terror that they can’t even use their hands to type…

People are getting carpool tunnel syndrome.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/meraero2
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A guy told his friend about how he climbed up the highest building one time.

β€œHow tall was it?” His friend asked.

β€œOver 100 stories!” he answered.

And his friend said β€œwow, that’s a tall library!”

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πŸ‘€︎ u/LordIggy88
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The janitor of my building was so stoned that she fell flat on her back. When she asked me to help her up….

I told her that I can’t stand high maintenance women.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/BritishTeeth11
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What do you call a cat that can hold up a building?

A caterpillar.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/mhmass44
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Want to hear a great joke about construction!?

Well, you can’t. I’m still working on it.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/AaronTheElite007
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My new sweater kept building up static and shocking people.

So I exchanged it for another free of charge.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/jigsatics
πŸ“…︎ May 21 2021
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What do you call a deaf dog?

Nothing. He won’t hear you anyway

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When a witch went whale watching
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I'm planing to construct a new apartment block

But it's nothing concrete yet

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πŸ‘€︎ u/DestoryDerEchte
πŸ“…︎ Nov 21 2022
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Swedish to English

There may be an existing English language version of this, but growing up in Sweden, my grandfather would point to these C-shaped apartment buildings and ask: β€œWhat do they call the people who live in those banana-shaped buildings?” Me: β€œdon’t know, what?” Grandpa: β€œwhy tenants, of course”

Can be used with any unique architecture; enjoy!

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For the last two weeks my kids have been building a medieval blanket fort every evening to sleep in. Many nights they also stayed up past their bedtime playing fortnight under its protective cover.

It was a night knight fort for Fortnight for a fortnight.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/graceful_ox
πŸ“…︎ Aug 11 2020
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My son approached me crying

He couldn't finish building his To-do application.

Told him to MERN up.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/-brax_
πŸ“…︎ Dec 24 2022
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A list of over 350 Dad Jokes!

Save them to your Phone and always have witty jokes at the palm of your hand.

3.14 percent of sailors are pi-rates.

5/4 of people admit they’re bad at fractions.

A bartender broke up with her boyfriend, but he kept asking her for another shot.

A brain walks into a bar and takes a seat. β€œI’d like some wings and a pint of beer, please,” it says. β€œSorry, but I can’t serve you,” the bartender replies. β€œYou’re out of your head.”

A cheeseburger walks into a bar. The bartender says, 'Sorry, we don't serve food here.'

A college education now costs $100,000, but it produces three very proud people: the student, his mama, and his pauper.

A couple of cups of yogurt walk into a country club. β€œWe don’t serve your kind here,” the bartender says. β€œWhy not?” one yogurt asks. β€œWe’re cultured.”

A friend of mine didn’t pay his exorcist. He got repossessed.

A friend of mine is known for sweeping girls off their feet. He’s an extremely aggressive janitor.

A guy walks into a bar, and there’s a horse serving drinks. The horse asks, β€œWhat are you staring at? Haven’t you ever seen a horse tending bar before?” The guy says, β€œIt’s not that. I just never thought the parrot would sell the place.”

A guy walks into a bar...and he was disqualified from the limbo contest.

A pirate walks into a bar with a paper towel on his head. The bartender says, β€œWhat’s with the paper towel?” The pirate says, β€œArrr! I’ve got a Bounty on me head!”

A turtle is crossing the road when he’s mugged by two snails. When the police ask him what happened, the shaken turtle replies, β€œI don’t know. It all happened so fast.”

Armed robbersβ€”some say they’re a drain on society, but you’ve got to give it to them.

Barbers…you have to take your hat off to them.

Can February March? No, but April May!

Cooking out this weekend? Don’t forget the pickle. It’s kind of a big dill.

Dad, can you put my shoes on? No, I don't think they'll fit me.

Dad, can you put the cat out? I didn't know it was on fire.

Dad, did you get a haircut? No, I got them all cut!

Dad: Did you hear about the kidnapping at school? Son: No. What happened? Dad: The teacher woke him up.

Daughter: I have a lot of friends named Nathan. There’s Nathan Miller, Nathan Radcliff, Nathan Lewis… Me: When they are together, do you call them the United Nathans?

Dear Math, grow up and solve your own problems.

Did I tell you the time I fell in love during a backflip? I was heels over head!

Did you hear about the aquatic sea mammals that escape

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Bugasum
πŸ“…︎ Jun 10 2022
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The reviews for the new Elvis movie have been generally positive

However, some critics say that it needed a little less conversation and a little more action

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Funnysox69
πŸ“…︎ Aug 02 2022
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Did you hear IKEA is changing its name?

It’s going to be called Stock Home Syndrome.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/mirthandmerry
πŸ“…︎ Jul 11 2022
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How did the buttcheeks reconcile their differences?

They agreed to meet in the middle.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/iwasthere4iam
πŸ“…︎ May 22 2022
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I have a joke about construction..

It's almost done. I'll be finished on schedule, I promise

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πŸ‘€︎ u/dondegroovily
πŸ“…︎ Aug 01 2022
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My Grandpa lost his sense of smell on the job.

He worked in the olfactory downtown.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/joepopp
πŸ“…︎ May 25 2022
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Want to hear a construction joke?

I’m still working on it.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Rt9_Vv
πŸ“…︎ Nov 13 2022
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Hey have you heard my construction joke yet?

Well I'm still working on it.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/tundrasfox
πŸ“…︎ Aug 30 2022
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what do you call a criminal with nice skin.

A smooth criminal.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Paperonthefloor
πŸ“…︎ Sep 25 2022
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The furniture store keeps calling me to come back!

But all I wanted was one night stand.....

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πŸ‘€︎ u/pvsocialmedia
πŸ“…︎ Aug 18 2022
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I've got a great joke about construction!...

...but I'm still working on it.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Farfocele
πŸ“…︎ Apr 16 2022
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Why is it impossible to be a good thief victim?

No one has what it takes.

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