Never thought my dad would do it

My parents are both immigrants from Taiwan and came in the mid 80's. We've always owned restaurants (currently have a Japanese steak house this is important for later) so their English isn't all that bad and has improved over time. I've never gotten a single dad joke from him. Ever.

Que yesterday we are driving home from a family dinner to celebrate his birthday. We all get into the vehicle and my mom says in Chinese "You've got something hanging onto your shirt, it looks stringy. Is that a spider web?"

I respond, "What? That's his pet, he can't raise a pet spider?"

Dad says, "Yeah I raise them really big and fat so we can make spider rolls at the restaurant." (Spider roll is typically softshell crab in a roll with other stuffs for the non-sushi fans out there)

I groaned, chuckled, then reveled in all that was my first dad joke. It was awesome. Thanks for reading guys! Sorry it's so long.

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👤︎ u/DROpher
📅︎ Apr 16 2015
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Sushi dinner

Went to a Japanese restaurant for mom's birthday. Dad was at the table, but I'm the son in this situation. It was my first time trying sushi rolls. Waiter came by as we were finishing our meals....

Waiter: "Finishing up our sushi here?"

Me: "Yeah, we're wrapping up"

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👤︎ u/bradradio
📅︎ Mar 09 2014
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