Misunderstanding on purpose

My favourite 'dad joke' is purposefully misunderstanding the kids and watching their disbelief as they try and reword things so even an idiot can understand. We have a family app so they need permission to download some apps onto their devices (because we are "controlling" πŸ™‚).

So every now and then this will happen:

Child : Can I get an app?

Me : sure, if you're tired just go and lie down.

Child: no, an APP

Me: yes, lie DOWN

Child: No, I need an... I want a...I just want...an app.

Me: or an early night?

Child: weary sigh

Me: you do look tired

  • thinking I'm the best joker in history*

That was a short version. If it didn't make sense, read it aloud.

The kids will put me in a home at the first opportunity.

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have you heard of the guy who broke his legs on purpose?

total legend

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I'm a border collie. My master says that my main purpose is to gather sheep for him.

That's what I herd, anyway.

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The main purpose of the call-response hooting that many owls engage in is to find and attract a potential mate.

To wit: to woo.

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I got an F in art class on purpose

I wanted my report card to spell out F art

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Upon seeing a gorgeous girl at the party, I knew I had to meet her. So I approached and told her about a special-purpose ship designed to move and navigate through frozen waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships.

I've used it before and it works. It's the perfect icebreaker.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/thomasbrakeline
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[Meta] The real purpose of dad jokes

Back in the before times, when sit-down restaurants existed, I used to order boneless cheese sticks and would just throw the word "boneless" in front of any appetizer with 100% corniness. The purpose of this isn't to make a good joke. It's not a good joke. The purpose is to make my dining companions catch some cringe splash damage and want to crawl into a hole and die out of embarrassment for my being horribly corny.

But there is a real, deeper purpose that I've discovered entirely by accident. People, especially young people, are so self-conscious and worried about saying or doing something embarrassing that it taints a lot of social gatherings. They go to a restaurant and are afraid to speak up even when their order is blatantly wrong. They'll tip well even when the food took an hour to arrive and the server has disappeared into the corn stalks behind a baseball field. It takes 2 hours of hanging out together before some friends finally stop nitpicking themselves, uncomfortable in their own bodies and brains, feeling perpetually judged, and begin to relax. These are the kinds of people who go to sleep every night replaying cringey moments from high school. Their last thought of the day is when the Burger King girl said, "Enjoy your meal!" and they said, "Thanks, you too."

It takes 2 hours and/or a lot of booze before they're comfortable enough to take conversational risks and truly reveal themselves. But if I come right out of the gate with a really dumb joke, then we can cut to the chase. There's less danger because someone in the group already shot themselves in the foot, right off the bat. They pulled a pin on the cringe grenade and then jumped on it.

You cringe at my dumb joke and then we're over the hump. Someone has already done something pretty stupid, so go ahead and order the hubcap of nachos and a massive chocolate shake because nobody is going to judge you poorly while they're all judging me.

In terms of price negotiations (haggling), there is a psychological concept called "anchoring". You throw out the first number and all subsequent numbers are compared to that number. This is the same idea. We've already set the humor standard pretty low at "boneless cheese sticks", so you can say the dumbest shit you want and, as long as it's not worse than my cheesy joke, it won't matter.

This is why, when you were a teenager and your dad took you and some friends out, your dad made corny jokes. He knew they were corny jokes. You and your friends un

... keep reading on reddit ➑

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I told her there wasn’t any, in these times bakers can’t be choosers.

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Please i need it for medical purposes
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What did the man exclaim after the change machine explained its purpose?

Ah, makes cents!

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I don't like word play jokes done on purpose...

I prefer when they're pun-intentional

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What do you call a knife with no purpose?

Pointless

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I misunderstood the purpose of the colour conference...

It was a red hearring, so I blue myself for nothing.

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Purpose
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Duct tape isn't ever used for its intended purpose...

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My friend always goes to the campground when he seeks purpose...

That's the only time his thoughts are in tents.

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The sole purpose of a child’s middle name.

is so they can tell when it's really inΒ trouble.

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Everything has a purpose

God gave you toes as a device for finding furniture in the dark

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My dad said,"Do not use the bathroom for long time for other purposes...

.... either urinate or you're out of it"

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What do you call a rodent that refuses to be used for scientific purposes?

A lab brat.

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What is the purpose of a breast cancer awareness week?

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Putting on makeup and putting on glasses serve the same purpose

They make the person look better

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When my wife goes skiing she finds it fun to fall on purpose.

She's a strange woman, but that's how she rolls.

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The Real Purpose of a Propeller

Most people think the main purpose of a propeller is to help keep the plane up in the air but that is not the case

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Whats the purpose of the flour in that recipe?

all.

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What do you call the gradual decline to eventual loss of living tree wives who you marry with the purpose of showing them off ?

Ent-trophy.

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When playing Mario Odyssey, I asked my kids if they thought the tanks served a purpose...

...or are they tanks for nothing?

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Last week a self-driving car hit my brother on purpose

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Teacher walked into our classroom for one purpose

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My dad thought he was kidnapped on purpose

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If someone slips and falls on purpose, to claim insurance it should be called...

A Fraudian Slip.

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It wasn't on purpose

My father had been in a phase where all he'd drink was wine from the Rhine region of Germany.

When the waiter at the Chinese restaurant asked what we wanted for drinks, my father, knowing that not all restaurants carry it, asked "Do you have Rhine?"

Waiter: Yes, of course

Dad: Ok, great, I'll have that!

Waiter (looking confused): Ahh, ok, you want red rine, or white rine?

Dad: uhh.. how about merlot?

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