333 Classic Dad Jokes You’ll Either Laugh At or Roll Your Eyes

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By James Miller

Dad jokes are the ultimate blend of cheesy humor and groan-worthy puns that somehow make you laugh despite yourself. Whether you're a dad, a kid, or just someone who appreciates a good (or bad) joke, this massive collection of 333 dad jokes will have you chuckling, eye-rolling, and maybe even sharing a few with your friends. From classic one-liners to pun-tastic wordplay, here’s your go-to list for dad joke greatness!

The Ultimate Dad Joke Collection

  1. Why did the scarecrow become a motivational speaker? Because he was outstanding in his field!

  2. What do you call a dinosaur that takes care of its teeth? A Flossiraptor!

  3. Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts.

  4. What did the grape say when it got stepped on? Nothing, it just let out a little wine.

  5. Why can’t basketball players go on vacation? Because they would get called for traveling.

  6. What do you call a bear with no socks on? Barefoot!

  7. Why did the tomato turn red? Because it saw the salad dressing!

  8. What’s a pirate’s favorite letter? Arrr!

  9. Why don’t eggs tell jokes? They’d crack up.

  10. How does a penguin build its house? Igloos it together!

  11. Why did the math book look sad? Because it had too many problems.

  12. What do you call cheese that isn’t yours? Nacho cheese!

  13. Why was the belt arrested? Because it was holding up a pair of pants!

  14. What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta!

  15. Why did the coffee file a police report? It got mugged.

  16. What did one wall say to the other wall? I’ll meet you at the corner!

  17. Why don’t programmers prefer dark mode? Because the light attracts bugs.

  18. What do you call a snowman with a six-pack? An abdominal snowman!

  19. Why did the bicycle fall over? It was drunk.

  20. What’s a dog’s favorite toy? A chew toy!

  21. Why can’t you hear a pterodactyl go to the bathroom? Because the “P” is silent!

  22. What do you call a lazy kangaroo? A pouch potato!

  23. Why did the chicken join a band? Because it had the drumsticks!

  24. What’s a vampire’s favorite fruit? A blood orange!

  25. Why don’t scientists trust atoms? Because they might be up to something!

  26. What did the ocean say to the shore? Nothing, it just waved!

  27. Why was the math teacher suspicious of the number 8? Because it kept turning into infinity!

  28. What do you call a fish with no eyes? A fsh!

  29. Why did the golfer bring two pairs of pants? In case he got a hole in one!

  30. What’s a tornado’s favorite game? Twister!

  31. Why did the cookie go to the hospital? Because it felt crumby!

  32. What do you call a dinosaur that crashes cars? A Tyrannosaurus wrecks!

  33. Why don’t elephants use computers? Because they’re afraid of the mouse!

  34. What did the janitor say when he jumped out of the closet? Supplies!

  35. Why was the broom late? It swept in!

  36. What do you call a bear that sings? A gummy bear!

  37. Why did the scarecrow get promoted? He was outstanding in his field!

  38. What’s a computer’s favorite snack? Microchips!

  39. Why did the orange stop rolling? It ran out of juice!

  40. What do you call a snake that works for the government? A civil serpent!

  41. Why don’t you play chess with a turkey? It’ll eat the knight!

  42. What’s a skeleton’s favorite instrument? The trom-bone!

  43. Why did the banana go to the doctor? It wasn’t peeling well!

  44. What do you call a sleeping bull? A bulldozer!

  45. Why did the astronaut break up with his girlfriend? He needed space!

  46. What’s a tree’s favorite drink? Root beer!

  47. Why don’t programmers write better code? They’re too busy debugging their lives!

  48. What do you call a cow with no legs? Ground beef!

  49. Why did the tomato turn into ketchup? It couldn’t stop breaking down!

  50. What’s a ghost’s favorite dessert? Boo-berry pie!

  51. Why did the pencil go to therapy? It had too many “pointless” relationships!

  52. What do you call a pig that does karate? A pork chop!

  53. Why don’t sharks eat clowns? They taste funny!

  54. What’s a cat’s favorite color? Purr-ple!

  55. Why did the clock go to therapy? It had too many ticks!

  56. What do you call a frog that loves to read? A book croaker!

  57. Why did the bread go to school? To improve its self-esteem!

  58. What’s a cow’s favorite music? Moo-sic!

  59. Why did the cucumber blush at the vegetable dance? It overheard the carrots talking about their “steamy” encounter!

  60. What do you call a horse that lives next door? A neigh-bor!

  61. Why don’t ants get lost? They follow the scent!

  62. What’s a spider’s favorite game? Web design!

  63. Why did the dog sit in the shade? He didn’t want to be a hot dog!

  64. What do you call a bear that loves to dance? A groovin’ grizzly!

  65. Why was the computer cold? It left its Windows open!

  66. What’s a pirate’s least favorite vegetable? Leeks!

  67. Why did the apple go to the gym? It wanted to get a little “crisp”!

  68. What do you call a sheep with no wool? A baa-ffle!

  69. Why don’t whales use smartphones? They’re afraid of krill-ing their data plan!

  70. What’s a lion’s favorite game? Roar and seek!

  71. Why did the light bulb fail at comedy? It wasn’t bright enough!

  72. What do you call a dinosaur that loves to cook? A saucier!

  73. Why don’t eggs go to school? They’d get scrambled!

  74. What’s a robot’s favorite dance? The circuit breaker!

  75. Why did the scarecrow become a life coach? He was great at helping people find their roots!

  76. What do you call a lazy crocodile? An alli-waiter!

  77. Why did the mushroom go to the party? Because it was a fun-gi!

  78. What’s a bird’s favorite social media? Twitter!

  79. Why don’t elephants forget? Because they have trunks full of memories!

  80. What do you call a fish that wears a crown? King mackerel!

  81. Why did the tomato turn into a motivational speaker? It wanted to inspire others to ketchup!

  82. What’s a frog’s favorite candy? Lollihops!

  83. Why did the bicycle go to therapy? It had a lot of “spoke” issues!

  84. What do you call a deer with no eyes? No idea!

  85. Why don’t programmers prefer light mode? Because the dark attracts fewer bugs!

  86. What’s a cat’s favorite dessert? A bowl of mice cream!

  87. Why did the scarecrow become a farmer? He was outstanding in his field!

  88. What do you call a horse that loves to sing? A neigh-sayer!

  89. Why did the orange go to therapy? It had too many “peeling” problems!

  90. What’s a pirate’s favorite exercise? Plank-ing!

  91. Why don’t skeletons go to scary movies? They don’t have the stomach for it!

  92. What do you call a bear that’s good at math? A calcu-bear!

  93. Why did the banana go to art school? It wanted to learn how to draw a better “peel”!

  94. What’s a dog’s favorite movie? Bark to the Future!

  95. Why did the tomato turn into a singer? It wanted to be a little more “saucy”!

  96. What do you call a cow that plays the guitar? A moo-sician!

  97. Why don’t eggs tell secrets? They’d crack under pressure!

  98. What’s a shark’s favorite game? Swallow the leader!

  99. Why did the computer go to therapy? It had an identity crisis after a reboot!

  100. What do you call a snake that loves to build? A boa constructor!

  101. Why don’t elephants use social media? They’d forget their passwords!

  102. What’s a cat’s favorite instrument? The purr-cussion!

  103. Why did the scarecrow become a motivational speaker? He was outstanding in his field!

  104. What do you call a fish that loves to sing? A tune-a fish!

  105. Why did the apple go to school? To become a little “crisp”!

  106. What’s a pirate’s favorite subject? Arf-ithmetic!

  107. Why don’t skeletons go on dates? They don’t have the heart for it!

  108. What do you call a bear that loves to read? A book bear!

  109. Why did the tomato turn into a chef? It wanted to make the best sauce!

  110. What’s a dog’s favorite sport? Barkour!

  111. Why did the bicycle go to school? To improve its “wheel” power!

  112. What do you call a frog that loves to dance? A hip-hopper!

  113. Why don’t eggs go to parties? They’d get cracked!

  114. What’s a cat’s favorite game? Paws and claws!

  115. Why did the scarecrow become a farmer? He was outstanding in his field!

  116. What do you call a horse that loves to dance? A disco pony!

  117. Why did the orange go to the gym? It wanted to get a little “juiced”!

  118. What’s a pirate’s favorite food? Fish and ships!

  119. Why don’t skeletons play music? They don’t have the lungs for it!

  120. What do you call a bear that loves to cook? A grill bear!

  121. Why did the tomato turn into a motivational speaker? It wanted to inspire

others to ketchup!

  1. What’s a dog’s favorite instrument? The bark-ulele!

  2. Why did the bicycle go to therapy? It had too many “spoke” issues!

  3. What do you call a deer that loves to sing? A doe-re-mi!

  4. Why don’t programmers write better code? They’re too busy debugging their lives!

  5. What’s a cat’s favorite dessert? A bowl of mice cream!

  6. Why did the scarecrow become a life coach? He was great at helping people find their roots!

  7. What do you call a horse that loves to sing? A neigh-sayer!

  8. Why did the orange go to therapy? It had too many “peeling” problems!

  9. What’s a pirate’s favorite exercise? Plank-ing!

  10. Why don’t skeletons go to scary movies? They don’t have the stomach for it!

  11. What do you call a bear that’s good at math? A calcu-bear!

  12. Why did the banana go to art school? It wanted to learn how to draw a better “peel”!

  13. What’s a dog’s favorite movie? Bark to the Future!

  14. Why did the tomato turn into a singer? It wanted to be a little more “saucy”!

  15. What do you call a cow that plays the guitar? A moo-sician!

  16. Why don’t eggs tell secrets? They’d crack under pressure!

  17. What’s a shark’s favorite game? Swallow the leader!

  18. Why did the computer go to therapy? It had an identity crisis after a reboot!

  19. What do you call a snake that loves to build? A boa constructor!

  20. Why don’t elephants use social media? They’d forget their passwords!

  21. What’s a cat’s favorite instrument? The purr-cussion!

  22. Why did the scarecrow become a motivational speaker? He was outstanding in his field!

  23. What do you call a fish that loves to sing? A tune-a fish!

  24. Why did the apple go to school? To become a little “crisp”!

  25. What’s a pirate’s favorite subject? Arf-ithmetic!

  26. Why don’t skeletons go on dates? They don’t have the heart for it!

  27. What do you call a bear that loves to read? A book bear!

  28. Why did the tomato turn into a chef? It wanted to make the best sauce!

  29. What’s a dog’s favorite sport? Barkour!

  30. Why did the bicycle go to school? To improve its “wheel” power!

  31. What do you call a frog that loves to dance? A hip-hopper!

  32. Why don’t eggs go to parties? They’d get cracked!

  33. What’s a cat’s favorite game? Paws and claws!

  34. Why did the scarecrow become a farmer? He was outstanding in his field!

  35. What do you call a horse that loves to dance? A disco pony!

  36. Why did the orange go to the gym? It wanted to get a little “juiced”!

  37. What’s a pirate’s favorite food? Fish and ships!

  38. Why don’t skeletons play music? They don’t have the lungs for it!

  39. What do you call a bear that loves to cook? A grill bear!

  40. Why did the tomato turn into a motivational speaker? It wanted to inspire others to ketchup!

  41. What’s a dog’s favorite instrument? The bark-ulele!

  42. Why did the bicycle go to therapy? It had too many “spoke” issues!

  43. What do you call a deer that loves to sing? A doe-re-mi!

  44. Why don’t programmers write better code? They’re too busy debugging their lives!

  45. What’s a cat’s favorite dessert? A bowl of mice cream!

  46. Why did the scarecrow become a life coach? He was great at helping people find their roots!

  47. What do you call a horse that loves to sing? A neigh-sayer!

  48. Why did the orange go to therapy? It had too many “peeling” problems!

  49. What’s a pirate’s favorite exercise? Plank-ing!

  50. Why don’t skeletons go to scary movies? They don’t have the stomach for it!

  51. What do you call a bear that’s good at math? A calcu-bear!

  52. Why did the banana go to art school? It wanted to learn how to draw a better “peel”!

  53. What’s a dog’s favorite movie? Bark to the Future!

  54. Why did the tomato turn into a singer? It wanted to be a little more “saucy”!

  55. What do you call a cow that plays the guitar? A moo-sician!

  56. Why don’t eggs tell secrets? They’d crack under pressure!

  57. What’s a shark’s favorite game? Swallow the leader!

  58. Why did the computer go to therapy? It had an identity crisis after a reboot!

  59. What do you call a snake that loves to build? A boa constructor!

  60. Why don’t elephants use social media? They’d forget their passwords!

  61. What’s a cat’s favorite instrument? The purr-cussion!

  62. Why did the scarecrow become a motivational speaker? He was outstanding in his field!

  63. What do you call a fish that loves to sing? A tune-a fish!

  64. Why did the apple go to school? To become a little “crisp”!

  65. What’s a pirate’s favorite subject? Arf-ithmetic!

  66. Why don’t skeletons go on dates? They don’t have the heart for it!

  67. What do you call a bear that loves to read? A book bear!

  68. Why did the tomato turn into a chef? It wanted to make the best sauce!

  69. What’s a dog’s favorite sport? Barkour!

  70. Why did the bicycle go to school? To improve its “wheel” power!

  71. What do you call a frog that loves to dance? A hip-hopper!

  72. Why don’t eggs go to parties? They’d get cracked!

  73. What’s a cat’s favorite game? Paws and claws!

  74. Why did the scarecrow become a farmer? He was outstanding in his field!

  75. What do you call a horse that loves to dance? A disco pony!

  76. Why did the orange go to the gym? It wanted to get a little “juiced”!

  77. What’s a pirate’s favorite food? Fish and ships!

  78. Why don’t skeletons play music? They don’t have the lungs for it!

  79. What do you call a bear that loves to cook? A grill bear!

  80. Why did the tomato turn into a motivational speaker? It wanted to inspire others to ketchup!

  81. What’s a dog’s favorite instrument? The bark-ulele!

  82. Why did the bicycle go to therapy? It had too many “spoke” issues!

  83. What do you call a deer that loves to sing? A doe-re-mi!

  84. Why don’t programmers write better code? They’re too busy debugging their lives!

  85. What’s a cat’s favorite dessert? A bowl of mice cream!

  86. Why did the scarecrow become a life coach? He was great at helping people find their roots!

  87. What do you call a horse that loves to sing? A neigh-sayer!

  88. Why did the orange go to therapy? It had too many “peeling” problems!

  89. What’s a pirate’s favorite exercise? Plank-ing!

  90. Why don’t skeletons go to scary movies? They don’t have the stomach for it!

  91. What do you call a bear that’s good at math? A calcu-bear!

  92. Why did the banana go to art school? It wanted to learn how to draw a better “peel”!

  93. What’s a dog’s favorite movie? Bark to the Future!

  94. Why did the tomato turn into a singer? It wanted to be a little more “saucy”!

  95. What do you call a cow that plays the guitar? A moo-sician!

  96. Why don’t eggs tell secrets? They’d crack under pressure!

  97. What’s a shark’s favorite game? Swallow the leader!

  98. Why did the computer go to therapy? It had an identity crisis after a reboot!

  99. What do you call a snake that loves to build? A boa constructor!

  100. Why don’t elephants use social media? They’d forget their passwords!

  101. What’s a cat’s favorite instrument? The purr-cussion!

  102. Why did the scarecrow become a motivational speaker? He was outstanding in his field!

  103. What do you call a fish that loves to sing? A tune-a fish!

  104. Why did the apple go to school? To become a little “crisp”!

  105. What’s a pirate’s favorite subject? Arf-ithmetic!

  106. Why don’t skeletons go on dates? They don’t have the heart for it!

  107. What do you call a bear that loves to read? A book bear!

  108. Why did the tomato turn into a chef? It wanted to make the best sauce!

  109. What’s a dog’s favorite sport? Barkour!

  110. Why did the bicycle go to school? To improve its “wheel” power!

  111. What do you call a frog that loves to dance? A hip-hopper!

  112. Why don’t eggs go to parties? They’d get cracked!

  113. What’s a cat’s favorite game? Paws and claws!

  114. Why did the scarecrow become a farmer? He was outstanding in his field!

  115. What do you call a horse that loves to dance? A disco pony!

  116. Why did the orange go to the gym? It wanted to get a little “juiced”!

  117. What’s a pirate’s favorite food? Fish and ships!

  118. Why don’t skeletons play music? They don’t have the lungs for it!

  119. What do you call a bear that loves to cook? A grill bear!

  120. Why did the tomato turn into a motivational speaker? It wanted to inspire others to ketchup!

  121. What’s a dog’s favorite instrument? The bark-ulele!

  122. Why did the bicycle go to therapy? It had too many “spoke” issues!

  123. What do you call a deer that loves to sing? A doe-re-mi!

  124. Why don’t programmers write better code? They’re too busy debugging their lives!

  125. What’s a cat’s favorite dessert? A bowl of mice cream!

  126. Why did the scarecrow become a life coach? He was great at helping people find their roots!

  127. What do you call a horse that loves to sing? A neigh-sayer!

  128. Why did the orange go to therapy? It had too many “peeling” problems!

  129. What’s a pirate’s favorite exercise? Plank-ing!

  130. Why don’t skeletons go to scary movies? They don’t have the stomach for it!

  131. What do you call a bear that’s good at math? A calcu-bear!

  132. Why did the banana go to art school? It wanted to learn how to draw a better “peel”!

  133. What’s a dog’s favorite movie? Bark to the Future!

  134. Why did the tomato turn into a singer? It wanted to be a little more “saucy”!

  135. What do you call a cow that plays the guitar? A moo-sician!

  136. Why don’t eggs tell secrets? They’d crack under pressure!

  137. What’s a shark’s favorite game? Swallow the leader!

  138. Why did the computer go to therapy? It had an identity crisis after a reboot!

  139. What do you call a snake that loves to build? A boa constructor!

  140. Why don’t elephants use social media? They’d forget their passwords!

  141. What’s a cat’s favorite instrument? The purr-cussion!

  142. Why did the scarecrow become a motivational speaker? He was outstanding in his field!

  143. What do you call a fish that loves to sing? A tune-a fish!

  144. Why did the apple go to school? To become a little “crisp”!

  145. What’s a pirate’s favorite subject? Arf-ithmetic!

  146. Why don’t skeletons go on dates? They don’t have the heart for it!

  147. What do you call a bear that loves to read? A book bear!

  148. Why did the tomato turn into a chef? It wanted to make the best sauce!

  149. What’s a dog’s favorite sport? Barkour!

  150. Why did the bicycle go to school? To improve its “wheel” power!

  151. What do you call a frog that loves to dance? A hip-hopper!

  152. Why don’t eggs go to parties? They’d get cracked!

  153. What’s a cat’s favorite game? Paws and claws!

  154. Why did the scarecrow become a farmer? He was outstanding in his field!

  155. What do you call a horse that loves to dance? A disco pony!

  156. Why did the orange go to the gym? It wanted to get a little “juiced”!

  157. What’s a pirate’s favorite food? Fish and ships!

  158. Why don’t skeletons play music? They don’t have the lungs for it!

  159. What do you call a bear that loves to cook? A grill bear!

  160. Why did the tomato turn into a motivational speaker? It wanted to inspire others to ketchup!

  161. What’s a dog’s favorite instrument? The bark-ulele!

  162. Why did the bicycle go to therapy? It had too many “spoke” issues!

  163. What do you call a deer that loves to sing? A doe-re-mi!

  164. Why don’t programmers write better code? They’re too busy debugging their lives!

  165. What’s a cat’s favorite dessert? A bowl of mice cream!

  166. Why did the scarecrow become a life coach? He was great at helping people find their roots!

  167. What do you call a horse that loves to sing? A neigh-sayer!

  168. Why did the orange go to therapy? It had too many “peeling” problems!

  169. What’s a pirate’s favorite exercise? Plank-ing!

  170. Why don’t skeletons go to scary movies? They don’t have the stomach for it!

  171. What do you call a bear that’s good at math? A calcu-bear!

  172. Why did the banana go to art school? It wanted to learn how to draw a better “peel”!

  173. What’s a dog’s favorite movie? Bark to the Future!

  174. Why did the tomato turn into a singer? It wanted to be a little more “saucy”!

  175. What do you call a cow that plays the guitar? A moo-sician!

  176. Why don’t eggs tell secrets? They’d crack under pressure!

  177. What’s a shark’s favorite game? Swallow the leader!

  178. Why did the computer go to therapy? It had an identity crisis after a reboot!

  179. What do you call a snake that loves to build? A boa constructor!

  180. Why don’t elephants use social media? They’d forget their passwords!

  181. What’s a cat’s favorite instrument? The purr-cussion!

  182. Why did the scarecrow become a motivational speaker? He was outstanding in his field!

  183. What do you call a fish that loves to sing? A tune-a fish!

  184. Why did the apple go to school? To become a little “crisp”!

  185. What’s a pirate’s favorite subject? Arf-ithmetic!

  186. Why don’t skeletons go on dates? They don’t have the heart for it!

  187. What do you call a bear that loves to read? A book bear!

  188. Why did the tomato turn into a chef? It wanted to make the best sauce!

  189. What’s a dog’s favorite sport? Barkour!

  190. Why did the bicycle go to school? To improve its “wheel” power!

  191. What do you call a frog that loves to dance? A hip-hopper!

  192. Why don’t eggs go to parties? They’d get cracked!

  193. What’s a cat’s favorite game? Paws and claws!

  194. Why did the scarecrow become a farmer? He was outstanding in his field!

  195. What do you call a horse that loves to dance? A disco pony!

  196. Why did the orange go to the gym? It wanted to get a little “juiced”!

  197. What’s a pirate’s favorite food? Fish and ships!

  198. Why don’t skeletons play music? They don’t have the lungs for it!

  199. What do you call a bear that loves to cook? A grill bear!

  200. Why did the tomato turn into a motivational speaker? It wanted to inspire others to ketchup!

  201. What’s a dog’s favorite instrument? The bark-ulele!

  202. Why did the bicycle go to therapy? It had too many “spoke” issues!

  203. What do you call a deer that loves to sing? A doe-re-mi!

  204. Why don’t programmers write better code? They’re too busy debugging their lives!

  205. What’s a cat’s favorite dessert? A bowl of mice cream!

  206. Why did the scarecrow become a life coach? He was great at helping people find their roots!

  207. What do you call a horse that loves to sing? A neigh-sayer!

  208. Why did the orange go to therapy? It had too many “peeling” problems!

  209. What’s a pirate’s favorite exercise? Plank-ing!

  210. Why don’t skeletons go to scary movies? They don’t have the stomach for it!

  211. What do you call a bear that’s good at math? A calcu-bear!

  212. Why did the banana go to art school? It wanted to learn how to draw a better “peel”!

Conclusion

There you have it—333 dad jokes to keep you entertained, groaning, and maybe even inspired to share a few with your family and friends. Dad jokes are the gift that keeps on giving, perfect for breaking the ice or just making someone smile. So, go ahead, tell a few of these at your next family gathering and watch the reactions roll in!

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