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The Essential Compendium of Dad Jokes: The Best of the Worst Dad Jokes for the Painfully Punny Parent301 Jokes!

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The Essential Compendium of Dad Jokes features 301 wonderfully cringe-worthy dad jokes—including the classics, twists on the classics, and fresh new material.

For the first time ever, the best of the worst dad jokes are compiled in one pun-filled place. With original illustrations throughout, this extensive collection is sure to provide hours of silliness for the whole family. After all, no matter how groan-inducing dad jokes are, they will always have a special place in the joke arsenal.

• Contains dozens of sidebars with interesting tidbits, joke-telling pointers, and profiles of legendary dad jokers
• Features jokes from "I'm on a seafood diet , , , I see food and I eat it" to "I used to hate facial hair . . . but now it's growing on me"
• Great for fathers, patient mothers, tolerant children, and anyone else who loves a pun

They make us cringe, chuckle, and roll our eyes, but we all love a wonderfully corny dad joke.

The Essential Compendium of Dad Jokes is so bad it's good, ensuring loads of laughter for the whole family.

• A hilarious gift for dads and dads at heart, as well as pun and dumb joke lovers
• Perfect Father's Day gift or new dad gift
• Add it to the collection of books like 101 So Bad, They're Good Dad Jokes by Elias Hill, Jokes Every Man Should Know (Stuff You Should Know) by Don Steinberg, and Dad Jokes: Terribly Good Dad Jokes by Share The Love Gifts

272 pages, Hardcover

Published March 3, 2020

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October 5, 2023
Having gotten me the best Dad Joke t-shirt ever ("Dad Jokes are How Eye Roll"), my family thought it was necessary to arm me properly so I could dish it out in kind anytime I wear it. Well chosen. Now my kids enjoy me even less.
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January 12, 2021
The only book that gets better as you react to the cheesiness with groans and sighs.
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October 20, 2023
As a new dad, I need to become one with my inner pun.

Really enjoyed reading this. Some I knew, and others I didn't.

Lovely little book.
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July 18, 2024
Lots of great material. Would have loved way more illustrations, they added a lot when they were included.
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March 11, 2025
This book is a perfect way to start my class and torture my students at the same time.
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April 19, 2022
Like Puns?

If so, you’ll love this book! It was fun to dip into and out of while waiting for the doctor, the dentist, your food at a restaurant; it helped the time pass with a smile.
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February 21, 2023
Love any dad jokes for the worse or the better? Then this is for you or the ones who loves them, a great book to gift but be warned if the person you are giving to may use it a lot until you want to hide the book from them.
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