19 people share iconic and hilarious 'dad' moments of their fathers: 'I crashed the florist's car'
Some of these stories served as physical illustrations of true 'dadness' in the greatest meaning of the word.
Editor's note: This article was originally published on April 28, 2023. It has since been updated.
Dad jokes may not have as many fans but everybody can relate to the funny banter every dad waits to make. The puns and jokes would often go flat with an awkward silence as the room full of family and friends would go silent to ponder upon the context and the wordplay by dads.
Laurie Charles, who goes by @thestuffofmemes, on Twitter, asked everyone, “What was the best Dad moment your dad ever had?” to come across some of the most bizarre and classic dad jokes. To relate with and share some of the hilarious encounters people across the Twitter platform bombarded this thread with their funny anecdotes.
The readers' emotions must have been very tenderly affected by the topic since several stories seemed to fall from the sky. Some people are still mad at their fathers, some have tremendously moving tales about their fathers in their memories and other people even recall utterly absurd and embarrassing experiences. Here are some of the most amusing and rib-tickling anecdotes shared by people in the thread.
1. Classic Dad-act
I had a friend over shortly after a very big breakup and he arrived in with a bottle of wine for us for our girls heartbreak night, and I was so appreciative but dad I've never drunk wine in my life... hahaha he's so cute but swing and a miss lol
— Rrrrrose 🇮🇪🤝🇵🇸 (@Anaemic_Royalty) April 17, 2023
2. Send him the address, please!
My dad when he goes away on holiday, never remembers my address and has to text me for it. The last time he sent the text, I refused... "I'm your child, you should know where I live"; he sent me back a photo of a duck. I gave up and sent my address. Again.
— Karen Erskine (@monthebuddies) April 17, 2023
3. That went "too far"
in the 90s our TV didn't have a remote. he literally started calling me "the remote" i was 6. i was so happy when we got a decoder box and had 17 tv stations and a real remote control
— Rose Fleming (@RoseFle54723126) April 18, 2023
4. Undoubtedly a dad move
My dad once needed to book a dentist's appointment for my sister, picked up the first piece of notepaper he saw with a number scribbled on it in biro, and proceeded to... attempt to make an appointment with the vet.
— Lexi Rachael, Agent of GIRL (@LexiCrowley) April 17, 2023
5. Savings with bulk shopping?
My dad ordered 200 of a component he only needed one of from a bulk seller because it was cheap.
— Medieval Gremlin - BLM (@EWQh2) April 17, 2023
6. Anything is possible if a dad wills
He used to take me and my sister door knocking to collect for Amnesty International because he knew that the tories in our area were less likely to say no to a cute 4 and 6 year old in wellies.
— Tom (@TPGRoberts) April 17, 2023
7. Errr... Surprise?
My own Dad.... buying me a fishing rod for Christmas and telling me "it was from ... err... Santa... err... ah well, you'll have worked that one out by now."
— Rt Hon Lord Fr 𝖅𝖔𝖑𝖙𝖆𝖓 🇪🇺 PC KG GCB FSCO (@barking_madbark) April 17, 2023
8. Ayyo dad did it well!
When I came out to my ma as Bi as a teen she was upset and told me not to tell dad. When I told dad while watching Gone in 60 Seconds, he went, "yeah, Angelina Jolie is very hot" and that was that. Love you dad.
— 30-50 Elons in a trenchcoat (@occularmandible) April 17, 2023
9. Supportive dads are the best
When he replied to my email coming out to him as trans with the most loving email I have ever been sent.
— Maggie J Evans (@MaggieJEvans) April 18, 2023
10. We like the idea
We like to torment mine by taking the measuring tape out and measuring random things and when he asks what your doing say “just seeing something” and watch them lose the will to live 😂😂😂
— Emma🪐 (@Emma423) April 18, 2023
11. Accurately blunt
Stared at my eyes "Aw you really have got the same eyes as me......... Bloodshot"
— Jade K (@JadeyBabyUK) April 17, 2023
12. A bit tech-challenged
Sent my dad a WhatsApp message with a detailed account of how well a job interview went. Whole ass paragraph.Got 👍🏻 as a response. 🫠
— Emma (@emma_nicole92) April 18, 2023
13. IYKYK
oh easy asking me not yo go into labour when he was off work then getting annoyed when I went into labour while he was working. context mans a paramedic :))))))
— Radge McBam 🦆 (terrible duck era) (@fullmetalbampot) April 17, 2023
14. Relatable for every dad owner
it's a toss up between the time he blew up a casserole dish and ate the stew anyway, or the time I witnessed him try to catch an egg with his knee (a key moment in kid me realising maybe adults weren't all that smart after all)
— EG 🕸️ (@GibboEels) April 17, 2023
15. That was out of the blue
Being pulled aside by a gendarme at Charles De Gaulle Airport and dragged to the customs desk so the agents there could "Hear the American who spoke real French ".My mother was completely mortified.
— Ash Okhotnik (@AOkhotnik) April 17, 2023
16. Typical dad move
Dad has managed to order 26 bunches of daffodils from Sainsbury's Online by mistake. Unlike his previous order for 100 herring, the daffs have actually arrived
— Adrian Bott (@Cavalorn) March 3, 2019
17. Always with the names
He called my partner by my ex’s name and I’m pretty sure he accidentally once called me by the dog’s name
— frank (@unlikelyfrank) April 17, 2023
18. Father needs to know
- So, do you know about ‘the birds and the bees?- I think so, yeah.- OK, explain it to me.
— bluemooj (@bluemooj) April 17, 2023
19. A little context before the shock
The hectic morning of my wedding. Dad and I are finally on our own, waiting for the wedding car. Dad turns to me, visibly upset and says there is something he has to tell me. I’m unsure how I’ll cope with his sweet words when he begins with “I’ve just crashed the florist’s car!”
— Catherine Simpson (@Catheri77898690) April 18, 2023
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