Aldi baby and toddler brand Mamia today announced the winner of their nationwide competition for the UK’s best dad joke.
Aldi enlisted the help of top comedian and veteran father joker Mark Watson to judge the competition and saw over 2,700 joke lovers submit their best – and worst – father jokes to celebrate Father’s Day 2021.
With #BestDadJokes trending on Twitter during the heat of the competition, the sensational prankster Austin May of Bedworth, Warwickshire made Mark laugh with his bad dad joke: I rented a limo once, but when it got there, the Dude drive it went away! I said, “Excuse me? Don’t you want to drive me? ”The guy told me the price doesn’t include a driver so I spent £ 400 on a limo and have nothing to chauffeur!
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Mark Watson said, “The perfect dad joke has to be equal parts crawl and cheese – your kids have to be embarrassed to be in the same room as you, but they have to make them laugh anyway. It’s a fine balance! As I was evaluating this competition, I was looking for the jokes that were so bad, they were actually good – you don’t have to be a father to tell a father joke, but I think telling some really terrible jokes is really a rite of passage when you become a father. “
Check out Mark’s other favorite entries below:
1. Why did the man fall into the well? Because he didn’t see that well!
2. What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday? “Aye Matey!”
3. Somebody glued my deck of cards together – I don’t know how to handle it.
4. What do you call a zombie who cooks stir-fries? Dead man wok-ing
5. I was wondering why the frisbee kept looking bigger and bigger and then it hit me
6. I was standing behind a customer at an ATM and he turned around and said, “Could you check my balance?” – So I pushed him. His balance wasn’t great.
7. Why did the scarecrow get an award? Because he was standing in his field!
8. What did the papa buffalo say to his son when he went to work? bison
9. Two guys walked into a bar. The third guy ducked.
10. What do you call a blind dinosaur? A Doyouthinkhesaurus!
Aldi fans submitted their comedic contributions via Facebook and Twitter, the winner received Aldi vouchers worth 100 pounds.