If you’ve ever had a father (or currently are one), you don’t need me to explain a Dad Joke. For most of his life (or at least as long as I knew him), he was a huge advocate and gleeful teller of Dad Jokes. But more importantly, we knew it would’ve made our dad laugh. “He died as he lived,” we’d say, nodding meaningfully. So we started telling people that he'd been killed by a colon parasite. We didn't want to be cheered up with idiotic aphorisms that put a positive spin on his medical condition. He died of an enlarged heart, and when the news spread in our neighborhood, well-meaning friends and acquaintances would walk up to my brother and me and tell us, “Your dad died as he lived, with a big heart.” It never failed to annoy us. This is a story about one of my favorite dad jokes. Beyond the holidays, these gift ideas make perfect birthday gifts, Father's Day gifts, new-dad gifts, and just-because gifts too.įor more present picks, check out all of the best gift ideas of 2022. These Amazon gifts ship painlessly to his front door within days-and if you have Amazon Prime, they’ll arrive even faster.

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Whether you’re able to be with your father, grandpa, or other father figure in person this year or you’ll be far apart, there’s no time like the present to start shopping-especially so you can mitigate the last-minute shopping stress. The holidays are fast approaching, which means the search for the best dad gifts is officially on.

Dad & Daughter - 2 by M.K. Devidasan