When it comes to the UK’s best father joke, a Bedworth chip shop sales manager has beaten the competition.
Aldi baby and toddler brand, Mamia, launched a nationwide competition to find the UK’s best papa joke, encouraging people to submit their best scary jokes.
More than 2,700 took up the challenge and showcased their best – and worst – father jokes to celebrate Father’s Day 2021.
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But Austin May’s belt turned out to be the winner – it made Richter, comedian Mark Watson laugh with his so bad father joke.
Papa Austin pictured with his sons Tobias and Harvey when they were younger
The Bedworth Fish Bar sales manager quipped, “I rented a limo once, but when it arrived the driver walked 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!
For his efforts, the Bedworth resident won £ 100 Aldi vouchers.
The father-of-two joke turned out to be all the hallmarks of a top joke, according to Mark Watson, who said, “The perfect father joke must be equal parts shudder and cheese – your kids must be embarrassed to be in the same room as you, but make her laugh anyway. It’s a fine balance!
“In 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 one Rite of passage when one becomes a father. “
Comedian and veteran father joker Mark Watson was tickled by the Bedworth father’s joke
The other top entries in the competition included:
- Why did the man fall into the well? Because he didn’t see that well!
- What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday? “Aye Matey!”
- Somebody glued my deck of cards together – I don’t know how to handle it.
- What do you call a zombie who cooks stir-fry meals? Dead man wok-ing
- I was wondering why the frisbee kept looking bigger and bigger and then it hit me
- I was standing behind a customer at an ATM and he turned around and said, “Can you check my balance?” – So I pushed him. His balance wasn’t great.
- Why did the scarecrow get an award? Because he was standing in his field!
- What did the papa buffalo say to his son when he went to work? bison
- Two guys walked into a bar. The third guy ducked.
- What do you call a blind dinosaur? A doyouthinkhesaurus