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The Ultimate Book of Dad Jokes: 1,001+ Punny Jokes Your Pops Will Love Telling Over and Over and Over . . . Kindle Edition

by Gordon Hideaki Nagai (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.1 out of 5 stars 117 ratings
A MASSIVE COLLECTION OF LAUGHABLE, CHEESY JOKES PERFECT FOR AMUSING DADS WHILE SLIGHTLY EMBARRASSING THE KIDS

As groan-inducing as they are hilarious, dad jokes are the punny one-liners and oh-so-clever quips fathers never tire of telling. With this massive collection, no Dad will ever lack new material to make his kids facepalm:

• A watermelon and a honeydew wanted to get married right away, but they cantaloupe.
• After Humpty Dumpty recovered from his fall, he was just a shell of his former self.
• Sign language interpreters have to lean sideways to translate something in italics.
• Anyone with a wheat allergy that routinely eats pasta is just a gluten for punishment.
• A chord walked into a bar and ordered a drink. The bartender said, “We don’t serve minors.”
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    208 pages
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  3. Publisher
    Ulysses Press
  4. Publication date
    May 10, 2016
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About the Author

Gordon Hideaki Nagai is a father and grandfather who loves creating and sharing jokes with his grandchildren. Now retired, Gordon worked as a case manager in social service in the Bay Area and has Masters in Social Welfare from U.C. Berkeley. Originally from Atwater, California, Gordon is a second generation Japanese-American who currently lives with his wife of 55 years close to his four grandchildren in Eugene, OR.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01DRXPIG2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ulysses Press (May 10, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 10, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5.5 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 out of 5 stars 117 ratings

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Gordon H. Nagai

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My name is Gordon Hideaki Nagai. I am a Nisei, a second generation American of Japanese descent born in 1938 and lived on a family-owned farm my parents bought in 1931 outside of Atwater, California. My family’s world was abruptly changed when on December 7, 1941 the Imperial Navy of Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in a sneak attack. Thus began a chain of events that resulted in my family’s forced evacuation and internment in a “relocation center” in Colorado during the war.

Life behind barbed wire and surrounded by gun towers was surreal and harsh, especially difficult for Mom and Dad. My mother was born near San Jose, California and was thus an American citizen. She was stripped of all constitutional protections because of racial hysteria at the time. My dad was an immigrant alien born in Hiroshima, Japan, who had arrived on these shores in 1917 seeking to become a citizen. Due to anti-Japanese legislation he was prevented from becoming naturalized as a citizen. Both Mom and Dad were deeply embarrassed and ashamed for being considered “enemy aliens.”

After the war I spent the better part of my youth in school and working on the family farm where I developed a “farmer’s tan” and calloused hands and a strong work ethic. I graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 1960 and earned a Masters in Social Welfare in 1963. I worked in a variety of social service settings and last worked as a case manager for developmentally challenged clients in San Mateo, San Francisco, and Marin Counties until I retired in 2000 following a massive heart attack.

Retirement suited me just fine and I regained my health quite remarkably. When my wife retired in 2007 we moved to Eugene, Oregon following our children and grandchildren. I now live with my wife of 55 years and close to the four grandchildren, and life is just good.

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Customers find the joke book to be a great gift option. However, the humor receives mixed reactions, with some customers enjoying it while others find it too corny.

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Customers have mixed feelings about the jokes in the book, with some finding it fun while others find it too corny and filled with too many cow jokes.

"...There is a large amount of jokes in this book (it is about 250 pages) and they are divided up into categories such as music, animals, and military...." Read more

"...The jokes are of course cheesy and not all that good, but it's dad jokes...I didn't expect any different." Read more

"...he loves these kind of jokes and was very excited to begin reading them aloud. Your getting exactly what you asked for with this book!" Read more

"...I didn't read much before I quit.Way to many cow jokes if you could call them jokes. It wasn't very amoozing" Read more

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  • Zaabaa
    5.0 out of 5 stars For The Dads in All of Us
    Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2016
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    This is a very cringe-worthy book which should earn the respect of dads everywhere. The humor is just what you would expect when buying this book. The jokes are full of terrible puns and wordplay sure to earn anyone who tells them a chorus of groans. There is a large amount of jokes in this book (it is about 250 pages) and they are divided up into categories such as music, animals, and military. Accompanying the jokes are nice illustrations by the author's grand kids, and they add to the playful, family vibe of this book. A good thing to have around, especially if you are a lazy dad who wants the reputation with none of the work.
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  • Marina C
    5.0 out of 5 stars Father's Day gift idea!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2016
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    I bought this as a gag gift for Father's day for my husband. It is a running joke that he will have to up his dad joke skills now that out kids are getting older. The jokes are of course cheesy and not all that good, but it's dad jokes...I didn't expect any different.
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  • LauraSil16
    4.0 out of 5 stars dad jokes
    Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2017
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    I got this for Hanukkah for my husbands first Hanukkah as a daddy. he loves these kind of jokes and was very excited to begin reading them aloud. Your getting exactly what you asked for with this book!
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars I'm a huge dork and love this kind of stuff
    Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2016
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    HOLY Guacamole! I'm a huge dork and love this kind of stuff. Heck! I think you'd love it even if you weren't a huge dork. It's so much fun. This is a great gag book OR a great book if your dad or uncle just keeps recycling the same jokes over and over and they could use a nudge in a more **ahem** creative direction. These jokes are a crack up. Original, funny--never heard any of them before--and it's really nice to have on hand. I had to go to a really boring work meeting on Friday and I looked at this before--memorized a couple and whoop! I was a hit! And even more so than just the content, its layout is immaculate. It's easy to read, fun to take in, and I think that really is a testament to whoever edited this bad boy. It isn't clunky. It's just fun! Check it out--you won't be disappointed.
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  • James Wallace
    3.0 out of 5 stars Meh
    Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2018
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    Some of the jokes are cool, most at lame even for Dad jokes. Too many cow jokes.
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  • Bluesy Bro
    1.0 out of 5 stars Wasn't Very Good
    Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2019
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    The book wasn't what I was expecting.It was the worst $9.00 I ever spent! I didn't read much before I quit.Way to many cow jokes if you could call them jokes. It wasn't very amoozing
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  • Wendy Valderman
    5.0 out of 5 stars What's black and white and red all over? This book. By me
    Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2016
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    A book you will either want to buy for your father or desperately hide from him. A lot of these jokes that made me laugh out loud and if you are looking for a few ways to make your friends groan or begrudgingly giggle, this is a great book for that. Don't fear that this will be just another list of jokes everyone has heard before, this collection of jokes are fresh and new which is great because nothing's worse than someone finishing a joke for you. This is a great book to give as a gift to the new father in your life, they will no doubt appreciate and use it for years to come, giving the gift of groan to the next generation. If you enjoy good, albeit silly jokes whether you're a dad or not this is a great punny read.
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  • Jon Thysell
    2.0 out of 5 stars The cow went to Hollywood to be in the moo-vies.
    Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2016
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    Dad jokes make you groan, but they're still jokes. Set up, punch line. The problem with this book is that most of the "jokes" are just flat statements. Instead of "Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to there other side", we get something like "The chicken crossed the road to get to the other side." It's then up to you to take the sentence apart and make a joke out of it. You can't just flip it open and read a joke out loud. You have to read it, think about it, then reword it. Lots of raw material, but the format makes the experience suffer.

    Also, at least a third must be cow jokes with a pun on moo. Like, this book should have been called, "All the moo puns you could ever want, plus some raw material for puns of your own".
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  • I. C
    1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
    Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates on January 18, 2021
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    Boring, repetitive moo / cow related one liners
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars For the hilarious dad we all are.
    Reviewed in Canada on July 9, 2016
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    Entertaining. Will make a great gift for, soon to be hilarious dad, son of mine.
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