A true classic of a dad joke. The true beauty of this lies in the intellect behind it. Most commonly used to show the other dads at the airport that you know your stuff when it comes to air travel – usually told to air stewardesses whilst your children look on in disgust. Now, time for the rating:
- Stomach soreness - 2/5 - A good tickle but not enough to make your beverage you’re holding take flight…
- Pun factor - 5/5 – The pun will not be pardoned.
- Bluntness - 5/5 - Blunt.
- Satire level - 3/5 – A common theme for airlines these days, which leads to turbulent times for us travellers.
- Length of chuckle post reading – 3.5/5 – After you’ve been told the joke, you recount it over and over in your mind, chuckling away, dreaming of the good old days when we sailed, or got the train.
- Volume of chuckle post reading – 2.5/5 – An evil cackle usually accompanies this one, almost a ‘Take that. I’ve got wit and you don’t.’
- 'Oh dear' – 4.5/5 - A gem of a dad joke, resented by your children due to ‘overindulgence.’
- Still chuckling after reading the joke for the 10th time - 4/5 – This is a cracker, a joke that ages like a fine wine.
- Speed at which the joke is repeated to the next available person - 3/5 – Quick to remember and more than likely to Take-off.
- How quickly the joke is memorised - 5/5 – Short & sharp, much like Liz Truss’ time in office.
Mean score: 3.75/5 – You’re boarding a plane for the first time with your children and want to show both them and the other dad’s your Dadliness. Your children look on in disgust, whilst you relish the fact that every other dad on said plane is very jealous, they didn’t use the joke on the flight attendants first!
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