“I tell dad jokes, but I have no kids. I’m a faux pa”
“Faux pas” is sometimes punned as “faux pa.” The pun is especially frequent on Father’s Day.
“A friend tried to tell me recently that I’m not allowed to make dad jokes b/c I’m not a dad, and I’m, like, that’s such a faux Pa?” was posted on Twitter on January 14, 2016. The “dad jokes faux pa” joke was popularized on Reddit—Dad Jokes on February 21, 2017:
“If you tell dad jokes, but you have no children… You’re a ‘faux pa.’”
Twitter
Andrew Gorcester
@marginoferror
Replying to @teioh
@teioh A friend tried to tell me recently that I’m not allowed to make dad jokes b/c I’m not a dad, and I’m, like, that’s such a faux Pa?
10:53 PM - 14 Jan 2016
Twitter
Brian [25th Amendment, Section 4] Wolven 🛰 🌎
@brianwolven
I hear they have dad jokes in France, too, but they always come in pères.
Also fake French dad jokes are known as faux pa’s.
5:44 PM - 1 Aug 2016
Reddit—Dad Jokes
If you tell dad jokes, but you have no children… (self.dadjokes)
submitted February 21, 2017 by lilylemony
You’re a “faux pa.”
Twitter
Elisa
@lilylemony
If you tell dad jokes, but you have no children, you’re a “faux pa”.
6:55 PM - 20 Feb 2017 (Posted after the above.—ed.)
Reddit—Dad Jokes
I tell dad jokes but I have no kids. I’m a faux pa (self.dadjokes)
submitted May 23, 2017 by FriendlyBassplayer
Reddit—Dad Jokes
My sister is a mother, and loves a good dad joke (self.dadjokes)
submitted June 7, 2017 by bogusjimmy
She’s a faux pa
Reddit—Jokes
I tell dad jokes but I have no kids.
submitted June 23, 2017 by haxamin
I’m a faux pa.
Reddit—Dad Jokes
I tell Dad Jokes but I’m not a dad.. (self.dadjokes)
submitted July 19, 2017 by AppsPotato
I’m a faux pa.
Twitter
new year new dad jokes
@dadtellsjokes
If you tell dad jokes but don’t have children, does that make you a faux pa?
10:40 PM - 24 Aug 2017
Reddit—Dad Jokes
I’d like to tell dad jokes, but I don’t have kids. (self.dadjokes)
submitted January 13, 2018 by elokwins
I’m a faux pa.