The best dad jokes

...according to one Father's Day PR stunt, at least

comedy It might be a blatant publicity stunt, but some very unrigorous research has found what’s supposedly the best dad jokes of all time.

The top 20 one-liners have been collated ahead of Father’s Day tomorrow by pizza giant Papa Johns – given that both the gags and the food are associated with been very cheesy.

Comedian Mark Watson said: ‘At some point after becoming a dad, you acquire a load of dad jokes. Nobody knows how - you don't get given a list as you leave the hospital - but it happens.’

Here’s the list:

‘This graveyard looks overcrowded. People must be dying to get in.’
‘I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down’
Q: ‘Dad, can you put my shoes on? A: ‘No, I don't think they'll fit me.’
‘I used to hate facial hair...but then it grew on me.’
Q: ‘Can you put the cat out?’ A: ‘I didn't know it was on fire.’
‘Wife said are you ever going stop singing Wonderwall. I said maybe…’
‘Ah, this takes me back’ when putting the car into reverse
‘I only know 25 letters of the alphabet. I don't know y.’
‘What do you call a magician who lost their magic? Ian.’
Q: ‘How do I look?’ A: ‘With your eyes.’
Q: ‘Dad, did you get a haircut?’ A: ‘No, I got them all cut!’
‘I'm afraid for the calendar. Its days are numbered.’
‘Wanna hear a joke about a pizza? Never mind, it’s too cheesy’
‘I used to be addicted to the hokey pokey, but I turned myself around.’
‘I am terrified of lifts. I'm going to take steps to avoid them.’
‘What did one wall say to the other?’ ‘I'll meet you at the corner.’
‘I used to be addicted to soap, but I'm clean now.’
‘How do you make holy water? You boil the hell out of it.’
‘Singing in the shower is fun until you get soap in your mouth. Then it's a soap opera’
‘Why do seagulls fly over the ocean?’ ‘Because if they flew over the bay, we'd call them bagels.’

Meanwhile, Amazon allowed workers at their UK warehouses to temporarily come off the clock to share their favourite dad jokes for this video.

They include: ‘What did the janitor say when he walked into the cupboard? Supplies!’; ‘Why are pirates called pirates? Cos they arrrr’ and ‘What do you get if you sit under a cow? A pat on the head.’