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"How's Your Dad, Simon?"

"How's Your Dad, Simon?"

By Simon Pursehouse

Every Friday, usually when my dad is waiting for his takeaway curry to be made and he's sat in the pub opposite having a pint, he texts me a collection of brilliantly terrible jokes he's collated that week from various places.

This is me reading them out for the first time.
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"How's Your Dad, Simon?"Feb 11, 2022

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Castles, graffiti & Tin Turner.

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Great Expectations, lumberjacks & crystal balls.

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Indian reservations, Lourdes & stool samples.

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Hot flushes, Schrodinger's cat & golf.

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James Bond, rabbit stew & zebras.

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Waterskiing, Karl Marx's sister & badgers.

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Yul Brynner, jazz musicians & knots.

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Batteries, Elton John & bakers.

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Tropical fish, John Lennon & milkmen.

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Monopoly, trumpets & Footloose.

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Mothers, wives & grandads.

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Impressionists, bread & landlords.

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Surgery, Cat Stevens & grandkids.

Jan 08, 202101:33
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Eton, sat navs & job interviews.

Jan 01, 202101:52
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Marksmen, Jurassic Park & archery.

Dec 25, 202002:08
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Butchers, Bahamas & alsatians. 

Dec 18, 202002:03
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Printers, ballet & Scrabble.

Dec 11, 202001:49
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Roadies, poets & darts.

Dec 04, 202001:34
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Speed dial, Michael Caine & laptops.

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Handcuffs, magnesium and owls.

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