Jokes You Can Use When You Have A Dead Father

1. Have you seen my dad? I haven’t either, ever since he followed the light.
2. My dad always preached about Jesus when I was young. He kept telling stories about the goodness of that son of God. He was dying to be with him. So, once the two of them met, he never came back.
3. I have been taller than my father since I was 11 years old. He didn’t have a condition that restricted him from growing; he was just six feet under the ground. 
4. I haven’t been able to contact my father lately. Perhaps they ban phones in heaven.
5. My old man would not be proud of who I am today. But I don’t mind. What is he going to do, rise from his grave? 

When your audience hesitates to let out a laugh or even a chuckle, as if you can pluck the expression of pity from their faces, you can throw these lines to dispel the tension in the air: 

1. Don’t feel bad. 
2. You can find it funny. 
3. It doesn’t bother me anymore. 
4. Anyway, he was gone longer than the time we shared together.
5. My dad will not haunt you. He doesn’t even visit me in my dreams. 

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Laurehl Onyx B. Cabiles is a writer from Cotabato, Province. He has been a fellow of the Sox Writer’s Workshop (2023), NAGMAC-YWS (2024), and Ateneo de Davao Summer Writers Workshop (2024), and Davao Writers Workshop (2025).