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PIC: People are raving about the ultimate Dad joke that’s just gone viral

Published 19:59 27 Jul 2016 BST

Updated 09:08 28 Jul 2016 BST

Conor Heneghan
PIC: People are raving about the ultimate Dad joke that’s just gone viral

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Depending on your sense of humour, you’ll either let out a big laugh or a big sigh.

They’re called ‘Dad jokes’ but you don’t have to be a father to recognise the type of gags that fall under that category. Usually, they contain a line so obvious that most people don’t bother telling them and if they elicit a laugh, it’s normally a very brief one before angry, annoyed looks are cast in your direction. Twitter user @enterjeshikari posted a screengrab of a message sent to her by her father on Tuesday and, just over a day later, it’s been retweeted just under 7,000 times and caused Jess to be trending in London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester and Sheffield. All for this… https://twitter.com/enterjeshikari/status/757878160113463299 Perhaps surprisingly, the response was mostly positive... https://twitter.com/NathanJEllerton/status/757879318760529920 https://twitter.com/MrSewell_/status/757886840166813696 https://twitter.com/c_bass69/status/758351499093274624 https://twitter.com/RossO_Brien/status/758364475053531136 Could you do better?

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PIC: People are raving about the ultimate Dad joke that’s just gone viral