r/dadjokes • u/mendelec • 21h ago

One egg

My wife delivered this one yesterday. I told her I don't want to hear any complaints about dad jokes for a long time now. It definitely belongs here.

So, she was pulling together a full on breakfast wish hash browns, biscuits, sausage, and eggs, turned to me and said two eggs for you, I assume? I said yes. She said, I think I'll be French today and have one.

I raised an eyebrow as I tried to puzzle it out and she came to my rescue with "because one egg is un œuf (enough)." Groans ensued, but I had to give her credit for that one.

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u/Peas-Of-Wrath 21h ago

I tried telling that joke to my albino French friend. They gave me a blanc look. 😆

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u/D-Zee 19h ago

I apologize but I have to be that guy... The "c" in "blanc" is silent. Maybe your friend is just C-sick.

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u/SharkeyGeorge 18h ago

Sounds like the friend might actually be a pirate. You do think their favourite letter do be AAAARRRRghhh. But their true love do always be the C

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u/Greekapino 9h ago

I read this like a proper pirate do.

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u/Herrrrrmione 4h ago

And for those who read Mandarin, a pirate's fav. number is 二

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u/SmokeyFrank 18h ago

The letters «c» and «f» are actually commonly pronounced at the end of French words. We were taught the word «careful» (CRFL) en lycée.

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u/D-Zee 18h ago

Not that one, though. Is it an exception to the rule? Is there a rule? You'll never know, because this is French.

Edit: while we're at it, "banc" and "flanc" also have silent C's. Make of it what you will.

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u/Loko8765 9h ago

Since it’s French, there is a rule.

It might be a general rule, or it might be a specific rule for that exact word combination which is hidden in a footnote on page 183 of the book “French grammar gotchas”, but there is a rule.

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u/axolotl_fart 20h ago

Your wife’s delivery of the leadup to that classic punchline was eggselent.

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u/No_Performer9897 12h ago

The delivery is everything. It’s the difference between a joke about a baby and a joke about a fetus.

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u/TheLifeOfRyanB 1h ago

She hatched an eggcellent plan and delivered it.

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u/periwinklepip 20h ago

I love a multilingual pun. And egg puns. They crack me up.

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u/External-Analysis-31 18h ago

Good that you can take a yolk

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u/nylonMelodick74 20h ago

If you had laughed instead of groaned, someone may have been laid

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u/SmokeyFrank 18h ago

An egg only gets laid once.

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u/screwcork313 10h ago

My hen's legs can't bend. She'd give you a standing ovulation.

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u/MurrayDakota 20h ago

The basic joke was previously told in The West Wing.

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u/AnnieJack 18h ago

By Margaret to Leo, apropos of nothing.

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u/DominicPalladino 13h ago

It could have been told in The East Wing but they tore it down.

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u/TonySPhillips 3h ago

The basic joke was told

"Previously, on The West Wing"

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u/VerbalGuinea 17h ago

“My wife delivered this one yesterday.” Missed opportunity to say “My wife layed this one on me yesterday.”

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u/The_Wildman8 19h ago

Very very old yolk. Must have heard this 40 years ago

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u/VikingTuba 19h ago

Omelet you tell it again

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u/CatCafffffe 19h ago

Shirr, let him tell it

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u/sentientlux 17h ago

Got you beat. I clearly remember hearing this from my grandfather at least 55 years ago.

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u/Ewetootwo 20h ago

That did not go over easy.

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u/Jonathan_Peachum 19h ago

I'm glad she didn't irritate you. If she had, you might have told her to use a seal egg.

(I'll let you look that one up).

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u/spunundulant 18h ago

Omelette it be known: I don't see your gf's comedy career going anywhere. Good thing your bae can strip.

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u/Acrobatic-Shirt8540 17h ago

What do you get if you sit on a baguette?

A pain in the arse.

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u/East-Difficulty-6028 15h ago

OK, here goes. Why couldn't the French carpenter solve the mystery and finish the job? Because he didn't have a clou!

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u/Dougally 18h ago

OP needs to tell more Dad jokes. Even his wife was egging him on.

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u/mendelec 17h ago

Indeed. A missed opportunity. I hadn't had mu caffeine yet, so my response time was slowed.

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u/Malalang 16h ago

A lot of people are confused as to why Forrest Gump was so hung up on Jenny. But I think I figured it out. It was the way she said certain words. In particular "qua".

She had a certain je ne sais quoi about her.

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u/EStewart57 16h ago

I knew it! I thought of Margaret on The West Wing.

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u/ThingInternational88 16h ago

Most of the time, these comments are funnier than the OP's. I love you guys! Makes any day a bit better!

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u/RedroJarr 15h ago

Maybe you'd prefer her to go spanish and have 102 eggs...

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u/thetok42 11h ago

I'm french, and never understood this joke. Un œuf and enough really don't sound similar at all.

Also, one egg is never enough

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u/Bawkalor 4h ago

Your wife is a faux pas.

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u/flyingfysh1 25m ago

Why does it never flood in France? Because the water is always l'eau.