Explore the Archives
A Journal of the Plague Year Arizona Collection Australia Boston Bronx Community College New York Brooklyn College New York Canada Las Americas Lockdown Staten Island New Orleans Oral Histories Philippines Sacramento Community Based Organizations Southwest Stories Teaching the Pandemic The City College of New York

Collected Item: “Exceptionally Bad Dad Jokes Raise Spirits in Maryland”

Give your story a title.

Bad Dad Jokes Raise Spirits in Maryland

What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?

News story

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

This is a heartwarming article about daughter who noticed her father was becoming despondant due to the COVID quarantine. She had given him a book called Exceptionally Bad Dad Jokes for Christmas, so she dug it out and they got the idea to post one joke a day on a whiteboard in their front yard. Soon people made special trips to read the daily humor. The dad felt a new sense of purpose and he was very happy to brighten other people's days.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

humor, dad, family, baddadjokes, Maryland, copingwithloss, helpothers

Enter a URL associated with this object, if relevant.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/bs-md-covid-bad-joke-maryland-20200510-uxerpvwf3fffbdzxibivsyfzza-story.html

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Allison Klien

Give this story a date.

2020-05-10
Click here to view the corresponding item.