This man posts a daily ‘bad dad joke’ in his front yard. People groan, but they love it.

This man posts a daily ‘bad dad joke’ in his front yard(yärd). People groan(grōn), but they love it.

By Allison Klein

Maryland’s(ˈmerələnd) stay-at-home covid-19 order has been stressful for Ann and Tom Schruben, self-employed workers who live in Kensington(ˈkenziNGtən) with their 11-year-old daughter.

Ann noticed her husband was a little grumpy(ˈgrəmpē). He’s generally a cheerful(ˈCHi(ə)rfəl) guy who likes to crack(krak) jokes and puns(pən).

In fact, their daughter, Darcy, had given him a book of “exceptionally bad dad jokes” as a Christmas present.

When Ann heard a friend in Ohio(ōˈhī-ō) was posting a daily joke in front of her house, she told Tom he should do the same thing. Tom resisted(rəˈzist). Then, about two weeks ago, he grabbed a whiteboard and wrote at the top “BAD DAD JOKES.” He scrawled(skrôl) in purple(ˈpərpəl) ink:

“Hold on — I have something in my shoe! I’m pretty sure it’s a foot.”

At 8 a.m. on April 17, he set the whiteboard near the footpath in front of his house and waited inside his screened-in porch(pôrCH) to see if anyone reacted. Nothing. A few hours later, he heard a chuckle(ˈCHəkəl) from outside.

“Once he got his first laugh, it was so satisfying to him,” said Ann, a landscape designer.

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