Dad jokes
Spring
14 jokes, all of them clean
Spring jokes run on growth words — bud, leaf, sprout, bloom, shower. Nearly every one of those is also a verb or a slang term for something else, which is why the season punches above its weight for a topic with no characters in it.
What do flowers say in spring? "Hey bud, what's up?"
Why are trees so carefree in spring? Every year they turn over a new leaf.
When do monkeys fall from the sky? During Ape-ril showers.
Can February March? No, but April May.
Why is everyone so tired on April first? They just finished a 31-day March.
What's the best season to jump on a trampoline? Spring time.
Why did the bee get married? He found his honey.
What did the big flower say to the little flower? "Hi, bud!"
Why is spring the smartest season? It's full of bright ideas — and brighter mornings.
Why couldn't the flower ride its bike? It lost its petals.
What's a tornado's favorite game? Twister.
How does a bee brush its hair? With a honeycomb.
Why did the gardener plant a seed in the pond? To grow a water-melon.
What does a rain cloud wear under its coat? Thunderwear.
Plants are doing 2 things at once
A bud is a flower and a friend. A leaf is a plant part and a verb meaning to go. Turning over a new leaf is a real idiom that also literally describes a tree in April. Seasonal topics usually struggle because there is nobody in them to be funny, but spring gets around that by having a vocabulary where almost every noun moonlights.
Short shelf life, high hit rate
Like the holidays, these have a window — roughly March to May, and the April showers ones want April specifically. Inside that window they work on anybody, no reference required, which is more than most of this site can say. Good for a classroom wall, a newsletter, or the top of an email nobody wanted to read.
The one to actually use
Can February March. It is the best-built joke on the page, because it turns 3 month names into verbs in a single line and does not signal any of it in advance. You have to hear March as a verb before the answer makes sense, and most people do not until the second half arrives. The bud one is gentler and works better on small children.
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