I finally picked the long setup over the quick punchline for my kid's joke contest

Jake Ellis · 2026-11-03T12:25:03.487913+00:00

My son's school contest in Akron gave us 30 seconds per joke, so I ditched the one-liner about the scarecrow and told the one about the broken pencil that takes 20 seconds to build. He placed second, and I'm now sure the long dad joke beats the quick one every time, so what's your go-to long setup?

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