I am a single parent. I force my son to eat vegetables that he hates, I call him my baby even though he towers over me and I tell awful jokes.
You know, Dad jokes.
But I’m a mum, surely they are Mum Jokes?
Apparently, they aren’t.
I was after a bit of clarification regarding this issue so decided to ask the cyber gods for their help.
Hmmm, not quite what I was expecting.
So I decided to try again.
I asked the chatbot to tell me a Mum joke.
My first response was:
‘Why did the mum go to school with a ladder?’
The answer is, ‘Because she wanted to go to high school’.
There are a couple of problems I have with that joke – the main one being that it’s not very good. I just want you all to remember – that’s not my joke. It’s AI. My jokes are way better than that.
Next time someone asks you ‘Is AI the future?’ You can let them know (and use this joke as an example) that if it is, it will be a future without many laughs.
I asked the app if it knew any more.
This time I got:
‘Why did the mum always carry a pencil?
Answer: ‘Because she wanted to draw attention’.
It’s pretty similar in standard to the first one. So, I guess we can say that ChatGPT is consistent in it’s quality.
I then tried the same approach for Dad jokes….
I got a couple back.
The first one was:
Why don’t eggs tell jokes?
Because they might crack up!
It’s not great but it’s an example of Word Play so does qualify as a joke.
The second one was probably the best of the bunch;
Why did the scarecrow win an award?
Because he was outstanding in his field!
When I say best of the bunch, I’m assuming you’ve realised J’ai pété has set itself quite low standards.
Isn’t that mad? Not the jokes themselves but the interpretation of the question. The type of joke I got back.
I missed the apostrophe on purpose; not asking for jokes belonging to a mum or dad but just let the chat bot interpret the info in its own way.
One lot of results were jokes about the parent in question (mums) the other was the sort of jokes that the parent (dads) would tell.
I’ve seen loads of funny females that have children tell jokes!
Maybe the results could be interpreted in a different way. Maybe the chatbot ‘thinks’ that mums don’t tell bad jokes and couldn’t come up with one of high enough quality to send back to me?
I have nothing against Dad jokes. I know lots. The thing is, as a single parent. The bad jokes in my house belong to me.
My current favourite is:
Where do Pirates that like Japanese food eat?
Yo Ho Sushi.
I’m pretty sure I made that joke up myself. My son didn’t laugh at that joke. Not outwardly anyway, I think that secretly he found it really funny but just didn’t want to show it.
ChatGPT may not want to acknowledge that female parents can tell jokes but I’d like to think that I can have the last laugh, for now. En Francais, ChatGPT is pronounced Chat J’ai pété which means:
Madeline is a solo parent and some times comedian based in the South West. She started performing her Stand Up in January 2024 after seeing several disappointing comedians all doing the same Tinder jokes.
Her jokes are based on real life experiences that she has gone through as a single parent, as a menopausal woman and as a person who only has herself to blame!
If you’re interested, try following her on Instagram.
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