Jokes and humour guides

Knock knock jokes, dad jokes, one-liners and milestone birthday humour. There are 12 guides in this section, all free to read and copy from.

Every one is written for a specific moment rather than in general, so pick the closest fit and take the lines you need.

• Top 50 knock knock jokes
  Fifty clean knock knock jokes, sorted from classic to genuinely new.
• Top 50 dad jokes
  Fifty dad jokes, ranked by how loudly the room will groan.
• Top 50 funny one-liners
  Fifty short jokes that fit on one line of a card.
• Top 50 jokes for kids
  Fifty clean jokes children can retell without help.
• Top 40 office jokes
  Forty work jokes clean enough to put in a colleague's card.
• Top 50 Christmas cracker jokes
  Fifty cracker jokes, deliberately terrible, table-tested.
• 60th birthday jokes and one-liners
  Clean and cheeky 60th birthday jokes, one-liners and puns you can use in a card, a speech or a toast.
• 60th birthday poems and verses
  Short 60th birthday poems and verses, funny and heartfelt, written to be copied into a card by hand.
• 65th birthday sayings and quotes
  Sayings, quotes and short greetings for a 65th, including the retirement crossover most 65th cards need.
• 70th birthday jokes, poems and verses
  Jokes, one-liners, poems and verses for a 70th, split by whether you're writing a card or standing up to speak.
• 75th birthday sayings and verses
  Short sayings, verses and greetings for a 75th, from the gently funny to the genuinely warm.
• 80th birthday jokes, quotes and verses
  Jokes, quotes and verses for an 80th, including greetings for a woman or a man and lines for a family toast.

Other guide topics

• Best of: cards and gifts
• What to write in a card
• Messages by recipient
• Sorry, etiquette and awkward moments
• How much to spend
• Puns and wordplay
• Rhymes, poems and quotes
• Riddles and quizzes
• Games and activities
• Party planning
• Decorations and how-to
• Fancy dress and themes
• Celebrations
• Work and colleagues
• Speeches and toasts
• Cheering someone up
• Feel-good reading
• Christmas and seasonal
• Secret Santa
• Festivals and world celebrations
• Christenings and faith milestones
• Charity and fundraising
• Badges and pins
• Card design and how cards work

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Frequently asked questions

How many jokes and humour guides are there?

There are 12 in this section, and the full directory has 267 guides across 25 topics.

Are these free to use?

Yes. Copy any message, joke or checklist straight into a card or a party plan. You do not need to buy anything.