Scott Duke Kominers, Columnist

Kominers’ Conundrums: Celebrating Dads and Their Sense of Humor

A Father’s Day puzzle honoring all their hits — and their misses.

“Got a cow helping me to cut the grass. He’s a lawn mooer.”

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This Father’s Day, we’re celebrating dads everywhere — and their unique style of joke.

Sometimes, dads nail it. Other times, their extreme corniness provokes a round of involuntary boos from otherwise adoring fans. And admittedly, sometimes they don’t seem to make much sense at all. So for this week’s Conundrum, we’ve put together a series of jokes that really don’t make sense, with a bit of help from Noam D. Elkies.