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Dad Joke explanation - 01/19/2026
The Joke:
I asked the librarian if the library had books on paranoia.
She whispered, “They’re right behind you.”
The joke plays with paranoia, which is the fear that someone is watching or following you.
The person asks the librarian for books about paranoia.
When she whispers, “They’re right behind you,” she is technically referring to the books, which would be shelved behind him.
But the way she says it — whispering — makes it sound like “they” are people, triggering a paranoid reaction.
Why it’s funny?
- The answer is literally correct (the books are behind him).
- The delivery is intentionally creepy.
- It creates a double meaning: books vs. people.
So the humor comes from the misleading tone, not the words themselves.
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Dad Joke explanation - 01/19/2026
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