Not sure, although an early estimate was $279,000.00.......but you just know it will be more than that.
The "New York Times" article I posted referred to them as "Lexophiles". To be honest, I had never heard them called that before, but I've also never heard them called "Dad jokes" either. I thought they were humorous so I pasted them here...and I just call them "jokes".
Merry Christmas, RipCityDSCPL. DAD: I was just listening to the radio on my way in to town, apparently an actress just killed herself. MOM: Oh my! Who!? DAD: Uh, I can't remember... I think her name was Reese something? MOM: WITHERSPOON!!!!!??????? DAD: No, it was with a knife... I bought some shoes from a drug dealer. I don't know what he laced them with, but I was tripping all day! The secret service isn't allowed to yell "Get down!" anymore when the president is about to be attacked. Now they have to yell "Donald, duck!" I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down! I ordered a chicken and an egg from Amazon. I’ll let you know. My daughter screeched, "Daaaaaad, you haven't listened to one word I've said, have you!?" What a strange way to start a conversation with me... 3 unwritten rules of life... 1. 2. 3. SON: *hands my Dad his 50th birthday card*, DAD: You know, one would have been enough. What did the buffalo say to his son when he dropped him off at school? Bison.
