Elder Dad Jokes

I used to work for a company that, before Thanksgiving, would give each store manager a budget of $300 to go out and buy turkeys to give out to families in need. I shopped around to find the best price on turkeys and went to the grocery store and loaded up a shopping cart full of them.

As I was taking them to my car, two Mormon missionaries saw me and offered to help me load them up, which I really appreciated. As we were loading them, they asked:

Mormons: “Why are you buying so many turkeys?”

I explained, and we talked about the details and chit-chatted. Then after we’re done, I look at their name tags that said something like “Elder Jackson” and “Elder William”, and I shook their hands and thanked them by name, but not knowing much about Mormonism, I then said:

Me: “Wow, you guys are both named Elder, what are the odds?!”

They just kind of looked at each other and chuckled. We said goodbye, and then it dawned on me later that Elder was probably a title. I googled it and felt really dumb. Hopefully, they thought I was just making a dad joke.