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Title: Best Edinburgh Fringe Gag Award 2017
Post by: OldBloke on August 22, 2017, 06:50:53 AM
The top 15 funniest jokes from the Fringe
1. "I'm not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change" - Ken Cheng
2. "Trump's nothing like Hitler. There's no way he could write a book" - Frankie Boyle
3. "I've given up asking rhetorical questions. What's the point?" - Alexei Sayle
4. "I'm looking for the girl next door type. I'm just gonna keep moving house till I find her" - Lew Fitz
5. "I like to imagine the guy who invented the umbrella was going to call it the 'brella'. But he hesitated" - Andy Field
6. "Combine Harvesters. And you'll have a really big restaurant" - Mark Simmons
7. "I'm rubbish with names. It's not my fault, it's a condition. There's a name for it..." - Jimeoin
8. "I have two boys, 5 and 6. We're no good at naming things in our house" - Ed Byrne
9. "I wasn't particularly close to my dad before he died... which was lucky, because he trod on a land mine" - Olaf Falafel
10. "Whenever someone says, 'I don't believe in coincidences.' I say, 'Oh my God, me neither!"' - Alasdair Beckett-King
11. "A friend tricked me into going to Wimbledon by telling me it was a men's singles event" - Angela Barnes
12. "As a vegan, I think people who sell meat are disgusting; but apparently people who sell fruit and veg are grocer" - Adele Cliff
13. "For me dying is a lot like going camping. I don't want to do it" - Phil Wang
14. "I wonder how many chameleons snuck onto the Ark" - Adam Hess
15. "I went to a Pretenders gig. It was a tribute act" - Tim Vine
Title: Best Edinburgh Fringe Gag Award 2017
Post by: DuVeL on August 22, 2017, 07:26:12 AM
Nice find OB! :D:flirty:
Title: Best Edinburgh Fringe Gag Award 2017
Post by: Penfold on August 22, 2017, 09:03:44 AM
Hah 1, 5 + 13 for me
Title: Best Edinburgh Fringe Gag Award 2017
Post by: Liberator on August 22, 2017, 10:36:37 AM
Tim Vine doesn't seem to be performing as well as he did in previous polls.

Ed Byrne's is from the dark ages.

I like 10, then 3 and finally 2.
Title: Best Edinburgh Fringe Gag Award 2017
Post by: Penfold on August 22, 2017, 10:51:18 AM
Yeah, he's won it a couple of times and came runner up a few more hasn't he? I think he last win was with

[FONT=&]"I've decided to sell my Hoover… well, it was just collecting dust."[/FONT]

Talking of Hitler, I still remember this one from a couple of years ago which makes me smile

[FONT=&]Maybe Hitler wouldn’t have been so grumpy if people hadn’t left him hanging for high-fives all the time.

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