The finalists for funniest joke of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival:
1 “I’ve decided to sell my Hoover… well, it was just collecting dust” – Tim Vine.
2 “I’ve written a joke about a fat badger, but I couldn’t fit it into my set” – Masai Graham.
3 “Always leave them wanting more, my uncle used to say to me. Which is why he lost his job in disaster relief” – Mark Watson.
4 “I was given some Sudoku toilet paper. It didn’t work. You could only fill it in with number ones and number twos” – Bec Hill.
5 “I wanted to do a show about feminism. But my husband wouldn’t let me” – Ria Lina.
6 “Money can’t buy you happiness? Well, check this out, I bought myself a Happy Meal” – Paul F Taylor.
7 “Scotland had oil, but it’s running out thanks to all that deep frying” – Scott Capurro.
8 “I’ve been married for 10 years, I haven’t made a decision for seven” – Jason Cook.
9 “This show is about perception and perspective. But it depends how you look at it” – Felicity Ward.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-28838287
That noise you can hear in the background is the bottom of the barrel being well and truly scraped clean, unfortunately.
By: snafu - 20th August 2014 at 23:09
mrtotty (is there anything in your name? Just wondered, ’tis all…) yes, these are not the greatest one-liners (see previous years, there were some much better ones to giggle at) but apparently some better ones require elaborate set ups and/or props, which don’t really work for this kind of competition. Apparently.
This is a joke. May the forum read your words of wisdom relevant to the subject of: “British Nationals, I.S. and revoking passports please.
No, no no no, John. Jokes might begin with “I say, I say, I say…” or “Why did the chicken cross the road…?” or even “An Englishman, an Irishman, and a Scotsman…”
They don’t usually start “This is a joke…” since it is a bit of a give away. If they do start like that, they generally aren’t funny – and this one is a case in point.
Maybe a mother-in-law joke would work better for you…
By: John Green - 20th August 2014 at 15:56
Snafu and your alter ego
This is a joke. May the forum read your words of wisdom relevant to the subject of: “British Nationals, I.S. and revoking passports please.
By: Arabella-Cox - 20th August 2014 at 13:20
I don’t find these ‘jokes’ the least bit funny.
By: charliehunt - 20th August 2014 at 11:52
I always understood “Johnny G” with upper case initials stood for Sir John Gielgud, the great 20th century actor.
By: Arabella-Cox - 20th August 2014 at 10:21
In jonny g’s world that probably means charlie is slightly to the right of Jorge Rafael Videla.
By: snafu - 19th August 2014 at 23:22
Charlie is a leftie? That explains so much.
By: John Green - 19th August 2014 at 22:04
He’s a ‘leftie’ what do you expect? He’s had his humour extracted along with his brain.
By: snafu - 19th August 2014 at 22:02
Tell us a joke, a pun or a quip, Charlie.
By: charliehunt - 19th August 2014 at 08:34
As you have little sense of humour I suppose I can understand your reaction.
Good thing there are no Snafus in the audience!;)
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