The 15 funniest jokes from the 2017 Edinburgh Festival Fringe:
1. "I'm not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change." Ken Cheng - 33%
2. "Trump's nothing like Hitler. There's no way he could write a book." Frankie Boyle - 30%
3. "I've given up asking rhetorical questions. What's the point?" Alexei Sayle - 29%
4. "I'm looking for the girl next door type. I'm just gonna keep moving house till I find her." Lew Fitz - 28%
5. "I like to imagine the guy who invented the umbrella was going to call it the 'brella'. But he hesitated." Andy Field - 27%
6. "Combine Harvesters. And you'll have a really big restaurant." Mark Simmons - 27%
7. "I'm rubbish with names. It's not my fault, it's a condition. There's a name for it..." Jimeoin - 26%
8. "I have two boys, 5 and 6. We're no good at naming things in our house." Ed Byrne - 24%
9. "I wasn't particularly close to my dad before he died... which was lucky, because he trod on a land mine." Olaf Falafel - 24%
10. "Whenever someone says, 'I don't believe in coincidences.' I say, 'Oh my God, me neither!"' Alasdair Beckett-King - 23%
11. "A friend tricked me into going to Wimbledon by telling me it was a men's singles event." Angela Barnes - 20%
12. "As a vegan, I think people who sell meat are disgusting; but apparently people who sell fruit and veg are grocer." Adele Cliff - 20%
13. "For me dying is a lot like going camping. I don't want to do it." Phil Wang - 20%
14. "I wonder how many chameleons snuck onto the Ark." Adam Hess - 18%
15. "I went to a Pretenders gig. It was a tribute act." Tim Vine - 18%
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/uk-world-news/15-funniest-jokes-edinburgh-festival-13510522
My favourite is number 5!
1. "I'm not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change." Ken Cheng - 33%
2. "Trump's nothing like Hitler. There's no way he could write a book." Frankie Boyle - 30%
3. "I've given up asking rhetorical questions. What's the point?" Alexei Sayle - 29%
4. "I'm looking for the girl next door type. I'm just gonna keep moving house till I find her." Lew Fitz - 28%
5. "I like to imagine the guy who invented the umbrella was going to call it the 'brella'. But he hesitated." Andy Field - 27%
6. "Combine Harvesters. And you'll have a really big restaurant." Mark Simmons - 27%
7. "I'm rubbish with names. It's not my fault, it's a condition. There's a name for it..." Jimeoin - 26%
8. "I have two boys, 5 and 6. We're no good at naming things in our house." Ed Byrne - 24%
9. "I wasn't particularly close to my dad before he died... which was lucky, because he trod on a land mine." Olaf Falafel - 24%
10. "Whenever someone says, 'I don't believe in coincidences.' I say, 'Oh my God, me neither!"' Alasdair Beckett-King - 23%
11. "A friend tricked me into going to Wimbledon by telling me it was a men's singles event." Angela Barnes - 20%
12. "As a vegan, I think people who sell meat are disgusting; but apparently people who sell fruit and veg are grocer." Adele Cliff - 20%
13. "For me dying is a lot like going camping. I don't want to do it." Phil Wang - 20%
14. "I wonder how many chameleons snuck onto the Ark." Adam Hess - 18%
15. "I went to a Pretenders gig. It was a tribute act." Tim Vine - 18%
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/uk-world-news/15-funniest-jokes-edinburgh-festival-13510522
My favourite is number 5!