Funniest joke at Edinburgh announced!

[gripper stebson]

.. and the winner was from UK comic Dan Antoploski.

"Hedgehogs. Why can't they just share the hedge."

 

[Icy Gull]

1/10

 

[Biscuit]

10/10

You missed out the question mark.

 

[gripper stebson]

...and the rest.

• 2) Paddy Lennox - "I was watching the London Marathon and saw one runner dressed as a chicken and another runner dressed as an egg. I thought: 'This could be interesting'."

• 3) Sarah Millican - "I had my boobs measured and bought a new bra. Now I call them Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes because they're up where they belong."

• 4) Zoe Lyons - "I went on a girls' night out recently. The invitation said 'dress to kill'. I went as Rose West."

• 5) Jack Whitehall - "I'm sure wherever my dad is; he's looking down on us. He's not dead, just very condescending."

• 6) Adam Hills - "Going to Starbucks for coffee is like going to prison for sex. You know you're going to get it, but it's going to be rough."

• 7) Marcus Brigstocke - "To the people who've got iPhones: you just bought one, you didn't invent it!"

• 8) Rhod Gilbert - "A spa hotel? It's like a normal hotel, only in reception there's a picture of a pebble."

• 9) Dan Antopolski - "I've been reading the news about there being a civil war in Madagascar. Well, I've seen it six times and there isn't."

• 10) Simon Brodkin (as Lee Nelson) - "I started so many fights at my school - I had that attention-deficit disorder. So I didn't finish a lot of them."

 

[Icy Gull]

Fix , no 2 is much funnier than the winner (in fairness not that hard)

 

[Mellotron]

Number 2 is the only one that produced even an eighth of a chortle from me.

 

[Here's Johnny!]

The Starbucks won got a laugh out loud from me

 

[Marc]

number 8 got the biggest laugh fro me:

• 8) Rhod Gilbert - "A spa hotel? It's like a normal hotel, only in reception there's a picture of a pebble."

 

[Frutos]

None of them are hilarious, but I'd say number 2 was the best of the bunch.

 

[Johnny Crumplin Football]

4 and 8

 

[Simster]

#1 is a bit average. Funniest ones for me are numbers 5, 7 and 8. Number 4 is remarkably unfunny.

 

[Monkey Man]

I remember this thread from last year, when it got a similar response. It's almost impossible to find something amusing, once it's been transcribed into a single paragraph, devoid of context, and described as one of the funniest things of the year.

I thought number 5 - the condescending dad - was the best.

 

[Bozza]

I would imagine all are significantly 'better' when delivered by a decent stand-up comedian in the middle of a decent stand-up show.

Reading them on a dreary Monday afternoon in the office (in my case) is unlikely to have the same impact.

 

[Husty]

2, 6, 9

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Gee - you're a tough audience. I thought they were great. That hedgehog one goes straight into my feeble repetoire.

 

[Aldo]

• 7) Marcus Brigstocke - "To the people who've got iPhones: you just bought one, you didn't invent it!"

 

[Acker79]

• 7) Marcus Brigstocke - "To the people who've got iPhones: you just bought one, you didn't invent it!"

I don't get it.

 

[Mellotron]

• 7) Marcus Brigstocke - "To the people who've got iPhones: you just bought one, you didn't invent it!"

Not even a joke, just a bad observation. People who have iPhones LOVE them so much they want everyone to have them. Simple as that. Basic error from Mr Brigstocke there.

 

[HG201]

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• 8) Rhod Gilbert - "A spa hotel? It's like a normal hotel, only in reception there's a picture of a pebble."