| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe 10:34 - Aug 22 with 7040 views | usm |
"I started dating a zookeeper, but it turned out he was a cheetah."
Hmm, remind me never to go.
I suppose its all about timing etc but I think Tommy Cooper would struggle to make anyone laugh with that 'gag'. |  |
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| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 10:35 - Aug 22 with 5465 views | chicoazul |
The perfect analogue for our modern age. An unfunny inoffensive twee two liner pretending to be a joke. |  |
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| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 10:36 - Aug 22 with 5462 views | Keno |
It was a small zoo, it only had one dog
It was a sh1t zoo |  |
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| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 11:03 - Aug 22 with 5317 views | GlasgowBlue |
There were far funnier jokes imo.
'Last year I had a great joke about inflation. But it’s hardly worth it now'.
'I thought I’d start off with a joke about the Titanic – just to break the ice.'
'They say you should tell truth to power, which is why I often call EDF customer service to tell them how crap they are.' |  |
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| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 11:06 - Aug 22 with 5286 views | Cafe_Newman |
A man was driving down the road when a policeman stopped him. The officer looked in the back of the man’s truck and said, “Why is there a crocodile in your truck?”
The man replied, “That's my crocodile. It belongs to me.”
“You need to take it to the zoo,” the policeman said.
The next day, the officer saw the same guy driving down the road. He pulled him over again. He saw the crocodile was still in the truck, but it was wearing sunglasses this time. “I thought I told you to take that crocodile to the zoo!” the officer said.
“I did,” the man replied. “And today I’m taking it to the beach.”
This was my son's favourite joke when he was 6 or 7 but it's still better than the cheetah joke... IMHO |  | | |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 11:08 - Aug 22 with 5260 views | Cafe_Newman |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 11:03 - Aug 22 by GlasgowBlue |
There were far funnier jokes imo.
'Last year I had a great joke about inflation. But it’s hardly worth it now'.
'I thought I’d start off with a joke about the Titanic – just to break the ice.'
'They say you should tell truth to power, which is why I often call EDF customer service to tell them how crap they are.' |
"'They say you should tell truth to power, which is why I often call EDF customer service to tell them how crap they are."
Thanks for that | | | |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 11:09 - Aug 22 with 5248 views | MattinLondon |
These were the other top jokes from there. I quite like the ones about inflation, the surrender competition and the Nationwide branch. Far better than the winner which I heard years ago.
I started dating a zookeeper, but it turned out he was a cheetah - Lorna Rose Treen
The most British thing I've ever heard? A lady who said 'Well I'm sorry, but I don't apologise.' - Liz Guterbock
Last year I had a great joke about inflation. But it's hardly worth it now - Amos Gill
When women gossip we get called bitchy; but when men do it's called a podcast - Sikisa
I thought I'd start off with a joke about The Titanic - just to break the ice - Masai Graham
How do coeliac Germans greet each other? Gluten tag - Frank Lavender
My friend got locked in a coffee place overnight. Now he only ever goes into Starbucks, not the rivals. He's Costa-phobic - Roger Swift
I entered the 'How not to surrender' competition and I won hands down - Bennett Arron
Nationwide must have looked pretty silly when they opened their first branch - William Stone
My grandma describes herself as being in her "twilight years" which I love because they're great films - Daniel Foxx |  | | |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 11:10 - Aug 22 with 5246 views | SitfcB |
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| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 11:11 - Aug 22 with 5238 views | Meadowlark |
It would have been funnier had it been reversed.
"I dated someone who said they liked cheetahs. Turned out he was a keeper."
Not much funnier, I'll admit...... |  | | |
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| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 11:13 - Aug 22 with 5211 views | MattinLondon |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 11:11 - Aug 22 by Meadowlark |
It would have been funnier had it been reversed.
"I dated someone who said they liked cheetahs. Turned out he was a keeper."
Not much funnier, I'll admit...... |
I actually think that’s far funnier than the original. | | | |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 11:16 - Aug 22 with 5188 views | WD19 |
Not a vintage year. None of the Top 10 were up to much and usually there are some crackers. |  | | |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 11:16 - Aug 22 with 5179 views | iamatractorboy |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 11:11 - Aug 22 by Meadowlark |
It would have been funnier had it been reversed.
"I dated someone who said they liked cheetahs. Turned out he was a keeper."
Not much funnier, I'll admit...... |
That actually works, unlike the winning 'joke'. |  | | |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 11:23 - Aug 22 with 5148 views | hatch |
I ranted to my wife about that joke winning this morning.
Also preferred the surrender and Nationwide gags |  | | |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 11:50 - Aug 22 with 5028 views | longtimefan |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 11:23 - Aug 22 by hatch |
I ranted to my wife about that joke winning this morning.
Also preferred the surrender and Nationwide gags |
I thought one of the listener provided jokes on Radio Suffolk this morning was better.
“I just started a new job at a bowling alley”
“Ten Pin”
“No permanent” | | | |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 11:51 - Aug 22 with 5027 views | LankHenners |
I know it's easy to dismiss jokes like that when they're written down and totally stripped of their delivery but these 'best Edinburgh Fringe' jokes are rarely funny.
Personal taste of course but my main problem with pun/one-liner humour is that people assume just because something works as a bit of wordplay it automatically makes it a funny joke.
For me it's either got to be delivered with a certain level of irony or, as Tim Vine has successfully worked out, just string loads together and spit them out machine gun style, with the whole performance of it bringing the comedy rather than the individual fairly lacklustre joke itself. |  |
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| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 12:02 - Aug 22 with 4937 views | hatch |
I actually think I heard my funniest joke of the year yesterday on this video on Twitter:
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| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 12:08 - Aug 22 with 4877 views | Ryorry |
Much better one from Jo Brand on R4Extra -
"I just took my husband to hospital to have 17 stitches out.
That'll teach him to give me a sewing kit for my birthday".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001d8g [Post edited 22 Aug 2023 12:16]
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| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 12:25 - Aug 22 with 4815 views | OldFart71 |
Went into the supermarket the other day and some of the fruit started talking to me. They were Conference pears. | | | |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 16:05 - Aug 22 with 4470 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 12:08 - Aug 22 by Ryorry |
Much better one from Jo Brand on R4Extra -
"I just took my husband to hospital to have 17 stitches out.
That'll teach him to give me a sewing kit for my birthday".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001d8g [Post edited 22 Aug 2023 12:16]
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Jo Brand is the most unfunny person in the world ever. | |
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| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 16:06 - Aug 22 with 4468 views | Argyle_blue |
So he wasn’t a keeper after all |  | | |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 16:42 - Aug 22 with 4319 views | hoppy |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 16:05 - Aug 22 by GlasgowBlue |
Jo Brand is the most unfunny person in the world ever. |
Miranda Hart: "Hold my beer" |  |
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| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 17:34 - Aug 22 with 4226 views | MattinLondon |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 16:42 - Aug 22 by hoppy |
Miranda Hart: "Hold my beer" |
I’ll hold your beer, I’ll then down it in one and raise you Michael McIntyre. | | | |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 20:11 - Aug 22 with 4043 views | Churchman |
Nothing will top:
Two cannibals having dinner. One says to the other ‘I don’t like your wife’
‘Never mind, just eat the chips’s
Thank you Morecambe & Wise. |  | | |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 20:15 - Aug 22 with 4026 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 20:11 - Aug 22 by Churchman |
Nothing will top:
Two cannibals having dinner. One says to the other ‘I don’t like your wife’
‘Never mind, just eat the chips’s
Thank you Morecambe & Wise. |
Two cannibals eating a missionary. They agree that one will eat from the head downwards, and the other will start at the toes and work upwards.
A few minutes in and one asks the other: "How's it going?", to which the reply came "I'm having a ball". His mate shouts at him, "You're eating too fcuking fast then" | |
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| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 21:43 - Aug 22 with 3891 views | HARRY10 |
Some of stand up has gone this way. Childish jokes, as peddled by Tim Vine yonks ago, or middle class angst as Generation Thick confront the vagaries of the world. The latter being unfunny bland observations on the basis of 'isn't it funny when'....." you close the fridge and the lights goes off, that is so random, man".
It seems in this world everything is 'random'. Even the takeaway that you specifically ordered, gave your address for it to be delivered to and agreed who would deliver it, is, err so random man.
I suspect the po-faced audiences at uni gigs are in a small way a cause.
I watched a uni gig a few years ago and the comic was pe'ed off with some girl at the front warbling into her phone, so was told
"Oi fatty, shut it". Cue unrestrained howls of outrage. His reply (when it quietened down) was
"You women moan about blokes not telling the truth, yet when they do, you moan " he further added "I note none of you said she wasn't fat, just that I shouldn't say it".*
That comedy part of the festival has regarded into acts peddling Xmas cracker jokes is a reflection of the wider society., and another discussion.
* he riffed it for another 5 mins | | | |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 21:51 - Aug 22 with 3846 views | MattinLondon |
| Funniest Joke at Edinburgh Fringe on 21:43 - Aug 22 by HARRY10 |
Some of stand up has gone this way. Childish jokes, as peddled by Tim Vine yonks ago, or middle class angst as Generation Thick confront the vagaries of the world. The latter being unfunny bland observations on the basis of 'isn't it funny when'....." you close the fridge and the lights goes off, that is so random, man".
It seems in this world everything is 'random'. Even the takeaway that you specifically ordered, gave your address for it to be delivered to and agreed who would deliver it, is, err so random man.
I suspect the po-faced audiences at uni gigs are in a small way a cause.
I watched a uni gig a few years ago and the comic was pe'ed off with some girl at the front warbling into her phone, so was told
"Oi fatty, shut it". Cue unrestrained howls of outrage. His reply (when it quietened down) was
"You women moan about blokes not telling the truth, yet when they do, you moan " he further added "I note none of you said she wasn't fat, just that I shouldn't say it".*
That comedy part of the festival has regarded into acts peddling Xmas cracker jokes is a reflection of the wider society., and another discussion.
* he riffed it for another 5 mins |
Great story granddad. | | | |
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