This, apparently, was voted the funniest joke at the Edinburgh fringe this year:
"I can't believe Amy Winehouse self-harms. She's so irritating she must be able to find someone to do it for her."
I'm glad I stuck with Shoreditch.
Mick Hartley
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Yet more proof that women aren’t that good at the comedy thing. I don’t mean that as a slur, by the way – I’m just re-stating a much-observed fact.
My favourite of the list was Tim Vine: “Velcro. What a rip off.”LikeLike
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Here is the list from the 2006 festival.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre/features/the-50-best-jokes-from-the-edinburgh-fringe-898042.html
It’s interesting to compare 2008 with 2006. First, Tom Stade and Josie Long used the same jokes two years apart. Second, Stephen Grant stole a line from Stephen Brown.LikeLike
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And also in the 2006 list, Tim Vine was the funniest: “One-armed butlers, they can take it but they can’t dish it out”
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