Funniest joke of the Edinburgh Fringe revealed – do you agree it’s the best?
A PASTA pun has won the funniest joke award at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Comic Masai Graham triumphed for the second time after winning in 2016.
He won with: “I tried to steal spaghetti from the shop, but the female guard saw me and I couldn’t get pasta.”
The Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe, voted for by the public, was back for the first time since 2019.
Graham, 41, from West Bromwich, West Mids, said: “It’s great to see the Fringe back up and running again. It’s my spiritual home.”
In 2016, he won with the gag: “My dad suggested I register for a donor card. He’s a man after my own heart.”
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But the day after, he actually suffered a mild attack after “caning Red Bull” drinks.
Fringe critics chose the shortlist for the joke award and it was then voted on by 2,000 people.
The runners up
Mark Simmons: Did you know, if you get pregnant in the Amazon, it's next-day delivery.
Olaf Falafel: My attempts to combine nitrous oxide and Oxo cubes made me a laughing stock.
Hannah Fairweather: By my age, my parents had a house and a family, and to be fair to me, so do I - but it is the same house and it is the same family.
Will Mars: I hate funerals - I'm not a mourning person.
Olaf Falafel: I spent the whole morning building a time machine, so that's four hours of my life that I'm definitely getting back.
Richard Pulsford: I sent a food parcel to my first wife. FedEx.
Tim Vine: I used to live hand to mouth. Do you know what changed my life? Cutlery.
Sophie Duker: Don't knock threesomes. Having a threesome is like hiring an intern to do all the jobs you hate.
Will Duggan: I can't even be bothered to be apathetic these days.
