Top 15 funniest jokes of Edinburgh Fringe announced
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Comedian Masai Graham has been awarded the funniest joke of this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with his one-liner about organ donation.
The comic from West Bromwich, who joins a list of previous winners including Tim Vine, Stewart Francis and Zoe Lyons, won with the gag: "My dad suggested I register for a donor card, he's a man after my own heart."
A panel of ten judges whittled down the thousands of quips at this year's fringe, which were then put to 2,000 people for a vote.
The top 15 jokes were:
1. "My dad has suggested that I register for a donor card. He's a man after my own heart" – Masai Graham
2. "Why is it old people say "there's no place like home", yet when you put them in one…" – Stuart Mitchell
3. "I've been happily married for four years – out of a total of 10" – Mark Watson
4. "Apparently one in three Britons are conceived in an IKEA bed which is mad because those places are really well lit" – Mark Smith
5. "I went to a pub quiz in Liverpool, had a few drinks so wasn't much use. Just for a laugh I wrote The Beatles or Steven Gerrard for every answer… came second" – Will Duggan
6. "Brexit is a terrible name, sounds like cereal you eat when you are constipated" – Tiff Stevenson
7. "I often confuse Americans and Canadians. By using long words" – Gary Delaney
8. "Why is Henry's wife covered in tooth marks? Because he's Tudor" – Adele Cliff
9. "Don't you hate it when people assume you're rich because you sound posh and went to private school and have loads of money?" – Annie McGrath
10. "Is it possible to mistake schizophrenia for telepathy, I hear you ask" – Jordan Brookes
11. "Hillary Clinton has shown that any woman can be President, as long as your husband did it first" – Michelle Wolf
12. "I spotted a Marmite van on the motorway. It was heading yeastbound" – Roger Swift
13. "Back in the day, Instagram just meant a really efficient drug dealer" – Arthur Smith
14. "I'll tell you what's unnatural in the eyes of God. Contact lenses" – Zoe Lyons
15. "Elton John hates ordering Chinese food. Soya seems to be the hardest word" – Phil Nicol
