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Hammered

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The winning joke was a one-liner from 36-year-old Antopolski's show Silent But Deadly - "Hedgehogs. Why can't they just share the hedge?"

The Top 10 jokes were judged to be:

1) Dan Antopolski - "Hedgehogs - why can't they just share the hedge?"

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."


The judges also listed some of the worst jokes at this year's Fringe.

Carey Marx - "I'm not doing any Michael Jackson jokes, because they always involve puns about his songs. And that's bad."

Frank Woodley - "I phoned the swine flu hotline and all I got was crackling."

Alex Maple - "Michael Jackson only invented the moonwalk so he could sneak up on children."

Phil Nichol - "She's got a face like a rare Chinese vase - minging."

Alistair McGowan - "I've just split up from my girlfriend, which is a shame, because it was a long-standing arrangement. Perhaps if we'd sat down a bit more..."


Article from the BBC website, although funny, I dont think it deserved the top spot i think some of the worst jokes were really funny!

Which do you think should have won?
Do you know a funnier joke?
 

Cpt_Oblivious

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It took me two read throughs to realise you were talking abought the Edinburgh Fringe.
Since I was not there and never have been I can't suggest a funnier joke for the prize.
 

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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."

'Ha, ha, haaaa'

No it's not funny, it doesn't belong up there.

This one was actually kinda funny in my opinion :D

Alex Maple - "Michael Jackson only invented the moonwalk so he could sneak up on children."
 

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Ah, nice find. I like the hedgehogs one, very topical.... OK it was awful, but it's hilarious in it's just plain stupidity. Like a dad-joke... or Frank Woodley.

My favorite though has to be Adam Hills Starbucks crack. It is so totally, unequivocally true.
 

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Hammered" post="18.132975.2981784 said:
The winning joke was a one-liner from 36-year-old Antopolski's show Silent But Deadly - "Hedgehogs. Why can't they just share the hedge?"

The Top 10 jokes were judged to be:

1) Dan Antopolski - "Hedgehogs - why can't they just share the hedge?"
Not funny.

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'."
Not funny.

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."
Not funny.

4) Zoe Lyons - "I went on a girls' night out recently. The invitation said 'dress to kill'. I went as Rose West."
Not funny.
5) Jack Whitehall - "I'm sure wherever my dad is; he's looking down on us. He's not dead, just very condescending."
Pretty funny.

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."
Really funny.

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

8) Rhod Gilbert - "A spa hotel? It's like a normal hotel, only in reception there's a picture of a pebble."
Not funny.

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."
Not funny.

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."
Kinda funny.

The judges also listed some of the worst jokes at this year's Fringe.

Carey Marx - "I'm not doing any Michael Jackson jokes, because they always involve puns about his songs. And that's bad."

Frank Woodley - "I phoned the swine flu hotline and all I got was crackling."

Alex Maple - "Michael Jackson only invented the moonwalk so he could sneak up on children."

Phil Nichol - "She's got a face like a rare Chinese vase - minging."

Alistair McGowan - "I've just split up from my girlfriend, which is a shame, because it was a long-standing arrangement. Perhaps if we'd sat down a bit more..."
All shit.


5 or 6 are the only funny ones. I think BBC's sense of humor is fairly equivalent to Hitler's sense of compassion for Jewish people. This is rather embarrassing I think for BBC because I'll laugh at pretty much anything.
 
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MaxTheReaper said:
I feel like if I were more British, I'd have gotten more of those jokes - as it is, the ones referencing people were lost on me.

Also, they weren't terribly funny.
I belive there is a possibility that the funny was lost in translation.

Oh wait...

I believe you could change the title from "Funniest jokes of the year" to "Proof that foreigners are right about English humor" and it really wouldn't make a difference.
 

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Alistair McGowan - "I've just split up from my girlfriend, which is a shame, because it was a long-standing arrangement. Perhaps if we'd sat down a bit more..."
I actually found this one to be funny. Maybe it's the way the joke is told?
 
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MaxTheReaper said:
Maybe if the jokes were told like the teller knew they sucked...
I think it's called post-modernism?
That... that is how you do it, except maybe following the joke with a "Teehee" and then proceed to brutally rip it apart.
 

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I smirked at the condescending dad and starting fights jokes and laughed out loud* at the ming vase joke for some reason.

(I wish I could say lold with everyone interpreting it as actually laughing out loud but teenage girls ruined that)