Edinburgh Fringe’s so-called funniest joke has been picked – but it hasn’t tickled everyone.
The joke – “I started dating a zookeeper but it turned out he was a cheetah” – came out on top after hundreds of people voted for the most side-splitting gags from a Top 10.
Comedian Lorna Rose Treen scooped 44% of the vote for the joke from her show, Skin Pigeon at Pleasance Courtyard, and she clinched the Dave Funniest Joke Of The Fringe award.
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However, some comedy fans didn’t think it was that impressive.
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“How short was the list?” one person sniped on X, formerly Twitter.
Another said it was “weak”.
Someone else posted: “The Dave channel has a lot to answer for – a glut of panel shows that no one seems to watch, putting Corrie in Red Dwarf, the inescapable Top Gear years, and this, the annual ‘Funniest Joke of the Fringe’ which always features jokes a Christmas cracker would balk at.”
“Everyone hating on the funniest joke of the Fringe but I’m really proud of my five year old for writing that joke for Lorna Rose Treen,” joked someone else.
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With writing jokes in the spotlight, we wondered what AI could come up with – but it turns out artificial intelligence doesn’t have the best sense of humour, either.
Here is a selection from Google Bard:
1) Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field!
2) I used to be addicted to the hokey pokey, but I turned myself around.
3) Why did the bicycle fall over? Because it was two tired!
4) Why did the cookie go to the doctor? Because it was feeling crummy!
5) I’m so glad I know sign language, it’s pretty handy.
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6) Why did the skeleton go to the party alone? Because he had no body to go with!
7) Why did the golfer wear two pairs of pants? In case he got a hole in one!
8) I saw a seafood restaurant that was called The Bass-ment. It was really quite shellfish.
9) I tried to catch fog yesterday but I mist.
10) I went to the zoo the other day, and I saw a baguette in a cage. The zookeeper said it was bread in captivity.
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