Best Joke at the Edinburgh Fringe

[Miss Demeanour]

A panel of nine comedy critics each had a pool of about 7,200 different jokes to listen to before creating a shortlist for a public vote.

And the winner?

'Hedgehogs. Why can't they just share the hedge?'

 

[Nick]

You prolly had to have been there 

[Miss Demeanour]

and drunk quite a bit 

[Nick]

and be simple

[Uncle Mort]

The full list:

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."

Kind of glad I didn't go.

[Pastis]

I liked the one about the Spa Hotel

[Uncle Mort]

I don't get that one 

I like 2 and 5

[Miss Demeanour]

No 5 would have got my vote

[Snoopy]

Be honest ~ they're all crap.

[Uncle Mort]

Honestly, 2 and 5 would have made me laugh

[Snoopy]

If forced I would be with Pastis ~ at least that one has the benefit of accuracy.

[Miss Demeanour]

If forced I would be with Pastis

 

[Uncle Mort]

If forced I would be with Pastis ~ at least that one has the benefit of accuracy.

I don't get it.

[Barman]

If forced I would be with Pastis ~ at least that one has the benefit of accuracy.

I don't get it.

You would if you were with Pastis! 

[Snoopy]

8 ) Rhod Gilbert - "A spa hotel? It's like a normal hotel, only in reception there's a picture of a pebble."


Most "Spa" hotels are exactly the same as any other hotel but they go in for a lot of odd pictures ~ For example a pebble ~ to emphasise their "back to all things natural" aspect ......... such as: