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 Posted: Wed, 29th Aug 2012 17:23 Post subject: One Liners |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-19316443
| Quote: | Comedian Stewart Francis has won an award for the funniest joke of the Edinburgh Fringe.
The deadpan Canadian funnyman was given the prize by digital TV channel Dave, whose panel put a selection of their favourites to a public vote.
He won for the joke: "You know who really gives kids a bad name? Posh and Becks."
The British King of the one-liner, Tim Vine, took the runner-up spot for the second year in a row.
Vine, who won the award two years ago, appears twice in the list of 10 jokes compiled by the TV channel, as does Francis.
The top jokes were:
1. Stewart Francis - "You know who really gives kids a bad name? Posh and Becks."
2. Tim Vine - "Last night me and my girlfriend watched three DVDs back to back. Luckily I was the one facing the telly. "
3. Will Marsh - "I was raised as an only child, which really annoyed my sister."
4. Rob Beckett - "You know you're working class when your TV is bigger than your book case."
5. Chris Turner - "I'm good friends with 25 letters of the alphabet… I don't know Y."
6. Tim Vine - "I took part in the sun tanning Olympics - I just got Bronze."
7. George Ryegold - "Pornography is often frowned upon, but that's only because I'm concentrating."
8. Stewart Francis - "I saw a documentary on how ships are kept together. Riveting!"
9. Lou Sanders - "I waited an hour for my starter so I complained: 'It's not rocket salad."
10. Nish Kumar - "My mum's so pessimistic, that if there was an Olympics for pessimism… she wouldn't fancy her chances." |
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| Posted: Wed, 29th Aug 2012 17:37 Post subject: |
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Some of the others were funnier to me than no. 1. I didn't quite get that :\ Posh Spice and David Beckham? Still, not that funny as some on that list...
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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| Posted: Wed, 29th Aug 2012 18:07 Post subject: |
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Number 3 for me 
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| Posted: Wed, 29th Aug 2012 18:27 Post subject: |
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Yeah, no. 3 was better than no. 1 imo...
"Quantum mechanics is actually, contrary to it's reputation, unbeliveably simple, once you take the physics out."
Scott Aaronson | chiv wrote: | | thats true you know. newton didnt discover gravity. the apple told him about it, and then he killed it. the core was never found. |
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ixigia
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| Posted: Wed, 29th Aug 2012 20:28 Post subject: |
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Haha not bad! but I expected a bit more 
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| Posted: Wed, 29th Aug 2012 20:43 Post subject: |
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Guess the winner is funnier if you know the context.
Only one that made me smile slightly was #10. Though I seldom laugh at one-liners (unless they were told by Bill Hicks or George Carlin)
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| Posted: Wed, 29th Aug 2012 22:17 Post subject: |
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Guys... the big news here is that Stewart Francis is still alive!
He had sort of funny stand up.
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