Edinburgh fringe's funniest jokes


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  • 1 “I’m not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change.” Ken Cheng
  • 2 “Trump’s nothing like Hitler. There’s no way he could write a book.” Frankie Boyle
  • 3 “I’ve given up asking rhetorical questions. What’s the point?” Alexei Sayle
  • 4 “I’m looking for the girl-next-door type. I’m just gonna keep moving house till I find her.” Lew Fitz
  • 5 “I like to imagine the guy who invented the umbrella was going to call it the ‘brella’. But he hesitated.” Andy Field
  • 6 “Combine Harvesters. And you’ll have a really big restaurant.” Mark Simmons
  • 7 “I’m rubbish with names. It’s not my fault, it’s a condition. There’s a name for it …” Jimeoin
  • 8 “I have two boys, five and six. We’re no good at naming things in our house.” Ed Byrne
  • 9 “I wasn’t particularly close to my dad before he died ... which was lucky, because he trod on a landmine.” Olaf Falafel
  • 10 “Whenever someone says, ‘I don’t believe in coincidences’, I say, ‘Oh my God, me neither!’” Alasdair Beckett-King
  • 11 “A friend tricked me into going to Wimbledon by telling me it was a men’s singles event.” Angela Barnes
  • 12 “As a vegan, I think people who sell meat are disgusting, but apparently people who sell fruit and veg are grocer.” Adele Cliff
  • 13 “For me, dying is a lot like going camping. I don’t want to do it.” Phil Wang
  • 14 “I wonder how many chameleons snuck on to the Ark.” Adam Hess
  • 15 “I went to a Pretenders gig. It was a tribute act.” Tim Vine
Can someone explain me 6 please ?
 
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Hi all :)

I attended the Fringe festival more than 10 years ago, and it was great. Edinburgh is such a nice place to be in August !

Cheers, Magic Sam
 
There's a couple of nice puns in there, but overall, they are just really awful IMO. But they say half the joke is in the delivery, and reading them just doesn't give you that.
 
There's a couple of nice puns in there, but overall, they are just really awful IMO. But they say half the joke is in the delivery, and reading them just doesn't give you that.
The best comedians lull you into forgetting that they are telling you jokes. Then even though the actual joke is simple, the fact that it takes you by surprise is what makes it funny.
 
hahaha I read all the jokes and no. 6 was one big question mark, then I read that you posted this because you didn't get it either ^^. So glad someone already explained it, I would've tried googling this for way too long.
 
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