A gag about Germans has scooped the award for funniest joke at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe festival.
While Germans are often the butt of jokes on the UK comedy circuit, Darren Walsh came up with a new one-liner.
Walsh was awarded the Dave funniest joke of the fringe 2015 for: “I just deleted all the German names off my phone. It’s Hans free”.
The comedian, who won the first UK pun championship last year, has since tweeted about his win: “If you thought that joke was bad, you should see my joke book”.
The judging panel listened to more than 7,000 jokes each during the festival before shortlisting five of their favourites.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Absolute hero!! Best joke of the fringe <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/DarrenWalshPuns" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2920406-https://twitter.com/DarrenWalshPuns" data-vars-event-id="c23">@DarrenWalshPuns</a>. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://t.co/EC6DbHGAGe" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2920406-http://t.co/EC6DbHGAGe" data-vars-event-id="c23">pic.twitter.com/EC6DbHGAGe</a> — Danny Ward (@danwardcomic) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/danwardcomic/status/635936412890726404" class="body-link" data-vars-item-name="BL-2920406-https://twitter.com/danwardcomic/status/635936412890726404" data-vars-event-id="c23">August 24, 2015</a>
The top 50 one-liners were then voted on by 2,000 people, with Walsh’s joke pulling in 23 per cent of the vote.
Among the top jokes was a one liner from 12-year-old Grace the Child, who took 10th place.
Top 10 jokes from Edinburgh Fringe
1. "I just deleted all the German names off my phone. It's Hans free" - Darren Walsh
2. "Kim Kardashian is saddled with a huge arse...but enough about Kanye West" - Stewart Francis
3. "Surely every car is a people carrier?" - Adam Hess
4. "What's the difference between a 'hippo' and a 'Zippo'? One is really heavy, the other is a little lighter - Masai Graham
5. "If I could take just one thing to a desert island I probably wouldn't go" - Dave Green
6. Jesus fed 5,000 people with two fishes and a loaf of bread. That's not a miracle. That's tapas" - Mark Nelson
7. "Red sky at night. Shepherd's delight. Blue sky at night. Day" - Tom Parry
8. "The first time I met my wife I knew she was a keeper. She was wearing massive gloves" - Alun Cochrane
9. "Clowns divorce. Custardy battle" - Simon Munnery
10. "They're always telling me to live my dreams. But I don't want to be naked in an exam I haven't revised for..." - Grace the Child
