Vote for the lolz

[andrewducker]

These are, apparently, the top ten jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe

[Poll #1772948]

with thanks to gonzo21 for posting them in the first place.

Comments

[cosmolinguist]

They're all pretty dreadful though! I don't feel like I've missed much.

[andrewducker]

Hence "least worst".

But bear in mind that these are one-liners, and not necessarily that representative. Josie Long was quite good, but more of a long-form comedian. And the comedy/magic show we saw was good too.

[cosmolinguist]

Heh, oh I'm sure I did miss out on good stuff :) But I like one-liners; I've been a fan of Tim Vine for a long time and while I did genuinely think his was the best here, it wasn't one of his better. Even the genre of one-liners can do better, is all I'm thinking.

[atreic.livejournal.com]

I have a t-shirt embroided by Josie Long

[burkesworks.livejournal.com]

These are *dire*. Worthy of Milton Jones at his corniest, but without the postmodernism.

[kerrypolka.livejournal.com]

Mark Watson's was the only one that caused an audible "that's funny!" reaction for me.

[hano.livejournal.com]

The only one I thought funny was DeAnne Smith's. Which probably says something about me...

[strawberryfrog.livejournal.com]

The chess one is circulating on FB today, which indicates that it has legs. Also the "password eight characters long" one to a lesser extent.

[drdoug.livejournal.com]

I must confess it took me a few beats to get the first one (password) - my first take was "Ok, so that's 32 characters ..." and I then spent far too long using "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" as a source phrase for a strongish password of eight characters. "SW&t7ds." would do the trick, and is probably strong enough for most purposes, though not perfect ... but I found it hard to see how anyone could find it funny.

It's probably my own fault for cutting my daily humour intake down to a diet of nothing but XKCD.

[johncoxon.livejournal.com]

Failing to get the joke probably makes you uniquely unqualified to see how funny it is.

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Awful selection!

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

It was hard to vote for just one.