The 15 Best Jokes From The Edinburgh Fringe Have Been Announced

The funniest 15 jokes from this year's Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Festival have been announced and the top joke for 2017 goes to Ken Cheng. 

Cheng's zinger, voted best gag by the viewers of TV channel Dave, was "I’m not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change.”

The rest of the top 15 jokes featured some famous comedy names such as Tim Vine, Alexei Sayle, Ed Byrne, Jimeoin, and Frankie Boyle.

Cheng said of his win “I am very proud to have won. As a tribute, I will name my first-born son after this award and call him ‘Joke of the Fringe’.”

In addition to performing stand-up comedy, Cheng is a professional online poker player, having dropped out of Cambridge University. 

This is the 10th year of the "Funniest Joke Of The Fringe" competition. For the full list of the 15 best gags from Edinburgh, see below.

The 15 Funniest One-Liner Jokes Of The Edinburgh Fringe according to Dave:

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