The news has been rather gloomy lately and it feels like an appropriate time for some light relief. What better than to check out which jokes from stand-up comedians were voted the funniest at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe which concludes tomorrow. Unfortunately this year's offerings are either not particularly funny or I can't understand them. Perhaps I'm getting too ancient to appreciate modern wit. Anyway prepare yourself for a few quick groans.
The winner was Masai Graham with his one-liner: "I tried to steal spaghetti from the shop, but the female guard saw me and I couldn't get pasta". Hardly a side-splitter, but it was voted the best. Most of them explored similar painful pun territory and felt a bit like those awful jokes you get in cheap Christmas crackers. Maybe it's the way they tell them.
For the curious the runner-up was "Did you know that if you get pregnant in the Amazon, it's next-day delivery?" Hmmm.
