Greatest joke at Edinburgh Fringe 2023 revealed as zookeeper one-liner

A joke about courting a zookeeper has been voted the funniest of this yr’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Each yr a panel of main comedy critics spends hours watching tons of of exhibits to seek out probably the most hilarious joke.

This yr the prize went to Lorna Rose Treen, together with her one-liner: “I started dating a zookeeper – but it turned out he was a cheetah.”

After the critics narrowed it all the way down to their high 10 jokes, they had been then voted on anonymously by 2,000 individuals.

Treen received with 44% of the vote.

The others included quips about British identification, inflation and somebody’s grandma. They had been:

• The most British factor I’ve ever heard? A woman who stated, “Well I’m sorry, but I don’t apologise”. (Liz Guterbock 41%);
• Last yr I had an excellent joke about inflation. But it is hardly price it now. (Amos Gill 40%);
• When ladies gossip we get known as bitchy; however when males do it is known as a podcast. (Sikisa 34%);
• I believed I’d begin off with a joke about The Titanic – simply to interrupt the ice. (Masai Graham 33%);
• How do coeliac Germans greet one another? Gluten tag. (Frank Lavender 32%);
• My buddy acquired locked in a espresso place in a single day. Now he solely ever goes into Starbucks, not the rivals. He’s Costa-phobic. (Roger Swift 29%);
• I entered the “How not to surrender” competitors and I received palms down. (Bennett Arron 29%);
• Nationwide will need to have appeared fairly foolish after they opened their first department. (William Stone 28%);
• My grandma describes herself as being in her “twilight years” which I really like as a result of they’re nice movies. (Daniel Foxx 26%);

As effectively because the Dave Funniest Joke of the Fringe award, Treen has received Chortle’s greatest newcomer award and two gongs on the Funny Women Awards 2022.

Responding to her newest prize, Treen stated: “I’m blooming happy to have received Dave’s greatest joke of the perimeter! Are you kidding! I am unable to wait to inform my mum!

“It is already such a wonderful joy to be debuting at the Edinburgh Fringe this year, and this is a lovely thing on top. A huge thank you for awarding my stupid joke with this title!”

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The award is now in its 14th yr and goals to showcase each new and established comedy acts.

Previous winners embrace Masai Graham, Ken Cheng, Olaf Falafel, Tim Vine, Rob Auton, Stewart Francis, Zoe Lyons and Nick Helm.