Ken Cheng won best joke award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for 2017. Picture: PASource:Press Association
The other jokes that made it onto the shortlist were:
• “Trump’s nothing like Hitler. There’s no way he could write a book.” — Frankie Boyle
• “I’ve given up asking rhetorical questions. What’s the point?” — Alexei Sayle
• “I’m looking for the girl next door type. I’m just gonna keep moving house till I find her.” — Lew Fitz
• “I like to imagine the guy who invented the umbrella was going to call it the ‘brella’. But he hesitated.” — Andy Field
• “Combine Harvesters. And you’ll have a really big restaurant.” — Mark Simmons
• “I’m rubbish with names. It’s not my fault, it’s a condition. There’s a name for it…” — Jimeoin
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