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A joke about vegetables has been crowned Dave’s “Funniest Joke of The Fringe” at this year’s Edinburgh Festival. Swedish comedian Olaf Falafel won the award with the gag: “I keep randomly

shouting out ‘broccoli’ and ‘cauliflower’ – I think I might have florets.” He performed the joke in his show _It’s One Giant Leek For Mankind_, at the Pear Tree, says the BBC. SUBSCRIBE TO

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The Week delivered directly to your inbox. The surrealist comedian said of the accolade: “This is a fantastic honour, but it’s like I’ve always said: ‘jokes about white sugar are rare, jokes

about brown sugar… demerara’.” Luke Hales, Dave channel director, said: “What a year it’s been for current affairs and British eccentricities! The comedic opportunities to be creative are

endless and, above all, we’ve all needed a good laugh in 2019.” The task of deciding the funniest one-liners fell to an expert panel of judges, made up of ten of the UK’s top comedy critics.

Two thousand members of the public then chose their favourite gag from an anonymous ten-joke shortlist – nine of which were from men. Olaf Falafel’s quip won with 41% of the vote. But just

how bad were the other nine jokes that shared the remaining 59%? HERE’S THE FULL LIST OF DAVE’S TOP TEN FUNNIEST JOKES OF THE FRINGE 2019 1. “I keep randomly shouting out ‘broccoli’ and

‘cauliflower’ – I think I might have florets.” _Olaf Falafel_ 2. “Someone stole my antidepressants. Whoever they are, I hope they’re happy.” _Richard Stott_ 3. “What’s driving Brexit? From

here it looks like it’s probably the Duke of Edinburgh.” _Milton Jones_ 4. “A cowboy asked me if I could help him round up 18 cows. I said, ‘Yes, of course. That’s 20 cows.’” _Jake Lambert_

5. “A thesaurus is great. There’s no other word for it.” _Ross Smith_ 6. “Sleep is my favourite thing in the world. It’s the reason I get up in the morning.” _Ross Smith_ 7. “I accidentally

booked myself onto an escapology course; I’m really struggling to get out of it.” _Adele Cliff_ 8. “After learning six hours of basic semaphore, I was flagging.” _Richard Pulsford_ 9. “To be

or not to be a horse rider, that is equestrian.” _Mark Simmons_ 10. “I’ve got an Eton-themed advent calendar, where all the doors are opened for me by my dad’s contacts.” _Ivo Graham_

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