Here are the funniest jokes of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017
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15. Tim Vine
"I went to a Pretenders gig. It was a tribute act."
14. Adam Hess
"I wonder how many chameleons snuck onto the Ark."
13. Phil Wang
"For me dying is a lot like going camping. I don't want to do it."
12. Adele Cliff
"As a vegan, I think people who sell meat are disgusting; but apparently people who sell fruit and veg are grocer."
11. Angela Barnes
"A friend tricked me into going to Wimbledon by telling me it was a men's singles event."
10. Alasdair Beckett-King
"Whenever someone says, 'I don't believe in coincidences', I say, 'Oh my God, me neither!'"
9. Olaf Falafel
"I wasn't particularly close to my dad before he died... which was lucky, because he trod on a land mine."
8. Ed Byrne
"I have two boys, 5 and 6. We're no good at naming things in our house."
7. Jimeoin
"I'm rubbish with names. It's not my fault, it's a condition. There's a name for it…"
6. Mark Simmons
"Combine Harvesters. And you'll have a really big restaurant."
5. Andy Field
"I like to imagine the guy who invented the umbrella was going to call it the 'brella'. But he hesitated."
4. Lew Fitz
"I'm looking for the girl next door type. I'm just gonna keep moving house till I find her."
3. Alexei Sayle
"I've given up asking rhetorical questions. What's the point?"
2. Frankie Boyle
"Trump's nothing like Hitler. There's no way he could write a book."
1. Ken Cheng
"I'm not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change."
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