This Was Voted the Funniest Joke at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

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Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015. Performers from The Emerald Theatre promote their Edinburgh Festival Fringe show on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. Picture date: Monday August 24, 2015. The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world and takes place every August for three weeks in Scotland's capital city. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire URN:23902956
Performers from The Emerald Theatre promote their Edinburgh Festival Fringe show on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh on Aug. 24, 2015.Danny Lawson—PA Wire/PA Images/AP
By Tara John

Darren Walsh, 39, has won the prize for the funniest joke at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland’s capital.

His mobile phone joke, “I just deleted all the German names off my phone. It’s Hans free,” took first place in a vote by TV channel Dave.

Every year thousands of performers head to Scotland to take part in the festival. The Edinburgh Fringe sees established acts to unknown artists play – be it in comedy, theatre, dance, spoken word, musicals and even cabaret – in over 200 venues scattered around the city.

In 2014, the organisers recorded 49,497 performances, making it the largest ever arts festival in the world.

Here’s 5 of the other jokes that made the shortlist:

“Kim Kardashian is saddled with a huge arse … but enough about Kanye West” – Stewart Francis

“Surely every car is a people carrier?” – Adam Hess

“Jesus fed 5,000 people with two fishes and a loaf of bread. That’s not a miracle. That’s tapas” – Mark Nelson

“Red sky at night. Shepherd’s delight. Blue sky at night. Day” – Tom Parry

“Clowns divorce. Custardy battle” – Simon Munnery

The Edinburgh Fringe Festival is from August 7 – 31.

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