Rolling in the aisles

Each year at the Edinburgh Festival, an award is given to the funniest joke of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and this year’s winner is Canadian comedian Stewart Francis. He had to beat off some heavy competition to claim the award. Here are what were considered to be the ten funniest jokes (and imagine what the rest must have been like):

Oh, ha ha ha

Comedian Nick Helm has won the award for the best joke of the Edinburgh Fringe with: “I needed a password eight characters long so I picked Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.” If your belly isn’t aching enough already, here are the Top Ten jokes from the Fringe: Jokes

Waste no time

The eruption of Eyjafjallajökull (try saying that even before you’ve had a drink) caused air chaos throughout the world. A little strange to have ‘air chaos’ when we are all stuck on the ground. Purists, of course, may argue that it is a little too early to be making jokes about the volcano and that we should at least wait …