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The 10 funniest jokes from this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival | The Independent

The best joke at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival has been selected – and it’s a vegetable pun.Swedish comedian Olaf Falafel claimed the coveted honour of Dave’s Funniest Joke At The Fringe award after returning for the seventh time.The joke he won with is: “I keep randomly shouting out ‘broccoli’ and ‘cauliflower’ – I think I might have florets.”From 15p €0.18 $0.18 USD 0.27 a day, more exclusives, analysis and extras.Two thousand people voted in the poll after a number of jokes were shortlisted by a panel of experts.Speaking about winning the prize with his one-liner, Falafel said: “It’s been really good fun. I would definitely say that winning this award has been a highlight, and just being able to make people laugh with my stupid jokes.”He said that deciding to return the festival was like “pregnancy”, quipping: “You go through a lot of pain and then the child is born and enough time passes and you forget about the pain and decide that you fancy having another one, but straight after you’re like ‘I’m never doing that again’.”