The 10 funniest from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019

  • Olaf Falafel
    • “I keep randomly shouting out ‘Broccoli’ and ‘Cauliflower’ – I think I might have florets.”
  • Richard Stott
    • “Someone stole my antidepressants. Whoever they are, I hope they’re happy.”
  • Milton Jones
    • “What’s driving Brexit? From here it looks like it’s probably the Duke of Edinburgh.”
  • Jake Lambert
    • “A cowboy asked me if I could help him round up 18 cows. I said, ‘Yes, of course. That’s 20 cows’.”
  • Ross Smith
    • “A thesaurus is great. There’s no other word for it.”
  • Ross Smith
    • “Sleep is my favourite thing in the world. It’s the reason I get up in the morning.”
  • Adele Cliff
    • “I accidentally booked myself onto an escapology course; I’m really struggling to get out of it.”
  • Richard Pulsford
    • “After learning six hours of basic semaphore, I was flagging.”
  • Mark Simmons
    • “To be or not to be a horse rider, that is equestrian.”
  • Ivo Graham
    • “I’ve got an Eton-themed Advent calendar, where all the doors are opened for me by my dad’s contacts.”