SADLY no Cheddar comedian Richard Herring in this year's shortlist by TV channel Dave. But here's Dave's top 10 funniest jokes from the Fringe Festival 2013
1. Rob Auton - "I heard a rumour that Cadbury is bringing out an oriental chocolate bar. Could be a Chinese Wispa."
2. Alex Horne - "I used to work in a shoe-recycling shop. It was sole-destroying."
3. Alfie Moore - "I'm in a same-sex marriage... the sex is always the same."
4. Tim Vine - "My friend told me he was going to a fancy dress party as an Italian island. I said to him 'Don't be Sicily'."
5. Gary Delaney - "I can give you the cause of anaphylactic shock in a nutshell."
6. Phil Wang - "The Pope is a lot like Doctor Who. He never dies, just keeps being replaced by white men."
7. Marcus Brigstocke - "You know you are fat when you hug a child and it gets lost."
8. Liam Williams - "The universe implodes. No matter."
9. Bobby Mair - "I was adopted at birth and have never met my mum. That makes it very difficult to enjoy any lapdance."
10. Chris Coltrane - "The good thing about lending someone your time machine is that you basically get it back immediately."
How did Dave arrive at which was the funniest? The 30 shortlisted gags were put to the public vote, with 2,570 comedy fans selecting those that made them laugh the loudest.
Of his win, Rob Auton said: "I am honoured to receive this award and just pleased that a joke that tackles the serious issue of the invention of a new chocolate bar can be laughed at by the people of Britain.'Honorable mentions – Those that just missed out on the top spots:
Glenn Wool – "Ho Chi Minh City? I say: can't you just let Saigon be Saigon?"
Pajama Men (Shenoah Allen and Mark Chavez) – "My father was a seismologist. He could never get a steady job."
Nick Helm – "I'm very arrogant about my balls. I'm egotestical."Top of the Flops – Some of the worst one-liners voted for include:
Simon Lilley - "I thought ex-pats were people who used to be called Pat."
Geoff Norcott - "My wife said to me recently, 'Do you fancy going gay clubbing?' I said, 'No, it sounds violent'."
Tim Vine - "I once did a gig in a zoo. I got babooned off."
Ben Van Der Velde - "Swastika in Geordie means something that used to be a sticker."
Nikhil Tiwali - "What do you call a pink flower that comes back from the dead? A re-in-carnation."
Pat Cahill - "90 per cent of baking injuries are stress-related. There are people up and down the country having mental bake-downs."
