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Post by bathstoke on Aug 19, 2019 8:55:17 GMT
The funniest joke of the Edinburgh fringe has been judged & it’s by Swedish comedian Olaf Falafel(is he a snowman or a ground bean hors d'oeuvre)do you know him... This is it: "I keep randomly shouting out 'Broccoli' and 'Cauliflower' - I think I might have florets". www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-49389208 |
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Post by rivival on Aug 19, 2019 11:31:30 GMT
I think I may come from another planet if that is funny.
Swedish mans car breaks down in Wales and the local lad says "Look you you've blown a seal"
Swedish bloke says "So what you've shagged a sheep".
Is funnier than that.
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Post by musik on Aug 19, 2019 19:02:43 GMT
Aaha ... I got it Bath.
Florets - Tourettes.
Thanks for thinking of me!
No, I haven't heard of that Falafel before, but he seems to be a creative guy.
It was ok.
But I have another favourite on that short list: Ross Smith.
"Sleep is my favourite thing in the world. It's the reason I get up in the morning."
🙂
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Post by bathstoke on Aug 20, 2019 7:36:44 GMT
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Aug 20, 2019 9:16:46 GMT
Ugh. Just Fuck Off. He shouldn't apologise. Give them an inch and they'll go for the mile. |
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Post by riverman on Aug 20, 2019 9:31:14 GMT
You couldn't ARSE make it up. The usual FUCK PIG suspects being ELEPHANT'S FANNY offended for offended's KNOB CHEESE sake! |
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Post by spiderpuss on Aug 20, 2019 9:32:33 GMT
So why can't they say fuck off you twats like they normally do?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2019 10:02:56 GMT
Utterly pathetic !
Nobody can say or write a word about anyone or anything anymore without offending someone - and I wholeheartedly apologise in advance if I've offended anybody with this post !
How the hell did we get to this situation ?
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Post by bathstoke on Aug 20, 2019 10:06:07 GMT
What I think is interesting is that my follow up post got a bigger reaction than the original
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2019 10:11:50 GMT
I don't think that many people can actually be bothered with the Fringe and the "comedians" tbh. But seeing yet another indignant person or organisation react to something that just
doesn't warrant it does get peoples backs up.
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Post by yeokel on Aug 20, 2019 10:15:26 GMT
This looks like a typical BBC ploy - Run a story which will obviously attract a negative reaction from somebody, and then run a story about said negative reaction when it predictably appears.
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Post by spiderpuss on Aug 20, 2019 10:20:27 GMT
This looks like a typical BBC ploy - Run a story which will obviously attract a negative reaction from somebody, and then run a story about said negative reaction when it predictably appears. Jess Thom doesn't look like someone who shies away from insensitive material. Perhaps we should run a fine toothcomb of her "rubbish jokes" to see what offends us the most. Total bellends the lot of them WANK. |
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Post by bathstoke on Aug 20, 2019 10:32:49 GMT
This looks like a typical BBC ploy - Run a story which will obviously attract a negative reaction from somebody, and then run a story about said negative reaction when it predictably appears. But it was the Dave channel that judged the jokes, not the BBC... You can’t blame the BBC for reporting the news... |
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Post by yeokel on Aug 20, 2019 10:47:13 GMT
This looks like a typical BBC ploy - Run a story which will obviously attract a negative reaction from somebody, and then run a story about said negative reaction when it predictably appears. But it was the Dave channel that judged the jokes, not the BBC... You can’t blame the BBC for reporting the news... I'm not "blaming" anyone for anything. It is the BBC who you linked to in your original post, and the BBC you linked to in your subsequent one. I'm merely pointing out that it is an example of the BBC creating a click-bait story for themselves and then creating another click-bait story when the predictable outrage occurs. (I suppose it helps keep the licence fee down for those of us who pay it) |
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Post by cooper67 on Aug 20, 2019 11:11:21 GMT
But it was the Dave channel that judged the jokes, not the BBC... You can’t blame the BBC for reporting the news... I'm not "blaming" anyone for anything. It is the BBC who you linked to in your original post, and the BBC you linked to in your subsequent one. I'm merely pointing out that it is an example of the BBC creating a click-bait story for themselves and then creating another click-bait story when the predictable outrage occurs. (I suppose it helps keep the licence fee down for those of us who pay it) The BBC have reported the best joke at the fringe since the award first started. So hardly a click bait article. |
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Post by mickmillslovechild on Aug 20, 2019 11:31:40 GMT
I'm not surprised it was complained about really.
It's not as if it's immediately obvious that it's just a joke...given that it was told by a comedian, on stage at a comedy festival and the title she won was "Best JOKE"...easy to get misinterpreted
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Post by rivival on Aug 20, 2019 11:57:30 GMT
Utterly pathetic ! Nobody can say or write a word about anyone or anything anymore without offending someone - and I wholeheartedly apologise in advance if I've offended anybody with this post ! How the hell did we get to this situation ? In a word Lawyers. |
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Aug 20, 2019 12:09:35 GMT
What I think is interesting is that my follow up post got a bigger reaction than the original It is interesting. It was a fairly tame pun, a bit of a crap joke, but I think there is humour in the hyperbole of calling it "the best joke". There's a lot of irony in it. I did laugh when I heard it spoken on TV, but it's partially through anti-humour in a way. I think the Tourette's people are missing the point to an extent, nobody is laughing at them, they are laughing at a crap pun. Their bitch-fit has made it a talking point, and it's the same self-righteous behaviour we see day after day that puts people's backs up and makes them feel defensive. |
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Post by chuffedstokie on Aug 20, 2019 12:28:16 GMT
No chance whatsoever of this award even existing at the Machynlleth comedy festival although the guy doing knob gags with a tie sticking out of his flies was close to the mark.
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