Comedian Mark Simmons tells best Fringe joke a decade after his first appearance

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Comedian Mark Simmons tells best Fringe joke a decade after his first appearance
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Comedian Mark Simmons won the 15th award for Funniest Joke of the Fringe. The 29-year-old comedian, from Canterbury, Kent, first performed at the Fringe a decade ago

Being a stand-up comedian is never plain sailing... but one joke from this year’s Edinburgh Fringe clearly floated people’s boat.

The 29-year-old, from Canterbury, Kent, first performed at the Fringe a decade ago and has placed 9th, 6th and 2nd in the joke award previously. He said: “I’m really chuffed. I needed some good news as I was just fired from my job marking exam papers. U&Dave’s Top 15 gags from 2024 1 I was going to sail around the globe in the world’s smallest ship, but I bottled it – Mark Simmons

3 Ate horse at a restaurant once – wasn’t great. Starter was all right but the mane was dreadful – Alex Kitson5 My friend and I invented a new type of relay baton: well, he came up with the idea, I ran with it – Mark Simmons7 British etiquette is confusing. Why is it highbrow to look at boobs in an art gallery but lowbrow when I get them out in Spoons? – Chelsea Birkby

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