Heard the one about the scientist trying to find the world's funniest joke? He's deadly serious - and psychologist Dr Richard Wiseman will spend the next year collecting thousands of gags in an ...

Comedian Mark Simmons was voted the winner with his gag: "I was going to sail around the globe in the world’s smallest ship but I bottled it.” The U&Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe is ...

Who doesn’t love a good joke? A well-timed pun with an excellent punchline that people can’t help but giggle at. Said in the ...

“We have really enjoyed the great anecdotes and one liners submitted this year and we couldn’t be happier to crown Olaf Falafel as the winner of this year’s Dave’s Funniest Joke of the ...

The 'world's funniest crab joke' has been crowned in Margate by a panel of expert judges: A group of crabs. The winning joke was: "Why did the crab cross the road? It didn't. It used the sidewalk." ...

A one-liner about being sacked by a Jobcentre has been chosen as the funniest joke at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe - now in its 11th year - has been won by ...

A joke by comedian Darren Walsh in his first full-length Edinburgh set has been voted the funniest at this year's fringe festival. From his show Punderbolt, the winning line was: “I just deleted ...

The best Christmas jokes are perfect to text friends, crack up your kids and make the weeks leading up to the big day even better. If you’re wondering what there is to laugh about on Christmas ...

Cheers nailed the experience of reading Gary Larson's The Far Side with a genius joke that referenced one of his funniest ...