Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2017 best jokes: The top gags from the Fringe

Edinburgh Fringe audiences are currently roaring with laughter at some of the best stand-ups in the business - but who says only those north of the border should get all the LOLs?

If you're not making a trip to the mammoth cultural jamboree but are in need of a chuckle, we've rounded up this year's best one-liners, covering everything from Trump to taxidermy.

"Never be afraid of your mistakes - unless you work in genetics." Dan Antopolski

"I was the only black girl in my whole school - they thought I was a gang." London Hughes

"Group sex terrifies me. What if I don't get picked?" Angela Barnes

"Netflix and chill. Because who can afford a TV License and heating." Aatif Nawaz

"I get so annoyed when people serving me in fast food places are as slow as I would be if I worked there." Pierre Novellie

"So no one turned up to the first meeting of my Sarcasm Club - despite loads of people saying how much they were looking forward to it." Milton Jones

"What do you get if you catch two thieves? A pair of knickers." Tom Allen

"I dreamed that I was a woman the other night. When I woke up, I was only 83.8% as refreshed as I normally am. It's the gender wage nap." Yianni Agisilaou

"Put your hand up if you've got dyspraxia - if you are dyspraxic put it down, you'll have someone's eye out." Cally Beaton

"If you are being chased by a pack of taxidermists, do not play dead." Olaf Falafel

"The longer it takes you to meet the person you're gonna spend the rest of your life with, the more chance there is you'll be together until you die. Every cloud." Lorna Shaw

"Racism is like an erection. You can't suppress it. It will pop up at the most inconvenient moments - the supermarket queue, on the bus, in court." Shazia Mirza

"A job interview is basically a 30 minute game where you pretend being able to afford to live and eat isn't your main motivation for work." Alex Kealy

"You used to go in a cafe and buy a black coffee, but now with gentrification and political correctness, you go in a cafe and buy an 'African Americano'." Stoph Demetriou

"Some people hear my voice and just assume I'm thick. I told a guy my name over the phone today and I swear to God he asked me if I could spell it." Jarlath Regan

"I proposed on December 24 because that way if my wife ever leaves me I've ruined Christmas for her." Bobby Mair

"I desperately need a holiday - I'm so pale right now, I'm whiter than Donald Trump's dreams for the future." Lauren Pattison

"My parents have been married for 40 years. I don't know how they do it, they make it look so hard." Carmen Lynch

"I have hay fever. I just love hay." Princes of Main

"My father was such a disciplinarian, he would get angry at me and say 'you are no daughter of mine'. I would say, 'I know, Mum told me'." Njambi McGrath