Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018: Jobcentre one-liner chosen as funniest joke of the Fringe

Liverpool comedian Adam Rowe has won the award for the funniest joke of this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

He has been awarded Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe for a gag about the Jobcentre, from his show Undeniable.

The joke is: “Working at the Jobcentre has to be a tense job - knowing that if you get fired, you still have to come in the next day.”

Read our pick of the 25 funniest jokes of the Fringe

Now in its 11th year, the winner of the award is chosen from a shortlist selected by comedy critics. The public then vote for their favourite, with Rowe winning 41% of the vote this year.

Last year’s award was won by comedian Ken Cheng for his one-liner about pound coins. He joked: “I’m not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change.”

The other jokes on this year’s shortlist were:

“I had a job drilling holes for water - it was well boring.” Leo Kearse​

“I took out a loan to pay for an exorcism. If I don’t pay it back, I’m going to get repossessed.” Olaf Falafel

"In my last relationship, I hated being treated like a piece of meat. She was a vegan and refused to touch me.” Daniel Audritt​

"What do colourblind people do when they are told to eat their greens?" Flo and Joan

"I've got a new job collecting all the jumpers left in the park at the weekends, but it's not easy. They keep moving the goalposts." Darren Walsh

"Trump said he'd build a wall but he hasn't even picked up a brick. He's just another middle-aged man failing on a DIY project." Justin Moorhouse​

"I lost a friend after we had an argument about the Tardis. I thought it was a little thing, but it seemed much bigger once we got into it." Adele Cliff

"Why are they calling it Brexit and not The Great British Break Off?" Alex Edelman​

"I think love is like central heating. You turn it on before guests arrive and pretend it's like this all the time." Laura Lexx​

Edinburgh Fringe continues until August 27.