Tim Vine’s one-liner joke: “I decided to sell my Hoover… well, it was just collecting dust” has won him the Dave Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2014 award. It got almost a fifth of the votes in the competition run by comedy television channel Dave.
Vine said: "I'm a little bit surprised but very delighted. This is the second time I've won this award but I guess nobody loves a repeat more than Dave." He was also runner up in 2011, 2012 and 2013.
2,000 people chose 10 jokes they found funniest and the following made the cut:
- 1. "I've decided to sell my Hoover ... well, it was just collecting dust" - Tim Vine
- 2. "I've written a joke about a fat badger, but I couldn't fit it into my set" - Masai Graham
- 3. "Always leave them wanting more, my uncle used to say to me. Which is why he lost his job in disaster relief" - Mark Watson
- 4. "I was given some Sudoku toilet paper. It didn't work. You could only fill it in with number 1s and number 2s" - Bec Hill
- 5. "I wanted to do a show about feminism. But my husband wouldn't let me" - Ria Lina
- 6. "Money can't buy you happiness? Well, check this out, I bought myself a Happy Meal" - Paul F Taylor
- 7. "Scotland had oil, but it's running out thanks to all that deep frying" - Scott Capurro
- =8. "I forgot my inflatable Michael Gove, which is a shame 'cause halfway through he disappears up his own a***hole" - Kevin Day
- =8. "I've been married for 10 years, I haven't made a decision for seven" - Jason Cook
- 10. "This show is about perception and perspective. But it depends how you look at it" - Felicity Ward