Ten years after the comedian Mark Simmons first performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival he has succeeded in winning its funniest joke award.
The stand-up comic won the prize for his one-line gag: “I was going to sail around the globe in the world’s smallest ship, but I bottled it.”
It was chosen as the best joke from a shortlist of 15 selected for the 15th Funniest Joke of the Fringe Awards, supported by the rebranded television channel U&Dave.
Simmons is performing his 200-date Quip Off The Mark tour
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Simmons, who is performing at PBH’s Free Fringe show at Edinburgh’s Liquid Room Annexe, was shortlisted by a judging panel made up of fellow comedians and comedy critics before 2,000 people voted to decide the winner.
It marks an improvement from his second place finish in