Did you see the list of best and worst jokes from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival?

The winning joke was from Tim Vine “I’ve just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I’ll tell you what, never again.” I can associate with that, having been caught in the aftermath of the volcano, and that is humour.

These two “jokes” also appear on the top ten list of “festival funnies”:

From Robert White “For Vanessa Feltz, life is like a box of chocolates: Empty.”

From Bo Burnham “What do you call a kid with no arms and an eyepatch? Names.”

Should the last two not rather have been on the list of unfunny jokes?

I do have a sense of humour. Having been on the receiving end of some of these “jokes” at some point in my life, I agree with the saying that a joke should bite like a lamb rather than like a lion.