﻿{"id":23412,"date":"2018-08-14T11:58:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-14T10:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=23412"},"modified":"2018-08-14T11:58:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T10:58:29","slug":"the-10-best-jokes-at-the-edinburgh-fringe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rogerdarlington.me.uk\/nighthawk\/?p=23412","title":{"rendered":"The 10 best jokes at the Edinburgh fringe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content__main-column content__main-column--article js-content-main-column \">\n<div class=\"content__article-body from-content-api js-article__body\" data-test-id=\"article-review-body\">\n<p>We need some humour in these\u00a0difficult times. These 10 jokes \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0some of which require thinking about &#8211; were collated by the &#8220;Guardian&#8221; newspaper:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Athena Kugblenu:<\/strong> Patriarchy is putting Jane Austen on \u00a310 notes the same time as bringing in contactless.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Christian Talbot:<\/strong> Sometimes even I don\u2019t understand feminism. And I\u2019m a guy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jez Watts:<\/strong> I don\u2019t know why, but for some reason all the cheeses in the dairy aisle have been named after porn search categories: Vintage, Natural, Hard, Semi-hard, Mature, Blue Vein, Goat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Felicity Ward:<\/strong> I have a lot in common with post-first world war Germany. We both went through a great depression in our 20s. Then in our 30s a nice man came along. Great facial hair. I\u2019m hoping for the best.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Angela Barnes: <\/strong>When I see Donald Trump I get the same thought in my head as I get after a particularly painful bikini wax. Bush wasn\u2019t that bad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ken Cheng:<\/strong> In school I had the nickname \u201cthe human calculator\u201d, which meant bullies would come up to me, say the number 5318008, lift me upside down and not let me go until I said the word \u201cboobies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aatif Nawaz:<\/strong> Just learned what perineums are. Let\u2019s just say it\u2019s nothing to do with Nando\u2019s.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"img-3\" class=\"element element-image img--landscape  fig--narrow-caption fig--has-shares \" data-component=\"image\" data-media-id=\"fb193acb170ec7ffd0271256a9b5b3e64a61bcee\">\n<div class=\"block-share block-share--article  hide-on-mobile \" data-link-name=\"block share\">\n<div class=\"u-responsive-ratio\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fb193acb170ec7ffd0271256a9b5b3e64a61bcee\/0_177_4989_2994\/master\/4989.jpg?w=620&amp;q=20&amp;auto=format&amp;usm=12&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=02ba26fd6d144daf96d025ea93cd37e7 1240w\" media=\"(min-width: 660px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 660px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" sizes=\"620px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fb193acb170ec7ffd0271256a9b5b3e64a61bcee\/0_177_4989_2994\/master\/4989.jpg?w=620&amp;q=55&amp;auto=format&amp;usm=12&amp;fit=max&amp;s=00d6dfba70aa173c0cdf49a6dcc7cf39 620w\" media=\"(min-width: 660px)\" sizes=\"620px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fb193acb170ec7ffd0271256a9b5b3e64a61bcee\/0_177_4989_2994\/master\/4989.jpg?w=605&amp;q=20&amp;auto=format&amp;usm=12&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=e9e519fff7846585c46715949017b362 1210w\" media=\"(min-width: 480px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 480px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" sizes=\"605px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fb193acb170ec7ffd0271256a9b5b3e64a61bcee\/0_177_4989_2994\/master\/4989.jpg?w=605&amp;q=55&amp;auto=format&amp;usm=12&amp;fit=max&amp;s=5ea2acf6583dad5e18037b2081cfd423 605w\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" sizes=\"605px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fb193acb170ec7ffd0271256a9b5b3e64a61bcee\/0_177_4989_2994\/master\/4989.jpg?w=445&amp;q=20&amp;auto=format&amp;usm=12&amp;fit=max&amp;dpr=2&amp;s=d6772bde372a52065c544a8a989597c4 890w\" media=\"(min-width: 0px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.25), (min-width: 0px) and (min-resolution: 120dpi)\" sizes=\"445px\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fb193acb170ec7ffd0271256a9b5b3e64a61bcee\/0_177_4989_2994\/master\/4989.jpg?w=445&amp;q=55&amp;auto=format&amp;usm=12&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e91cd883f52b2a6750942a323af8f8b2 445w\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" sizes=\"445px\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption caption--img caption caption--img\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Rosie Jones:<\/strong> During birth, my shoulder got stuck coming out. Well, it was the 80s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Matt Rees:<\/strong> No good at talking to women. I\u2019m 28 and recently my grandmother and I had the \u201care you gay?\u201d conversation. She isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris Turner:<\/strong> \u201cNever Apologise! Never Explain!\u201d \u2013 Sorry, that\u2019s my motto.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We need some humour in these\u00a0difficult times. These 10 jokes \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0some of which require thinking about &#8211; were collated by the &#8220;Guardian&#8221; newspaper: Athena Kugblenu: Patriarchy is putting Jane Austen on \u00a310 notes the same time as bringing in contactless. Christian Talbot: Sometimes even I don\u2019t understand feminism. And I\u2019m a guy. 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