LONDON -- "I just deleted all the German names off my phone. It's Hans free."
Wipe aside those tears of mirth, because there are nine more to come. That side-splitter was the funniest joke uttered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, according to a public vote.
Several thousand comics head to Scotland's annual comedy jamboree each summer, delivering countless jokes to audiences across the city, but viewers of TV channel Dave deemed 39-year-old Darren Walsh the funniest of them all. His "Hans free" gag received 23% of the 2,000 votes cast in their eighth annual poll.
Walsh said it was a "punderful feeling" winning the award. His presumably pun-filled show, Punderbolt, has been playing at the Pleasance all month.
These are the nine runners-up that weren't quite as funny, according to the poll:
"Kim Kardashian is saddled with a huge arse ... but enough about Kanye West." - Stewart Francis
"Surely every car is a people carrier?" - Adam Hess
"What's the difference between a 'hippo' and a 'Zippo'? One is really heavy, the other is a little lighter." - Masai Graham
"If I could take just one thing to a desert island I probably wouldn't go." - Dave Green
"Jesus fed 5,000 people with two fishes and a loaf of bread. That's not a miracle. That's tapas." - Mark Nelson
"Red sky at night. Shepherd's delight. Blue sky at night. Day." - Tom Parry
"The first time I met my wife, I knew she was a keeper. She was wearing massive gloves." - Alun Cochrane
"Clowns divorce. Custardy battle." - Simon Munnery
"They're always telling me to live my dreams. But I don't want to be naked in an exam I haven't revised for..." - Grace The Child