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| Revealed: the nation's No 1 toilet joke | Revealed: the nation's No 1 toilet joke |
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| It’s a form of wit arguably lower even than sarcasm: toilet humour, the kind of scatological funnies beloved by young children, and, guiltily, everyone else. This corner of comedy has finally been recognised for its eternal hilarity by the charity WaterAid, which is marking its World Toilet Day by naming Britain’s favourite toilet joke. | It’s a form of wit arguably lower even than sarcasm: toilet humour, the kind of scatological funnies beloved by young children, and, guiltily, everyone else. This corner of comedy has finally been recognised for its eternal hilarity by the charity WaterAid, which is marking its World Toilet Day by naming Britain’s favourite toilet joke. |
| Following a public vote, the winner is Bec Hill for this emission: | Following a public vote, the winner is Bec Hill for this emission: |
| For Christmas last year I got given Sudoku toilet paper. It’s useless. You can only fill it in with number ones and number twos. | For Christmas last year I got given Sudoku toilet paper. It’s useless. You can only fill it in with number ones and number twos. |
| She beat some quality opposition, with the likes of Tim Key, Lucy Porter and Alex Horne depositing entries. In second place was Matt Forde with the following: | She beat some quality opposition, with the likes of Tim Key, Lucy Porter and Alex Horne depositing entries. In second place was Matt Forde with the following: |
| Did you hear about the film Constipated? It never came out. | Did you hear about the film Constipated? It never came out. |
| While third place was taken by punk bard John Cooper Clarke with this rambling entry: | While third place was taken by punk bard John Cooper Clarke with this rambling entry: |
| Hill’s victory is made all the sweeter by the fact she missed out on Dave’s award for the best joke of the Edinburgh fringe festival earlier this year. Her Sudoku gag came fourth, behind winner Tim Vine for his one-liner: “I’ve decided to sell my Hoover... well, it was just collecting dust.” | Hill’s victory is made all the sweeter by the fact she missed out on Dave’s award for the best joke of the Edinburgh fringe festival earlier this year. Her Sudoku gag came fourth, behind winner Tim Vine for his one-liner: “I’ve decided to sell my Hoover... well, it was just collecting dust.” |
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