QUIRKY WORLD _ The prize-winning pundamentals of comedy

SCOTLAND: Comic Darren Walsh has scooped a prize after showing off the pundamentals of his craft at the Edinburgh Fringe.

QUIRKY WORLD _ The prize-winning pundamentals of comedy
Tue, 25 Aug, 2015 - 01:00

The pun specialist scooped the gong for Dave’s Funniest Joke of the Fringe with a play on words in Punderbolt, his first hour-long show in the Scottish capital.

The 39-year-old took first place with 23% of voters with the line: “I just deleted all the German names off my phone. It’s Hans free.”

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