Edinburgh Fringe 2006 | Snippets

A little selection of beauties to whet your whistle...

I realised I was dyslexic when I went to a toga party dressed as a goat.
-- Marcus Brigstocke at the Assembly Rooms

Cats have nine lives. Which makes them ideal for experimentation.
-- Jimmy Carr

The right to bear arms is slightly less ludicrous than the right to arm bears.
-- Chris Addison at the Pleasance

My dad is Irish and my mum is Iranian, which meant that we spent most of our family holidays in Customs.
-- Patrick Monahan at the Gilded Balloon

My parents are from Glasgow which means they're incredibly hard, but I was never smacked as a child... well maybe one or two grams to get me to sleep at night.
-- Susan Murray at the Underbelly

Is it fair to say that there'd be less litter if blind people were given pointed sticks?
-- Adam Bloom at the Pleasance

You have to remember all the trivia that your girlfriend tells you, because eventually you get tested. She'll go: "What's my favourite flower?" And you murmur to yourself: "Sh*t, I wasn't listening... Self-raising?"
-- Addy Van-Der-Borgh at the Assembly Rooms

The world is a dangerous place; only yesterday I went into a bookshop and punched someone in the face.
-- Jeremy Limb, at the Trap

I saw that show, 50 Things To Do Before You Die. I would have thought the obvious one was "Shout For Help".
-- Mark Watson, Rhod Gilbert at the Tron

I went out with an Irish Catholic. Very frustrating. You can take the Girl out of Cork...
-- Markus Birdman at the Pod Deco

Got a phone call today to do a gig at a fire station. Went along. Turned out it was a bloody hoax.
-- Adrian Poynton at the Pleasance

A dog goes into a hardware store and says: "I'd like a job please". The hardware store owner says: "We don't hire dogs, why don't you go join the circus?" The dog replies: "What would the circus want with a plumber".
-- Steven Alan Green at C34

I like to go into the Body Shop and shout out really loud "I've already got one!"
-- Norman Lovett at The Stand

It's easy to distract fat people. It's a piece of cake.
-- Chris Addison at the Pleasance

If you're being chased by a police dog, try not to go through a tunnel, then on to a little seesaw, then jump through a hoop of fire. They're trained for that.-- Milton Jones at the Underbelly

British comedy eh? Can't beat it. You can buy it though...