A joke about the new pound coin has been named the most amusing of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Ken Cheng won the tenth yearly Dave's Funniest Joke Of The Fringe with: "I'm not an aficionado of the new pound coin, but rather on the other hand, I abhor all change."
The joke, from his show Ken Cheng: Chinese Comedian, won 33% of an open vote on a waitlist of muffles picked by drama commentators.
Past champs incorporate Tim Vine, Stewart Francis and Zoe Lyons.
Cheng revealed to BBC Radio 4's Today program he was amazed the joke won the honor since it had been a "groaner".
"Gatherings of people tends to moan at it a considerable measure," he said.
"I'm for the most part following chuckles, yet I'll take the moan."
Cheng said he concocted the joke when the legislature declared plans for the new 12-sided £1 coin in 2014.
Made a request to pick what joke he thought was the most amusing other than his own, he said Frankie Boyle's.
Cheng contemplated maths at Cambridge for a year prior dropping out to play online poker professionally.
His enormous break in showbiz came when he achieved the last of the 2015 BBC Radio New Comedy Award.
On winning the Dave prize, Cheng stated: "I am extremely glad to have won.
"As a tribute, I will name my firstborn child after this honor and call him 'Joke of the Fringe'."
The main 15 most clever jokes from the Fringe
1. "I'm not an aficionado of the new pound coin, but rather of course, I abhor all change" - Ken Cheng
2. "Trump's in no way like Hitler. It is extremely unlikely he could compose a book" - Frankie Boyle
3. "I've surrendered posing explanatory inquiries. What's the point?" - Alexei Sayle
4. "I'm searching for the young lady nearby sort. I'm simply going to continue moving house till I discover her" - Lew Fitz
5. "I get a kick out of the chance to envision the person who developed the umbrella would call it the 'brella'. Be that as it may, he faltered" - Andy Field
6. "Consolidate Harvesters. What's more, you'll have a huge eatery" - Mark Simmons
7. "I'm refuse with names. It's not my blame, it's a condition. There's a name for it..." - Jimeoin
8. "I have two young men, 5 and 6. We're no great at naming things in our home" - Ed Byrne
9. "I wasn't especially near my father before he kicked the bucket... which was fortunate, in light of the fact that he trod on a land mine" - Olaf Falafel
10. "At whatever point somebody says, 'I don't have confidence in fortuitous events.' I say, 'Goodness my God, me not one or the other!"' - Alasdair Beckett-King
11. "A companion deceived me into going to Wimbledon by revealing to me it was a men's singles occasion" - Angela Barnes
12. "As a vegetarian, I think individuals who offer meat are appalling; however evidently individuals who offer leafy foods are merchant" - Adele Cliff
13. "For me biting the dust is a considerable measure like going outdoors. I would prefer not to do it" - Phil Wang
14. "I think about what number of chameleons snuck onto the Ark" - Adam Hess
15. "I went to a Pretenders gig. It was a tribute demonstration" - Tim Vine
The honor, which was voted on by 2,000 individuals, records jokes secretly to stay away from any predisposition towards understood humorists.
Steve North, general supervisor of Dave, stated: "From Trump and veganism to the new pound coin, the current year's news plan has absolutely likewise given some awesome motivation to comics to get grasps with.
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