The inimitable Terry Thomas
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Grandpa coming in hot.
Somehow reminds me of this Naim Forum
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That was Crafty. 
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Voted the best one liner at the Edinburgh Fringe .
" I started dating a zookeeper, but it turned out he was a cheetah "
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I preferred “Nationwide must have looked pretty silly when they opened their first branch”.
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I quite liked: “my grandma describes herself as being in her ‘twilight years’ which I love because they are great films”.
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“Why are you carrying a door handle with you?”
‘Well it gets me out of the house.’
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There must have been a lot of really crappy jokes this year for that to win.
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Compared to previous winners … it’s pathetic. E.g. “Car Park Crime … ? That’s just wrong, on so many levels” … now you’re talking.
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Here’s the top ten: Edinburgh Fringe funniest joke: Lorna Rose Treen’s zookeeper pun Edinburgh Fringe funniest joke: Lorna Rose Treen's zookeeper pun - BBC News
It’s the way they tell 'em…
For that joke to work there has to be a connection between the cheetah and the zoo keeper. They are two unrelated subjects.
Now if it was
I had a date with the elephant man, but it turned out he was a cheetah.
I’d smile.
Boom Boom,
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Possibly.
I have a minor quibble - I think she meant ‘cheat’ - so it doesn’t work anyway. Cheater is an Americanism, which I, for one, don’t use.