A joke about Take That’s Jason Orange and Christmas stockings has won the dubious titled of being voted this year’s best cracker joke in a poll by television channel Gold.
Gold challenged professional comedians and amateur joke-tellers to submit their own modern festive gags in response to a poll last year where 72% of people think that cracker jokes are outdated.
The jokes were submitted by Twitter, with a panel of judges then whittling the list down to a shortlist. Those that made the cut were then submitted into a poll of 2,000 British adults.
Lynne Newton, received £1,500 towards a holiday and a box of customised Gold Crackers for winning the competition with her joke:
“What will be missing from Take That’s Christmas stocking this year? An Orange“
Other popular entries included gags about UKIP, Luis Suárez, Bono and David Cameron among others.
Top 10 Christmas cracker jokes 2014
- What will be missing from Take That’s Christmas stocking this year? An Orange
- How does Luis Suárez like his Christmas dinner? Bite-sized
- What do the royal family play at Christmas instead of musical chairs? Game of Thrones
- What did the Snowman say to the aggressive carrot? “Get out of my face”
- Why is Christmas a busy time for David Cameron? He’s got two parties to organise
- What’s the difference between Bono and Santa? Santa gives you things you want
- Why won’t Santa visit Nigel Farage? Because he only comes if you sleep, not if UKIP
- Why are snowmen rubbish at cricket? They’re always bowling snowballs
- I got a UKIP advent calendar. It’s rubbish, all the doors keep slamming shut
- Why is The Great British Bake Off like the nativity? Because the Star is in the Yeast
