Day 7: Best of the Edinburgh Fringe

Starts at 60 is celebrating the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a week’s worth of the sharpest one-liners doing the rounds in 2026, one day at a time. All jokes attributed to the touring comedians performing them this August.

Turning 40, I started thinking about my funeral. Should I be buried or cremated? I took inspiration from Domino’s Pizza and am going half and half.

Ali Brice

My housemate is way too confident. She has a mug that says “I run on coffee”. Jesus only walked on water.

Adele Cliff

My brother had a penchant for a pirouette so he attended ballet school. He graduated with a tutu.

Bróccán Tyzack-Carlin