The lines are now closed. The votes have been counted and verified. And we can now reveal that the funniest joke at this year's Edinburgh Fringe is......

A comic I know was penciled for an advert and lost out to another man. That other man was his agent - just 'having a go'. You feel more comfortable when your agent is on the business side, you know, taking care of business - preferably your business.

OK, so you want to make friends in the Edinburgh catchment area for one month only... follow these easy to use steps and you should be as popular as a horse in no time. That is a horse who keeps winning the races. And is also very popular.

Fashions are like names, it has to suit you and some might be out of favour, but they all come back round. This applies more, I guess, if your name is Trousers. Like Justin Timberlake - who I believe's middle name is 'trousers' - so it definitely works there!

And our Edinburgh Fringe Festival Q&As continue, ladies and gentlemen, with the extremely brilliant Lou Sanders. One-to-watch Sanders got rave rev...