Ken Cheng 获得2017年"大卫最有趣玩笑奖"。
一句关于新英镑硬币的笑话当选2017爱丁堡艺穗节最佳冷笑话，作者是一位名叫Ken Cheng的华裔喜剧演员。
Ken Cheng的这句话在爱丁堡艺穗节（Edinburgh Festival Fringe，也称“爱丁堡边缘艺术节”）第十届"大卫最有趣玩笑奖"评出的15个笑话中名列第一。
这句话是，"I''m not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change"。
英国最近发行了新的一元英镑硬币，和老版硬币最大的不同是，新硬币用十二角形替代了过去的圆形。
这句英文笑话的意思直译是，"我并不喜欢新的一镑硬币，说实话，我讨厌所有变化。"
Change 一词在英语中还有"零钱"的意思。所以这句话也可一语双关地翻译为，"我不喜欢新的一镑硬币，说实话，我讨厌所有零钱。"
该奖项由公众投票决定，Ken Cheng的这句话获得了33%的选票。本次投票的公众总数为2000人，为了避免名人效应，候选笑话的作者事前并不公布。
获得大卫奖后，Ken Cheng表示，"我感到非常骄傲。作为感谢，我将为我的第一个儿子取名''边缘的玩笑''（Joke of the Fringe）。"
公开资料显示，Ken Cheng是一名出生在英国的华裔喜剧演员，曾获得2015年BBC广播喜剧奖项。他的一些类似于中国单口相声的视频在Youtube上流行，很多表演内容都和英语中的多义词相关。
Ken Cheng的个人推特介绍自己是"一名专业的扑克手，以及喜剧演员"。
英国《卫报》报道称，Ken Cheng 曾经在著名的剑桥大学学习数学，但后来退学成为一名网络扑克手。2015年，他曾入围BBC广播新喜剧决赛。
爱丁堡艺穗节"大卫最有趣玩笑奖"名单
1. "I''m not a fan of the new pound coin, but then again, I hate all change" - Ken Cheng
2. "Trump''s nothing like Hitler. There''s no way he could write a book" - Frankie Boyle
3. "I''ve given up asking rhetorical questions. What''s the point?" - Alexei Sayle
4. "I''m looking for the girl next door type. I''m just gonna keep moving house till I find her" - Lew Fitz
5. "I like to imagine the guy who invented the umbrella was going to call it the ''brella''. But he hesitated" - Andy Field
6. "Combine Harvesters. And you''ll have a really big restaurant" - Mark Simmons
7. "I''m rubbish with names. It''s not my fault, it''s a condition. There''s a name for it" - Jimeoin
8. "I have two boys, 5 and 6. We''re no good at naming things in our house" - Ed Byrne
9. "I wasn''t particularly close to my dad before he died which was lucky, because he trod on a land mine" - Olaf Falafel
10. "Whenever someone says, ''I don''t believe in coincidences.'' I say, ''Oh my God, me neither!"'' - Alasdair Beckett-King
11. "A friend tricked me into going to Wimbledon by telling me it was a men''s singles event" - Angela Barnes
12. "As a vegan, I think people who sell meat are disgusting; but apparently people who sell fruit and veg are grocer" - Adele Cliff
13. "For me dying is a lot like going camping. I don''t want to do it" - Phil Wang
14. "I wonder how many chameleons snuck onto the Ark" - Adam Hess
15. "I went to a Pretenders gig. It was a tribute act" - Tim Vine
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