So I said to the gym instructor: 'Can you teach me to do the splits?' He said: 'How flexible are you?' I said: I can't make Tuesdays.'

Again Vine came second beaten by Stewart Francis in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2012 with the joke "Last night me and my girlfriend watched three DVDs back to back. He held the record until May 2005 when Australian comedian Anthony "Lehmo" Lehmann told 549 jokes. " He was beaten by Nick Helm (returning to the Fringe for only the second time).

In 2010 Vine won the award for best joke at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and was awarded second in 2011 and 2012. Timothy Mark Vine (born 4 March 1967) is an English writer actor comedian and presenter known for his role on the BBC series Not Going Out until his departure in 2012. He was a finalist in the 2013 series of Let's Dance for Comic Relief.