Последние девять лет газета The Guardian спрашивает комиков про самые смешные вещи. Среди вопросов есть такой: What’s the funniest number? Я прочитал все 237 ответов и выбрал лучшие. элисон спитл: 32: it looks like a swan eating ass, I’ve a lifetime ban from Mecca Bingo and no regrets. дейв горман: I’m not sure there is a funniest number. But 5318008 has made a lot of seven-year-olds giggle so I guess it deserves some credit. том стейд: Infinity – I can’t imagine it. It tickles my brain. хелен торн: I think seven is always the funniest number. It’s such a nowhere amount. Not quite 10; it’s odd, it feels like a loner, a misfit. алекс оуэн: 88. So much going on. Basically a drawing of four circles. Chill out! Look at 7. Much more honest. кэт хьюз: 96. I’m dyslexic. кэтрин бохарт: I know what you want me to say but I won’t. Squillion. деметри мартин: I find infinity to be very funny. Maybe because of how it looks – like a pair of goggles or a bikini top. дэвид эарл: Fifty-four. That’s the age I’m gonna suffer a massive heart attack and it’s all going to end. ольга кох: The number of times I call your dad until he finally picks up. майкл че: 9: it’s an upside-down 6. Guy was clearly out of ideas. джордан брукс: Any age I used to be. I love looking back at 29 and being like: “Ha ha, you used to scare the shit out of me and now you just look so small.” эндрю хантер мюррей: Seventeen. It’s got it all. It’s a prime. It’s clunky, clumsy, a total goofball of a number. Seventeen would be picked last for any school sports team, as I was. сэм симмонс Twelve: a terrible awkward age, the countdown to the horror of Christmas, end of a good night. стюарт ли: 28, which is the perfect funny age in any joke, which works only as a result of the age of the character in it being revealed at the end of the sentence.