one-liner

Tanya Brodsky is in such vaunted company; she makes one-liner sculptures.

You can keep up with his quips by follow ing him on Twitter @GaryDelaney T "Quickfire material of the very highest quality is pretty much guaranteed from the fast-thinking Delaney, a master of the deadpan one-liner" - The Guardian.

Vine, 47, won with the one-liner: "I decided to sell my Hoover ...

"Whether it's from such favorite movies as 'The Godfather,' 'Caddyshack' or anything Clint Eastwood, to a favorite Grisham book or even in everyday conversation, Brigham's wants to know--what's your favorite one-liner of all time?" said Leikauskas.

It was named the best one-liner in a poll of 1,000 comedians, industry figures and film fans by Sky Movies Comedy.

Each one-liner had to be able to stand alone without being introduced by another character's dialogue, and not be a comedy catchphrase.

But the horse that set up the "most exciting Derby in years" merited only an owner's one-liner.

I THOUGHT OF HIS ONE-LINER: "THE ONLY WAY TO stay free in the Arab world is to remain silent", when I heard of Mohamed Al Maghout's death of a stroke on 3 April.

That old comic one-liner illustrates the all-or-nothing nature of alcoholism described in a new study of problem drinkers.

Zany one-liner comedian Milton Jones is returning to the Black Country next year with his new show.

His winning one-liner (from an hour-long set of about a million one-liners) was: "I decided to sell my Hoover...

To be in with a chance of winning two tickets to the event, send in your funniest one-liner to the below above, to nick@examiner.co.uk (Usual T&Cs apply, see www.examiner.co.uk for details.)

That pretty much sums up the shock-haired, one-liner maestro with the penchant for eye-popping shirts and his skewiff humourist agenda.

* HEN I was growing up, there was only one man who could deliver a witty one-liner - the late legendary Tommy Cooper.