People with Tourette's angered after Swedish comedian Olaf Falafel's joke wins award at Edinburgh Fringe
One of the panellists who shortlisted the joke, Kate Stone, told
But the chief executive of the UK's Tourettes Action charity said the"rubbish" joke had brought"shame on Dave". "Humour is a great way of educating people - but not only is it not funny to poke fun at people with Tourette's, it's not even that funny a joke, is it?" she said. "It's just exhausting. I woke up this morning and I looked at that, and it just made me feel sad and tired," she said.
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