American comedian Tom Rhodes posted on Twitter on August 25, 2012:
 
“I like to hold hands at the movies. Which always seems to startle strangers.”
 
The line was voted as one of the top jokes at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
 
 
Twitter
Tom Rhodes
‏@_TomRhodes
I like to hold hands at the movies.
Which always seems to startle strangers.
6:08 PM - 25 Aug 2012
       
Daily Mail (UK)
As Edinburgh’s Fringe starts, our pick of the best jokes…
By John Selby
PUBLISHED: 21:02 EST, 24 July 2014 | UPDATED: 02:26 EST, 25 July 2014
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Tom Rhodes: I like to hold hands at the movies, which always seems to startle strangers.
 
Independent (UK)
Festival’s funniest: 60 best Edinburgh Fringe one-liners, selected by Alice Jones
‘My dad’s a proper family man… he’s got three of them’
Alice Jones @alicevjones Friday 15 August 2014
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“I like to hold hands at the movies. Which always seems to startle strangers.” Tom Rhodes
 
Twitter
Tom Rhodes
‏@_TomRhodes
I like to hold hands at the movies.
Which always seems to startle strangers.
9:49 AM - 27 Aug 2014
 
BuzzFeed
21 Of The Funniest One-Liner Jokes Ever Told
I like to hold hands at the movies. Which always seems to startle strangers.
posted on Jun. 5, 2015, at 1:10 p.m.
Alex Finnis
BuzzFeed Staff, UK
 
Reddit—Jokes
I like to hold hands at the movies.
submitted April 26, 2016 by lacan123
Which always seems to startle strangers.
 
Twitter
Keith Everett
‏@AskKeithEverett
“I like to hold hands at the movies… which always seems to startle strangers”. #funnyoneliners
4:44 PM - 29 Nov 2016