Joke Of The Day

[davey b]

Can anyone please explain this joke "My mate came second in a Winston Churchill lookalike competition. He was close,but no cigar."

[aelmpvw]

if he'd had a cigar he'd have probably won?

[fiction-factory]

Which crossword?
Seems straightforward to me? Churchill usually had a cigar.
"Close but no cigar" is used as an expression to mean nearly but not quite enough to win a prize (of a cigar)

[mallyh]

Churchill nearly always had a cigar in his mouth x

[aelmpvw]

didn't charlie chaplin once enter a charlie chaplin lookalike contest and lose?

[mallyh]

lol ^^ he wasn't himself after that xx