2006-07-30 17:05:11 · 13 answers · asked by Mystyque 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: To get to the other side.
Although perhaps the most famous of all jokes in the English language, this joke is a Non-joke, in that its humor value comes from the fact that it is expected to be funny. Additionally, it is rarely told on its own, but instead is referenced, modified, or parodied in a number of other jokes.
One of the many word-plays on the television series M*A*S*H was spoken by Hawkeye when the power-mad Frank Burns ordered the entire unit to move just a few dozen yards for no reason at all: "Why is this chicken outfit crossing the road?"
Q: Why did the turkey cross the road?
A: Because the chicken was on vacation.
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road in Texas?
A: To show the armadillo/opossum how it's done.
Q: Why did the chicken cross the Möbius strip?
A: To get to the same side.
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Because it was too far to go around.
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Colonel Sanders [of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame] was chasing it.
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: To see a man lay bricks.
In the film Stripes (done in march cadence):
Bill Murray: Why did the chicken cross the road?
(Platoon): To get from the left to the right!
Sometimes it is juxtaposed with another category of humor:
2006-08-03 02:05:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he does not have a life and he has nothing better to do.
2006-07-30 17:14:48 · answer #2 · answered by Clueless 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get to the other side.
2006-07-30 17:06:55 · answer #3 · answered by Axel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get to the other side >.< lol
2006-07-30 17:06:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the Colonel was trying to fry him up.
2006-07-30 17:07:12 · answer #5 · answered by lilcc2006sing 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a club is on the other side, heh
2006-07-30 17:08:04 · answer #6 · answered by LB James 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the grass was greener
2006-07-30 17:08:31 · answer #7 · answered by bobby h 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to get away from his cheating wife!
2006-07-30 17:08:41 · answer #8 · answered by wmichael.harvey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to run away from me
2006-07-30 17:07:20 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
who cares?
2006-07-30 17:08:06 · answer #10 · answered by ::Hannah:: 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋