answer my other questions too :)
2006-08-07 15:26:35 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
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:
2006-08-08 02:33:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because I told it to. Hehe.
Wait... did the chicken cross the road, or did the road cross the chicken?
Hmm...
2006-08-08 01:08:46 · answer #2 · answered by ElationAviation 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the road was in it's way
2006-08-08 03:53:44 · answer #3 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To create a never-ending conundrum for us humans to ponder over. No, no, I was just being facetious. The real reason was that the Kentucky Colonel Sanders was chasing it with an ax.
2006-08-07 22:56:18 · answer #4 · answered by Lee & Mina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to get to the other side of the road.
2006-08-07 22:30:49 · answer #5 · answered by heartkmae 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to jump into a swimming pool of sweet and sour sauce!!
2006-08-08 01:04:17 · answer #6 · answered by Laura G 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To show the possum it could be done!
2006-08-09 08:30:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to get lunch at KFC
2006-08-07 23:59:02 · answer #8 · answered by itsmeee2006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
TO PROVE TO THE RACOONS THAT IT COULD BE DONE.
2006-08-07 23:05:25 · answer #9 · answered by curious115 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to be killed
2006-08-07 22:40:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋