2006-08-30 02:23:46 · 11 answers · asked by cloud strife 1 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
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:
2006-08-31 12:51:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dr. Seuss' Answer:
Did the chicken cross the road?
Did he cross it with a toad?
Yes, the chicken crossed the road,
But why it crossed, I've not been told!
2006-08-30 16:45:14 · answer #2 · answered by Giselle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is complicated.Sometimes when you brake out of the coop you have no other choise. when they let the dogs go...sometimes the other side of the road is all you got. But most chickens just arent smart enoff to make it with out geting tred marks on their feathers.Dont ask stupid Q's.
2006-08-30 02:29:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To see a man laying bricks
2006-08-30 02:32:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
WOW! I think, to get to the other side of the road...
2006-08-30 02:32:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get to the otherside because it was craving some cheesy fries :)
2006-08-30 02:41:24 · answer #6 · answered by PrincessShine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's where the bus going to NYC stops.
2006-08-30 02:27:50 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. Christopher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because of a morbid death wish.
2006-08-30 04:03:49 · answer #8 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because there are plenty of chicks waiting to be picked
2006-08-30 02:28:34 · answer #9 · answered by Phantom of the Opera 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because her egg rolled away, and she wanted to sit on it.
2006-08-30 02:26:57 · answer #10 · answered by cowgirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋