2006-12-19 11:51:47 · 12 answers · asked by Mack Daddy 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
various stories have been published claiming a specific origin for it in actual events.
One such story relates to the meaning of the word chicken as a cowardly person. As the story goes, the town of Shiprock, New Mexico had problems relating to poverty. Some of the poor children would get drunk and cross the road in order to show their bravery. Many times, this resulted in serious injury because of oncoming traffic, and sometimes even death. Knowing that the injured/dead person was a coward (chicken), people asked each other "Why did the chicken cross the road?" The original answer to this question was then "Because he was drunk."
An early reference to the joke in print is from Writing for Vaudeville by Brett Page (1915) which suggests by then it was already dated.
2006-12-19 11:55:04 · answer #1 · answered by Trish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Harland Sanders
2006-12-19 19:53:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Either Frank Purdue or Colonel Sanders. I forget which. It was a long weekend conferrence.
2006-12-19 19:53:16 · answer #3 · answered by vanamont7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it was the chickens themselves.
They were sick of never getting an street cred...it all goes to the turkeys on Thanksgiving.
2006-12-19 19:53:32 · answer #4 · answered by Rio 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Col. Sanders?
2006-12-19 20:26:54 · answer #5 · answered by Rogue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ernest hemingway.
the chicken crossed the road. to die. in the rain. alone.
2006-12-19 19:53:11 · answer #6 · answered by askance 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the one who asked which came first- the chicken or the egg?
2006-12-19 22:13:04 · answer #7 · answered by guawsgirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bunch of drunkards lol.
2006-12-19 20:25:25 · answer #8 · answered by No, You. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My guess is that it's an old vaudeville joke.
2006-12-19 19:53:05 · answer #9 · answered by Rebecca 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so it would reach the farm
2006-12-19 19:54:16 · answer #10 · answered by lionel_k_ferrao 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋