Boring may be but you asked
There are many riddles that assume a familiarity with this well-known riddle and its answer. One class of variations enlist a creature other than the chicken to cross the road. For example, a turkey or duck crosses "because it was the chicken's day off." Another variant: "Why did the dinosaur cross the road?" "Because chickens weren't invented yet."
Punning variations include "Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?" to which the answer is "Because he had no guts," or "He had no body to cross with him." "Why did the chicken cross the road halfway? To 'lay it on the line'."
Another class of variations, designed for written rather than oral transmission, employs parody by pretending to have notable individuals or institutions give characteristic answers to the question posed by the riddle. Variants on this theme are virtually endless. For example:
Karl Marx: "The chicken was driven by the lash of economic necessity."
Amelia Earhart: "She could have flown."
Martin Luther King Jr.: "I have a dream that one day chickens will be able to cross roads without having their motives called into question."
Central Intelligence Agency: "We can neither confirm nor deny any involvement in the chicken-road-crossing incident."
Some variations work by elaborating on the circumstances of the event described by the joke. "Why did the chewing gum cross the road?" "Because it was stuck to the chicken's foot." Others employ anti-humor by giving a "rational" answer that is also absurd: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" "Because it had no frontal lobe." Other variants go for shock value: "Why did the dead baby cross the road?" "Because it was stapled to the chicken."
In the movie Stripes, a reference to the joke occurs in an impromptu marching cadence: "Why did the chicken cross the road? To get from the left ... to the right!"
The joke is reportedly codified into law in at least one municipality. A Quitman, Georgia ordinance prohibits chickens from crossing the road.
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2007-09-06 03:07:30
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answer #1
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answered by Rick J 5
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KFC Where After Him
His Wife Was On His Side,
He Was Stuck To The Elephants Foot.
He Was Rammed Into The Car Windshield
Saw Some Hot Chickens -- KFC lol
He Was Being Poached
Saw A Sex Shop
To Get To The Other Side
Was Blown To The Other Side By A Neclear Bomb
Hope This Makes You Laugh
2007-09-06 10:23:28
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answer #2
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answered by gdc3.rocks 3
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Well you'd never find out as to get the defined answer you'd have to ask the chicken itself why it decided to cross the road, and we all know that's not gonna be possible as the last talking chicken I seen was made of plasticine! A coherent answer would inevitably be 'cluck cluck cluck'... so the answer you're looking for is 'cluck cluck cluck', give or take a few clucks :)
2007-09-06 03:06:24
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answer #3
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answered by Anonymous
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To catch the number 23 bus
2007-09-06 03:04:02
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answer #4
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answered by aslan 5
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To get to the other side, just like anything else that wants to cross the road.
2007-09-06 03:02:58
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answer #5
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answered by Caleb's Mom 6
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It's simple. The KFC Colonel is awaiting him on the other side. They are arch enemies and soon a battle of epic proportions will ensue!
2007-09-06 03:05:56
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answer #6
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answered by Ryan P 3
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who told you I crossed the road??? I looked both ways first, I promise..
2007-09-06 03:07:16
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answer #7
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answered by Nurse Susie ♥ hugs 6
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because he was dared to do so. he wanted to impress this hot young hen. so, to prove he wasn't chicken, he crossed the road.
2007-09-06 03:04:30
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answered by Anonymous
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You'd throw it cross words too if you had to pedestrian across the hot pavement in your birdie toes.
2007-09-06 03:07:49
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answer #9
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answered by My Final Answer 3
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Escaping the KFC
2007-09-06 03:05:28
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answer #10
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answered by Lefty 7
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