[Scarlett.]

"Why did the chicken cross the road?"

"To get to the other side"


How have only finally understood this joke now?

[GypsyGoth]

I still actually don't get it.

[King Gizzard]

I still don't get other than the meaning that it's common sense

Unless theres some hidden joke I've never realised..?

[Scarlett.]

People

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Chewy

People

[Smithy]

OMFG

YES!!

ahh, how has it only just hit me

[Marc]

Wait.. there is a real reason behind it? Or was Chewy just being a little dense for his whole life? haha (least possible offensive way)

[Doogle]

I don't get it

[Scarlett.]

Think of where the chicken would most likely end up on a busy road

[ILoveTRW]

Originally Posted by Chewy

Think of where the chicken would most likely end up on a busy road

hmm, don't think thats the actual meaning of the punch line, i think its always just been a lame joke and thats why its supposedly funny

[Jordan.]

Originally Posted by Chewy

Think of where the chicken would most likely end up on a busy road

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by Chewy

Think of where the chicken would most likely end up on a busy road

[Doogle]

That's so sad. How is that a joke? That's really upsetting

[GypsyGoth]

I always thought there was a footbridge that the chicken was using to cross the road

[Doogle]

Originally Posted by GypsyGoth

I always thought there was a footbridge that the chicken was using to cross the road

This is a better joke.

[Marc]

Do you mean.. the other side is... heaven?

[Harry!]

But why would the chicken would want their literal death in the first place?

[ILoveTRW]

Originally Posted by Harry!

But why would the chicken would want their literal death in the first place?

maybe the chicken had a fowl case of depression

[Shaun]

weird. my flatmates were talking about this a week or two ago

[ILoveTRW]

Originally Posted by Shaun

weird. my flatmates were talking about this a week or two ago

your flatmates sound boring

[Scarlett.]

Originally Posted by Shaun

weird. my flatmates were talking about this a week or two ago

I found out about it on reddit, so it might have been circulating for a while

[MTVN]

Wiki

"Why did the chicken cross the road?" is a common riddle or joke in several languages. The answer or punchline is: "To get to the other side". The riddle is an example of anti-humor, in that the curious setup of the joke leads the listener to expect a traditional punchline, but they are instead given a simple statement of fact. Since its inception, "Why did the chicken cross the road?" has become largely iconic as an exemplary generic joke to which most people know the answer, and has been repeated and changed numerous times.

Although it does then say "Punning variations may interpret "the other side" to refer to the afterlife", never really considered that before

[Shaun]

TRW it's cute and everything trying to bait me in pretty much every thread I post in, but it's a bit old

[ILoveTRW]

Originally Posted by Shaun

TRW it's cute and everything trying to bait me in pretty much every thread I post in, but it's a bit old

tbh its was more a joke about all of us being boring because we are all talking about it
guess you just don't spot the double meanings in my cerebral posts

[Shaun]

mhm, mhm.