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MARK: Why did the chicken cross the road?From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to:navigation, search "Why did the chicken cross the road?" is one of the oldest[dubious – discuss] and most famous riddles still in use in the English language. When asked at the end of a series of other riddles, whose answers are clever, obscure, and tricky, this answer's obviousness and straight-forwardness becomes part of the humor.

Contents[hide] 1 Origin 2 Variations 3 References 4 Further reading

[edit] OriginThe exact origin of the riddle is obscure. Its first known appearance in print occurred in 1847 in The Knickerbocker, a New York monthly magazine:^[1] An 1847 version of the joke was possibly its first appearance in print...There are 'quips and quillets' which seem actual conundrums, but yet are none. Of such is this: 'Why does a chicken cross the street?['] Are you 'out of town?' Do you 'give it up?' Well, then: 'Because it wants to get on the other side!'The joke may already have become widespread by the 1890s, when a variant version appeared in the magazine Potter's American Monthly:^[2]Why should not a chicken cross the road?It would be a fowl proceeding.[edit] VariationsThere 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, in order to refer back to the original chicken joke. For example, a turkey or duck crosses "because it was the chicken's day off" and a dinosaur "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.", and "Why did the chicken cross the road halfway? To 'lay it on the line'." Some variants are both puns and references to the original joke, such as "Why did the duck cross the road?" "To prove he's no chicken."
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. As with the lightbulb joke, variants on this theme are virtually endless.
The joke is reportedly codified into law in at least one municipality of the USA. A Quitman, Georgia ordinance prohibits chickens from crossing the road.^[3][edit] References

• ^ The Knickerbocker, or The New York Monthly, March 1847, p. 283.
• ^ Potter's American Monthly (1892), p. 319.
• ^ Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts, Loony Laws & Silly Statutes, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1994. ISBN 0806904720

[edit] Further reading

• Robert Flach. ""Why did the chicken cross the road?" (science/philosophy)". allauthors.com. http://www.allauthors.com/archives/cat__creative_nonfiction_essays.html.
• Ryan North. ""Jokes explained: Why did the chicken cross the road?"". insaneabode.com. http://www.insaneabode.com/roboterotica/jokesexplained/whydidthechicken.html.
• Yves Roumazeilles (31 December 2006). "Why did the chicken cross the road? The story of a meme". roumazeilles.net. http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/nw/news0056.php.