# why did the chicken cross the street ??

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 1, 1999, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-street/7474 "1999-09-01T22:17:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 1999, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-street/7474/21 "1999-09-05T05:12:00Z")

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To prove to the possum that it could be done.

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**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 1999, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-street/7474/22 "1999-09-05T05:14:00Z")

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One more to add to Brian’s (Wordsmith’s) Star Trek List…

Reg: I dunno, uh… but I could go to the holodeck and find out!

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**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 1999, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-street/7474/23 "1999-09-07T13:14:00Z")

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Quote:  
“CYNIC: To show the squirrel it could be done!”

I know how to cross the road. Thank you very much. 😉

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