# Why did the ... cross the road? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743 "2006-10-17T03:57:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/1 "2006-10-17T03:57:42Z")
Just to start it out… Why did the chicken cross the road? … To live up to all the hype Why did the dead baby cross the road? Because he was stapled to the chicken :eek: SGT Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/2 "2006-10-17T04:16:31Z")
Why did the engineers cross the road? …We looked in our files, and that’s what we did last time. Why did the hen cross half-way across the road? She wanted to lay it on the line. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/3 "2006-10-17T06:13:29Z")
Why did the duck cross the road? It was the chicken’s day off. ---
**Author:** ![Brandon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f08c70/32.png) [@Brandon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brandon)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/4 "2006-10-17T07:38:04Z")
Why did the bacteria cross the microscope? To get to the other slide. (Apologies for not following the exact format.) ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/5 "2006-10-17T07:52:58Z")
Why did the pirate cross the road? To get the booty on the other side. Why did the man cross the road? To get the booty on the other side. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/6 "2006-10-17T07:58:02Z")
Why did the 1970s punk rocker crossthe road? He was safety-pinned to the chicken. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/7 "2006-10-17T11:34:12Z")
Why did the chicken cross the road halfway? To lay it on the line. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/8 "2006-10-17T11:40:03Z")
Why did the runner cross the road? To get to sanctuary! ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/9 "2006-10-17T11:40:58Z")
Ha! at **Rigamarole’s**. 😃 Why did the chicken cross the road? So no-one would know how fast it was going. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/10 "2006-10-17T11:41:24Z")
Why did the Sandman cross the road? To get the runner, of course. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/11 "2006-10-17T11:51:29Z")
Why did the armadillo cross the r… OK, forget that. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/12 "2006-10-17T12:13:47Z")
Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the opossum that it could be done. (I suppose one could substitute “armadillo” for “opossum,” A.R. Cane.) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/13 "2006-10-17T12:16:12Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the opossum that it could be done. (I suppose one could substitute “armadillo” for “opossum,” A.R. Cane.) [/QUOTE] Drat! Beaten to it! ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/14 "2006-10-17T13:03:33Z")
Why did the old man cross the road? To prove that sanctuary exists. Why did the box cross the road? To get to the fish, plankton, sea greens, and protein from the sea. (Okay, I think that about covers the Logan’s Run refs. :)) ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/15 "2006-10-17T13:09:50Z")
[QUOTE=Rigamarole] Why did the pirate cross the road? To get the booty on the other side. Why did the man cross the road? To get the booty on the other side. [/QUOTE] That joke’s rated Arrrrrgh! ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/16 "2006-10-17T13:30:56Z")
Why did the dinosaur cross the road? Because the chicken hadn’t evolved yet. Why didn’t the chicken cross the road? Because Colonel Sanders was on the other side. Why didn’t the skeleton cross the road? He didn’t have the guts. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/17 "2006-10-17T13:59:53Z")
Why did the chicken cross the road? To keep his pants up. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/18 "2006-10-17T14:04:09Z")
[QUOTE=VunderBob] Why did the chicken cross the road halfway? To lay it on the line. [/QUOTE] No, no… to get to a Rhode Island! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/19 "2006-10-17T14:24:56Z")
Q: Why did the feminist cross the road? A: That’s not funny! ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2006, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743/20 "2006-10-17T14:33:08Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Q: Why did the feminist cross the road? A: That’s not funny! [/QUOTE] I heard it as: Why did the feminist cross the road? To get to the other side, and THAT’S NOT FUNNY! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-cross-the-road/376743.md?page=2)