# Why did the Doper cross the road? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 6, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150 "2012-12-06T02:53:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/21 "2012-12-06T13:05:12Z")
To ask the chicken why it had crossed the road, in order to answer that in GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/22 "2012-12-06T13:11:18Z")
They only did it once. Took 20 minutes, though. ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/23 "2012-12-06T13:11:47Z")
To find an answer to your question. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/24 "2012-12-06T13:22:37Z")
To paraphrase Sir Issac Newton, Dopers at rest tend to stay at rest. Dopers in motion tend to cross roads. I hope that clears thins up. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/25 "2012-12-06T14:27:26Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > would see the error in you ways. To fix the grammar in someone else’s post. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/26 "2012-12-06T15:53:23Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > To fix the grammar in someone else’s post. 😃 I meant to do that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/27 "2012-12-06T16:00:18Z")
Hey, I crossed the road, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t have. Take some responsibility, assholes. Some people want the other side of the road handed to them on silver platters. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/28 "2012-12-06T16:02:37Z")
He didn’t cross the road, Ed Zotti did. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/29 "2012-12-06T16:11:43Z")
Why did the Doper cross the road? 1. The grass really is greener on the other side, plus the grass is legal there. 2. According to Nate Silver, Dopers crossing the road was statistically inevitable and should not have come as a surprise to anyone other than Karl Rove, who firmly believes Obama made them cross the road because there were free gifts and pie on the other side. 3. Most likely is that someone on this side of the road needed assistance with changing a light bulb, but as they had no idea how to go about doing that and didn’t want to help, they simply bailed on helping that person and walked over to the other side where there was something new and more shiny. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/30 "2012-12-06T16:14:14Z")
When crossing road bring pie! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/31 "2012-12-06T16:18:06Z")
Bring pi? That’s really irrational. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/32 "2012-12-06T16:23:42Z")
To look for the third word that ends in ‘gry.’ ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/33 "2012-12-06T16:24:56Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Hey, I crossed the road, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t have. Take some responsibility, assholes. You could have at least used the damn crosswalk. I couldn’t see you wearing all black and zipping around on your unlit bike at dusk. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/34 "2012-12-06T16:33:20Z")
> [@Edward\_The\_Head](#): > > You could have at least used the damn crosswalk. I couldn’t see you wearing all black and zipping around on your unlit bike at dusk. Sorry, I was in a rush. There were some outdoor cats that I needed to declaw and use in a modern art piece I’m creating. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/35 "2012-12-06T17:14:46Z")
To escape The Cooler Of Death. (I’d have looked it up and posted a link, but I’m feeling lazy.) ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/36 "2012-12-06T17:21:04Z")
To get to the other side. Just once. For twenty minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/37 "2012-12-06T17:41:56Z")
To have a Nespresso. What else ? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/38 "2012-12-06T18:03:40Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > To get to the other cite. This wins the thread. Nonetheless: [ul] [li]To get their daily workout.[/li][li]Because the brakes failed on the mobility scooter.[/li][li]To show off their silly walk.[/li][li]Why are you asking such a simple question? [Google is your friend](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22why+did+the+doper+cross+the+road%22).[/li][li]To get a better WiFi signal.[/li][li]Most people aren’t smart enough to understand why.[/li][li]In Spain, its illegal to cross a _camino_ except at a _paso de peatones_.[/li][li]Considering the Earth’s rotation and movement through space, it’s more like the road crossed them.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/39 "2012-12-06T18:10:33Z")
Crossing roads is bullshit. There are maybe a dozen people in the world that think it’s a good idea to cross a road, and they all post here. And then they whine about it. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150/40 "2012-12-06T18:50:05Z")
Judging by a lot of the posts on this board, probably to avoid a really horrible family member. Or maybe to get 14 k of g in a f p d. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-doper-cross-the-road/643150.md?page=3)