However ‘trite but true’, I like this one – Why did the chicken cross the road?To show the possum it could actually be done. (So, now, I have a mental image of Danae grinning mischievously next to a “sheep Xing” sign.)
In a parody, when asked of Mr.Hawking the age old question. He replied,“Because its in its DNA”.Extra points for the name of the sitcom.BTW Wiley,The box lady has made many cameos.You go girl
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence… However, your mom can deduce you did not, in fact, have any sandwiches on days when there were no crumbs on the counter because there was no lunch meat removed from the fridge: hence, evidence of absence!
Artybee – The reason you’ve never seen a possum that made it all the way across the road is that THEY’RE ACROSS THE ROAD, hiding in the bushes on that side!
Fantastic . . . I’m glad it enriched your life. My point is that it seems a little arbitrary to single out roctor, especially without addressing the content of his/her comment, but no one else.
They were built from the top down. I saw this on History Channel last week right after the special programming on man-made global warming but before the hour long program proving that Big Foot evolved from Al Gore.
Driving down an empty road – why do the animals cross right in front of my car???? They had hours before I got there and could have waited until I passed. Don’t get it!
mightaswellbe: Possums faint; armadillos jump up. It is their defense against coyotes – wait until the last moment, jump vertically, the coyote runs under it, then runs off in the opposite direction. The top speed of both is about the same, so the armadillo has a head start.
At first I thought the thing was a duck, or some kind of mythical fowl with chicken feet and a duck’s bill. Then I figured out the significance of the text in the rectangle and realized it was a chicken.
Personally, I welcome corrections provided they aren’t mean-spirited. I would rather have an error in grammar or usage pointed out to me so that I could correct it in the future than to plod on through life blissfully unaware, repeating the same mistakes.
What a coincidence. I saw a bird on the road this morning as I rode in a carpool. A car looked like it tried to avoid it, but ran right over it. Then the bird flew up and almost hit the windshield of the car I was in. I wouldn’t have believed it had I not seen it. I always assumed (had I ever stopped to think about it) that a run-over bird would be road kill. True story.
The Nihilist about 12 years ago
Whips! Massive, massive whips…
Lot’s of them too!
Arianne about 12 years ago
However ‘trite but true’, I like this one – Why did the chicken cross the road?To show the possum it could actually be done. (So, now, I have a mental image of Danae grinning mischievously next to a “sheep Xing” sign.)
Superfrog about 12 years ago
Looks like fowl play.
artybee about 12 years ago
Come to think of it, I’ve never seen a possum that made it all the way across the road.
bagbalm about 12 years ago
Dogsniff – From the bottom up.
V-Beast about 12 years ago
Why did the frog cross the road?He was stapled to the chicken.
roctor about 12 years ago
In a parody, when asked of Mr.Hawking the age old question. He replied,“Because its in its DNA”.Extra points for the name of the sitcom.BTW Wiley,The box lady has made many cameos.You go girl
GROG Premium Member about 12 years ago
Who cares. Just “do it”.
Spamgaard about 12 years ago
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence… However, your mom can deduce you did not, in fact, have any sandwiches on days when there were no crumbs on the counter because there was no lunch meat removed from the fridge: hence, evidence of absence!
hcr1985 about 12 years ago
you must have met my family!!!! My dad nevers let anyone cross the street…
demorodney about 12 years ago
I dream of a world in which chickens can cross a road withoug having their motives questioned.
Varnes about 12 years ago
I think it’s cute how racoons take naps by the side of the road…..BTW, chicken/road? It was shorter than going around it!
prrdh about 12 years ago
Actually, it doesn’t even tell us where, only where they can do it legally. Chickens are such birdbrains that they often jaywalk.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 12 years ago
“I don’t want to start off by being a grammar nazi”…. yet here we are.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 12 years ago
While we’re on the subject, how does an animal know where to cross? They can’t read.
Linguist about 12 years ago
In Florida, we need “Geezer Xing” signs. They don’t know why they crossed the road either.
BluePumpkin about 12 years ago
Out of all the punctuation, grammar, and spelling mistakes made today, its vs. it’s is the error that drives you to the ranks of grammar nazi?
DGWillie about 12 years ago
Artybee – The reason you’ve never seen a possum that made it all the way across the road is that THEY’RE ACROSS THE ROAD, hiding in the bushes on that side!
BluePumpkin about 12 years ago
Fantastic . . . I’m glad it enriched your life. My point is that it seems a little arbitrary to single out roctor, especially without addressing the content of his/her comment, but no one else.
Squoop about 12 years ago
@demorodney LOL!!!!!!!
Squoop about 12 years ago
Why did the turkey cross the road? To prove he wasn’t chicken.
Vonne Anton about 12 years ago
Such signs would be more effective and answer more questions if they literally stuck them on the animals themselves.
daveoverpar about 12 years ago
They were built from the top down. I saw this on History Channel last week right after the special programming on man-made global warming but before the hour long program proving that Big Foot evolved from Al Gore.
DavidGBA about 12 years ago
Looks more like a duck?
Perkycat about 12 years ago
Driving down an empty road – why do the animals cross right in front of my car???? They had hours before I got there and could have waited until I passed. Don’t get it!
hippogriff about 12 years ago
mightaswellbe: Possums faint; armadillos jump up. It is their defense against coyotes – wait until the last moment, jump vertically, the coyote runs under it, then runs off in the opposite direction. The top speed of both is about the same, so the armadillo has a head start.
Gokie5 about 12 years ago
At first I thought the thing was a duck, or some kind of mythical fowl with chicken feet and a duck’s bill. Then I figured out the significance of the text in the rectangle and realized it was a chicken.
roctor about 12 years ago
thank you Mr.Editor. You may cut,paste and correct my posts.including this one.
dabugger about 12 years ago
in case ya gotta duck….now that is ducky…..
Vonne Anton about 12 years ago
Do chickens have lips? No!
Can chickens whistle? No!
Why did the chicken walk across the road?
Because he had to. With no lips and no whistle, he couldn’t call a taxi.
Fan o’ Lio. about 12 years ago
The great mystery to me is why this cartoon has evoked this many comments. I just don’t get it.
ramonesfan about 12 years ago
The fellow in the cartoon sounds like a physicist …..
Vonne Anton about 12 years ago
I wonder how many are going to get that last sentence. He-he. (BTW, you’re going to hear about “relatively”…wait for it…)
MrsCalabash about 12 years ago
I dream of a better tomorrow where chickens can cross the road and not have their motives questioned"
bmonk about 12 years ago
Duck! The bus is coming!! And it sure looks cross!!!
Timothy Madigan Premium Member about 12 years ago
“Why did the chicken cross the road”?“Because the sign told him to”?
brewwitch about 12 years ago
@Fairportfan2
I live where there are many ‘Old Colony’ Mennonite communities. Signs warning of horse and buggy are more common that deer crossing signs
bluskies about 12 years ago
Personally, I welcome corrections provided they aren’t mean-spirited. I would rather have an error in grammar or usage pointed out to me so that I could correct it in the future than to plod on through life blissfully unaware, repeating the same mistakes.
BruceNiles about 12 years ago
Reminds me of the official squrel crossing at the Court House in Lovington, NM.
R0Randy about 12 years ago
What a coincidence. I saw a bird on the road this morning as I rode in a carpool. A car looked like it tried to avoid it, but ran right over it. Then the bird flew up and almost hit the windshield of the car I was in. I wouldn’t have believed it had I not seen it. I always assumed (had I ever stopped to think about it) that a run-over bird would be road kill. True story.
RDSF about 12 years ago
Why did the chicken cross the road? To prove to the porcupine it could be done.