Appropriate to the toon, i saw a tin sign at one of my favorite book stores that read “ I Dream of A World Where Chickens Can Cross The Road Without Having Their Motives Questioned”
When I live in a rural area and when think about it, I have seen many critters, or the remains of them, crossing the road but never have I actually seen a chicken crossing a road.
Maybe it’s like climbing Mt. Everest: Why did the chicken cross the road? … Because it’s there. … [This picture does shows why chickens cross the road here: … Because there’s a crosswalk here.]
The chickens didn’t want to cross the road. They didn’t even live by the road. They were brought there in crates from another county and herded across. The scene was staged for a Disney documentary because lemmings had already been done.
Couldn’t the question be asked about almost everything we do ? How is about as good of a question. What is easy. How does a Kwei lay and egg that is almost the size of an Ostrich egg and a Kwei isn’t much bigger.
From Marl Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. (I’m going from memory, so there may be some mistakes.) The Boss is questioning a young man of noble birth for admission to his West Point. He asks, “Why does a chicken cross the road?”
The noble youth replies, “The chicken represents the soul, and the road represents life, which must be crossed from the ditch of birth to the ditch of death. The chicken knows not why it crosses the road. It crosses because it must, even as we all must.”
The answer to why the chicken crossed the the road is really simple. It’s not like every chicken crosses the road for the same reason all the time, nor that all chickens cross for the same reason. The solution: Watch and see why this chicken crossed the road this time: see where it goes and what it does. Then you’ll know (for this chicken, this time, anyway). ;>)
hariseldon59 4 months ago
Too bad chickens can’t read.
The dude from FL Premium Member 4 months ago
Why the mystery? To get to KFC
Richard S Russell Premium Member 4 months ago
Also not how. Walk? Run? Fly?
cmxx 4 months ago
Why’s obvious! Because it takes too long to go around.
Enter.Name.Here 4 months ago
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: To get away from Colonel Sanders.
Superfrog 4 months ago
It was to prove that the chicken crossed before the egg.
syzygy47 4 months ago
Appropriate to the toon, i saw a tin sign at one of my favorite book stores that read “ I Dream of A World Where Chickens Can Cross The Road Without Having Their Motives Questioned”
lalapalooza Premium Member 4 months ago
are you all still discussing this? i knew long ago that chickens cross the road to get to the other side!
Funniguy 4 months ago
jonescientific 4 months ago
It’s a conspiracy! The chicken never crossed the road! A movie company rebuilt the road behind the chicken!
Doug K 4 months ago
Maybe it’s like climbing Mt. Everest: Why did the chicken cross the road? … Because it’s there. … [This picture does shows why chickens cross the road here: … Because there’s a crosswalk here.]
GreenT267 4 months ago
The chickens didn’t want to cross the road. They didn’t even live by the road. They were brought there in crates from another county and herded across. The scene was staged for a Disney documentary because lemmings had already been done.
wongo 4 months ago
T get away from the crack dealers and panhandlers.
Prey 4 months ago
´coz it thought it could get away with ALL the heist money, see(in a Bronx accent).
gozirra2 Premium Member 4 months ago
Around here very few actually use the crosswalks. They just cross wherever for convenience, even when it may be only a couple of steps to crosswalk!
MS72 4 months ago
And the News is born…
David Lieb Premium Member 4 months ago
The chicken crossed the road to show the raccoons that it COULD be done.
Doctor Toon 4 months ago
The chicken crossed the road to watch a man lay bricks
goboboyd 4 months ago
Why? The traffic light changed. No free ranging here.
mindjob 4 months ago
Chickens for KFC
njchris 4 months ago
I’d tell you but it is fowl story
dalemcginnis 4 months ago
to show the possums that it can be done
uniquename 4 months ago
Or When
(why stop at 4 W’s?)
batesmom7 4 months ago
Always defer to chickens in the road unless you think a grill full of feathers is nature inspired artwork.
jscarff57 Premium Member 4 months ago
To get away from political ads
Mike Baldwin creator 4 months ago
If you want the answer ask the chicken.
mistercatworks 4 months ago
Because chickens cross there – duh. :)
Bilan 4 months ago
The answer is obvious now, to get to the fire hydrant.
But why the fire hydrant? They’re not like dogs.
ROSTERM3 4 months ago
I didn’t realize that chickens were Catholic. (Chicken crossing)
leemorse9777 4 months ago
Couldn’t the question be asked about almost everything we do ? How is about as good of a question. What is easy. How does a Kwei lay and egg that is almost the size of an Ostrich egg and a Kwei isn’t much bigger.
anomaly 4 months ago
Why did the pedestrian cross the road?
Chris Sherlock 4 months ago
Some people see chickens crossing the road and ask, “Why?”. I see chickens crossing the road and ask, “Why not?”
eddi-TBH 4 months ago
Beware of chicken stampedes.
keenanthelibrarian 4 months ago
When you locate a definitive reason, can you let me know?
Uncle Kenny 4 months ago
From Marl Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. (I’m going from memory, so there may be some mistakes.) The Boss is questioning a young man of noble birth for admission to his West Point. He asks, “Why does a chicken cross the road?”
The noble youth replies, “The chicken represents the soul, and the road represents life, which must be crossed from the ditch of birth to the ditch of death. The chicken knows not why it crosses the road. It crosses because it must, even as we all must.”
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] 3 months ago
I’ve never seen a Foghorn Leghorn Crossing…..
Ray Helvy Premium Member 3 months ago
The answer to why the chicken crossed the the road is really simple. It’s not like every chicken crosses the road for the same reason all the time, nor that all chickens cross for the same reason. The solution: Watch and see why this chicken crossed the road this time: see where it goes and what it does. Then you’ll know (for this chicken, this time, anyway). ;>)