Of Chickens and Roads
In the past I’ve discussed fish and fishing, and the variety of responses one might get on the subject of teaching a man to fish.
Let’s now look at the age-old riddle, “Why did the chicken cross the road?”
What made the 19th century joke funny in its original form funny was that the answer, “To get to the other side” was so blatantly self-evident.
What answers to that riddle might some famous and/or infamous people make, finding them to be blatantly self-evident?
Sarah Palin:
The chicken crossed the road because gosh-darn it, heās a maverick!Barack Obama:
The chicken crossed the road because it was time for change! The chicken wanted change!John McCain:
My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.Hillary Clinton:
When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isnāt about me.Bill Clinton:
I did not cross the road with that chicken.Monica Lewinsky:
I can prove the chicken crossed the road. I saved the tracks of it doing so.George W. Bush:
We donāt really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us.. There is no middle ground here.Dick Cheney:
Whereās my gun?Colin Powell:
To the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.Al Gore:
I invented the chicken.John Kerry:
Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chickenās intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.Al Sharpton:
Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.Cynthia McKinney
It’s because of the “Joos!” The “Joos,” aided by America, forced that chicken off its land and made it flee across the road.Ban Ki-Moon
The UN strongly believes it is due to the catastrophe of Global Warming. We request $24 Billion from member states to create a special commission to study Global Warming’s effects upon chicken migrations and to draft the UN Convention on Poultry Rights. Israel, of course, will be the first nation charged under that convention.Dr. Phil:
The problem we have here is that this chicken wonāt realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid heās acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.Oprah Winfrey:
Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, Iām going to give this chicken a NEW CAR so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.Anderson Cooper:
We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.Nancy Grace:
That chicken crossed the road because heās guilty! You can see it in his eyes and how he walks.Pat Buchanan:
To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.Martha Stewart:
No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmerās Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider info.Jerry Falwell:
Because the chicken was gay! Canāt you people see the plain truth? Thatās why they call it the āother side.ā Yes, my friends, That chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the Liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like āthe other side.ā That chicken should not be crossing the road. Itās as plain and as simple as that.Barbara Walters:
Isnāt that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish itās lifelong dream of crossing the road.Bill Gates:
I have just released eChicken2010, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken2010. This new platform is much more stable and will never reboot.Albert Einstein:
Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?Colonel Sanders:
Did I miss one?Grandpa Nolan:
In my day we didnāt ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.Charlie Sheen:
Because he realized that heās like a Rock Star from frigginā Mars and he deserved to be on the other side of the street with the Goddess chickens. DUHā¦itās called āWinningā!!!
Enjoy! š And feel free to make any additions you wish via the Comments…
March 7th, 2011 at 12:56 pm
Funny, you really nailed Hillary, so to speak. I imagine Deepak Chopra would have the same answer as Palin although he would phrase it in his pseudo-intellectual style.
Tiger Woods: It saw me coming.