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'''"Why did the chicken cross the road?"''' is one of the oldest and most famous [[riddles]] still in use in the English language. When asked at the end of a series of other riddles, whose answers are clever, obscure, and tricky, this answer's obviousness and straight-forwardness becomes part of the humor.

==Origin==
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Some variations work by elaborating on the circumstances of the event described by the joke. For example: 

:"Why did the chicken cross the playground?" "To get to the other [[Playground slide|slide]]."
:"Why did the chewing gum cross the road?" "Because it was stuck to the chicken's feet."
:"Why did the duck cross the road?" "Because the chicken was on holiday."

''':"Why did the dinosaur cross the road?" "Because chickens weren't invented."
:"Why did the dinosaur cross the road?" "Aizver muti mergli!"'''⏎
:"Why did the punk rocker cross the road?" "He was stapled to the chicken."
:"Why did the elephant cross the road?" "Chicken's day off."
Some variants do away with the chicken all together, retaining only the road motif:

:"Why did the one-armed man cross the road?" "To get to the second-hand store."

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[[Category:Humor]]
[[Category:Jokes]]
[[Category:Chicken]]
[[Category:19th-century introductions]]

[[fr:Pourquoi le poulet a-t-il traversé la route ?]]
[[fi:Miksi kana ylitti tien?]]