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{{Original research|date=September 2010}}
[[File:Why did the chicken cross the road^ - geograph.org.uk - 146020.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Why did the chicken cross the road?]]
[[Image:chickencrosstheroad.jpg|thumb|right|220px|An 1847 version of the joke was most likely its first appearance in print]]
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[[Pun]]ning variations include "Why didn't the skeleton cross the road?" to which possible answers may be "Because he had no [[internal organs|guts]]" or "Because he had no [[body]] to go with him", and "Why did the chicken cross the road halfway? To 'lay it on the line'." Some variants are both puns and references to the original joke, such as "Why did 
[[grunge music]] the road?" "To get away from [[Nickelback]]the duck cross the road?" "To prove he's no chicken."

Another class of variations, designed for written rather than oral transmission, employs [[parody]] by pretending to have notable individuals or institutions give characteristic answers to the question posed by the riddle.<ref>[http://www.boyscouttrail.com/content/joke/joke-851.asp Boyscouttrail.com]</ref> As with the [[lightbulb joke]], variants on this theme are virtually endless.

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite web|title=Why did the chicken cross the road? (science/philosophy)|url=http://www.allauthors.com/archives/cat__creative_nonfiction_essays.html|work=allauthors.com|author=Robert Flach}}
* {{Cite web|title=Jokes explained: Why did the chicken cross the road?|url=http://www.insaneabode.com/roboterotica/jokesexplained/whydidthechicken.html|work=insaneabode.com|author=Ryan North|authorlink=Ryan North}}
* {{Cite web|title=Why did the chicken cross the road? The story of a meme|url=http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/nw/news0056.php|work=roumazeilles.net|date=31 December 2006|author=Yves Roumazeilles}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road?}}
[[Category:Joke cycles]]
[[Category:Chicken]]
[[Category:19th-century introductions]]
[[Category:Works originally published in The Knickerbocker]]

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