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[[Image:chickencrosstheroad.jpg|thumb|right|220px|An 1847 version of the joke was its first known appearance in print]]
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Other variations replace side with another word often to form a pun. Some examples are "Why did the chicken cross the playground? To get to the other slide" or "Why did the whale cross the ocean? To get to the other tide." A mathematical version asks, "Why did the chicken cross the [[Möbius strip]]?" "T
o get there was no othe samer side." (joke credit to Maggie Armstrong)
Another version of the joke is that "the other side" is a reference to the [[afterlife]], and that the chicken [[Suicide|intended]] to be killed by a car.{{Citation needed|reason=reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=August 2013}}

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 Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? Joke]</ref> As with the [[lightbulb joke]], variants on this theme are virtually infinite.

==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}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2010}}

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