# Why did the chicken cross the road?

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**Created:** [November 24, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-road/276163 "2008-11-24T03:03:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 24, 2008, 3:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-road/276163/1 "2008-11-24T03:03:33Z")

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**[COLOR=black]“Why did the chicken cross the road?”[/COLOR]**[COLOR=black] is one of the oldest and most famous [[COLOR=black]joke[/COLOR] [URL=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddles”][COLOR=black]riddles[/COLOR]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke) still in use in the English language. The most common answer to this riddle is “To get to the other side.” 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. Some psychologists believe the riddle’s humor comes from the fact that its answer is expected to be funny, but is not.[/COLOR]  
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[COLOR=black]So why do you think the chicken cross the road?[/COLOR]