“Why did the chicken cross the road?”/“To get to the other side” is a classic riddle from the 19th century. A pun on the word “cross” is:
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: No one knows. But the road will have his vengeance.
The joke was posted on Reddit—3amjokes on November 8, 2020.
Reddit—3amjokes
Posted by u/KairuSmairukon November 8, 2019
Why did the chicken cross the road?
No one knows. But the road will have his vengeance.
Twitter
3AM
@3AM_Jokes
Why did the chicken cross the road?... No one knows. But the road will have his vengeance.
2:56 PM · Nov 9, 2019·IFTTT
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Lame Jokes
@lamejokes_net
Why did the chicken cross the road? : No one knows. But the road will have his vengeance.
12:37 AM · Nov 10, 2019·IFTTT
Twitter
insane puns
@insane__puns
why did the chicken cross the road?
no one knows
but the road will have its vengeance
3:12 PM · Jan 28, 2020·TweetDeck
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/KairuSmairukon July 12, 2020
Why did the chicken cross the road?
No one knows.
But the road will have his vengeance.
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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