A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

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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Entry from April 15, 2017
“Why did Jesus cross the road?”/“Because he was nailed to the chicken.”

An Easter version of the “Why did the chicken cross the road?” riddle is:
     
Q: Why did the Jesus cross the road?
A: Because he was nailed to the chicken!
     
The joke has been cited in print since at least 1983.
     
Other Jesus riddles include “Why did Jesus cross the road?”/“God knows,” “Why did Jesus cross the road?”/“He didn’t. Jesus rode the cross,” “Why did Jesus cross the road?”/“He saw a crosswalk” and “Why did Jesus cross the road?”/“To get a cross (across).”
   
“Why did the rabbit cross the road?”/“Because the chicken had his Easter eggs!” is a similar Easter riddle.
   
     
Google Books
Maledicta
Volume 6
1983
Pg. 308:
Why did Jesus cross the road?
— Because He was nailed to a chicken.
     
Google Groups: alt.stupidity
guilty and innocent
Jenny Gutbezahl
Sep 15, 1992, 10:18:17 AM
In article <16166.2…@zeus.ieee.org>

.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) (Paul Rinear) writes:
> Don’t know the answer to that one, but;
> Q: Why did Jesus cross the road?
> A: ‘Cause he was stapled to a chicken.
>
No, no, no, no no!!!!!
He was *nailed* to the chicken. Don’t you know anything about cruxifiction. They didn’t even HAVE industrial size staple guns back in those days.
 
Google Groups: alt.music.hardcore
Why did Jesus cross the road?
KRISTY BELT
7/4/96
Cuz he was nailed to the chicken!
 
Google Books
The House of Moses All-Stars:
A Novel
By Charles Rosen
San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace & Co.
1998
Pg. 400:
“Why did Jesus cross the road? . . . Because he was nailed to a chicken.”
   
Twitter
Dan McGraw‏
@danxmcgraw
Why did Jesus cross the road? Because he was nailed to the chicken.
8:13 PM - 3 Apr 2009
 
Twitter
Cathal Garvey‏
@cgarvey
Why did Jesus #cross the road? Because he was nailed to the chicken! [should I stop now?!]
6:39 AM - 10 Apr 2009
 
Google Books
Ultimate Book of Jokes:
The Essential Collection of More Than 1,500 Jokes
By Scott McNeely
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books
2012
Pg. 51:
Why did Jesus cross the road?
Because he was nailed to the chicken.

Posted by Barry Popik
New York City • Streets • Saturday, April 15, 2017 • Permalink


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