“Why did the chicken cross the road?”/“To get to the other side” is a classic riddle from the 19th century. A bagpipe version is:
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: To get away from the bagpipe recital.
The joke was posted on the newsgroup rec.music.makers.bagpipe on March 7, 1995.
Google Groups: rec.music.makers.bagpipe
bagpipe humor (long)
Rick Damon
3/7/95
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Q. Why did the chicken cross the road?
A. To get away from the bagpipe recital.
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Two bagpipe jokes
Little Miss Moral
8/10/96
(...)
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get away from the bagpipe recital.
December 2004, Citizen Airman (Washington, DC), “The Pipes Are Calling” by Jason Tudor, pg. 22:
Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get away from the bagpipe recital.
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Q. Why did the chicken cross the road? A. To get away from the bagpipe recital.
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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.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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