“Why did the chicken cross the road?”/“To get to the other side” is a classic riddle from the 19th century. “To get to the other sigh” is an alternative punchline.
     
“@omgthatspunny: Why did the emo chicken cross the road? To get to the other *sigh*” was posted on Twitter by Maddie T on February 6, 2013. (The original tweet is no longer available.)
     
“Why did Eeyore cross the road? To get to the other… sigh” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on May 6, 2015. Eeyore is a gloomy and depressed fictional character in the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A. A. Milne.
   
     
Wikipedia: Emo 
Emo /ˈiːmoʊ/ is a rock music genre characterized by an emphasis on emotional expression, sometimes through confessional lyrics. It emerged as a style of post-hardcore from the mid-1980s hardcore punk movement in Washington, D.C., where it was known as emotional hardcore or emocore and pioneered by bands such as Rites of Spring and Embrace.
 
Wikipedia: Eeyore
Eeyore (/ˈiːɔːr/ EE-or) is a fictional character in the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A. A. Milne. He is generally characterized as a pessimistic, gloomy, depressed, anhedonic, old grey stuffed donkey who is a friend of the title character, Winnie-the-Pooh.
 
Twitter
Maddie T
@madisonteel
Replying to @omgthatspunny
“@omgthatspunny: Why did the emo chicken cross the road? To get to the other *sigh*.”
10:16 PM · Feb 8, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
   
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muva reese
@ReeseTrece
Replying to @omgthatspunny
“@omgthatspunny: Why did the emo chicken cross the road? To get to the other *sigh*.”
10:16 PM · Feb 8, 2013·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Xeezy Djalo Malcolm
@DjaloXm
Why did the emotional chicken cross the road?¿ To get to the other *sigh*.
9:16 AM · Feb 9, 2013·Twitter for BlackBerry®
   
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/dmalice87 May 6, 2015
Why did Eeyore cross the road?
To get to the other… sigh
 
Twitter
Band Posts
@BandPosts_
Why did the emo chicken cross the road?
To get to the other *sigh*
10:27 PM · Jul 7, 2015·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Amanda
@BeingAnda
Why did the depressed chicken cross the road?
To get to the other sigh.
1:21 AM · Feb 13, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
   
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O Danny BOY!!
@Glorioustrico
#ALexa JOTD:
Why did Eeyore cross the road?
To get to the other “sigh*!!
WOW!! Im just headed to Orlando as we speak and Alexa tells a
@DisneyParks
joke! She knows the deal!! #Monday
8:49 AM · Feb 17, 2020·Twitter Web App
   
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Stephanie Arnett Ⓥ Sting
@StephArnettMS
Why did Eeyore cross the road?
To get to the other *sigh*
Courtesy of @alexa99
GIF
9:03 AM · May 16, 2020 from Mississippi, USA·Twitter for iPhone
   
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Brettison Boyle
@b__b1229
Why did Eeyore cross the road?
To get to the other *sigh*
7:26 PM · Sep 13, 2020·Twitter for Android
 
Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/WalterNewton April 22, 2021
Why did the disappointed chicken cross the road
To get to the other sigh