“Why did the chicken cross the road?”/“To get to the other side” is a classic riddle from the 19th century. A pervert version (NSFW) is:
Q: Why did the pervert cross the road?
A: He got stuck in the chicken.
The NSFW riddle has been cited in print since at least 1992.
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Pasi ‘PJo’ Jokela
Mar 7, 1992, 5:15:16 AM
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Q: Why did the pervert cross the road?
A: Because he couldn’t get his dick out of the chicken.
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Jeffrey Forbes
Dec 30, 1994, 5:36:39 PM
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Why did the pervert cross the road?
Because his dick was stuck in the chicken.
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Sprog
Oct 7, 1998, 3:00:00 AM
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>Q: Why did the pervert cross the road?
>A: Becuase his dick was stuck in the chicken.
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Q: Why did the pervert cross the road?
A: His dick was stuck in the chicken!
2:24 AM · Mar 18, 2009·Twitter Web Client
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Posted by u/robertbobbobby October 3, 2010
Why did the pervert cross the road?
He was stuck in the chicken.
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Posted by u/bzilla June 18, 2012
Why did the pervert cross the road?
Because he couldn’t get his dick out of the chicken.
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Posted by u/u1trazap March 30, 2013
Why did the pervert cross the road?
Because his dick was stuck in the chicken.
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Posted by u/dayoldsushi July 25, 2013
Why did the pervert cross the road?
Because he had his dick stuck in a chicken
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Posted by u/graybeerd April 9, 2015
Why did the pervert cross the road?
He couldn’t get his cock out of the chicken
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Posted by u/HopingForAnLOL July 15, 2015
Why did the pervert cross the road?
He still had his dick in the chicken
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Posted by u/AngelicVitriol February 16, 2021
Why did the pervert cross the road?
His dick was stuck in a chicken.
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Posted by u/MJHB_ART April 18, 2021
Why did the pervert cross the road?
He got stuck in the chicken….
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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