“Why did the chicken cross the road?”/“To get to the other side” is a classic riddle from the 19th century. A tachyon (a particle faster than light) version is:
Q: Why did the tachyon cross the road?
A: Because it was on the other side.
The joke was posted on the newsgroup net.jokes on May 31, 1985, and has been printed on many images.
Wikipedia: Tachyon
A tachyon /ˈtæki.ɒn/ or tachyonic particle is a hypothetical particle that always moves faster than light. Most physicists believe that faster-than-light particles cannot exist because they are not consistent with the known laws of physics. If such particles did exist, they could be used to build a tachyonic antitelephone and send signals faster than light, which (according to special relativity) would lead to violations of causality.
Google Groups: net.jokes
a peak joke
Alan Char
5/31/85
I’ve always liked this one:
Q: Why did the tachyon cross the road?
A: Because it was on the other side.
—Alan
Google Groups: sci.physics
Tachyons
McGill/CONCAVE Group
2/2/90
(...)
To end on a lighter side ...
Here is a joke from the UNIX fortune program:
Q: Why did the tachyon cross the road?
A: Because it was on the other side.
Google Groups: rec.arts.startrek
Throwing Rocks (Re: Romulan ships
Matt Bartley
3/20/90
(...)
A joke I heard: “Why did the tachyon cross the road? Because it was on the other side.”
Google Groups: rec.humor
Canonical List of Chicken/Road Crossing Jokes ver 0.1
Thomas Parker
1/30/94
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Q: Why did the tachyon cross the road?
A: Because it was already there.
Google Groups: soc.support.fat-acceptance
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Miche and Dave
12/24/98
(...)
Why did the tachyon cross the road?
Because it was on the other side.
Twitter
ɯɐɔoɹnǝu ǝɯʎɥ
@hyme
Q: Why did the tachyon cross the road? A: Because it was on the other side.
4:47 PM - 27 Sep 2007
Twitter
AsapSCIENCE
@AsapSCIENCE
Why did the tachyon cross the road? Because it was already on the other side. #particlesciencenerds
5:03 PM - 12 Mar 2014
Twitter
Fortune CLI
@FortuneCli
Q:Why did the tachyon cross the road?
A:Because it was on the other side.
6:39 PM - 1 Nov 2017
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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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