Comments on: FWJ Humor Project: Why did the chicken cross the road?

By: J David

J David — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:42:17 +0000

It was Pope Chicken I, and it was merely blessing it.

By: Lingtoya

Lingtoya — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:22:15 +0000

To help the idiotic jaywalker in the middle find a crosswalk.

By: lisa womack

lisa womack — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 07:58:53 +0000

To walk the beaten path that all chickens feel compelled to do without question or purpose.

By: Matt Eaton

Matt Eaton — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:19:29 +0000

Because it could. Hey! Chickens have rights too!

By: Mariano Rodriguez

Mariano Rodriguez — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:56:30 +0000

To answer this question.

By: Meg

Meg — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:04:00 +0000

To get the Chinese newspaper.

Do you get it?

No, me neither. I get the New York Times.

By: Niki

Niki — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:52:30 +0000

To find his psychiatrist to cure his phobias so he wouldn’t be chicken anymore.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:57:59 +0000

Jeff — Perhaps it was a Law of Attractions for Chickens situation.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:16:57 +0000

I think we have to define the outside factors that caused this event:
-Where is the chicken?
-What is his/her psychological state? Angry? Joyous? Suffering from paranoid delusions?
-Was it reacting to us, or the other way around? Was it able to perceive the fictional superstructure that it is inhabiting? Or is it ignorant of our manipulations of its fate, our omnipotence in its world?
-Every single decision that is made creates a new reality–so how do we all perceive the same chicken? Reality splits and grows with each new answer, like cell growth.
-I like to believe that the chicken is just that, and is forced to adhere to our answers.

By: Deb

Deb — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:12:26 +0000

Awesome responses! I’m just now able to take a lunch break (busy, busy day in btr-land) and this is making me giggle so loud my family thinks I’m crazy.

We need to do these more often, don’t we?

By: Jodee

Jodee — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:12:08 +0000

@ Amy: Add to that ad….”This should be easy work for an experienced egg-layer….”

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:09:09 +0000

Ruth — That made me laugh. I can picture the ad now: “Chickens wanted. 300 eggs per day @ .002 cents per egg. Work in your pajamas.”

By: Ruth

Ruth — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:02:07 +0000

Because she heard that the pay is better on the other side.

All those eggs,” she scolded, “and nothing to show for it. I’m not a machine, you know.”

By: My hmphs

My hmphs — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:55:13 +0000

To see the man lay bricks!

By: Captain Caveman

Captain Caveman — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:50:58 +0000

Why did the chicken cross the road?

* Because it was a Free-Range chicken and could roam wherever the heck it wanted to!

* It was on its way to a PETA rally.

* It had just won first place on America’s Stupidest Pet Tricks and was fleeing from the Paparazzi.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:02:31 +0000

To find score an open wi-fi connection.

By: BuffaloJenn

BuffaloJenn — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:22:11 +0000

She crossed the road to get away from people telling silly chicken jokes.

Seriously, a lot of these were pretty funny but my favorite was this one:
Greg Melikov Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 11:38 am
As Ogden Nash would have answer:

The chicken crossed the road with great elan,
to avoid becoming Coq au Vin.

By: Kristy

Kristy — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:54:40 +0000

Because there was a car coming…

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:45:35 +0000

Well, I write for food poisoning lawyers. So it probably had something to do with salmonella.

By: plaidearthworm

plaidearthworm — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:41:04 +0000

She had an interview to do on the other side.

By: Greg Melikov

Greg Melikov — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:38:48 +0000

As Ogden Nash would have answer:

The chicken crossed the road with great elan,
to avoid becoming Coq au Vin.

By: Erik Hare

Erik Hare — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:31:03 +0000

Oooh, better one:

Because she just finished it as she worked down her list of Cormac McCarthy works to read.

By: Erik Hare

Erik Hare — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:18:23 +0000

Because the road was the mark of her con.

(that’s gotta be too obscure for most people …)

By: Aurora

Aurora — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:07:51 +0000

… to prove she wasn’t a chicken.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:06:31 +0000

Because she was in a “fowl” mood – and she heard there was a big sale at Macy’s. She needed the shopping therapy.