"Why did the chicken cross the road?" is one of the oldest and most famous joke riddles still in use in the English language. The most common answer to this riddle is "To get to the other side." When asked at the end of a series of other riddles, whose answers are clever, obscure, and tricky, this answer's obviousness and straight-forwardness becomes part of the humor. Some psychologists believe the riddle's humor comes from the fact that its answer is expected to be funny, but is not.
Some variations work by elaborating on the circumstances of the event described by the joke: "Why did the chewing gum cross the road?" "Because it was stuck to the chicken's foot."
Others employ anti-humor by giving a "rational" answer that is also absurd: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" "Because it had no frontal lobe."
Other variants go for shock value: "Why did the dead baby cross the road?" "Because it was stapled to the chicken."
Others employ anti-humor by giving a "rational" answer that is also absurd: "Why did the chicken cross the road?" "Because it had no frontal lobe."
Other variants go for shock value: "Why did the dead baby cross the road?" "Because it was stapled to the chicken."
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