Why did the chicken cross the road?

What’s the funniest ‘why did the chicken cross the road?’ joke?

There’s a few origin stories of the ‘why did the chicken cross the road?’ joke. The lighter theory is that it it is an anti-joke – one that intentionally falls flat.

The darker theory, is that the joke is a reference to suicide, as in ‘death by automobile’. The ‘other side’ referring to the afterlife: Heaven. Nivana. Or Hell, if you’re an atheist. Mind you, when the joke first appeared in 1847, it would have been ‘death by horse-drawn carriage’.

But regardless of meaning, we at the Hard Knock Knocks comedy school have already uncovered the funniest ‘Knock Knock. Who’s There?’ joke, so now we want to know what is the funniest ‘why did the chicken cross the road?’ joke. Here’s your chance to vote, or submit your own.

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