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Indeed. Face-palm. Reminds me of another ‘joke’ I never got which, for all I know, might have been obvious to everyone else: “Why did the chicken cross the r
by lurquer 5y ago
Indeed.
Face-palm.
Reminds me of another ‘joke’ I never got which, for all I know, might have been obvious to everyone else:
“Why did the chicken cross the road? To get to the other side.”
I never knew that “the other side” was referring to death... like, at a seance when you contact the “other side”.
Apparently the joke was a big hit in the days of the Spiritist movement (back with Houdini, Doyle, and all the others promoting or debunking seances.)
I thought it was some intentionally stupid joke about crossing a road. Doh.
- JackFr 5y agoTIL…
- gweinberg 5y agoI think the "intentionally stupid" interpretation is correct. I think the original answer was "to get from the left to the right", which later got shortened.
- lurquer 5y agoYou may be correct. I got sucked down that rabbit hole years ago. The ‘death’ explanation was in the minority. A quick Google shows that at least one guy — some person named Nick on Twitter — and his followers subscribe to the suicide version: https://www.esquire.com/uk/life/news/a12346/the-upsetting-true-meaning-of-that-why-did-the-chicken-cross-the-road-joke/ https://www.esquire.com/uk/life/news/a12346/the-upsetting-tr...
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