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I 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.
by gweinberg 5y ago
I 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...