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Eliram's CHICKEN game

Where we try to find the most original answer to the ultimate question:

Why did the Chicken cross the road?

Hits since Oct 17th 1995

Last Update: 18/12/98

  1. To get to the other side. (I had to put this one in order to avoid lots of messages from humorless people)
  2. Oh, for some fowl reason. Tracey Lynn Hutchins
  3. I think probably to "go to Macdonald"s for a Big Mac! Carol C.
  4. To stop the previous chicken from going to McDonalds for that Big Mac. But that's not a Chicken, it's a rooster, and it's not crossing a road, but is floating in a mysterious whitespace which symbolizes his advanced state of enlightenment. Scott D. Davis
  5. To get away from Colonel Saunders. Peggy Mellinger
  6. This alleged chicken (I say alleged, because the picture actually looks remarkably like a rooster). Waitaminit...is the question actually "Why did the chicken cross-dress?" Is this actually a picture of the chicken in drag? Because if it is, well, *I* saw that episode of Geraldo too. It helped me confront my tranvestitism, and I'll bet it did the same for the chicken...and *that's* why it cross-dressed. Ian Tuck
  7. to go to Mc Donald looking for his good son ! Max D'Onofrio
  8. ...Have you ever tried digging an underpass with only a beak & chicken feet!! Martin O'Murphy
  9. The question is not why did the chicken cross the road, but why did the pervert cross the road! And the answer is, of course, because he was still stuck to the chicken. Eliram Haklay
  10. He was looking for the on ramp to information superhighway. Bill Forrester
  11. It's quite simple, the light had turned green. Dwight G. Barker
  12. Why didn't the skeleton cross the road? Because he had no guts! John Lindroth
  13. To avoid the rampant rooster. Glen Frost
  14. Because he wanted to. Kirstie Essman, age 3 1/2
  15. He wanted to see his friend (Gregory Peck) Gregory, peck. Brenda Hutton
  16. though i havent the faintest idea as to why the chicken crossed the road in the first place , i do know why it crossed the road back again ?? cos it was a double-crosser !!!! Sridhar Hariharasubramanian
  17. Why not? Joanna Bodnyk
  18. According to quantum mechanics the chicken has a small but non-zero probability of simply appearing across the road. The poor bewildered chicken had no intention of crossing the road and is probably more confused than we are. This question is related to the question of why chickens will run around after losing their heads. Isaac Kunen
  19. the chicken crossed the road because it was too far to go around. Rebecca Crane
  20. well you see, i think that the chicken was running from a large band of rabid martians who threatened to abduct her and steal her embryo for chicken/martian halfbreeding purposes. table13
  21. The chicken crossed the road because and electrical impulse left his brain and caused one leg to move foward (as well as keeping track of breathing, balance, and other such items) and then did the same with the other leg while moving the first back. And so on and so on... keep in mind the chicken had to watch traffic and other obstacles all while doing this, and thats why he crossed the road. It's all so simple, am I missing something? Mark Hansen
  22. The chicken crossed the road to get away from that old man McDonald! Brad Haynes
  23. 'COS HE DAMN WELL FELT LIKE IT OKAY ????? !!! :) Number 6
  24. Does anyone _really_ care _why_ the chicken crossed the road ??? NumberSix
  25. She wanted to lay it on the line. And that's no yolk. UNC Medical Student
  26. Why did the chicken cross the road? To smear the steer (texas university steer). Casey Owens - Texas A&M Poultry Science
  27. You see, She saw this reallly foxy looking rooster and just had to go give him a PECK Chris Walker
  28. Why not, wouldn't you??? Kassie Petito
  29. Basically he crossed the road to get on the other side, but why did he want to get on the other side? Because on his side it smelled like ass and foot or because he had a girlfriend on the other side? NO!! He crossed the road because everyone else was doing it!!!!! Anonymous
  30. Don't these people know that a rooster is a chicken? Anyway, the answer is: To show the 'possum that it *could* be done. jfb@cei.net
  31. Well, really, all we can say about this particular chicken in question, is that it is obviously not being controlled or directed by a committee. If it was, as soon as some bright spark suggested "Hey, lets cross the road...", instantly the chairman would have said "Good idea! Let's form a subcommittee to elect a group to investigate the proposal, and to make reccommendations back to the original subcommittee. (By then, of course, not only would the project funding have run out, the chicken would have died.)". Based on the assumption that the chicken is not in fact deceased, we can therefore assume that "Operation Road" was being directed by an individual, whom I think we can congratulate for their efforts. And, there we have our answer. The chicken crossed the road due to the unswerving devotion that this individual evidently has to their job. Congratuations to this person, although they will probably now be fired by the subcommittee, who, although not having been involved in his project, now want to take it over. Justin Denholm
  32. Because she wanted to get away from the prats on the other side of the street!!!!! Lianne Johnson
  33. My question to you is do we really know that the chicken DID cross the road? Since the universe is a figment of my imagination and I have never experienced a chicken crossing a road i submit there is no chicken nor a raod rendering your question moot. Darrin Robertson
  34. An actor's answer: It's all right that you ask why, because Stanislawski said: "Don't ask how, but ask why!" Christoph Enzinger - Salzburg/Austria
  35. Because it did not know how to fly. Sandeep Anand
  36. i believe that the chicken crossed the road because it lost it's bus pass after being mugged by naked chimpanzees who were actually after the chicken's nice new gym shorts. the chicken refused to give up said gym shorts and was relieved of it's bus pass. it also got a healthy shiner. Nathan True
  37. Because it was there. Justin Hill
  38. It's obvious. The chicken crossed the road because KFC was on the side of the street the chicken was on because it didn't want to end up in one of the buckets because it values its little puny, insignifigent, unremarkably boring, totaly useless, undenieable, absolutly, irreversible, screechy, squealy, droned, (you'd think that I'd have ran out of adjectives by now) muttered, pleadedly, whiney, howling, reiterating, roaring, affirming, cracklng, utterless, advisingngly denied, damp, sweet, acrid, musty, reeking, fresh, sour, moldy, minty, stagnant, gaseous, mildewed, sharp, spoiled, spicy, acidy, fragmented, fragrent, tempting, heady, rotten, green, pungent, sickly, balmy, aromatic, savory, dank, piney, odorous, scented, burnt, perfumed, putrid, earthly, rancid, dull, cool, steamy, slippery, silky, rough (my hands are getting tired) fragile, furry, velvety, stinging, mushy,gritty, thick, tender, leathery, waxy, icy, wet, oily, satiny, pulpy, prickly, tough, spongy, lukrwarm, fleshy, crisp, sandy, dry, hairy, sharp, sticky, tepid, rubbery, ellasticy, smooth, feathery, fuzzy, polished, crashing, thundering, screaming, barking, blaring, stomping, clashing, brawling, rumbling, stamping, smashing, whistling, braying, grating, discording, tumulting, hubbubing, rowdy, thumping, exploding, imploding, whining, blustering, slamming, jangling, rioting, deafening, booming, rroaring, squaking, raging, clapping, (I'm expirencing mild cramp but I haven't run out of adjectives yet) rasping, racketing, pandemonium racking, earsplitting, dotted, life. (That's it, I quit.) Rodney W. Mosher
  39. To get the Chinese newspaper. Do you get it? Neither do I. I get The Washington Post. Jonathan Kervin Rogul
  40. Because, HEY, "Just do it." Jonathan Kervin Rogul
  41. It felt a need to express its primal chickenness by crossing a major thoroughfare and thus defying the works of man. Mark Ayen
  42. check out the play in 3 parts devoted to answering just that question. look for my home page (kristy nielsen) there in the Ink section.
  43. Regarding that chicken and that road: My son Jackson and I say the chicken crossed the road just to prove it wasn't chicken. Michael Kee
  44. Well you see its all very simple. Studies show that when a chicken has reached puberty an electrical impulse reaches its brain by instinct, causing it to do the mashed potato. The chicken originally had no intent to cross the road, but its uncontrollable urge to get down and funky forced it to "walk" to the other side. I thought everybody knew that!
    The Danster and The Chicken Man Mickey Jones
  45. Why? Because it was heading for the Sunny Side Of The Street.... William Seabrook
  46. she did it to prove to racoons that it could be done D.H. Fisher
  47. becuase God wanted him to do it silly Ing. Samuel Molina Hernndez
  48. To make all of us silly humans think she knew something we don't and thus so get us to spend an inordinate amount of time hypothesizing about exactly why she did it. Tricky chicken. Tom Carroway
  49. To show the oppossom how it's done. Chris Barton
  50. In my opinion as an adrenaline junkie, he wanted the adrenaline rush of his life! And i bet he got it... :) Leif 'A-rush' Jdgerbrand
  51. Because he was stupid. Diantha Jones, age 4
  52. BECAUSE HE HAD TO MUCH LEISURE TIME, HADDOW SHHS
  53. to act like fate ordered. Andreas Hennig
  54. She'd just been waiting soooooo long for it to be clear that she'd given up all hope and flung herself at any semblance of a suicide attempt... AAAAAAAAAAAAH!! But there were no cars on the road, so she resorted to slitting her be-feathered wrists. While doing this, she realized she was on the other side, and it brought her no happiness-- that's the saddest part of the whole joke. Chuck
  55. She was running away from the sidewalk, and it just happened that there was a road in the way. Chuck
  56. I believe that the chicken is questioned was paid to do so by a group of aliens from another universe. We are all really just another competing galaxy to them and they needed the upper hand. They paid the chicken to cross the road, gathered a group of people to watch and pass the story of the chicken crossing the road on to the coming generations. They always knew the chicken did cross, just not why. This racked the minds of all on the planet and we were distracted from becoming a more advanced society and taking over the rest of the universe. They are now forming plans to kill off the human race and replace us with their own. That is the REAL answer. JLane7
  57. 'cause he felt like it. Eric Neumeyer
  58. The chicken crossed the road because he had to pee really really bad and there was a bathroom across the street. Eric Neumeyer
  59. Cause Chickens are cool Chcknfoot
  60. The way I see it is, that it was a conspiracy plotted by chickens everywhere. there were three chickens that actually carried out the plan. One was in the old factory, one was at the grassy knoll and the one that actually crossed the street was the magic chicken. why you ask, so he could get some Mcnuggets at Mickey Dee's. This particular chicken was a cannibal chicken. Daniel Roth (Kronik User)
  61. The chicken crossed The Road cus' The Road was really and bad guy and had given the chicken a really hard time. The real question is, " Who is The Road and what was it that he did to the chicken to make the chicken cross him?" THINK ABOUT IT! Wally
  62. Because it did not want the cast of Animaniacs to find out, "he really was a chicken." Rock-A-Doddle! Raul Marrero
  63. because the "light" changed from "don't walk" to "walk". Denis Borris
  64. The Bridge over the River Kwai had been blown up. Mike Digdon
  65. The chicken crossed the road to get away from the sick man with the farm animal fetish! Zebulon Jones
  66. what's the difference between colonel sanders and oj simpson? the colonel kills his chicks before he batters them. BCrow
  67. What do you mean why did the chicken cross the road? I mean look at it. JUST LOOK AT IT! How could he not cross the road? John Greer
  68. Peer Pressure Rich Fitzgerald
  69. I had trouble mailing through netscape so would like to offer my sons' answers to the eternal question.
    1. To get to the other fish - Jonathan Aged 5 - He thinks it's funny, I am not sure.
    2. Why did the dinosaur cross the road? Because chicken's had not evolved yet. Christopher Aged 7 (plagiarised I am sure)
    BARKER STEVEN
  70. To get his pension. Do you get it? No, Neither did the chicken! Robert Morse
  71. because if the chicken wouldnt crossed..people would say that he is a chicken...oh!! what a dumb comment!! dasha horita
  72. It want remember to have been there then come back! So cross the street whit a coal!!! Claudio Urbani
  73. The better question is: What came first the chicken or the egg? Marce(Australia)
  74. Because it made some shit on one side of the road and felt ashamed
  75. Because some damn fool told her that on the other side she'd find the answer to a question that had been bothering her for some time, "Why did the chicken cross the road". However, she got run over on the way, so I guess she'll never know after all. Fejgin
  76. The chicken crossed the road due to his fear of the bully. The "chicken" represents a scared little boy who is constanly harrassed by a bigger boy the "wolf". When he saw the "wolf" approaching the "chicken" wisely crossed the road to lengthen the distance between him and the "wolf" Luke Haussling
  77. what's a chicken? JULIO
  78. to prove to the raccoon it could be done!!! Carlos M. Alvarado
  79. .......because he sold his car for gas money and couldn't drive across. Bladeurge
  80. He was unhappy with his life so he wanted to commit suicide. Liesl Schnelle
  81. Peer pressure. Gets 'em everytime.
  82. I think the egg crossed the road first matthew davies
  83. To prove to all the skumks, porcupines and raccoons that it could be done! Keith Gallagher
  84. why ask why Martin Thomas Creech
  85. Well if you were a chicken wouldn't you? Robert Wagstaff
  86. Look what some famous people have to say Jennifer N Massie
  87. To catch the Bubonic Plague
  88. Because that pervert was after him again BOB BARBARA L TAKACS
  89. cause he went out for the day and had to get back home Jodie & Rachel (we go off)
  90. because Mama chicken said to! - Jodie & Rachel (KFC GOES OFF)
  91. this rooster in drag is chinese and likes news papers. so he crossed the road for a chinese news paper
  92. He was addicted to J-walking
  93. It didn't have a choice. It was actually tossed accross the road by a person picking alumunim cans out of the ditch. It seems the narrow minded salvager didn't realize the value of a good chicken. Mike Strinden
  94. Maybe the chicken didn't know she was crossing the road (by the way, nice rooster) maybe the Chicken just wanted to walk and found itself walking across the road. In fact I bet if the chicken was at the end of a feild and felt like walking it would also cross the feild. The ultimate answer is The Chicken Crossed The Road cuz the chicken was walking and the road was in it's way!! The Collingham Family
  95. you see the poultry god's all decided that a propheting chicken must go and spred the holy cluck to all that is good and seek vengeance to those who repress the chicken movement. John Lea
  96. to show the possum it could be done Rachel Ann Caldwell
  97. Why did the chicken cross the road? He had nothin' better to do Zack Bartel
  98. Because it needed to in order to tell this joke. Ross Scott
  99. To get away from this wanker's home page!!!
  100. In fact, the government claims that the chicken never did cross the road. But new evidence suggests a large scale government cover-up, involving not only the CIA, FBI, and NSA, but National Geographic as well. The reasons for the chicken's crossing of the road are as yet unclear. It maybe that it was meeting a KGB contact code-named Santos, but these reports are unconfirmed... Never fear however, Oliver Stone will soon be releasing a film which will reinvent history nicely. Ariel Ron
  101. That was pretty strange but cool we as people eat chicken not discuss it. John
  102. to get laid AMANAD12
  103. Lord Halifax is quoted for once saying, "He that leaveth nothing to chance will do very few things ill, but he will do very few things." In this day and age, our technology exceeds our humanity... In times like these, it is best to step back, and reflect. Once we appreciate and recognize Truth, only then will we find answers... Animals (or in this case, a chicken) often hold the secrets to the Universe. The human race gets so incredibly caught-up in success, power, financial stability, fame, etc. that it is often blinded. It is impossible for any of us to conclude "why" the chicken crossed the road. There is no rationalizing. The chicken simply crossed it. It was not forced, it was not out to obtain anything, it was a selfless act. This is not a riddle to figure out, it is not a game... It is an example of a Life truly lived. We can all learn a valuable lesson from this chicken: Follow your inner-voice. Rational or not, always recognize the desires of your Soul. And to sum up with yet another quote (this time by Gian Carlo Menotti), "A person only becomes wise once they begin to calculate the approximate depth of their ignorance." Scott Burlingame
  104. He was too chicken to cross the highway. tazmon
  105. To see that cool guy, Matt Burris! (Note: This was given by my friend, Matt Burris :)
  106. Because if was desparate for the loo on the other side of the road, maybe? Vivian Ting
  107. Mr. Frogger (from the well know arcade game) was taking a day off so the chicken was filling in for him this day. Kral
  108. The chicken is acutally highly intelligent for a lower life form. Thus realizing the continual pressure the human race has placed upon it, there was only one decision left: kill two birds with one stone. Attempt to cross the road, if successful, fame and fortune are sure to follow. Failure to cross the road would extinguish the life, pressure, and stress of 3 trillion people and congruient with "what was on the other side and how did that chicken get there?"
  109. Well, with nothing better to do at 12:40 a.m. on a friday night, we may as well relieve this terrible "chicken crossing road" stress from all of you. Hey! Why don't we find who ever made up this question and force the right answer out of him. If he refuses we can lock him in a small room full of chicken crap until he gives in! EH? This whole thing is getting kind of silly. Doug Shillingtop
  110. The Chicken crossed the road because the road couldn't cross the chicken! Jason Louth
  111. ..because it saw the Zebra crossing! This is in the same vein as... Why did the coal scuttle? Because it saw the kitchen sink! KWChang
  112. Because, is not chicken-hearted. sergio garzon ibarra
  113. Because thereby it fulfilled a social function. sieurin
  114. In the immortal words of douglas adams, the ultimate answer to the ultimate question is most definetly "42". Gregory White
  115. Reply:From the Dead Baby Jokes File.............How did the dead baby cross the road? It was stapled to the chicken. Norm Lingners
  116. To meet it's flatmates C Gunn
  117. 3 letters "P M S" James Montigny
  118. He was on his way to a "Which came first the chicken or the egg?" group meeting on the other side of town! D. Sanders
  119. Why did the dinosaur cross the road? Because ckickens weren't invented yet. Why did the turkey cross the road ? Because it was the chickens' day off. proacad
  120. Ah, yes the age old question of why the chicken crossed the road. The answer, my friends, is simply..............HAY! PICTURES OF CLAUDIA! [click] Jason M. Sanderson
  121. Oh the chicken dilema...that's a funny story. See i just happen to be there at the time and well i don't want to get into details. Let's just say that McDonald's was running out of chickens. I get the heebi jeebi's just thinking of it. Let's just say it involves a spatula, rubber chicken, and a herring. Ben Edwardsen
  122. To get to the ATM machine - they're ALWAYS on the OTHER side of the road! Pam Young
  123. I go with the ancient philosopher Copernicus' theory. "Chickens cross roads for one reason and one reason only: To hide their flying skills." You see, the chicken was one of the unfortunate souls who begot wings and was unable to use them. Since that point in evolution chickens all over the world have joined a cult situated in Omar County, Nebraska called: The Chick Hen's Cult. In this cult, chickens would test each other's devotion by helping each other walk over hot coals. It wasn't until 1758, that a chicken by the name of Murray decided to try and fly. He found that it was actually quite easy for a chicken to fly. He brought news of this back to the cult. Naturally the chickens were skeptical at first, but within a week, he had shown every chicken on earth how to fly. However, ever since humans had laid eyes on the chicken, he knew that chickens couldn't fly. The head of the cult, Harry Clucker, brought every chicken to a private congregational hiding place somewhere in the Himalayas. How they got there, I will never know. He instructed every chicken to never, EVER use their new found skill in front of any human, unless he or she wanted to be some Austrian family's chicken dinner. Every chicken took this vow. Chickens have been keeping this vow every day for the past 238 years. When chickens come to the roadside, the first thing that comes to their mind is "I'll fly across, and not risk being flattened by and RV." But, soon after, they also remember the vow, and instead, merely walk across, and take the risk of being smushed by an 18-wheeler. And that is why chickens cross the road; to cover up their flying skills. So, the next time you visit the farm, remember; chickens can fly. Don't let any stupid farmhand tell you otherwise. Ricardo
  124. Because 42! If anyone knew for sure why that darn chicken crossed the road, he/she might be able to figure out why I crossed the road--meaning, figuratively, why I was born. If this person knows why I was born, than he/she knows the meaning of life. And, as we all know, the answer to life, the universe, and everything, is 42. Accepting that, we can conclude that the chicken crossed the road because 42. (That's perfect logic (assuming 42)) Jonas Ephus
  125. He lost a bet. Daniel Rogul
  126. Because he had better things to do than sitting around, asking himself why he was going to cross it (unlike some people I know).- Joy Frimmel
  127. A little birdie told me that he said that she said that they said that she said that someone said that the chicken said that he pleads the fifth. Jim Frimmel
  128. The chicken crossed the road in order to get her Prozac prescription refilled. deforest
  129. The chicken crossed the road because he did. He doesn't need a reason or motivation to cross the road, you just have to accept that he did. By asking why you come up with more questions than you do answers (as you can see from your page) Why ask why? Just accept that the chicken crossed the road out of some hidden impulse. so your answer is because. Ingrid Sundberg
  130. to watch a bricklayer lay a brick!!!!!!! shaun mooney
  131. Don't ask. It's private. Liz Swenson
  132. The question is: why did the turkey cross the road? The answer is: Because it was the chicken's day off! Kachina Shanks Age 11
  133. The chicken was one handed and had to find a second hand shop sode1ita
  134. To get the Japanies newpaper. Do you get it? -- No. -- Neither do I. I get the "New York Post" Brad Quintana
  135. In actuality, it is impossible for the chicken to cross the road, for in order to do so, first it must move halfway across the road. Then it must move half of the remaining distance. Next, it has to move the half remaining again, and so forth, into infinity. Because the chicken must traverse an infinite number of distances, it cannot cross the road at all. HippieChick (a.k.a. Erik Wennstrom)
  136. Check Out these Computer Chickens. Sigalit Benjamin
  137. An answer: Because it lackes originality, and therefore can't magen-david it. Yotam Benshalom
  138. It wanted to be brave , but it's just being chicken! Rosanne Weiss
  139. KFC was accross the street and the chicken was going to pay respects Sandy Whitesides
  140. I have no proof that this chicken actually ever crossed the road, or that the road ever existed, come to think of it, prove to me that this 'chicken' ever even saw a road. I don't think you're being 100% honest with us pal. Now, lets try this again from the top, Where were you on Dec 7, 1941? KC
  141. It's very simple, really. This all has to do with that age-old theory of predestination. The chicken crossed the road because that was God's will. We all have a purpose in life, and this is the purpose of said chicken. Then again, he might have just wanted a change of scenery. Chris Blum
  142. He heard all evil BLACK things(like a road) could be held at bay by a cross! Scott W. Hill
  143. The chicken crossed the road because there was some sadistic farmers who actually worked for KFC chasing him and they wanted to cut off his head and stick him on one of those rotisserie things. --Christy Yarbrough-Wilson
  144. Because it was Thanksgiving and they were already attacking the
    turkey!--Xanton Leuchte
  145. There is a very "chic(k)" restaurant on the other site of the road - Pascal
  146. It's a long story. One day, there was a guy named Eliram. Eliram was a sad boy who never understood the sense of the (and specially his) life. So he went to a road each morning to watch people crossing it. (the road, not the life) He did this for 20 years each day. One day, god saw Eliram sitting near the road and watching the people. And god said: I will give him a sign that now it's time to change his life. And so he did. God sent a chicken which should tell Eliram that he is 20 years old and that he should begin to work and stop watching people passing by. But Eliram didn't understand. He saw the chicken crossing the road and all he did is buying a PC with an Internet connection and begun to built his homepage with one only target: knowing why a stupid chicken crossed this f##@g road. And if this guy named Eliram is not dead, he is still asking people why the chicken crossed the road.- Pascal
  147. Because the light turned green - Zachary Bickel, age 3
  148. Contrary to popular belief, the chicken did NOT cross the road. The chicken was facing West. As everyone knows, the rotation of the earth on its axis is West to East. What really happened is the road passed UNDER the chick as the Earth rotated, the chicken merely maintained its universal position for that short period of time. - byteRanger
  149. Because the chicken was playing noughts and crosses with an alien turkey who had just placed a nought on the mountain, so in order to win the chicken put a cross on the road to get a line of three. - boolbar
  150. Crtna koda je najvec rabljen sistem za prepoznavanje predmetov, vendar zagotovo ni edini. Ko se je crtna koda sele razvijala, pa tudi danes, je na voljo cel niz nadomestnih tehnologij, ki pa niso uspele zasenciti crtne kode. Ta prevladuje zaradi enostavnosti, zanesljivosti in zanemarljivo majhnih stroskov za njeno uporabo. It's the best answer. Your chicken told me. But, can you understand it? - Boris Lipovec
  151. She got so tired of people asking that, she did it just to double-cross them. - Bruce Thompson
  152. The Chicken crossed the road because he had an explorers spirit. He just wanted to see the other side, not unlike Coloumbus who sailed the ocean, to get to the other side. - Craig Walker

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Last Update: 18/12/98