Others crossing the road

Now let's figure out what happens when it's not the chicken crossing the road, but someone (or something) else:


Why did the cow cross the road?

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To get to the udder side.

Why did the whale cross the ocean?

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To get to the other tide.

Why did the otter cross the road?

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To get to the otter side.

Why did the horse cross the road?

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To visit her neigh-bor.

Why did the rabbit cross the road?

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To get to her hare dresser.

Why did the turtle cross the road?

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To get to the Shell station.

Why did the skeleton cross the road?

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To get to the body shop.

Why did the fox cross the road?

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To get to the chicken.

Why did the turkey cross the road?

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To prove he wasn't chicken.

Why did the dinosaur cross the road?

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Because chickens didn't exist yet.

Why did the chicken...

Yesterday, I wrote a blog post with a bunch of different answers to "Why did the chicken cross the road?" Yes, there are many different answers besides the classic "doh!" answer: "To get to the other side."

In today's post, I have some related riddles about chickens, but now instead of crossing the road, the chicken is doing other things, or it might be a special chicken, like Chicken Little.

Why did the chicken consult a fortune-teller?

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To get to the other side.

Why did the chicken cross the amusement park?

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To get to the other ride.

Why did the chicken cross the ocean?

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To get to the other tide.

Why did the chicken cross the playground?

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To get to the other slide.

Why did the chicken cross the basketball court?

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The referee called a fowl!

Why did the chicken cross the road, roll in the mud, and cross back over again?

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The chicken was a dirty double-crosser.

Why did the chicken only cross halfway over the road?

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She wanted to lay it on the line!

Why did the chicken run across the road?

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To get to the other side faster.

Why did the chicken stop crossing the road?

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It got tired of everyone making so many jokes!

Why did the Chicken Little cross the road?

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To warn everyone on the other side that the sky was falling.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

This is the first in a series of posts exploring the "meta" riddle: Why did the chicken cross the road?

Let's get started with just a few of the many answers to this traditional form of the riddle. Which ones do you like best, and why? Looking at these answers is a way for you to think about the forms of riddling that you like best... because this is definitely a riddle with many different answers! (July 1: I just added two more!)

• To get to the other side.
• The grass was greener on the other side.
• Because she was a free range chicken
• Because the light was green.
• Because the road was too long to walk around it.
• Beak-cause she could.
• To BOCK traffic. Bock! Bock!
• Because she thought it was an EGG-cellent idea.
• Because she saw what you did with her eggs.
• Because she wanted to understand what all the jokes were about.
• To knock-knock on the door, walk into the bar, and change the light bulb.
• Because this is AMERICA! The chicken can go where it wants.
• To boldly go where no chicken has gone before.

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I don't know but...

Some more animal-cross riddles, and this time the answer each time is "I don't know what it's called, but..."

What do you get when you cross a shark with a crocodile?

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I don't know what it's called, but don't get in the water with it!

What do you get when you cross a tiger with a parrot?

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I don't know what it's called, but if it wants a cracker, you'd better give it a cracker.

What do you get when you cross a gambler with an octopus?

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I don't know what it's called, but it sure can play a lot of hands of poker.

What do you get when you cross a gorilla with a porcupine?

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I don't know what it's called, but it won't have trouble getting a seat on the bus.

What do you get when you cross a canary with a lion?

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I don't know what it's called, but when it sings you had better listen.

Numbers in the Dictionary

The "in-the-dictionary" riddle type is one of my favorites, and it is easy to make up examples with numbers. Plus it's good practice for both math AND spelling to make up your own riddles like this! Here are a few to get you started... and you don't really need to reveal the answer, because it's the same answer every time: IN THE DICTIONARY!

When does three come AFTER eight?

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In the dictionary.

When does seven come BEFORE six?

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In the dictionary.

When does eleven come BEFORE ten?

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In the dictionary.

When does eight come BEFORE four?

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In the dictionary.

Two is greater than one; three is greater than two; four is greater than three. But where does four come BEFORE one and two and three?

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In the dictionary.