Saturday, July 4, 2026

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?
reveal/hide answerTo get to the udder side.

Why did the whale cross the ocean?
reveal/hide answerTo get to the other tide.

Why did the otter cross the road?
reveal/hide answerTo get to the otter side.

Why did the horse cross the road?
reveal/hide answerTo visit her neigh-bor.

Why did the rabbit cross the road?
reveal/hide answerTo get to her hare dresser.

Why did the turtle cross the road?
reveal/hide answerTo get to the Shell station.

Why did the skeleton cross the road?
reveal/hide answerTo get to the body shop.

Why did the fox cross the road?
reveal/hide answerTo get to the chicken.

Why did the turkey cross the road?
reveal/hide answerTo prove he wasn't chicken.

Why did the dinosaur cross the road?
reveal/hide answerBecause chickens didn't exist yet.




Wednesday, July 1, 2026

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?
reveal/hide answerTo get to the other side.

Why did the chicken cross the amusement park?
reveal/hide answerTo get to the other ride.

Why did the chicken cross the ocean?
reveal/hide answerTo get to the other tide.

Why did the chicken cross the playground?
reveal/hide answerTo get to the other slide.

Why did the chicken cross the basketball court?
reveal/hide answerThe referee called a fowl!

Why did the chicken cross the road, roll in the mud, and cross back over again?
reveal/hide answerThe chicken was a dirty double-crosser.

Why did the chicken only cross halfway over the road?
reveal/hide answerShe wanted to lay it on the line!

Why did the chicken run across the road?
reveal/hide answerTo get to the other side faster.

Why did the chicken stop crossing the road?
reveal/hide answerIt got tired of everyone making so many jokes!

Why did the Chicken Little cross the road?
reveal/hide answerTo warn everyone on the other side that the sky was falling.