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.

What do you get when you cross...

Here are some more animal-cross riddles!

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

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An animal that can milk itself.

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

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An animal that knits its own sweaters.

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

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An animal that laughs at its own jokes.

What do you get when you cross an owl with an oyster?

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An animal that produces pearls of wisdom.

What do you get when you cross a rooster with a giraffe?

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An animal that wakes people on the top floor.

Elephants!

Here are some elephant jokes for you to try:

What animal can jump higher than an elephant?

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Any animal that can jump... because elephants don't jump.

What’s the difference between a donut and an elephant?

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You can't dip an elephant in your coffee.

What do you get when you cross a herd of elephants with a school of fish?

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Swimming trunks.

How do you know when there's an elephant under your bed?

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Your nose touches the ceiling.

If you saw nine elephants walking down your street wearing red socks, and one wearing blue socks, what would this prove?

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That 9 out of 10 elephants wear red socks.

What do you get when you cross...?

Here are some what-do-you-get-when-you-cross riddles... and they all feature animals!

What do you get when you cross a cat with a lemon?

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A sour-puss.

What do you get when you cross a chicken with a bell?

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An alarm-cluck.

What do you get when you cross a daddy-long-legs with a parrot?

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A walkie-talkie.

What do you get when you cross a duck with the desert?

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Quack-sand.

What do you get when you cross a kangaroo with a snake?

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A jump-rope.

Animal Riddlebees

See if you can solve these riddlebees!

My first is in fish and also in chips;
my second's in mouth but not in lips;
my third is in ache but not in pain;
my fourth is my third all over again;
my fifth is in pupil but isn't in class;
my whole is a beast that feeds on the grass.
Who am I?

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sheep

My first is in coat but not in hat;
My second's in paw but not in cat;
My third you find in both lumpy and flat.
Who am I?

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owl

My first is in both locks and keys;
My second is in waves, not seas;
My third is in both rain and damp;
My fourth is in train but not in tramp.
Who am I?

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swan

Riddles about Frogs

For clues, see the slideshow.

Where do frogs hang up their raincoats?

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In the croak-room.

What goes dot-dot-croak, dot-dash-croak?

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A Morse toad.

What is green and makes a noise you can hear for miles?

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A frog-horn.

What's the difference between a cold canine and a sleeping amphibian?

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One's a frozen dog, and the other's a dozin' frog.

What's the difference between a frog and a cat?

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A frog croaks all the time; a cat croaks nine times.

What do you get when you cross a frog with a calendar?

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A leap year.

What kind of shoes do frogs wear?

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Open-toad sandals.

Why doesn't a frog jump when it's sad?

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Because's it's unhoppy.

What game do little frogs like to play?

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Hop-scotch.

What happens when a frog is illegally parked?

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It gets toad away.

Riddles about Elephants

For clues, see the slideshow.

Why is an elephant large, grey, and wrinkled?

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Because if it was small, white, and smooth, it would be an egg.

Why did the elephant cross the road?

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It was the chicken's day off.

How can you lift an elephant without using anything mechanical?

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Put the elephant on an acorn and wait for it to grow into a tree.

Why do elephants have short tails?

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So they won't get stuck in revolving doors.

How do elephants talk to each other?

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Elephants talk on the elephone.

What do you get when you cross an elephant with AI?

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A five-ton know-it-all.

Why did the elephant paint its toenails red?

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To hide upside down in the strawberry jam. Never seen an elephant in the jam? That's because it works!

What's the difference between an elephant and a flea?

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An elephant can have fleas, but a flea can't have elephants.

Would you rather an elephant attacked you or a gorilla?

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I'd rather the elephant attacked the gorilla.

Why are elephants so wrinkled?

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Because they're hard to iron.

What do you get when you cross...?

For clues, see the slideshow.

What do you get when you cross a stray cat with a crocodile?

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An alley gator.

What do you get when you cross an elephant with a skin doctor?

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A pachydermatologist.

What do you get when you cross a hungry cat with a canary?

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A cat who isn't hungry anymore.

What do you get when you cross a butterfly with a PBJ?

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Peanut flutter.

What do you get when you cross a rooster with a wolf?

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An animal who howls at the rising sun.

What do you get when you cross a duck with a roadrunner?

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A quick quack.

What do you get when you cross a snake with an architect?

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A boa constructor.

What do you get when you cross a pumpkin with a duck?

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A quack-o-lantern.

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

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An animal who talks in Morse code.

What do you get when you cross a moth with a firefly?

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An insect who can see inside a dark closet.