Why did the chicken cross the road?

[kimax]

"Why did the chicken cross the road?" is one of the oldest and most famous joke riddles still in use in the English language. The most common answer to this riddle is "To get to the other side." When asked at the end of a series of other riddles, whose answers are clever, obscure, and tricky, this answer's obviousness and straight-forwardness becomes part of the humor. Some psychologists believe the riddle's humor comes from the fact that its answer is expected to be funny, but is not.

So why do you think the chicken cross the road?

[cristan]

We all know that animals and birds survived all through these years because of their instincts. They are born with instincts to defend and to escape from dangers. But in all this they still have one thing that is common to us humans, a trait called curiosity. That is why the chicken crosses the road because he is curious with what the road is all about and why it is there.

[clairlim]

Sometimes, we do something because we need to do it, the chicken didn’t actually have any rational reason why he crossed the road, its just his animal instinct to do so, perhaps a safer haven a greener pasture or a mate ^^,