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Why’d the Chicky Run Across the Road?

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The “Why did the chicken cross the road?” joke? Oh, that masterpiece of comedy from the 1840s where the punchline is about as exciting as boiled cabbage: “To get to the other side.” Yeah, because apparently, chickens have existential road-crossing crises too. It’s the granddaddy of anti-jokes—setting you up for something witty and delivering a…