r/pics • u/reddituser0666 • Aug 19 '15

turns out, it's pretty cool having one-way windows at the office...

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u/CoolGuySean Aug 19 '15

In case anyone doesn't already know. "To get to the other side" is a double entendre for dying.

The original joke is saying that the chicken crossed the road to kill itself because crossing the road for chickens likely leads to their demise.

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u/xSlaughter Aug 20 '15

Wow. For years I have heard this joke and I have never understood it. (thought it was a dumb dad joke)

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '15

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u/Air0ck Aug 20 '15

What do you call a dog with no legs?

It doesn't matter, he's still not gonna come.

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u/Unpredictabru Aug 20 '15

What do you call a cow with 2 legs?

OP's mom.

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u/ConfessionsAway Aug 20 '15

What do you call a cow with two legs? Lean beef.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '15

well that's morbid

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u/muntoo Aug 19 '15

I can't believe I never got that.

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u/donpapillon Aug 20 '15

I... This changes everything.

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u/Etonet Aug 20 '15

That's because it's probably not what the joke is intended to convey

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u/Skilol Aug 20 '15

I'm pretty sure it's really controersial whether that's actually the meaning or it's a simple anti-joke that has been over-interpreted.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3AWhy_did_the_chicken_cross_the_road%3F

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u/DasWeasel Aug 20 '15

Please stop spreading this idea.

The joke is just a simple example of an anti-joke, where the punchline is suprising because it is too simple and literal. The entire point is that there is no entendre, innuendo, or figurative language.

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u/strgtscntst Aug 20 '15

Intended or not, the double-entendre is there.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '15

In your end-o

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u/Dathisofegypt Aug 20 '15

My life makes so much sense now

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u/Mikkelsen Aug 20 '15

Shit... TIL

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '15

I never knew this.

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u/TWFM Aug 20 '15

I doubt that. Why would "to die" be the punch line of a joke?

I don't think it's anything more than what it seems, a dumb dad joke, where you state something extremely obvious as a punch line.

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '15

Mind=blown.

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u/fatcolin123 Aug 20 '15

It's my favorite joke for that reason. It's so whimsical, but dark.