Why did the chicken cross the playground?
To get to the other slide.
Joke analysis
Technique: Pun. A straightforward pun: one phrase, two readings, no apologies.
Our panel of humor specialists, all of them hens, scored this one 2 out of 5 on the groan scale. 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚
Reception
2,891 readers groaned. 400 chuckled. Zero foxes reported laughing.
Best told at
The long road to production, or monday standups. Do not tell during a rooster crowing contest.
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