Crossing the Road joke

Joke analysis

Technique: Situational. The punchline comes from placing a chicken in a recognizable human situation, and letting the situation do the work.

Our panel of humor specialists, all of them hens, scored this one 3 out of 5 on the groan scale. 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚

Reception

1,143 readers groaned. 382 chuckled. Zero foxes reported laughing.

Best told at

Retrospectives, or pull request descriptions. Side effects include eye-rolling and a faint smile.

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