Why did the chicken cross the road, roll in the mud, and cross back?
Because it was a dirty double-crosser.
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 3 out of 5 on the groan scale. 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚
Reception
3,087 readers groaned. 1,026 chuckled. Zero foxes reported laughing.
Best told at
Code review comments, or funerals (not recommended). May cause involuntary groaning.
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