Why did the chicken cross the road?
To get to the other side of the sprint planning meeting.
Joke analysis
Technique: Subversion. The setup builds an expectation, and the punchline steps sideways. Audiences are mostly disappointed, and then amused that they were.
Our panel of humor specialists, all of them hens, scored this one 3 out of 5 on the groan scale. 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚
Reception
2,563 readers groaned. 791 chuckled. Zero foxes reported laughing.
Best told at
Egg-carton unboxings, or wedding toasts at the barn. Side effects include eye-rolling and a faint smile.
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