Why didn't the chicken cross the road?
It was waiting for the traffic light to finish loading.
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 2 out of 5 on the groan scale. 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚
Reception
1,890 readers groaned. 579 chuckled. Zero foxes reported laughing.
Best told at
Wedding toasts at the barn, or team offsites. Do not tell during a rooster crowing contest.
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