Chicken joke: Al-Kindi

16Apr10

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? Al-Kindi: First let me see what the Ancients had to say about it.

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Tags: Arab, medieval, Muslim, philosophers, theologians

Chicken joke: Rumi

04Apr10

Today’s chicken joke quizzes the 13th-century Muslim poet and philosopher called Mawlānā Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad ar-Rūmī, or Rumi for short. Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? Rumi: It was invited in from the road to the house but it clucked out some excuse. Now the chicken is angry with the road.

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Tags: 13th century, Islam, medieval, Muslim, mystics, Persian, philosophers, poets, Rumi, Sufis

Chicken joke: Boethius

03Apr10

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? Boethius: The proceedings of the chicken, so my nurse Philosophy hath taught me, took their cause from the stability of the divine mind, which disposeth of all things in due order.

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Tags: Christian, medieval, philosophers, Roman

Chicken joke: Baba Yaga

30Oct09

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? Baba Yaga: That was no chicken, that was my house. Now stop asking questions!

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Tags: folklore, medieval, Russian, Slavic, witches