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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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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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