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Chicken joke: William Blake

26Apr10

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? William Blake: To see heaven in a wild fowl.

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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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Chicken joke: Pythagoras

26Apr09

Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? Pythagoras: Only the initiates of the inner circle are permitted to hear the reason.

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