Chicken joke: J. Gordon Coogler

02May09

J. Gordon Coogler (1865-1901) was a South Carolina poet-for-hire of notoriously meager talent. Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? J. Gordon Coogler: The chicken ran off, out of fear to be cooked. She went crost the highway, but oughter have looked. Alas! for the Chicken — her demise it was graphic. She never [...]

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Chicken joke: Dr. Seuss

24Apr09

(And now for something completely different.) Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? Dr. Seuss: Sam-I-Am talked the chicken into it. Would you, could you cross the street? Would you with your own two feet? Could you through the smog and haze? Would you, could you look both ways?

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