Goethe | Why did the chicken cross the road?

Posts Tagged ‘Goethe’

Hühnerwitz (chicken joke): Goethe

09Apr10

Today’s chicken joke queries Goethe in his own language. Q: Warum hat der Hahn die Straße überquert? Goethe: Das Ewig-Weibchenliche zog ihn hinüber. Translation: Why did the chicken cross the road? The Eternal Hen lured him across. I think this one works a little better in German than English. It imposes the rustic word Weibchen, […]

Filed under: Chicken jokes | Leave a Comment
Tags: 18th century, deutsch, German, German language, Goethe, poets, writers

Search the jokes
- à la Rob (my blog)
16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century advertising Alabama American American exceptionalism ancient Arab armadillo British bureaucrats Chicken Crossing Conference Christian comedians Comte consensus history conservatism corporations diabeetus Dr. Seuss dramatists economists Elizabethan English folklore French generals George Wallace Georgia German Greek historians Hollywood Iraq War liberalism Louis Hartz Marxism mathematicians Maxwell's demon medieval Muslim mystics myths & legends Nixon novelists philosophers physicists pirates poetasters poets political scientists politicians positivism presidential candidates race rhymes Robert Frost Roman Russian sailors scientists Scottish segregation soldiers South theologians U.S. history U.S. politics Wilford Brimley wish-I-thoughta-that witches writers
Archives
- April 2010 (29)
- March 2010 (1)
- January 2010 (1)
- October 2009 (1)
- August 2009 (1)
- June 2009 (7)
- May 2009 (14)
- April 2009 (9)

Posts Tagged ‘Goethe’

Hühnerwitz (chicken joke): Goethe

Search the jokes

Archives