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Chicken joke: Boethius
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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Chicken joke: Tertullian
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? Tertullian: If God has not told us, there is no need to think about it.
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Publius Claudius Pulcher (d. ca. 249 BCE), was a Roman general and politician. Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? P. Claudius: Who cares? What, you don’t get it? Well, you see, Claudius was disgraced after he tried to appoint a crony to office in Rome. His political enemies swiftboated him with a story […]
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Chicken joke: Apicius
Today’s chicken joke quizzes Caelius Apicius, the legendary author of a Roman cookbook. Q: Why did the chicken cross the road? Apicius: It escaped from the kitchen while I was out stocking up on cassia, frankincense, silphium, and nightingales’ tongues.
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Why did the chicken cross the road? 