This discussion has been circulating on the internet for years, and seems to be growing, as everyone adds to it. So, here’s my version.
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won’t realize that he must first deal with the problem on THIS side of the road before it goes after the problem on the OTHER SIDE of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he’s acting by not taking on his CURRENT problems before adding NEW problems.
OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I’m going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don’t really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.
ANDERSON COOPER - CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken’s intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
NANCY PELOSI: The chicken crossed road because I am speaker of the house and I told it to. The Sun and Moon rise on me. I am in charge, dammit!
NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he’s GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer’s Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I’ve not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain. Alone.
GRANDPA: In my day we didn’t ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn’t that inter-westing? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its wife long dweam of cwossing the woad.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2007, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra..#@&&^( C \ .Reboot.
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of chicken?
AL GORE: The chicken crossed the road because of global warming.
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?
DICK CHENEY: Where’s my gun?
HILLARY CLINTON: Bill, you get back here!! Right NOW!!
TOM DELAY: ‘Cause Janet Reno smiled at it.
MICHAEL BLOOMBERG: The chicken saw the advantages of being on the other side, after I slipped him a few bucks.
JOHN EDWARDS: The chicken crossed the road for a cheaper haircut.
THE CHICKEN: I crossed the road to be with Murtha and Reid (birds of a feather…)
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: I believe we all have some opinion as to why the chicken crossed the road. Maybe it’s because current legislation mandated it before even considering whether or not it was necessary for the chicken to cross the road and whether or not this decision was an efficient and safe use of our time and money. I think there are times to consider such complex questions and other times to just give our mind a break and consider less complex questions such as “Why did the Elephant cross the road?” The Elephant crossed the road simply because it was tied to the chicken.