why did the chicken cross the road

PLATO: For the greater good.

ARISTOLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

MACHIAVELLI: The point is that the chicken crossed the road. Who cares why? The fact of crossing the road justifies whatever motive there was.

KANT: The chicken, being an autonomous being, chose to cross the road of his own free will.

MARX: It was an historical inevitability.

DARWIN: Chickens, over great period of time, have been natuarally selected in such a way that they are now genetically disposed towards crossing roads.

FREUD: The fact that you are at all concerned that the chicken crossed the road reveals your underlying sexual insecurity.

EINSTEIN: Whether the chicken crossed the road or the road crossed the chicken depends upon your frame of reference.

aus einem Abreißkalender mit englischen Witzen (Langenscheidt)

KAZUO ISHIGURO It crossed the road to make Stephens steer around it, thereby mirroring his endeavours to steer around dealing with his own past. Hasn´t anybody read my fucking book? 

DAN BROWN This is one of the darkest secrets of the catholic church. But if you really look at some italian paintings you will find the truth. 

FOZZY of the Muppet Show Weil es auf die andere Seite wollte! Wacker, wacker,wacker!