A Very Perplexing Question

Rick and I spent the Memorial Day weekend at my brother’s cabin in north Georgia, just outside of Blairsville--population around 20,000.  We always enjoy going there and spending time with Mike and BJ.  That weekend there was an arts and crafts festival going on in downtown Blairsville.  We walked around and looked at the creativity of all the vendors.  I saw some outstanding things.  I purchased a handmade ceramic cross strung on leather rope and some glazed pecans that were to die for.  We had lunch at a little restaurant called The Hole In The Wall.  It’s been there since 1931.  I had a yummy club sandwich with chips.

Back at the cabin, Mike grilled burgers for dinner, Angus Steak burger patties from Walmart—so good I had to purchase some after I returned home.  Afterwards we all played a mean game of Sequence.  The girls beat the guys (again) ten games to seven.

Sometime during the weekend I read the local newspaper, the North Georgia News.  It is your typical small town newspaper.  In it I found an article where the writer asked that age old question, “Why did the chicken cross the road?”  Listed were several answers supposedly given by famous people.  It was a very amusing read.  I even laughed out loud at several of the responses.  After I was done reading, I said to myself, “now here is something I can blog about.”

I looked online today and found a similar article.  Apparently this piece has been around for a while.  I saw one from 2006, but the one I read was updated to include people in the news in 2008.  I’ve copied the article here for your enjoyment.  You may have seen this before and maybe even received it as an email.

 

Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?

SARAH PALIN: Before it got to the other side, I shot the chicken, cleaned and dressed it, and had chicken burgers for lunch.

BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted change!

JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn’t about me.

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.

BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken. What is your definition of chicken?

AL GORE: I invented the chicken.

DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken doesn’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.  (My personal favorite!)

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.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed access to the other side of the road.

NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he’s guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

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.

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 interesting? 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 lifelong dream of crossing the road.

BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken 2008, 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 2008. This new platform is much more stable and will never crash or need to be rebooted.

ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?


Pretty funny, don't you agree?  So what do you think?  Why did the chicken cross the road?  Is it as simple as "to get to the other side," or is there a deeper spiritual meaning to this question?  The mystery continues.

I'll leave you with this:

A cow and a chicken break out of jail and a road is the only thing between them and freedom. The chicken then tells the cow to go ahead and cross it, but says that he will turn back. When asked why, he answered that if he crossed the road, it will raise many questions.     

LOL!!

~ P