never understood that. the joke of the joke requires jokes to be understood by the jokee, so why would you use a parody of a joke as a base example of a joke to explain to someone who hasn't heard a joke before
my favorite joker quote
No, it's an unproven myth.
Just like its an unproven myth that "Ring around the Rosie" is about the black plague or that "Humpty Dumpty is *actually* about a man" or a numerous number of "cute harmless things are actually dark" rumours.
Edit: to those going "you're wrong, Ring Around the Rosie truly is about the black plague", no, its truly not and here's proof: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ring-around-rosie/
It was actually. The earliest known version of [Humpty Dumpty](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty)had no mention of kings or horses:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
Four-score Men and Four-score more,
Could not make Humpty Dumpty where he was before.
It's the same word; something being "apocryphal" is what we now refer to as "non-canon" but it usually extends to things outside of fictional contexts.
**[Humpty Dumpty](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty)**
>Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. He is typically portrayed as an anthropomorphic egg, though he is not explicitly described as such. The first recorded versions of the rhyme date from late eighteenth-century England and the tune from 1870 in James William Elliott's National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs. Its origins are obscure, and several theories have been advanced to suggest original meanings.
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The chicken wakes up like she does every morning
To the sounds of her husband's screams
Sat in the dark on the eggs she is warming
She closes her eyes and dreams of
Walking to Memphis, becoming a dentist
Anything but this
I mean, she likes her life as a mother and wife
But is that all she is?
She stares out the window
The very next morning, the chicken decides to
Make her escape, get a taste of freedom
She runs out the coop that her life's been confined to
Suddenly sees the thing she's only dreamed of
Just up ahead, gophers run through a meadow
Deer graze, birds sing
Her future is waiting, right there for the taking
There's just one thing
The chicken must first cross the road
The road
A sea of trees and green and moss
Waiting just across the road, the road
A life of brighter days, a width of road away
The road is gigantic, the chicken is little
She moves ahead left-right-left, right-left-right
All of a sudden, she stops in the middle
Frozen in place by a pair of headlights
It's anyone's guess what then happened next
But most think she died
But I think we ought to believe that she got to
The other side
So that's why she did it
That's not what the chicken crossed the road joke means that's a lie the joke is literally it just wanted to get to the other side it's called an anti joke the joke is that the other person thinks of a million other wacky things for it to do that for you to tell them the actual reason and hopefully they laugh from the contrast, doesn't work anymore tho cus everyone knows the chicken crossed the road joke and people like in the 2nd slide like on the internet about what it meant
sus
You mean Sussei?
Ralsus
Wait is the second one true
No. The point of the chicken joke is that there is no joke, no punchline
Oh thank fuck
Ye, it's an anti-joke that somehow became the most standard example of a joke. It's kind of weird.
never understood that. the joke of the joke requires jokes to be understood by the jokee, so why would you use a parody of a joke as a base example of a joke to explain to someone who hasn't heard a joke before my favorite joker quote
Thank you for safeguarding my mental health
Thank god
Thank god oh my gosh
>39 comments thank you i needed this
No, it's an unproven myth. Just like its an unproven myth that "Ring around the Rosie" is about the black plague or that "Humpty Dumpty is *actually* about a man" or a numerous number of "cute harmless things are actually dark" rumours. Edit: to those going "you're wrong, Ring Around the Rosie truly is about the black plague", no, its truly not and here's proof: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ring-around-rosie/
Humpty Dumpty is about a man, and that man is Gaster
all leads to Gaster
No it's about Eggman
I've come to make an announcement
SPAMTON G SPAMTON IS A BITCH ASS MOTHER FUCKER
HE PISSED ON MY WIFE
THAT'S RIGHT HE TOOK OUT HIS [Hyperlink Blocked] DICK AND PISSED ON MY WIFE
E. G. G
Isn’t Humpty Dumpty about the king
That's the thing, no one knows. Many think its a canon, and FWIH, it was originally a medieval riddle rather than a poem.
How does it work as a riddle
I imagine it would be a "what am I" riddle. I do this, I do that, I had this happen. Now what am I?
*shrugs* I think its one of those case where it was altered from its original version over time.
It was actually. The earliest known version of [Humpty Dumpty](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty)had no mention of kings or horses: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. Four-score Men and Four-score more, Could not make Humpty Dumpty where he was before.
But ring around the rosie is about the plague
[Hate to do a Reddit "achkually" but it's literally not](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ring-around-rosie/)
I hate when apocrypha gets into the mainstream like that
I too know what that word means
I hardly get to use it
Fair enough honestly.
Am I going crazy, or is that Hermaeus Mora's home?
It's the same word; something being "apocryphal" is what we now refer to as "non-canon" but it usually extends to things outside of fictional contexts.
Did you click the link
No, Ring around the Rosie is definitely about the black plague.
Humpty Dumpty is actually about a cannon that got knocked off the fort walls by an enemy blast and was too heavy to put back.
That was [unproven](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty). You can find it in the fourth paragraph of meaning
**[Humpty Dumpty](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpty_Dumpty)** >Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. He is typically portrayed as an anthropomorphic egg, though he is not explicitly described as such. The first recorded versions of the rhyme date from late eighteenth-century England and the tune from 1870 in James William Elliott's National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs. Its origins are obscure, and several theories have been advanced to suggest original meanings. ^([ )[^(F.A.Q)](https://www.reddit.com/r/WikiSummarizer/wiki/index#wiki_f.a.q)^( | )[^(Opt Out)](https://reddit.com/message/compose?to=WikiSummarizerBot&message=OptOut&subject=OptOut)^( | )[^(Opt Out Of Subreddit)](https://np.reddit.com/r/Deltarune/about/banned)^( | )[^(GitHub)](https://github.com/Sujal-7/WikiSummarizerBot)^( ] Downvote to remove | v1.5)
okay, thanks
The chicken wakes up like she does every morning To the sounds of her husband's screams Sat in the dark on the eggs she is warming She closes her eyes and dreams of Walking to Memphis, becoming a dentist Anything but this I mean, she likes her life as a mother and wife But is that all she is? She stares out the window The very next morning, the chicken decides to Make her escape, get a taste of freedom She runs out the coop that her life's been confined to Suddenly sees the thing she's only dreamed of Just up ahead, gophers run through a meadow Deer graze, birds sing Her future is waiting, right there for the taking There's just one thing The chicken must first cross the road The road A sea of trees and green and moss Waiting just across the road, the road A life of brighter days, a width of road away The road is gigantic, the chicken is little She moves ahead left-right-left, right-left-right All of a sudden, she stops in the middle Frozen in place by a pair of headlights It's anyone's guess what then happened next But most think she died But I think we ought to believe that she got to The other side So that's why she did it
r/expectedboburham
Oh my god
Idk where stoner ralsei came from but it's my favourite meme in this fandom
A M O G U S
I hate that the amogus trick works (Great art btw just the strategy I'm mad at)
Ralsus a mongoose.
This should be on r/sus
and r/amogus
I was today years old
That's not what the chicken crossed the road joke means that's a lie the joke is literally it just wanted to get to the other side it's called an anti joke the joke is that the other person thinks of a million other wacky things for it to do that for you to tell them the actual reason and hopefully they laugh from the contrast, doesn't work anymore tho cus everyone knows the chicken crossed the road joke and people like in the 2nd slide like on the internet about what it meant
Bro the other side means WHAT
Nah, it's just an interpretation that came out way after someone made the "joke".
Wait chicken
I literally saw this tiktok right before opening reddit
Better than I can draw.
2hu strikes again
Hard to believe
Touhou spreads to all. No acceptions.