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Why did the chicken cross the road?
Why do chickens cross roads?
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Darth Vader (Star Wars):

	Because it could not resist the power of the Dark Side.
	Chicken? So! You have a pet chicken! Obi-Wan was wise to hide it across the street. Now his failure is complete! If you will not cross to the Dark Side of the road, then perhaps IT will!
	The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was a chick... Now, I am the rooster!

General Veers (Star Wars):

The generator will be down in moments... you may begin egg-laying!

V'Ger (Star Trek):

To join with the Creator.

Vir (Babylon 5):

"I warned the chicken not to cross the road."

The Way of Virtue:

The wise chicken desires to be forgotten, but it is remembered. It desires to be free of life, but retains it. It desires nothing for itself, but it finds everything it wants on the other side of the road.

Kurt Vonnegut:

And so it goes -- to the other side.