Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? It Depends Who You Ask.
February 29th, 2008 Gennaro Brooks-Church
The following “quotes” from famous people on why the chicken crossed the road are great because they show how we all interpret the world from our own limited perspective. And not only that, we believe our interpretation is the universal truth and that everyone is seeing it from out point of view too (of course we see it more clearly than them but it is still from the same point of view).
The truth is that the world is holographic (and yes this is my point of view :). We all are looking at the large elephant but nobody is big enough to see the whole animal. So one person describes the elephant as having a huge foot. Somebody else says no, it is an animal with a trunk. They are all correct.
The moral of the story? It is possible that you and another person are looking at the exact same thing and come up with completely different but correct interpretations. It seems impossible until both of you raise up above your perspectives to another higher one that includes both.
For example, an argument between a couple. She says he is being an asshole. He says she is being a bitch. Odds are they are both correct. If they both raise their perspective to include the other person’s view they can easily resolve the problem by both admitting fault and taking responsibility.
Here are the various interpretations of why the chicken crossed the road. They are funny:
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…
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.
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 chick book. 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?
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?
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