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FW: How does the chicken cross the road -Forwarded
Subject:FW: How does the chicken cross the road -Forwarded From:Bill Burns <BillDB -at- ILE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 11 Apr 1997 09:42:00 -0600
I don't believe I've seen this on the list before.
Enjoy your weekend.
Bill Burns
Technical Writer
billdb -at- ile -dot- com
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>
> HOW DOES THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD?
> ------------------------------------
>
>
>NT Chicken
>Will cross the road in June; no, in August. September for sure.
>
>OS/2 Chicken
>It tried to cross the road several times, and finally gave up.
>
>Win 95 Chicken
>You see different colored feathers while it crosses, but cook it and it
>still tastes like ... chicken.
>
>Microsoft Chicken (TM)
>It's already on both sides of the road. And it just bought the road.
>
>Unix Chicken
>There's no real reason to cross the road. Just make a symbolic link to
the
>chicken anywhere you want it to be.
>
>OOP Chicken
>It doesn't need to cross the road, it just sends a message.
>
>Assembler Chicken
>First it builds the road ...
>
>C Chicken
>It crosses the road without looking both ways.
>
>C++ Chicken
>The chicken wouldn't have to cross the road, you'd simply refer to him
on
>the other side.
>
>VB Chicken
>USHighways!TheRoad cross (aChicken)
>
>Delphi Chicken
>The chicken is dragged across the road and dropped on the other side.
>
>Java Chicken
>If your road needs to be crossed by a chicken, the server will download
a
>chicklet to the other side.
>
>Web Chicken
>Jumps out onto the road, turns right, and just keeps on running.
>
>Gopher Chicken
>Tried to run, but got flattened by the Web chicken.
>
>Newton Chicken
>Can't cluck, can't fly, and can't lay eggs, but you can carry it across
the
>road in your pocket.
>
>Cray Chicken
>Crosses faster than any other chicken, but if you don't dip it in
liquid
>nitrogen first, it arrives on the other side fully cooked.
>
>Quantum Logic Chicken
>The chicken is distributed probabilistically on all sides of the road
until
>you observe it on the side of your course.
>
>Lotus Chicken
>Don't you dare try to cross the road the same way we do!
>
>Mac Chicken
>No reasonable chicken owner would want a chicken to cross the road, so
>there's no way to tell it to.
>
>
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