Why did the chicken cross the road? (answers from various personalities) **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. The chicken is either with us or it is against us. There is no middle ground here. **AL GORE** I invented the chicken. I invented the road. Therefore, the chicken crossing the road represents the application of these two different functions of government in a new, reinvented way designed to bring greater services to the American people. **HANS BLIX** We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed access to the other side of the road. **MOHAMMED ALDOURI** (Iraq's ambassador to the UN) The chicken did not cross the road. This is a complete fabrication. We don't even have a chicken. **SADDAM HUSSEIN** This was an unprovoked act of rebellion and we were quite justified in dropping 50 tons of nerve gas on the chicken. **HELEN CLARK** Unless the chicken had UN approval to cross, this is a blatant breach of international law. **MARIAN HOBBS** Chickens must get resource consent to cross roads. Officials from the Ministry for the Environment will investigate the activities of this chicken. **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. **MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.** I envision a world where all chickens will be free to cross roads without having their motives called into question. **JOHN LENNON** Imagine - chickens crossing roads everywhere - in peace. **FOX MULDER** You saw it cross the road with your own eyes! How many more chickens have to cross before you believe it? **BILL GATES** I have just released e-Chicken 2003, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook - and Internet Explorer is an inextricable part of eChicken. **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 do you mean by chicken? Could you define chicken, please?