"Why did the stoner cross the road?"/"The…

“Why did the chicken cross the road?”/“To get to the other side” is a classic riddle from the 19th century. There are several versions that involve a stoner.

“Q. Why did the stoner cross the road? A. who else would follow a chicken?” was posted on the newsgroup alt.hackers.malicious on November 5, 2000. “Q. Why did the stoner cross the road? A. Who else would follow a chicken?” was posted on the newsgroup alt.religion.wicca on June 6, 2002. “Q: Why did the stoner cross the road? A: Who else would follow a chicken?” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on April 20, 2015.

“Why did the stoner cross the road? Cuz is dealer lived on the other side” was posted on Twitter by samm on March 21, 2010. “Pg. 117:
Q: Why did the stoner cross the road? A: His dealer lived on the other side” was printed in the book Ultimate Book of Jokes (2011) by Scptt McNeely.

“Whyd the stoner cross the road? Because the grass is greener on the other side” was posted on Twitter by JOANNNA GALLARDE on January 6, 2011. “why did the stoner cross the road? The grass was greener on the other side” was posted on Twitter by ₳𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗛𝘂𝘀𝘀 》on January 24, 2011.

“Why did the stoner cross the road? To avoid the pot hole” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on March 11, 2017. “Why couldn’t the stoner cross the road? Because he got stuck in a pot hole” was posted on Twitter by BOWMAN on May 3, 2019.

“OC: why did the stoner cross the road? Because it was the HIGHway” was posted on Reddit—Dadjokes on January 30, 2022.

Google Groups: alt.hackers.malicious
OT: Pot humor.
ExecutoR
Nov 5, 2000, 3:00:00 AM
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>Q. Why did the stoner cross the road?
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>A. who else would follow a chicken?

Google Groups: alt.religion.wicca
Pointless, Stupid Jokes of the Year from Me
Sandman
Jun 6, 2002, 1:17:17 AM
(...)
Q. Why did the stoner cross the road?
A. Who else would follow a chicken?

Google Groups: de.talk.jokes.d
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Katha
Nov 11, 2002, 2:36:35 PM
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OJ:
Q: Why did the stoner cross the road?
A: Who else would follow a chicken?

Twitter
Elisa Franzetta Ware
@EFranz13
@snakepants - Why did the Stoner cross the road? (Who else would follow a chicken?)
8:58 PM · Jul 17, 2009·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Rainy Rivas
@RainyRivas
Q: Why did the stoner cross the road?A: To get to the other high.
8:33 PM · Aug 18, 2009·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
samm
@sammlovesit
Why did the stoner cross the road? Cuz is dealer lived on the other side.
2:21 AM · Mar 21, 2010·Twitter SMS

Google Books
Ultimate Book of Jokes
By Scptt McNeely
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books
2011
Pg. 117:
Q: Why did the stoner cross the road?
A: His dealer lived on the other side.
Q: Why did the stoner cross the road?
A: He saw people on the other side, standing in a circle and coughing.

Twitter
JOANNNA GALLARDE
@JoannaBeThuggin
Whyd the stoner cross the road? Because the grass is greener on the other side. Haha ;D
8:22 PM · Jan 6, 2011·Twitter SMS

Twitter
《 ₳𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗛𝘂𝘀𝘀 》
@adamwhosane
why did the stoner cross the road? The grass was greener on the other side.
3:43 AM · Jan 24, 2011·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
CyrusFamAreLegendary
@mileysnotaslut
Q. Why did the stoner cross the road?
A. Who else would follow a chicken?
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLL
8:14 AM · Mar 16, 2011·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
LJ Harris
@SupBroImLJ
Why’d the stoner cross the road? Cause his dealer lived on the other side. Ziiiiiingerrr! #ilove420
10:09 AM · Apr 20, 2011·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Weed Tweets ™
@stillblazingtho
Q. Why did the stoner cross the road?
A. Who else would follow a chicken?
6:51 PM · Dec 8, 2011·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Stoner Girl Problems
@StonerChicks420
Why did the stoner cross the road? The grass was greener on the other side #duh
1:47 AM · Jan 16, 2012·Twitter for iPhone

Twitter
Enigmatic SikaBOPHA
@Real_Enigmatic
Q: Why did the stoner cross the road?
A: Because his dealer lived across the street! #bluntmoment
10:07 AM · May 7, 2012·Mobile Web

Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/gnasa April 20, 2015
ANOTHER CHICKEN, ANOTHER ROAD
Q: Why did the stoner cross the road? A: Who else would follow a chicken?

Twitter
Jokes of the day
@jokesofthedaydn
Q: Why did the stoner cross the road? A: Who else would follow a chicken?
4:10 PM · Sep 27, 2015·JokesOfTheDay

Twitter
Neighborhood Noel
@gl0well
Why did the stoner cross the road?
Because his dealer lived on the other side
11:38 PM · Feb 2, 2016·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—Trees
Posted by u/HitlerWasADuck April 9, 2016
Why’d the stoner cross the road? [7]
Because the grass is always greener.

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/[deleted] March 11, 2017
Why did the stoner cross the road?
To avoid the pot hole.

Twitter
BOWMAN
@Danny_Bowman
Why couldn’t the stoner cross the road?
Because he got stuck in a pot hole
8:20 AM · May 3, 2019·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—AntiJokes
Posted by u/bubblejuggle May 4, 2019
Why did the stoner cross the road?
To go in the wrong direction for 2 kilometer and realize much later to turn back around and cross the same road again.

Twitter
ornamentPárkér_O•P™
@TaeNicole_
Why did the stoner cross the road ??
Cuz his dealer was on the other side
5:45 PM · Oct 26, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

Reddit—Dadjokes
Posted by u/Elfere January 30, 2022
OC: why did the stoner cross the road?
Because it was the HIGHway

“Why did the stoner cross the road?”/“The grass was greener on the other side.”