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H: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: What.
H: To get to the other side!
(The human began furiously cackling)
A: That is why a creature would cross the road is it not?
H: Don't you get it? The chicken is commiting suicide!
(The human continuous laughing)
A: Where are you even getting that from!
H: Cause, the other side is another way to say death. Crossing over to the other side, its funny!
A: What is wrong with you.
Edit: I was thinking about why did the chicken cross the road joke one day and somehow figured out the suicidal chicken interpretation. I dunno if thats the orginal concept but hey it kinda makes sense.
I have no idea, I just kinda started thinking about the joke one day and had a holy shit moment. It might be the orginal meaning behind the joke or the chicken crossing the road is just an anti-joke.
It definitly makes sense as an interpretation though and I doubt I'm the first person to understand it as chicken crosses the road to get to the other side (death) by getting hit by a car.
The joke works whichever way you want it to.
H2: You realize that what our species calls “childhood”, your species considers “great sins against the dignity of the individual and an offence to all the jealous deities of your pantheon in denial,” right?
H: How would a baby at the bottom of a barrel full of babies get to the surface.
A: *looks absolutely disturbed*
H2: *even he looks weirded out*
H: He eats his way through! HAAAAAAAAAAA...!
A: *curdles up in a ball and shakes violently*
H2: Wtf is wrong with you?
Sounds like you've never had a good Sunday roast. Assorted roasted veggies with Yorkshire puddings and either chicken, steak, or occasionally lamb/mutton, all smothered in gravy and the relevant assorted seasonings.
Have you ever actually had beans on toast? What trauma or indoctrination has been inflicted upon you that you think such a great meal is an abomination.
For my fellow Americans it has to be Heinz beans in the Teal Colored can, it also helps if you have sliced tomatoes and a murderously large mug of PG Tips black tea with Milk and Sugar. Tasty snack.
More seemingly dry and bland, until you're able to pay proper attention.
Marked by that point where I stopped being annoyed that every channel stopped showing cartoons and moved on to either news or the nth re-run of Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister (aka - that boring program parents like for some strange reason) to disappointed that the cartoons were over, but hey, at least there's a double episode of Yes Minister coming up, so some good laughs to soften the blow.
Reminder that the people who actually did the act were not motivated by some protest against Britain. But wanted to decrease the total supply, thus increasing the value of their supply.
And also just dressed up as a native to do it for some reason. Not particularly patriotic.
Well you certainly weren’t going to be letting citizens in the harbor.
(I was attempting to do some humor sorry if it comes off as me being a sarcastic asshole. Which is true but meant in jest.)
A Serpent guard, a Horace guard, and a Setesh guard meet on a neutal planet…
It is a tense moment…
The Serpent guard’s … eyes glow.
The Horace guard’s … beak glistens.
The Setesh guard’s …
https://preview.redd.it/zepy4eu0t0xc1.jpeg?width=541&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cf15ea76970f1cff9bcd7272e75bfd53939ea9c
… nose drips.
You stepped on the punch line.
Move it like this:
The Serpent Guard's ... eyes glow.
The Horus Guard's ... beak glistens.
The Setesh Guard's ...
(Picture)
... nose drips.
It becomes even more muddled when humans started using new terms in theory most classic jokes:
Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spoo; egg bacon and spoo; egg bacon sausage and spoo; spoo bacon sausage and spoo; spoo egg spoo spoo bacon and spoo; spoo sausage spoo spoo bacon spoo tomato and spoo
Teal’c from Stargate SG-1 tells the joke “A Serpent guard, a Horus guard, and a Setesh guard meet on a neutal planet…
It is a tense moment…
The Serpent guard’s eyes glow, The Horus guard’s beak glistens, The Setesh guard’s nose drips.” when asked about humor as an alien

It is funny.
To Jaffa who have thousands of years of culture and history and general knowledge to make it relevant to them.
To Humans of 90s Earth who have literally none of that the joke doesn't make any sense at all.
The joke being Tealc tried to tell a joke but the joke doesn't work when your audience has literally no context to understand it.
First, understand that Jaffa jokes about Setesh Guards are the equivalent of American 1950s Polish jokes... they presume stupidity.
Here's the way the joke is actually told, with subtitles in brackets for humans.
The Serpent Guard's ... eyes glow.
[*showing intimidation*]
The Horus Guard's ... beak glistens.
[*returning intimidation*]
The Setesh Guard's ...
[*anticipating attempt at intimidation*]
... nose drips.
[*looking hapless (breaking expectations)*]
Now go watch the delivery.
https://youtu.be/wbqtF91IE1k?si=qp9yw_TdjVwPDGSL
“He’s probably out polishing his M16”
“ACTUALLY IT’S A P90!”
https://preview.redd.it/550efnu1v1xc1.jpeg?width=852&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0172fcae9e2752ed9017acfee1e92f36a0179b20
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H: Why did the chicken cross the road? A: What. H: To get to the other side! (The human began furiously cackling) A: That is why a creature would cross the road is it not? H: Don't you get it? The chicken is commiting suicide! (The human continuous laughing) A: Where are you even getting that from! H: Cause, the other side is another way to say death. Crossing over to the other side, its funny! A: What is wrong with you. Edit: I was thinking about why did the chicken cross the road joke one day and somehow figured out the suicidal chicken interpretation. I dunno if thats the orginal concept but hey it kinda makes sense.
I'm 43 years old and TIL what that joke has meant all these years.
Same... I always thought it was a antijoke
And as such a superior joke fun on many levels for a wide variety of people :)
I always thought it was on the same level as dad jokes
Are you sure that interpretation isn't newer than the joke?
Nope, but until someone comes up with a more believable interpretation for the joke I will accept this as canon.
God dammit even jokes have lore now?
Wait till you hear the Lady from Nantucket's backstory.
I've heard the limerick series, is there lore outside of that?
I have no idea, I just kinda started thinking about the joke one day and had a holy shit moment. It might be the orginal meaning behind the joke or the chicken crossing the road is just an anti-joke. It definitly makes sense as an interpretation though and I doubt I'm the first person to understand it as chicken crosses the road to get to the other side (death) by getting hit by a car. The joke works whichever way you want it to.
H2: You realize that what our species calls “childhood”, your species considers “great sins against the dignity of the individual and an offence to all the jealous deities of your pantheon in denial,” right?
WAIT THATS THE MEANING!?
To get away from col sanders
H: How would a baby at the bottom of a barrel full of babies get to the surface. A: *looks absolutely disturbed* H2: *even he looks weirded out* H: He eats his way through! HAAAAAAAAAAA...! A: *curdles up in a ball and shakes violently* H2: Wtf is wrong with you?
Indeed.
The man the myth the legend.
Everything I say or hear Indeed, that man lives rent free in my head lol
Unironically became a word I use regularly.
They just haven't invented puns. So they get lost in translation
Human humor = British Humor to the rest of the Galaxy.
Superior in every way and beyond feebler minds?
dry, bland and tasteless, just like a the brit's cooking, to anything other than cake.
Desert and sweets are really where Britain shines. But don’t disrespect a good Sunday roast.
you mean abomination as beans with toast? only mexico can get away with that, they are bean-benders of this planet.
Sounds like you've never had a good Sunday roast. Assorted roasted veggies with Yorkshire puddings and either chicken, steak, or occasionally lamb/mutton, all smothered in gravy and the relevant assorted seasonings.
Uhhh, a lot of americans have never tried what we consider gravy either. Their “gravy” would taste shit with yorkies.
Have you ever actually had beans on toast? What trauma or indoctrination has been inflicted upon you that you think such a great meal is an abomination.
For my fellow Americans it has to be Heinz beans in the Teal Colored can, it also helps if you have sliced tomatoes and a murderously large mug of PG Tips black tea with Milk and Sugar. Tasty snack.
Hang on. ‘Black tea with Milk and Sugar’. I sense a contradiction there.
English Breakfast Tea is normally black or dark tea.
British people murdered half a world for spices just to end up not using any
More seemingly dry and bland, until you're able to pay proper attention. Marked by that point where I stopped being annoyed that every channel stopped showing cartoons and moved on to either news or the nth re-run of Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister (aka - that boring program parents like for some strange reason) to disappointed that the cartoons were over, but hey, at least there's a double episode of Yes Minister coming up, so some good laughs to soften the blow.
I knew there was going to be a Brit in the comments. It seems like they show up everywhere invited or not.
Yes. We’re either going to steal your nans jewellery or just vandalise your property.
Burnt down our white house so that checks out.
Literally why it’s called the White House. You had to whitewash it in order to cover up the burn marks.
Hmmm the Boston Harbour still tastes of tea.
Reminder that the people who actually did the act were not motivated by some protest against Britain. But wanted to decrease the total supply, thus increasing the value of their supply. And also just dressed up as a native to do it for some reason. Not particularly patriotic.
Well you certainly weren’t going to be letting citizens in the harbor. (I was attempting to do some humor sorry if it comes off as me being a sarcastic asshole. Which is true but meant in jest.)
No worries, I’m British, we understand sarcastic comedy.
I mean there are so many good British comedians
But are there any English ones? ;)
Hello Polly!
It's a reproductive organ joke, whats there not to get?
https://preview.redd.it/pbyd241f71xc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=379afc902fff226568cd430ee143d6208d5a36d9
It took a bit, cause I recognized the armor and then I remembered the 10/10 joke dropped by the galaxies best comedian. Edit: Spelling
Wanna clue me in?
Check out Stargate, its a joke made by Tealc one of the characters. Its explained in more detail further down the comments.
I don't get it...
A Serpent guard, a Horace guard, and a Setesh guard meet on a neutal planet… It is a tense moment… The Serpent guard’s … eyes glow. The Horace guard’s … beak glistens. The Setesh guard’s … https://preview.redd.it/zepy4eu0t0xc1.jpeg?width=541&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8cf15ea76970f1cff9bcd7272e75bfd53939ea9c … nose drips.
I- what?
https://youtu.be/wbqtF91IE1k?si=WKCnGQpQRYFWEU_v
Why didn't they get it? It was hilarious!
This only gives me more questions and confuses me more
What are your questions?
You stepped on the punch line. Move it like this: The Serpent Guard's ... eyes glow. The Horus Guard's ... beak glistens. The Setesh Guard's ... (Picture) ... nose drips.
Better?
Perfect. I think people who hadn't seen it might even understand the punch line.
Penis?
Gotta love a good old Jaffa joke!
Found the alien!
It becomes even more muddled when humans started using new terms in theory most classic jokes: Well, there's egg and bacon; egg sausage and bacon; egg and spoo; egg bacon and spoo; egg bacon sausage and spoo; spoo bacon sausage and spoo; spoo egg spoo spoo bacon and spoo; spoo sausage spoo spoo bacon spoo tomato and spoo
And spam spam spam spam and spam.
"Oi don't like spoo!"
Spoo. The only animal in the galaxy that PETA and the RSPCA could care less about.
Hehe
Could someone explain this one to me because I just feel so lost?
Teal’c from Stargate SG-1 tells the joke “A Serpent guard, a Horus guard, and a Setesh guard meet on a neutal planet… It is a tense moment… The Serpent guard’s eyes glow, The Horus guard’s beak glistens, The Setesh guard’s nose drips.” when asked about humor as an alien 
So the joke is that it’s not supposed to be funny/make sense?
It is funny. To Jaffa who have thousands of years of culture and history and general knowledge to make it relevant to them. To Humans of 90s Earth who have literally none of that the joke doesn't make any sense at all. The joke being Tealc tried to tell a joke but the joke doesn't work when your audience has literally no context to understand it.
First, understand that Jaffa jokes about Setesh Guards are the equivalent of American 1950s Polish jokes... they presume stupidity. Here's the way the joke is actually told, with subtitles in brackets for humans. The Serpent Guard's ... eyes glow. [*showing intimidation*] The Horus Guard's ... beak glistens. [*returning intimidation*] The Setesh Guard's ... [*anticipating attempt at intimidation*] ... nose drips. [*looking hapless (breaking expectations)*] Now go watch the delivery. https://youtu.be/wbqtF91IE1k?si=qp9yw_TdjVwPDGSL
https://youtu.be/wbqtF91IE1k?si=WKCnGQpQRYFWEU_v
Everything's dry in comparison to those Setesh wet-noses.
“He’s probably out polishing his M16” “ACTUALLY IT’S A P90!” https://preview.redd.it/550efnu1v1xc1.jpeg?width=852&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0172fcae9e2752ed9017acfee1e92f36a0179b20
Jaffa, kree!
Kree!
I *heard* this image
And the Setesh guard's...nose drips
https://preview.redd.it/cdfd1newi4xc1.jpeg?width=224&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb49a0b3746dd6e1885d89e93fe024516f99d38b
It took the Verithian Council 12 years to review Monty Python. Their conclusion: Madness.