Alex Carrick’s Blog

Here are sixteen original and highly sophisticated road jokes.

(1) Why did all of the world’s leaders cross the road? The bridge? The Highway? To take credit for the infrastructure work.

(2) Why did Jack Bauer cross the road? He finished torturing all the terrorists on this side.

(3) Why did Gregory House cross the road? To avoid walking under a ladder, a black cat and Number 13.

(4) Why did the tweeter cross the road? It was less than 140 paces to the hottest new trending topic.

(5) Why did the family cross the road? To log into a better Internet connection.

(6) Why did the people of LOST cross the road? Why not? They’re lost, aren’t they?

(7) Why did the smoke monster cross the road? To buy cigarettes.

(8) Why did Sarah Palin cross the road? To get a clearer view of Russia

(9) Why did Barack Obama cross the road? He was paying a surprise visit to the country of his birth. (Please, this is a joke. I don’t want secret service men showing up at my front door.)

(10) Why did the economist cross the road? Because he was pushed in that direction by an invisible hand. Plus he heard there was a free lunch over there.

(11) Why did Sue Sylvester of Glee cross the road? To escape the glare from her cheerleading trophies.

(12) Why did Conan O’Brien cross the road. Because there was a show to host tonight and he could always come back, right?

(13) Why did Lou Dobbs cross the road? To sneak into America illegally.

(14) Why did Dick Cheney and the Mad Hatter cross the road? To attend a tea party.

(15) Why did Spartacus cross the road? To exercise his right to freedom and because his wife sent him on a mission to buy garbage bags.

(16) Why did the ghost whisperer cross the road? To get to the other side.

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