The Vegetable That Never Crossed

The joke is funny because it sets up an expectation of a classic 'crossing the road' joke. Instead of providing a punchline involving why the vegetable crossed, it subverts it by saying the vegetable did not cross at all. That's the anti-humor.

• Vegetable
• Road
• Food
• Comedy
• Expectation
• Situation

• Why didn't the chicken cross the road? Because they can't.
• Q: Why did the vegetable cross the road? A: 'Cause someone let go of the handle bars.
• Why didn't the chair cross the road? Because it was a chair.
• What happened when the duck crossed the road? It crossed the road.