Why the chicken really crossed the road

I had a conversation with my 12 year old a few weeks ago. She said to me that she had just got the "Why did the chicken cross the road joke". I was so surprised I asked her what she meant. She said "Well you know how they say 'to get to the other side' Well I didn't get that until now". Still confused I asked again what she meant. She said "The other side...as in...death. He wanted to cross so he would get hit by a car and die." I sat still for a few minutes and finally said "Wow! I never got that either!". I believe that was the deepest conversation I've ever had with anyone under the age of 30 and it just happened to be my 12 year old daughter. Apparently she and her friends had been talking about it and this was the conclusion they came to. It's really good to know that some of the new generation will be thinkers. It might be a morbid conclusion that they came up with but still a very deep and thoughtful one.