A rooster lays an egg
on the very peak of a pitched roof.
Which way does it roll — left or right?

Neither. Roosters don’t lay eggs.. The riddle smuggles a false premise into the first line and rushes you past it. Hens lay; roosters crow.

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Accepted Answer

Neither. Roosters don’t lay eggs. — The riddle smuggles a false premise into the first line and rushes you past it. Hens lay; roosters crow.