Why is a raven like a writing desk?
So, i know there are plenty studies on this question by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland. I would love to hear some Nerdfighteria theories!
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Permalink Reply by Danno on -
while there may be some possible answers, the most obvious being phonetic, as i suspect many of these studies have concluded, there's not supposed to be an answer. really, the joke is that the hatter is crazy, so he asks questions that he doesn't actually mean, and may not even realize he's asked.
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Permalink Reply by Jackalope Joe D'Antonio on -
I haven't the slightest idea why a raven is like a writing desk, why would you ask such a question?
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Permalink Reply by Vertigo_One [Ops Mod] on -
John Green's answer is "Edgar Alan Poe wrote on both".
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Permalink Reply by Natalia Marmolejo López on -
wow! true! awesome. i hadn't realized.
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Permalink Reply by Liz Day on -
Actually, he took the answer from a guy named Sam Loyd who wrote it in 1914.
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1173/why-is-a-raven-like-a...
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Permalink Reply by Ashley Eugene on -
I never saw that video, but that is the best answer ever
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Permalink Reply by Jordyn Preusker on -
Genius! John has blessed us all with wisdom once again!
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Permalink Reply by Jessica E. on -
Yep. Poe.
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Permalink Reply by Jess sullivan on -
I think that it is possible that Lewis Carroll wanted people to think it was a very deep question but it really is a very simple answer, they both begin with the R sound, not that they both start with R it's the sound that matters.
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Permalink Reply by Charlie Hickling on -
Both have bills :)
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Permalink Reply by Hutch Hogan on -
There is an actual answer.
They both produce a note though it is quite flat, and they are nevar put with the wrong end in front.
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