How is a raven like a writing desk?

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The genuine answer:

"It is nevar put with the wrong end in front."

Carroll originally included this quote in the postscript text, but it was not understood by editors (as a typographical error) and was later rid of in the books. Nevar is raven backwards. :)

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Heres some I found:

  • Because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes. (Puzzle maven Sam Loyd, 1914)
  • Because Poe wrote on both. (Loyd again)
  • Because there is a B in both and an N in neither. (Get it? Aldous Huxley, 1928)
  • Because it slopes with a flap. (Cyril Pearson, undated)

And here is one I guessed:

  • Because they both have quills

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Because they're both birds except for the writing desk

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Okay Alice in Wonderland fanatic....lol. It seems the Mad Hatter has REALLY gone mad. lol. A raven like a writing desk....let's see...they are definitely both random objects, nouns, not people, both are used for stories, yeah. A raven is a lot like a writing desk. *wink wink*

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A raven is like a writing desk, because both can produce very few notes and both are almost never turned the wrong way front. ('Raven' backwards is 'nevaR'. Sounds like 'never' and you never turn writing desks around).

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You do understand that the original question was "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" not "How." And the answer might well be "Why not?" A charming reference page for those interested in this burning question is
www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_266.html

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This riddle is very famous, although it is the rarefied kind of fame that entails most people never having heard of it. It comes from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Alice is at the tea party with the March Hare, the Mad Hatter, and the Dormouse, when apropos of pretty much nothing the Hatter pops the question above. Several pages of tomfoolery ensue, and then:

"Have you guessed the riddle yet?" the Hatter said, turning to Alice again. "No, I give it up," Alice replied. "What's the answer?" "I haven't the slightest idea," said the Hatter. "Nor I," said the March Hare. Alice sighed wearily. "I think you might do something better with the time," she said, "than wasting it in asking riddles that have no answers."

At this point most of us are thinking, ho-ho, that Lewis Carroll, is he hilarious or what? But inevitably you get a few losers who say, well, OK, but I still want to know why a raven is like a writing desk. One sighs wearily. Guys! It's a joke! The answer is that there isn't any answer!

 

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