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[quote]LEWIS CARROLL himself proposed an answer in the 1897 final revision of Alice's Adventures. "Because it can produce a few notes, though they are very flat; and it is never put with the wrong end in front!" The early issues of the revision spell "never" as "nevar", ie "raven" with the wrong end in front. Martin Gardner, in More Annotated Alice (1990) gave two possible answers, sent in by readers: "both have quills dipped in ink" and "because it slopes with a flap". In 1991, The Spectator held a competition for new answers, among the prize winners were: "because one has flapping fits and the other fitting flaps"; "because one is good for writing books and the other better for biting rooks"; and "because a writing desk is a rest for pens and a raven is a pest for wrens".
(Dr) Selwyn Goodacre, Editor, Journal of the Lewis Carroll Society, Swadlincote,
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I'm none the wiser frankly
(Dr) Selwyn Goodacre, Editor, Journal of the Lewis Carroll Society, Swadlincote,
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I'm none the wiser frankly
blasphemy666 · 26-30, F
@SW-User thunks master
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This riddle is designed to be nonsensical, and according to its author, Lewis Carroll, he never intended for there to be any real answer to the question: “why is a raven like a writing desk?” The entire point of the riddle is that it has no answer, although numerous people have come up with creative interpretations of the riddle.
blasphemy666 · 26-30, F
@SW-User yeah i think Carroll just made it to fuck with people... And later when people started pestering him about it, he came up with some nonsense explanation
NorthernBear · 51-55, M
The only thing I can think of is that the bird is the word. A raven is a bird, and a writing desk is the place for words. It's weak but it's all I got.
blasphemy666 · 26-30, F
@NorthernBear hahaha... Nice try tho
Caprice · 41-45, F
No. This riddle has plagued me for years😠
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wackidywack · 22-25
I'll never have the answer to this riddle 😔
blasphemy666 · 26-30, F
@wackidywack I'm learning from the comments a bit
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firefall · 61-69, M
because neither is a tea cozy
1GHOST · M
blasphemy666 · 26-30, F
@1GHOST beautiful man.... Did you draw it?