Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Why Is a Raven Like a Writing Desk?

In case you were curious:




The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he said was, 'Why is a raven like a writing-desk?'

'Come, we shall have some fun now!' thought Alice. 'I'm glad they've begun asking riddles.--I believe I can guess that,' she added aloud.

'Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?' said the March Hare.

'Exactly so,' said Alice.

'Then you should say what you mean,' the March Hare went on.

'I do,' Alice hastily replied; 'at least--at least I mean what I say--that's the same thing, you know.'

'Not the same thing a bit!' said the Hatter. 'You might just as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat what I see"!'

'You might just as well say,' added the March Hare, 'that "I like what I get" is the same thing as "I get what I like"!'

'You might just as well say,' added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, 'that "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing as "I sleep when I breathe"!'

'It is the same thing with you,' said the Hatter, and here the conversation dropped, and the party sat silent for a minute, while Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and writing-desks, which wasn't much.

3 Comments:

At 5:11 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've heard two answers to this.

How many have you heard, and of which were you thinking?

 
At 2:34 PM, Blogger Brennan Taylor said...

As far as I know, it's a riddle without an answer.

 
At 10:16 PM, Blogger Unquietsoul said...

The answer generally given is:

"Poe Wrote At Both."

 

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