beak Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 (edited) This is probably the most famous unanswered riddle in literature (Alice in Wonderland) and I've always been interested in answers to it. Feel free to complete the mad hatter's question here! For a start...because there's a 'b' in both. ...because they both ought to be made to shut up. ...because Poe wrote on both. Over to you... Edited October 20, 2010 by beak Sincerely, beak. God does not work in mysterious ways – he works in ways that are indistinguishable from his non-existence. Link to post Share on other sites
Halden Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 They both have Quills in them... In Ottawa? Check out The Ottawa Pen Posse Link to post Share on other sites
Kaych Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Because it can produce a few notes, though they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front! DESIDERANTES MELIOREM PATRIAM Link to post Share on other sites
Ernst Bitterman Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 (edited) A gentleman will never sit upon either of them. Both are smaller than an elephant. One is foolish to entrust secrets to either. It is painful to get one's fingers stuck in either. The attempt to put either in one's pocket is likely to end poorly. Edited October 20, 2010 by Ernst Bitterman Ravensmarch Pens & BooksIt's mainly pens, just now....Oh, good heavens. He's got a blog now, too. Link to post Share on other sites
txinsk Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Because of the messes they create, Neither is grounded. I still want to make one for nib and beak but it escapes me at the moment. Rick Need money for pens, must make good notebooks. Link to post Share on other sites
omicron Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 I've had my way with both. Link to post Share on other sites
beak Posted October 22, 2010 Author Share Posted October 22, 2010 Because it can produce a few notes, though they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front!Only just 'got' this one - very good. For those similarly benighted by the raven, nevar fear. Sincerely, beak. God does not work in mysterious ways – he works in ways that are indistinguishable from his non-existence. Link to post Share on other sites
beak Posted October 22, 2010 Author Share Posted October 22, 2010 (edited) Ernst Bitterman:The attempt to put either in one's pocket is likely to end poorly. And thanks for the link to your site - also interesting. Edited October 22, 2010 by beak Sincerely, beak. God does not work in mysterious ways – he works in ways that are indistinguishable from his non-existence. Link to post Share on other sites
FOX Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 For the same reason an orange is like an apple. Link to post Share on other sites
beak Posted November 7, 2010 Author Share Posted November 7, 2010 A few more have come to light... Because one has flapping fits, and the other fitting flaps. Because without them, Brave New World could not have been written. (ask if you don't get this). Sincerely, beak. God does not work in mysterious ways – he works in ways that are indistinguishable from his non-existence. Link to post Share on other sites
ag273n Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1173/why-is-a-raven-like-a-writing-desk :roflmho: i dunno which answer should i pick http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee84/cards_of_fool/handwriting3-1.jpg if men would write like poets all the time, would we understand them? Link to post Share on other sites
beak Posted November 7, 2010 Author Share Posted November 7, 2010 http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1173/why-is-a-raven-like-a-writing-desk :roflmho: i dunno which answer should i pick Oh dear. Re the referred site - a bit pedantic and totalitarian, inventing motives for people with whom he is unacquainted and unfamiliar. 'I am the great I am' so let me explain the faults of those not yet thinking the way I do. It's an innocent word game: calm down. Thanks timestamp for pointing it out though. Sincerely, beak. God does not work in mysterious ways – he works in ways that are indistinguishable from his non-existence. Link to post Share on other sites
Kaych Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Because it can produce a few notes, though they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front!Only just 'got' this one - very good. For those similarly benighted by the raven, nevar fear. Thank you! But I can't take credit for this one. These are actually answers that Lewis Carroll himself provided as possible answers to the riddle in the introduction to one of the editions. DESIDERANTES MELIOREM PATRIAM Link to post Share on other sites
Vargouille Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Because it can produce a few notes, though they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front!Only just 'got' this one - very good. For those similarly benighted by the raven, nevar fear. Thank you! But I can't take credit for this one. These are actually answers that Lewis Carroll himself provided as possible answers to the riddle in the introduction to one of the editions.Yeah, then it got mangled by the stupid editors. And it was never the same again. Then I learned that the entire first book was about imaginary numbers. It was hilarious. Link to post Share on other sites
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