[Guest]

How is a raven like a writing desk?

[Guest]

Alice in Wonderland

at the tea party i believe

[Aaryan]

[Guest]

I had to google this one...

But my favorites were: 1. Because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes. and 2. Because there is a B in both and an N in neither (get it?). The only answer I could come up with on my own is that each of them is equally unlike the other, while simultaneously being just as similar as well. Of course I know it's a nonsense riddle, but it's fun nonetheless!

[Guest]

Again, not my own: "Because you cannot ride either one of them like a bicycle."

[Guest]

I had to google this one...

But my favorites were: 1. Because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes. and 2. Because there is a B in both and an N in neither (get it?). The only answer I could come up with on my own is that each of them is equally unlike the other, while simultaneously being just as similar as well. Of course I know it's a nonsense riddle, but it's fun nonetheless!

Again, not my own: "Because you cannot ride either one of them like a bicycle."

These are all good answers. Until I Googled it I didn't even know that this is the riddle of the March Hare.

They are not the answer I was looking for however.

Edited August 5, 2011 by Faelyn

[Molly Mae]

One leg is both the same

[Guest]

In Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter asks Alice "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?" When Alice gives up, the Hatter replies that he does not know either, creating a nonsensical riddle. In the chapter "A Mad Tea Party", the Hatter asks a notable riddle: "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" When Alice gives up, the Hatter admits he does not have an answer himself. Lewis Carroll originally intended the riddle to be just a riddle without an answer.

[Guest]

In Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, the Mad Hatter asks Alice "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?" When Alice gives up, the Hatter replies that he does not know either, creating a nonsensical riddle. In the chapter "A Mad Tea Party", the Hatter asks a notable riddle: "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" When Alice gives up, the Hatter admits he does not have an answer himself. Lewis Carroll originally intended the riddle to be just a riddle without an answer.

This may in deed be the case but a great many answers exist that many cleaver people came up with. As I said until I Googled it I didn't know that the March Hare asked originally. It was just a riddle some one once told me. That said I'll post the answer I was given and expecting when I started this.

Edger Allen Poe wrote on both.

Edited August 7, 2011 by Faelyn

[Guest]

Edgar Alan Poe has written on .

Utalizing two meanings for the phrase "written on". The first, the raven, is a subject of his writings. The second, the desk, is the location his stories were pysically being written.

They are both subjects that Edgar Alan Poe has written on. Utalizing

[plainglazed]

hello Faelyn and welcome to BrainDen. This riddle is a classic and already included in this site. Do not be dismayed, it was not easily found in the new search function for some reason. Am locking this thread but more discussion can be found and continued in the original thread here.