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Old 11-01-2006, 08:54 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Does anyone know the answer to this?

For real, I don't actually know the answer and I've been dying to know.

Why is a raven like a writing desk?
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Old 11-01-2006, 09:36 AM   #2 (permalink)
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  • Because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes.
  • Because Poe wrote on both.
  • Because there is a B in both and an N in neither.
  • Because it slopes with a flap.
  • Because you cannot ride either one of them like a bicycle.

And from Lewis Carroll, himself: `Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is never put with the wrong end in front!
From my favorite cynic, Cecil... http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_266.html
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Old 11-02-2006, 01:10 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Because Poe wrote on both. Is what I have always heard.
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