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February 25, 2016 4:28 am at 4:28 am #617295👑RebYidd23Participant
I heard it’s because it can produce a few notes, though they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front. But is that the real reason?
February 25, 2016 6:10 am at 6:10 am #1139958takahmamashParticipantBecause the Jabberwock said so.
February 25, 2016 11:46 pm at 11:46 pm #1139959pcozMemberBecause it learnt in the Mir, Telz and Brisk.
February 26, 2016 2:10 pm at 2:10 pm #1139960skripkaParticipantbecause it eats toothpaste in july
February 28, 2016 10:21 pm at 10:21 pm #1139961pcozMemberBecause you can stand on it to reach the top shelf of the sefarim schrank.
March 1, 2016 1:19 am at 1:19 am #1139962MRS PLONYParticipantThis is creepy. I think you’re all communicating in code.
March 1, 2016 2:19 am at 2:19 am #1139963👑RebYidd23ParticipantWhat would make you think that?
March 1, 2016 6:30 pm at 6:30 pm #1139964takahmamashParticipantThis is creepy. I think you’re all communicating in code.
For those not in the know, the title of this thread is a quote from Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland.” The riddle, as asked by the [Mad] Hatter, has no answer. RebYidd23’s first answer was actually Carroll’s attempt to come up with something, after being besieged by requests for an answer.
March 1, 2016 7:33 pm at 7:33 pm #1139965Mrs. DParticipantWell, takahmamash, you sealed it. Now there will be no more guesses. Too bad. I was going to mention that the proposed question brings to mind two more eternal puzzles: why a hill is like a lazy d0og, and why a bullfrog is like a potato chip. Both of these, by the way, have real answers.
March 1, 2016 9:18 pm at 9:18 pm #1139966screwdriverdelightParticipantand why a bullfrog is like a potato chip.
Both taste better when salted.
March 1, 2016 10:47 pm at 10:47 pm #1139967pcozMemberHatters went mad from lead inhallation.
March 2, 2016 1:16 am at 1:16 am #1139968MRS PLONYParticipantTakamamash, thanks, I knew the Carroll reference, but these answers are just so bizarre…
Mrs. D, will you tell us the answers to those riddles? Please?
March 2, 2016 1:56 am at 1:56 am #1139969Mrs. DParticipantYou’re not gonna be extremely impressed. But facts are facts, ahem. So…A hill is an inclined plane,and an inclined plan is a slope up. And a slope up – that is, a slow pup – is a…
As for Bullfrogs and potato chips, I think I might opt for Scared Driver D’s answer. Mine was a little harder to “stomach,” something about the very thin, flat ones that got run over on country roads. Nevva mnid, yuk yuk. Or yuck yuck, as you prefer 🙂
March 2, 2016 1:58 am at 1:58 am #1139970Mrs. DParticipantBTW, IMHO a raven is like a writing desk because E. A. Poe sat before both for extended periods of time, high on something that made him hear one talk and the other creak.
March 2, 2016 11:31 pm at 11:31 pm #1139971pcozMemberRavens eat writing desks if they are hungry.
March 3, 2016 1:14 am at 1:14 am #1139972👑RebYidd23ParticipantI heard that both have inky quills.
March 3, 2016 4:32 am at 4:32 am #1139973feivelParticipantMercury inhalation.
Lead has no fumes.
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