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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?
Because the Jabberwock said so.
Because it learnt in the Mir, Telz and Brisk.
because it eats toothpaste in july
Because you can stand on it to reach the top shelf of the sefarim schrank.
This is creepy. I think you’re all communicating in code.
This 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.
Well, 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.
and why a bullfrog is like a potato chip.
Both taste better when salted.
Hatters went mad from lead inhallation.
Takamamash, 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?
You’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 🙂
BTW, 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.
Ravens eat writing desks if they are hungry.
Mercury inhalation.
Lead has no fumes.
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