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why all the riddles of late

seems like every other post on the new posts page is a riddle

first it was a recent influx of religious fervor, now it seems to be riddles

what is the next trend to come to A2K

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First, we must establish that a raven really is like a writing desk. The desk has no feathers, no beak or craw. It has four feet, not two. It is inanimate, unlike the bird. No wings. Is an indoor object, while the bird enjoys the out of doors. Drawers (none on the raven). No tail. I give up. Why is a raven like a writing desk?

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what is the next trend to come to A2K

Midget alien sex fiends - who's really behind them?

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nimh wrote:

Midget alien sex fiends - who's really behind them?

My guess would be Slappy

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edgarblythe wrote:

First, we must establish that a raven really is like a writing desk. The desk has no feathers, no beak or craw. It has four feet, not two. It is inanimate, unlike the bird. No wings. Is an indoor object, while the bird enjoys the out of doors. Drawers (none on the raven). No tail. I give up. Why is a raven like a writing desk?

`Your hair wants cutting,' said the Hatter. He had been looking at Alice for some time with great curiosity, and this was his first speech.

`You should learn not to make personal remarks,' Alice said with some severity; `it's very rude.'

The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he SAID was, `Why is a raven like a writing-desk?'

`Come, we shall have some fun now!' thought Alice. `I'm glad they've begun asking riddles.--I believe I can guess that,' she added aloud.

`Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?' said the March Hare.

`Exactly so,' said Alice.

`Then you should say what you mean,' the March Hare went on.

`I do,' Alice hastily replied; `at least--at least I mean what I say--that's the same thing, you know.'

`Not the same thing a bit!' said the Hatter. `You might just as well say that "I see what I eat" is the same thing as "I eat what I see"!'

`You might just as well say,' added the March Hare, `that "I like what I get" is the same thing as "I get what I like"!'

`You might just as well say,' added the Dormouse, who seemed to be talking in his sleep, `that "I breathe when I sleep" is the same thing as "I sleep when I breathe"!'

`It IS the same thing with you,' said the Hatter, and here the conversation dropped, and the party sat silent for a minute, while Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and writing-desks, which wasn't much.

The Hatter was the first to break the silence. `What day of the month is it?' he said, turning to Alice: he had taken his watch out of his pocket, and was looking at it uneasily, shaking it every now and then, and holding it to his ear.

Alice considered a little, and then said `The fourth.'

`Two days wrong!' sighed the Hatter. `I told you butter wouldn't suit the works!' he added looking angrily at the March Hare.

`It was the BEST butter,' the March Hare meekly replied.

`Yes, but some crumbs must have got in as well,' the Hatter grumbled: `you shouldn't have put it in with the bread-knife.'

The March Hare took the watch and looked at it gloomily: then he dipped it into his cup of tea, and looked at it again: but he could think of nothing better to say than his first remark, `It was the BEST butter, you know.'

Alice had been looking over his shoulder with some curiosity. `What a funny watch!' she remarked. `It tells the day of the month, and doesn't tell what o'clock it is!'

`Why should it?' muttered the Hatter. `Does YOUR watch tell you what year it is?'

`Of course not,' Alice replied very readily: `but that's because it stays the same year for such a long time together.'

`Which is just the case with MINE,' said the Hatter.

Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English. `I don't quite understand you,' she said, as politely as she could.

`The Dormouse is asleep again,' said the Hatter, and he poured a little hot tea upon its nose.

The Dormouse shook its head impatiently, and said, without opening its eyes, `Of course, of course; just what I was going to remark myself.'

`Have you guessed the riddle yet?' the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.

`No, I give it up,' Alice replied: `that's the answer?'

`I haven't the slightest idea,' said the Hatter.

`Nor I,' said the March Hare.

Alice sighed wearily. `I think you might do something better with the time,' she said, `than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.'

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I prefer the riddlers over the religious fanatics anyday.

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CalamityJane wrote:

I prefer the riddlers over the religious fanatics anyday.

amen :wink:

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raamen

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I actually dreamt I was solving the polar bear/pop riddle. I ended up (in my dream) with the answer: thermometer.

I really need to find other hobbies.

PS Why is a raven like a writing desk? 'Cause Poe wrote on both.

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CalamityJane wrote:

I prefer the riddlers over the religious fanatics anyday.

How do we know this isn't some new religion?

They seem pretty insistant about that polar bear fellow.

hmmmmm.......

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I've been told before that it's because Poe wrote on both, but, in my view, that doen't really make one like the other.

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I think it's all a cruel joke by Lord Elpus.

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The raven and the writing desk both have quills.

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Not technically. The quill is a part of the raven; one is used on the writing desk, but is not an actual part of the desk.

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Riddle me this; riddle me that...

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why is a raven like a writing desk, or.......

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