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Kiriban prize Why is a Raven-?

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Alice-me
Photographer-the amazing Tim vo at :iconfiverings:

Alice hair and make up by me. Editing by me.

I believe this was my 25,000 Kiriban prize for :iconcloversnap" sorry for the delay there *hangs head in shame* AND here is the answer to the theme and prompt she gave me, Why is a Raven like a Writing Desk?

Why is a Raven like a writing desk?


Lewis Carroll himself got bugged about this so much that he was moved to write the following in the preface to the 1896 edition of his book:

Inquiries have been so often addressed to me, as to whether any answer to the Hatter's Riddle can be imagined, that I may as well put on record here what seems to me to be a fairly appropriate answer, viz: 'Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front!' This, however, is merely an afterthought; the Riddle, as originally invented, had no answer at all.

A few people since then have come up with there own solutions

* Because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes. (Puzzle maven Sam Loyd, 1914)
* Because Poe wrote on both. (Loyd again)
* Because there is a B in both and an N in neither. (Get it? Aldous Huxley, 1928)
* Because it slopes with a flap. (Cyril Pearson, undated)

and that is all i have on that <333
Hope you enjoyed this and thanks for watching!! <3

~Tema
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