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Features:Stamps; For Beginners and Beyond by =ClefairyKid
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
Answer: "Because they both collect useless things." ~
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There is no correct answer considering Lewis Carroll admitted that there was no answer intended. Coming up with answers is just for pure amusement. There is no right or wrong answer. You could answer with neither is made of aluminum foil and it would be acceptable.
I operate a group called o-Why-is-a-Raven-o. Join the group if you like, but don't forget your tea: [link]
Here's the icon version of this stamp which was adapted for the group I operate: [link]
And there's a PLZ account: whyisaravenplz
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Awesome!!! btw, both a raven and a writing desk have quills. The name for a single bird feather is a quill, and writing desks used to have bottles of ink that had quill in it.
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they both have flat notes i looked it up 
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Because! Edgar Allen Poe wrote on both a raven and a writing desk
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Hang on, isn't it magpies that collect pointless things?
They liek shiney stuffz.
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Yes, magpies participate in the same activity of collecting useless shiny objects. Not particular reason why both species of birds have this strange behavior.
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But there is no answer....The hatter said so himself in the book
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I think he said he just didn't know the answer.
Carroll intended for there to be no answer, but people kept asking what the answer was. So, he wrote one which is basically, "they both produce notes which are so very flat."
Then there was a contest for answers, some of which are really great. My favorite is "Both have quills dipped in ink," but it seems the one most people know is, "Because Poe wrote on both."
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Not in the older edition that I read recently, but it may be in a newer edition of the book. I don't tend to read newer revised versions of old stories.
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This is fun, cause theres about 4 answers to this whole thing.
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There's hundreds of answers. It just depends on which ones you like best.
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another answer ... because they are coverd in quiles
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Because Edgar Allen Poe wrote on both.
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THERE WAS AN INTERVIEW WITH LEWIS CARROL!!!! He said that the only answer he had was that there was no answer! It was a joke, but of course everyone still wonders why
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Because Edgar Allen Poe wrote on both
The real answer is actually "Haven't got the slightest idea"
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I figured this out one day:3
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They both have clawed feet.
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Because I can eat both (¿?)
- Over and out -
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How would you go about eating a writing desk?
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With time and dedication... And a spoon, oh and of course with tea, is impossible without tea.
- Over and out -
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Not too worried about splinters, eh?
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I know why!
because you touch yourself at night.
MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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That's not an appropirate nonsensical answer. Lewd answers are very immature. Certainly unwelcome here.
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.....sorry. I was just trying to make a joke.
tere'snothing wrong with a little crude humor every now and then. sheesh.......
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Aaaaww. I was gonna make a stamp like this. XD haha oh well. This is probably one of my all time favorite quotes/riddles.
love it
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LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!! 
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they both have feathers
the raven has feathers all over its body, and an old fashioned writing desk would have a feather or quill used as a pen of sorts.
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because they both hold the deepest and darkest secrets..
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it's an account with plz at the end of it like or
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Created: [link]
A bit squished but still the same ol' stamp.
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I love your answer!
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Because the notes for which the are notable are not notably musical notes.
As well as the oceans of mathematicians answers, ie "Neither are made of uranium"
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Because Poe wrote on both. Easy. Nice stamp. (:
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cuz theres a b in both and and n in neither.
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"I give up Schmendrick, why is a raven like a writing desk?"
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You must never run. It attracts their attention.
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Huzzah for Last Unicorn nerds!
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I didn't think people were gonna have such good answers
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