Ravens and Writing Desks
"Why is a raven like a writing desk?" -Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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My favourite answer by Sam Lloyd:
"Because Poe wrote on both"
Other answers:
- Lewis Carroll: "Because it can produce a few notes, though they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front!"
- Aldous Huxley in his essay 'Ravens and Writing Desks': "Because there is a B in both and an N in neither."
- Sam Lloyd: "Because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes."
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Writing desks with raven(s) in the show:
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Cartoons by Charles Addams inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland:
Tweedledee and Tweedledum?!
"Goodness, no! Our names are Frank and Bob Finley."
“One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat in a tree. ‘Which road do I take?’ she asked. ‘Where do you want to go?’ was his response. ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it doesn’t matter.”
- Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Posted Apr 23, 2026, 12:53 PM UTC