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#204056 - 01/05/12 10:39 AM Re: Euphemism/Double Entendre - Help Me! [Re: AlphanumericName]
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It's been a subject of analysis for years. Decades, even. Almost, but not quite, centuries.
When I first heard it, it came with its own answer:
-- Q: Why is a Raven like a Writing-Desk?
-- A: The higher, the farther.
Garbage in, garbage out.
But it's been considered in depth by much cleverer minds than mine. See here for one such disquisition.
#204062 - 01/05/12 05:20 PM Joined: Apr 2000
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this too shall pass
Q. What's the difference between a duck?
A. One leg is both the same.
or..
B. A red door on a motorcycle.
#204063 - 01/05/12 06:30 PM Joined: Jan 2012
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In my opinion this riddle is better without an answer. I got a kick out of learning of it here. If you dismiss it as a non sequitur its funny and lends itself to finish a heated argument in a humorous way.
But after looking it up and learning the meaning its such an awesome and very deep way of making a point that I believe applies to my original post. A lot of people answer this riddle with their own opinions, of similarities between the raven and the desk. They are not wrong, but also it is not the answer to the riddle.
That's why I found it amusing how well it applies to my question. Not to mention it did make me laugh out loud when I connected the dots.
Plus I think Faldage explained my own opinion better than I did. As to the opposing opinion in my argument with my friend, he took a more extreme and firm stance implying that they are not at all the same.
I might still be wrong but I tend to understand words in a more flexible manner.
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There is an N in neither and a B in both.
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Netherlands, the Hague
"I haven't the slightest idea," said the Hatter.
"Nor I," said the March Hare.
At this point I always took 'none' for an answer. Hatter and Hare's answers are the perfect anti climax.
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#204081 - 01/06/12 12:29 PM Joined: Dec 2000
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I've often said that the fourth R was Spelling.
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