Riddle me this ... Why is a raven like a writing desk?

There is no real answer. :)

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

"No, I give it up," Alice replied. "What'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 wasting it in asking riddles that have no answers."

Lewis Carrol is satirizing philosophical paradoxes and riddles. As a logician he is poking fun at our need for an answer to every question. In reality it is not a riddle at all, but a pseudoproblem masquerading as a riddle. If you buy into the riddle you are merely the butt of Carrol's joke. Your playing his game, by assuming the question has a logical answer. It's not called "logicland".

Lewis Carrol believes that most riddles are fallicious because they lead the reader to believe that such events are possible or even answerable.

Actually, this riddle is designed to be nonsensical, and according to its author, Lewis Carroll, he never intended for there to be any real answer to the question: “why is aaa ravenravenraven like aaa writingwritingwriting deskdeskdesk?” The entire point of the riddle is that it has no answer, although numerous people have come up with creative interpretations of the riddle.

This question is posed in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, in aaa scene with Alice, the Mad Hatter, and the Dormouse at the famous Tea Party. Alice is informed that riddles are being exchanged, and the Mad Hatter asks “why is aaa ravenravenraven like aaa writingwritingwriting deskdeskdesk?” The guests attempt to puzzle the riddle out, and several pages later, the Hatter admits “I haven't the slightest idea.” The scene is meant to illustrate the topsy-turvy world into which Alice has fallen, with the whole book illustrating how confusing the adult world seems to children. When Alice asks about why they are wasting their time with riddles which have no answer, she's really asking aaa larger question about adults.

In an introduction to aaa later edition of the book, Lewis Carroll addressed the issue, saying “Because it can produce aaa few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is never put with the wrong end in front!” In the original preface, “never” was spelled “nevar,” which is “ravenravenraven” backwards. Carroll's pun was unfortunately lost to the red pen of aaa proofreader, confusing the issue of the riddle even further.

AAA number of people have come up with creative answer to “why is aaa ravenravenraven like aaa writingwritingwriting deskdeskdesk.” The answer “Poe wrote on both” is popular, as is “they both stand on sticks” and “they both come with inky quills.” One wit responded with “because there is aaa B in both and an N in neither,” an answer which was meant to highlight the absurdity of the original question. (Saying it aloud might make it clearer.)

The answer to the question of is largely up to you. Many people like to come up with absurdist answers to the question, turning the strange riddle back on itself. Admitting that you have no idea is, the classic response, and the response given in the original text. However, you should certainly not allow tradition to dictate the answer, as that would spoil all the fun.

Incidentally, the correct format for the riddle is "why is aaa ravenravenraven like aaa writingwritingwriting deskdeskdesk," not "how is aaa ravenravenraven like aaa writingwritingwriting deskdeskdesk," contrary to any misprints you may have seen

Because Edgar Allen Poe wrote on both of them, though not in the same sense...!

followed the star here from MnG

thanks for the smile

I have no idea what to say because MnG's stole it.

Actually i had no idea and her answer is a really good one

because they both represent something bad....raven represent death and desk represents homework >.<