You know, I've always wondered about the answer

Not obsessively, just wondered..

From the Straight Dope, answers to the Mad Hatter's riddle, "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"

* 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)

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