Kuya Jappiii ^_^ blog: 2010

Monday, March 15, 2010

Alice in Wonderland

Just watched this movie in 3D version last night and it was awesome!!!!!!!

Hands out for Tim Burton version of Alice in Wonderland.

What people should notice is that this story is not the same one as the Disney story, this however is the story of her 2nd trip to wonderland, although the characters do the same thing with the charm of its own original language and puns.

"Why is a raven like a writing-desk?"

The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on on hearing this; but all he said was, "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?"...

"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.

The Mad Hatter never answers his riddle in Alice's Adventure In Wonderland, but Martin Gardner's The Annotated Alice gives three answers: one from Carroll and two from Sam Loyd, the famous puzzle master.

Carroll's answer: "Because it can produce a few notes, tho they are very flat; and it is nevar put with the wrong end in front!" Note the clever misspelling of nevar so it is "raven" spelled backwards.

Loyd's answer 1: "Because the notes for which they are noted are not noted for being musical notes"

Loyd's other answers: "Because Poe wrote on both; bills and tales are among their characteristics; because they both stand on their legs. conceal their steels, and ought to be made to shut up."

Clare writes:

A warning to dining while at work - or a solution to the riddle "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"

Eat your supper off a writing desk and you will find,

The experience can be rather UNKIND.

For into your soup you might sink your bread,

And find it is covered in black ink instead!

So if you are RAVENous -

(And rather unstable),

You will find it is best to eat off a table.

Solution:-

The collective noun for ravens is an unkindness.

When you are hungry you are ravenous so thus if you are hungry at your writing desk the writing desk will be unkind to you as you sup.