Question Something I've always wondered about.

[Linguofreak]

What *is* the sound of one hand clapping.

(I've actually found a rather remarkable answer to this old riddle. If you look at this post closely, I've already told you the answer).

 

[Donamy]

What *is* the answer .

 

[tblaxland]

Something to do with asterisks? The vernal equinox is coming up in about six hours - does that make people go crazy too? Maybe you should try using your other hand to balance an egg on its end. What an odd thread...

 

[Hielor]

The sound of one hand clapping.

 

[Artlav]

Have you *tried* clapping with one hand?

 

[unussapiens]

It's quite similar to the sound of two hands clapping, just you can't get it as sharp. This is assuming that there is only a single hand involved in the process of clapping, and that it isn't taking advantage of a grammatical technicality in any way.

 

[Kozak]

It's a half of clap?..

 

[Filthy]

Silence.

 

[Linguofreak]

I think Donamy's got it. Pay attention to punctuation.

 

[agentgonzo]

Some hippy zen nonesense

 

[Linguofreak]

and that it isn't taking advantage of a grammatical technicality in any way.

It is.

 

[Donamy]

Who *is* on first.

 

[Linguofreak]

Yup. Donamy's got it.

Abbot and Costello take Philosophy 101.

 

[Donamy]

No, he's second base.

 

[Pilot7893]

"What" is the sound of one hand clapping.

 

[Donamy]

I don't know.

 

[mjl1966]

Third base!

 

[Scarecrow]

The sound of one hand clapping is something I've always wondered about.

It's a cop out though.

 

[willy88]

The sound of air moving?

 

[unussapiens]

It is.

Then in that case the answer is quite obviously "what".