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I have researched this for some time and the only answers I can find are with reference to : "Why is a mouse when it spins" and refers to a steam engine.

Here's my take: Since I can remember, and I was born in 1951, my grandmother would ask,"Why does a mouse the more he spins?" And, the answer was,"Because the faster, he spins the most." I was told that both the question and the answer are grammatically correct. The question: why is the mouse spinning more times round (more revolutions). The answer: He is spinning faster so he spins more revolutions. I have not been able to trace how this version originated.

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  Also see Origin of “Why is a mouse when it spins?” riddle
  
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  I’ve never heard of this riddle before, but I have to say that regardless of its apparent legitimacy as a riddle, I find both the question and the answer totally ungrammatical and nonsensical, just random strings of words that do not combine to make any kind of meaningful or grammatical sentence. I have to assume that is a deliberate part of the riddle.
  
  – Janus Bahs Jacquet
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  @JanusBahsJacquet - It took some thought, but I arrived at a different parse. In the same way one could respond to: “Why does the mouse eat at night?” with “[I don’t know] Why does he at night?”. Maybe the question was: “Why does a mouse squeak the more he spins?” -> Dunno, why does a mouse the more he spins?
  
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I have researched this for some time and the only answers I can find are with reference to : "Why is a mouse when it spins" and refers to a steam engine.

Here's my take: Since I can remember, and I was born in 1951, my grandmother would ask,"Why does a mouse the more he spins?" And, the answer was,"Because the faster, he spins the most." I was told that both the question and the answer are grammatically correct. The question: why is the mouse spinning more times round (more revolutions). The answer: He is spinning faster so he spins more revolutions. I have not been able to trace how this version originated.

etymology

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asked 3 hours ago

Gary RussellGary Russell

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Also see Origin of “Why is a mouse when it spins?” riddle
  
  – choster
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I’ve never heard of this riddle before, but I have to say that regardless of its apparent legitimacy as a riddle, I find both the question and the answer totally ungrammatical and nonsensical, just random strings of words that do not combine to make any kind of meaningful or grammatical sentence. I have to assume that is a deliberate part of the riddle.
  
  – Janus Bahs Jacquet
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @JanusBahsJacquet - It took some thought, but I arrived at a different parse. In the same way one could respond to: “Why does the mouse eat at night?” with “[I don’t know] Why does he at night?”. Maybe the question was: “Why does a mouse squeak the more he spins?” -> Dunno, why does a mouse the more he spins?
  
  – Jim
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

I have researched this for some time and the only answers I can find are with reference to : "Why is a mouse when it spins" and refers to a steam engine.

Here's my take: Since I can remember, and I was born in 1951, my grandmother would ask,"Why does a mouse the more he spins?" And, the answer was,"Because the faster, he spins the most." I was told that both the question and the answer are grammatically correct. The question: why is the mouse spinning more times round (more revolutions). The answer: He is spinning faster so he spins more revolutions. I have not been able to trace how this version originated.

etymology

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