The "answer" to the Zen Koan, "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" is "a butterfly." So what is the sound of three hands clapping? Contemplate this, Grasshopper.
2007-03-22 15:17:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
A cacophony. If nothing else it's a very fun word to say, grasshopper.
2007-03-22 22:36:18 · answer #1 · answered by ophelliaz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grasshopper say the key to answer to riddle is in the word "if". [One-handed clapping is an untruth. So the statement about three hands clapping is a triple untruth.] The sound of three hands clapping is an untruth. QED.
2007-03-22 15:32:30 · answer #2 · answered by Piguy 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If this is a trick question, I guess I'm a little slow, because I don't get it.
If I seriously had to guess what kind of animal three hands clapping would sound like, I'd guess a horse.
2007-03-22 16:52:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about a ventriloquist and his/her dummy? There are only three hands available for clapping.
2007-03-22 15:43:17 · answer #4 · answered by BlueFeather 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person applauding a butterfly.
"Pluralitas non est ponenda sine neccesitate."
2007-03-22 16:55:46 · answer #5 · answered by Der UnMensch 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You bringing yourself to orgasm (like a 'butterfly') while two people watch and applaud?
2007-03-22 19:13:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
butterflies?
don't mind me, i am walking on empty. lol
2007-03-22 15:23:56 · answer #7 · answered by oscar c 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
robin then sparrow
2007-03-22 15:32:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a swarm of locusts.
2007-03-22 15:33:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
KOWABUNGA
im being for serious
2007-03-22 16:37:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋