Here's a Riddle...can you solve it?

[faithfulcitizen]

When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer, compared to 17% of Stanford University seniors.

What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?

(I can't and it's driving me crazy!)

[XNASA]

1. Television?

Actually, I think I figured it out....

But I'll sit back and watch.

[faithfulcitizen]

3. hmm, but the rich need it?

[XNASA]

To spread propaganda.

[merh]

2. See my answer below:

[Midlodemocrat]

4. Nothing. That's the answer.

Nothing is greater than God, nothing is more evil than the devil, the poor have nothing, the rich need nothing and if you eat nothing, you will die.


The stats are wrong, though.

[faithfulcitizen]

6. ah-ha! thanks! :)

[eyepaddle]

9. Beat me to it.

What are the stats by the way?

[Midlodemocrat]

11. There aren't any....

From snopes.com

The claims regarding "80% of kindergarten kids" and "17% of Stanford University seniors" are inserted merely to dress out the leg-pull — no one went about testing the riddle on either of those two groups, let alone comparing one set of results against the other. Yet although the statistic is made up, its underlying truth is not: Small children would have a much easier time working out the correct riddle than would adults. As with most riddles, the answer to this one is mind-numbingly simple, yet many will not think of it because to do so requires a literal view of language, something many youngsters start out with yet lose somewhere in their childhoods as words come to have myriads of meanings rather than one.

[LaraMN]

5. My son says "the death of Jesus?"

huh?
??????
:rofl:

[distantearlywarning]

7. Nothing.

That's the answer.

Now...what's my prize? :-)

[faithfulcitizen]

22. a big "THANKS". Funny, now i know why it said forward this,

press shift and you'll get the answer! (i got nothing:))

[jane_pippin]

8. Oooooh, I get it. I'm as smart as a kindergartner. Hooray!

and as good at spellin' as one too, apparently.

[eyepaddle]

10. Heh heh heh!

:D Yayyyyyyyyyyy

we're as smart as kindergarteners! Yayyyyyyyyyy!!! :rofl:

[jane_pippin]

21. Let's ride bikes!

:D

[eyepaddle]

23. Yayyyyyyyy BIKE RIDE!!!!!

:pals:

:rofl:

[sakabatou]

12. I have one

I build a house with four walls. All of the outer walls face north. I see a bear. It's white. Where am I?

[Midlodemocrat]

13. North Pole?

[Robb]

14. South Pole

Right idea, tho'!

[Midlodemocrat]

16. Gotcha. I was thinking too hard about the polar bears.

I couldn't remember if they were at the South Pole.

:hi:

[Richardo]

18. But if you were at the South Pole there would be no polar bears...

:crazy:

[Midlodemocrat]

19. Okay, that's what I thought.....

and facing out would be facing north...right?

[sakabatou]

25. MUAHAHAH!

Yes all the outer walls are facing north.

[Midlodemocrat]

26. I KNEW IT. Robb was just trying to kernfuse me

:crazy:

[sakabatou]

29. Did I mention that there's a bomb in the house

And the only way to defuse it is to answer the riddle correctly... or you can sit back and do nothing.

[sakabatou]

28. You're going in the right direction.

[underpants]

15. topless shots of Jennifer Anniston

???

[Midlodemocrat]

17. Who's that?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

20. I'm poor and I NEED those!

[Midlodemocrat]

24. Vash, no one NEEDS them...

It is entirely permissable to DESIRE them, however.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

27. No, I need them.

The voices in my head won't let me live without them! :freak:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

30. Nothing.

(Seriously. That's the answer.)

:D :D