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Sunday, May 28, 2006

Riddle me this

Okay, here's a riddle. I have my opinions about the validity of this riddle, but I'll give you guys a crack at it. There are only two answers that make any sense in my opinion. I also believe that the Harvard grad and Kindergarten part is just B.S.



I turn polar bears white

and I will make you cry.

I make guys have to pee

and girls comb their hair.

I make celebrities look stupid

and normal people look like celebrities.

I turn pancakes brown

and make your champagne bubble.

If you squeeze me, I'll pop.

If you look at me, you'll pop.

Can you guess the riddle?

97% of Harvard graduates can not figure this riddle out, but 84% of kindergarten
students were able to figure this out in 6 minutes or less.

posted by DeNirogator at 11:37 AM

6 Comments:

  • Besides being the tag line for the most annoying chain letter, the answer is Time.


    The time has come,
    winter is here
    and those yellow bears disappear.

    The time has past
    as man looks back with a sigh
    and a tear in his eye.

    As time is held
    boys cross their legs
    but of course the toilet begs

    As time marches on
    Girls loose their blush
    and swap a comb for their brush

    As time passes
    For those held high
    their end is nigh

    As time catches up
    Everyone is equal
    when we get to the final sequel

    As time turns
    Without it we have flour and water
    With it we have breakfast for my daughter

    As time revolves
    How does one turn water and wine
    into something so fine

    As time runs out
    The more in a minute you try and squeeze
    the less you can do with ease.

    As time ticks
    All the time that has past
    man cannot comprehand something so vast.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:18 PM  

  • That is an answer.
    It's not one of the two I was talking about though.

    By Blogger DeNirogator, at 2:09 PM  

  • The answer of course is onions.

    I'll take Potent Potables for 600.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 6:02 PM  

  • I love the SNL reference dvdguy, but here's the real scoop....

    Google the first line of this riddle and you will find a bunch of message boards all discussing what the answer is. In my opinion, it is something that somebody made up with no actual answer. Just to watch everybody try to answer it.

    Now, that opinion being said, there are two possible answers discussed that I could go with:

    1. Pressure.

    I could go with that being the answer, but I don't think any Kindegartners would answer "pressure".

    But then again, I think that part of it is B.S. so maybe that doesn't matter.

    2. The answer is "No".

    The theory on this answer is that in riddles, you are asked a specific question. Such as...blah blah blah, Who am I?
    Well, the question in this "riddle" is "Can you answer the riddle?". The answer is "No".
    It doesn't ask you what the thing is that can do all those things.

    This also goes along with what a kindegartner might probably answer. They respond to direct questions and when asked can they answer it might probably say, "no".

    By Blogger DeNirogator, at 10:41 PM  

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