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Mystery Tenants
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There are many tenants living under one roof.
There are no industrial building materials holding the roof up.
The owner of the roof is sure the roof would never collapse.
The tenants did not build this roof. They couldn't have.
The roof wasn't man made.
It is impossible for the owner of the roof to live with the tenants.
Who are the tenants living under this roof?
There are no industrial building materials holding the roof up.
The owner of the roof is sure the roof would never collapse.
The tenants did not build this roof. They couldn't have.
The roof wasn't man made.
It is impossible for the owner of the roof to live with the tenants.
Who are the tenants living under this roof?
Answer
The tenants are bacteria, living in your mouth.There are no industrial building materials that hold up the roof of your mouth.
You, the owner, know that it would never collapse.
The Bacteria living in your mouth did not build the roof. They couldn't have.
Of course, this roof isn't man made.
You cannot live under the roof of your own mouth with the bacteria.
Now, go clean house with some powerful antiseptic, and evict those non-rent paying freeloaders!
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Good one my guess was the sky and God made it and he cannot "live" with us but good one!
Nice one. I gotta go garggle with some listeren now
I almost missed another great teaser. Kissing is such a danger. Smile.
I thought that it was in a cave where bats and other creatures, while nature created it and of course, nature can't live with them.
I thought it was God too. Good one. =)
Thank you CocoaPuff, and thank you all.
This one's awesome =)
I thought it was the sky too! Wonderful riddle!
just couldn't figure it out!!! really good one. going in my favs.
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