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Larger Than the Universe?
What is larger than the universe,
More evil than the devil,
Poor people have lots of it,
Rich people need it,
And if you eat it, you will die?
More evil than the devil,
Poor people have lots of it,
Rich people need it,
And if you eat it, you will die?
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This is a classic. Sometimes they add the line: More powerful than God
Actually, it should read "The rich need it." This means that the rich need nothing, which is true.
I've a much more poetic variation on this one:
What doth man love more than life,
hate more than death or mortal strife?
'Tis that which contented men desire,
the poor possess, and the rich require,
the miser spends, the spendthrift saves,
and all men carry to their graves?
Classic riddle. Good stuff.
What doth man love more than life,
hate more than death or mortal strife?
'Tis that which contented men desire,
the poor possess, and the rich require,
the miser spends, the spendthrift saves,
and all men carry to their graves?
Classic riddle. Good stuff.
i was going to put this riddle in in a different form o well here it is
Qhat's more powerful than God
More evil then Satan
Poor people have it
Rich people want it (becuz the have everything)
And if you eat it you die
Qhat's more powerful than God
More evil then Satan
Poor people have it
Rich people want it (becuz the have everything)
And if you eat it you die
I was going to use that one too:
"What's greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, you're born with it, and if you eat it you will die!"
great one!
"What's greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need it, you're born with it, and if you eat it you will die!"
great one!
I was going to use this one too! Umm... wait... no I wasn't...
i like this 1 my sister told me this a long time ago
Good thing I browsed the teasers. I would have duplicated this one. But then I would have omitted the "universe" line and put in "more powerful than God".
Good one, this!
Good one, this!
good one, did you know they gave this to a stanford class and a kindergarten class and 87% of the kindergarteners got it, and 17% or the stanford class got it, just goes to show, all i needed to know i learned in kindergarten! great teaser!
Good teaser, but i think you mean the rich people need it.
saw this one in a different form but mostly the same o well boost my ego cuz i got it!
Soooo freaken easy!
EZ but fun! Got it in a second! Good one!
this introduced me here
Would have been harder if it weren't so old and familiar.
It was kinda of easy...Greater than god and The rich need it(they defiently do) lots of fun loved it
boooooooooooooooooooooooo you tricked me !!!!!!!
This was EZ. but then again.....i already heard it
i've tricked my friends with this one thousands of times!
i needed the hint!
Wait, you said, "Rich people don't need it." So rich people don't need nothing? Isn't that a double negative?
Unraveled...yes it is...It was worded wrong...it should say "Rich people need it"
If I don't care for a teaser I usually just don't comment. But I did like this one the many times I've heard it before usually starting with More powerful than God and the rich need it. I do like the one above in verse. I didn't expect to find such an old and common one at this site.
No matter how many times I've heard it, I love it so MUCH!
Ya, this is one is cool. But need modification to "Rich need it"
Great teaser
Rich need nothing!
I got it!
Yeah!
I got it!
Yeah!
I have seen simmilar ones. Good teaser, though.
Good one. Enjoyed it. Thanks for posting.
I don't see why it's so great
You shouldn't put "The poor have a lot of it" because that would be saying that the poor have a lot of nothing, which is technically impossible. Just put "The poor have it".
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