paul harvey

[krystal]

what is the answer to the paul harvey riddle?

[andy hughes]

The Paul Harvey Riddle is becoming a frequent visitor to this site, but for new readers, it is - "What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need, it, and if you eat it you will die?" and the answer is - "Nothing" which fits as an answer to each query in the riddle.

[incitatus]

and the riddle itself is strongly biased towards a judaeo-christian belief system. May I suggest "What is greater than a grande cappuccino topped with cinnamon, more evil than the second Thatcher government" as a replacement for the first two sections.....

[MistyLady]

No u can't Incit!!! Lets try and keep strong political bias to the questions that demand it.xxxx True Blue (Madonna)

[tnkgrl_1]

Oh Andy Hughes!! You are a god. Thank you for that answer. I didnt want to send the e-mail to anyone else but I really wanted the answer!!!wooooo hooooo. Thank you Thank you tank you!!!

[ashlea_24]

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'll die so the answer is nothing Love always me

[swaps211]

The answer is nothing, although i particular disagree with parts of the riddle. The poor has nothing, the rich need nothing? I strongly disagree and would like to see that replaced with something else that will work. I am poor and I have lots, I know lots of rich people that need to give their head a shake. that's just my opinion, I could be wrong

[Art Animal]

Is "nothing" sacred?

[Bumblebee83]

ok for those of you who dont know the riddle is "What is greater than God, more evil than the devil, the poor have it, the rich need, it, and if you eat it you will die?" i think that it might be LOVE its greater then god (no affence) and its more evil than the Devil ( it plays with you and when you break up it torments you for ever) The Poor have it and the Ritch want it because aside from money it cant buy you everything as for is you eat it you will die well thats up to your imagination on how that works im not really sure but it fits everywhere else! Thanks for reading!!!!!!!!!!!

[Abel]

I think the riddler wants us to say the answer is nothing, but that would mean i have to agree with the 17% Standford geeks... and that's just 1 too many % of them... I would say the exact opposite... I think the real answere is EVERYTHING. Since there is no such thing as God, Everything is greater than God... Since there is no such thing as the Devil, Everything has to be more evil than the Devil... Since the poor do exist; they must have Everything they need to exist... Since the rich by definition of rich, they must need Everthing to be rich... And if you eat Everything, you'll surely die (faster than eating nothing!)...

[Chinajan]

And just who is Paul Harvey, anyway?

[murph101]

Sitting Target... Sitting Waiting... Anticipaing... NOTHING... N-O-T-H-I-N-G.... -mlg ;-)

[girl]

dude...people! lighten up!!! it's just a riddle....you know, like a joke...it doesn't need to be changed....riddles are supposed to be like that....otherwise the answers could very.....like : "What is greater than a grande cappuccino topped with cinnamon" ....the answer to that for ME, would be "anything" or ice cream, etc...... So just accept riddles as they are, as though they are people, and don't try to change them. by the way: When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer, compared to 17% of Stanford University seniors.