A riddle for you

crys12065

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Eighty percent of Kindergartners solved this riddle, but only 5% of Stanford graduates figured it out!Can you solve the following riddle?

The word has seven letters... Preceded God... Greater than God... More Evil than the Devil... All poor people have it... Wealthy people need it... If you eat it, you will die.


Crystal, Sebastian & Theo
 

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The answer is:

N-O-T-H-I-N-G

(I belonged to MENSA once...)
 

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I agree.. nothing! I heard this a while back.
 
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Am I the only dummy that it took like a half hour for me to figure out!! Now I feel dumb...
 

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Oh haha. I thought it was cooties
. Of course it didn't fit everything but it was the only thing I could come up with.
 

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Originally Posted by Crys12065

Am I the only dummy that it took like a half hour for me to figure out!! Now I feel dumb...
Don't - it's just a matter of learning to slow your thinking down.

A lot of riddles are easy - they just sound hard, so people give up.

Kids don't know that riddles are 'hard' so they aren't defeating themselves.
 

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How do Kindergartners know the answer? I didnt get it and was kicking myself when I scrolled down and got the answer.

I don't know..kids today...too clever for their own good.
 
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