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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 sqeeze me, I’ll pop.
If you look at me, you’ll pop.
Can you guess the riddle?
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Answer:
Ok, like I said: I don’t know the answer to this either! (I even stooped so low as to google it and still the jury’s out. There’s over 200 sites trying to find the answer to this riddle! Most common answer is “water”, but how does that make you pop if you look at it?!
I was thinking ‘love’, but how that makes pancakes brown…
And a flash (like on a camera) but how does it make guys want to pee???
Anyway, your answers are very welcome (and to make you feel better: 93% of Harvard students didn’t get this riddle either, so don’t feel bad, just enjoy taking your mind out for a bit of exercise!)
So far I think my friend J-Rod’s got it cracked:
” i was thinking since there is only one question in the whole riddle which is “can u guess the riddle?”, the answer might be ‘no’. it kinda makes sense considering harvard students couldnt find it out, yet kindergarteners were able to find the answer, which would be a simple “no, i dont know the riddle”. make sense? what do u think?”
I think that makes perfect sense!
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January 4th, 2007 at 2:51 am
nothing
January 4th, 2007 at 2:59 am
meaning there is nothing that does that i have a five year old and when i read this i asked him he read it sat there for a minute thinking replied simply “nothing” so i asked him what he meant and he said that there is nothing that does all of those things
January 4th, 2007 at 11:35 am
i agree, the answer is just “no”
January 4th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
the first time i read this, i thought hormones, but i dont think that makjes pancakes brown, unless ur talking about the hormones used to process what in them?? lol idk
January 5th, 2007 at 4:41 am
i think its God.
January 7th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
well if you “love” your pancakes then you would cook them and make them brown so you can eat them because you “love” them so much?
haha,
idk.
January 9th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
The answer is obviously NO! the question is can you solve this riddle? SO ITS NO!
January 10th, 2007 at 7:40 pm
I think the answer is air. - Polar bears are not white in the womb. Blowing wind can make your eyes water, and guys pee (exposure), girls always comb hair when wind blown, clothing and hair are to be emaculate for celebs, think of pictures of blowing object (classic Marilyn Monroe dress). Pancakes exposed to air turn brown. Champaign bubbles after exposed to air from bottle. Air in a baloon pops when squeezed. The hard one is look at me and you’ll pop but burping comes to mind - air again. See if you agree.
January 11th, 2007 at 6:29 am
i think its wind, or god, simply because when the winds cold it makes the polar bears white, when the wind goes in your eyes you cry, when guys get cold they pee, when the wind blows into the girls hair it gets all bushy so they have to brush it, when the wind blows the celebrities pics it blows there dress up and you can see there undies and it makes them look stupid, if normal ppls hair is scruffy the wind blows it back to place, when the pancakes are on the pan it blows it over and it cooks and blows again it will turn over and continue to cook. the wind blows the champaine it bubbles up on the sides, when the airs in the water it makes a bubble and it pops and when u look at it, it makes ur pop which makes you see it. I think the riddle is WIND……i think..
January 11th, 2007 at 6:30 am
I think the riddle is NOTHING…
January 16th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
The answer must be one that a child could come up with, no weighty reasoning….”NO” seems appropriate.
January 17th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
If its no, the it would be yes, Considering you just solved it…
I always thought morning or the sun… but after reading what someone else said, I agree with air…
January 21st, 2007 at 6:34 pm
I’ve been thinking about this, and my best guess is pressure?
I turn a polar bear white and make people cry > Air pressure?
I make guys have to pee and girls have to comb their hair > Gravity?
I make celebritites look stupid and normal people look like celebrities> Social Pressure?
I make pancakes brown. Heat pressure?
and Champagne bubble>Pressure
If you squeeze me I’ll pop and if you look at me you’ll pop>Pressure
January 28th, 2007 at 8:27 am
Come on guys, your making your selfs look like darn fools, the answers time, its from a well known poem by Neil Gaiman, as follows:
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 comprehend something so vast.
January 28th, 2007 at 8:33 am
btw, polar bears appear white, but they are actually black, they have black fur that is hallow, so the light gets trapped giving the false appearance of being white, just sayin
February 2nd, 2007 at 2:54 am
i agree with Ryan Spencer it’s time