Riddle, winner 2 BYONDimes.

ID:191003
 
Nov 8 2002, 12:27 pm
Whats more good than god, more evil than the devil. The poor don't have it, the rich don't need it. If you don't eat it you'll die.

Start guessing!

RaeKwon
Nov 8 2002, 12:32 pm
water
Nov 8 2002, 12:34 pm
Nothing.
Nov 8 2002, 12:36 pm
In response to SilkWizard
kudos to silk for that :D
Nov 8 2002, 12:47 pm
I think that the last line is incorrect. "If you don't eat (nothing)" means "if you eat something". So, to make it correct, it should be "If you eat it, you will die." which would make more sense.
Nov 8 2002, 1:23 pm
In response to Mertek
if you dont eat nothing you will die.
Nov 8 2002, 1:27 pm
Money?
Nov 8 2002, 1:33 pm
In response to SilkWizard
Yes, Nothing. (I've heard this riddle before.)
Nov 8 2002, 1:34 pm
The poor don't have it,= DO HAVE IT
Nov 8 2002, 1:35 pm
In response to Maz
eating water? mm.
Nov 8 2002, 1:45 pm
Nothing?
Nov 8 2002, 1:51 pm
Either nothing or anything, depending on which bit of the riddle you look at... :o

Whats more good than god, more evil than the devil. The poor don't have it, the rich don't need it. If you don't eat it you'll die.

Nothing is more good than god or more evil than the devil. But "nothing" doesn't fit with the rest of the riddle. The poor don't have anything and the rich don't need anything. If you don't eat anything you'll die.

So I think you made a little mistake there. :-)
Nov 8 2002, 2:07 pm
Who was the first one to reply to this?

RaeKwon
Nov 8 2002, 2:31 pm
In response to RaeKwon
i replied and failed, silk won the competition
Nov 8 2002, 2:55 pm
In response to Crispy
Depends if you use double-negatives or not :oP

The poor don't got nothing, the rich don't need nothing, and if you don't eat nothing you'll die!
Nov 8 2002, 3:07 pm
In response to Maz
Maz wrote:
i replied and failed, silk won the competition

Alright

RaeKwon
Nov 8 2002, 3:47 pm
In response to Foomer
Foomer wrote:
Depends if you use double-negatives or not :oP

Technically, you're supposed to... so I stand by my comment. :-)