The World's Hardest Riddle

and that, folks, is the correct answer.

It's obviously Mahatma Ghandi.

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.

Funny, the only one right.

No.

Thanks, Dr O..! I just didnt care to think about it at the time, so I gave that answer, then I googled it and, well...you know the rest!

Ok, I've thought about it.

The answer is no.

Polar bear fur is actually a transparent, slightly yellow follicle. It acts as a fiber optical medium to direct the sunlight directly to its black skin for absorption. Due to the spacing and arrangement of the follicles, there is some scattering of light, just as in clouds, causing it to look white.

So what "turns polar bear fur white"? Evolution? Adaptation of the species? None of these are good answers. And considering the source is a Myspace page, whoever wrote the riddle is probably being retarded and thinking they're clever.

what do you think?

The problem with NO is that would make this a trick question not a riddle.
I'm not sure that's the intent so best answer I think is pressure (as described below)

Polar bears are white because the pressure at the poles is low, so they
have to be able to absorb heat.

Pressure makes you cry if it's too much.

Pressure in your bladder makes you have to pee.

Peer pressure makes girls comb their hair...Otherwise we wouldn't bother!

Celebrities usually crack under pressure.

Many normal people will shine under pressure.

Pancakes turn brown thanks to pressure generated by the heat.

Champagne will bubble until the pressure of the carbonation has
disappeared.

If you squeeze something under pressure, BAM, there it goes.

If you are "looking" at pressure, you're in it, like in an airplane, and
your ears pop.

HAHAHA! I agree with the above, "no" would make it a trick question. "Pressure" seems to be the smartest answer. Although I would love to give it up to the little kids out there who simply answer "no". They are alot smarter than everyone esle who actually hurt their brains trying to solve it!

Go Kindergarteners!

The first problem with pressure is that POLAR BEARS ARE NOT WHITE BECAUSE OF LOW PRESSURE. The barometric pressure at the poles is on average no lower than anyplace else at the same elevation. Polar bears are white because it is cold and they need to direct the sunlight to their skin under the fur. It is cold because the poles get less sun on average due to their angle of incline to the plane of the sun and the fact that the sun light often has to go through much of the atmosphere before getting there so that the amount of heat that is provided at the ground level is low. It has NOTHING to do with pressure.

However, that answer gets ahead of itself, as the question was not "what is the answert to the riddle", it was "Can you guess the riddle?'... So, "yes" and in addendum the riddle is "what am I?' the answer to the riddle is"Time".

You go squeeze some time and see what happens :P

You can't look at time...and if you could, you wouldn't pop. Time doesn't make your champagne bubble...in fact, just the opposite. Time makes the bubbles run out.

The answer is no.

Yeah...maybe you should try reading the whole thing next time before your ego gets in the way.

@ Tcervo

You're right you can't look at something intangible, but you miss the idea behind the answer impatience makes you pop. Ever heard of watching the clock and how it seems to slow down when you do? You're thinking too literal.

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

@ Tcervo and indecent

If anything the answer is yes, because you can guess the riddle, it said nothing about being right. correct or incorrect anyone can guess the riddle. The riddle is, as I said - TIME. And, as I said, the riddle only asks a yes no question - I said YES, and then explained what the riddle was and now why.

ego something?

@Tservo & Indecent

Besides in the original version of the "riddle", it asks "Can you guess the correct answer?", of which the answer IS "no".

However, in THIS version is asks "Can you guess the riddle?"

Two completely different questions with different answers. Have a nice day.

what "original" version?

if you know the orgins, please tell. The original might actually make sense as a riddle. This one doesn't.

The "original" has the same lines, but a different question. Michael the Great, I found has a link to the same one I posted to you at the bottom.

tcervo--

You need time for the champagne to ferment and create the CO2 for the bubbles....

True, but eventually time will kill those bubbles...

finally someone else who knows polar bear hair is clear. it is also hollow, and they live in the Arctic, not Antarctic ;-P

No.

Adults are hard wired not to accept the obvious. Even when many others have trodden the path before. Stubborn ole mules, us adults:-)

That's what I thought, too!

The celebrities bit: I figured wind _could— make celebrities look stupid (imagine Ms. P. Celebrity walking down a windy street, and the wind messes up her hair), as well as us look like celebrities (a normal person's hair gets blown dramatically in the wind).

Looking around, though, I like Shawn's 12.5 answer a lot better =).

If you look at me, you'll pop.

watch a clock and time passes seemingly slower while we become more impatient.

If you sqeeze me, I'll pop.

Too much to do, not enough time. It's saying that if you try to fit too much activity into a block of time, like say cooking minute rice properly in 30 seconds... you've made attempts at doing too much in too little time.

It's really not that silly.

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

you quoted this in #12.5; where's it from?

you mentioned the "original" version in #12.6. Do you have info on the origins of this riddle?

thanks

the version everyone keeps answering with a simple "no" is here. Note the question difference at the end of the sequence in the link and hte question posted on this seed.

What I quoted is in various spots over the internet, but the most complete version (with explanations regarding parts of the "riddle) is here

shawn gordon #20.1. No, the riddle is indeed silly. If we follow your lead and take it so non-literally, then other answers come to mind.

"if you squeeze me, I'll pop"

really, if you try to do something in a shorter time than necessary, then TIME will pop? what definition of "pop" gets you that interpretation? Maybe watching the clock can make one "pop" with impatience (ok, stretching, and not literal), what is "popping" when you squeeze too much into a given period of time? TIME is popping? These are tortured interpretations.

If we allow that sort of thinking, I say the answer is LIGHT.

I turn polar bears white...self explanatory
And I will make you cry....staring at light
I make guys have to pee...light beer
And girls comb their hair...to cover the gray that shows up in the light
I make celebrities look stupid...their actions seen in the light of day
And normal people look like celebrities...when they are seen in a bad light
I turn pancakes brown...how else would you see the color is brown without light?
And make your champane bubble...without light you wouldn't see them, either
If you sqeeze me, I'll pop...squeezed light is a phenomenon of physics that made their discovers pop with joy
If you look at me, you'll pop...if the light is intense like from the sun, a fire, a laser, your skin can blister, and pop

Can you guess the riddle?...yes, I just did.

Shawn #20.4, but that is a poem, and I'm asking where the poem comes from. I doubt the person posting it created it. Actually, I like the poem quite a lot.

where's it come from?

OH... I dunno.