What is your favourite riddle? Or the best one you have heard.Tell it to us.

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 champane bubble.
If you squeeze me, I'll pop.
If you look at me, you'll pop.
Can you guess the riddle?

97% of Harvard graduates can not figure this riddle out, but 84% of kindergarten students were able to figure this out in 6 minutes or less !!

love this its a classic !

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the sun?
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by disciple on January 9th, 2007
I can think of so many things it could be but they don't necessarilly fit the entire riddle. So I will name a few things I thought of: Cold, Heat, water, cool breeze, alcohol. Any of those correct?
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by Anonymoose on January 9th, 2007
I've a sneaking suspicion this is a trick... since every answer I can come up with falls down on some aspect of the riddle, I suspect the answer is "No, I can't guess it", since that is the actual question that is asked. If kids get it right more often than Harvard grads then that would be because they give up quickly and are not as afraid to admit when they don't know something!
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by TheKnife V2.1 - Grandiose and Obnoxious on January 9th, 2007
ooh now I really want to know what it is.
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by Red_Smartie on January 10th, 2007
Actually it is a trick, they say it's a matter of humility ( that is why he speaks about the harvard and kindergarten percents ), but there can also be another plausible solution wich is NO. For children, that's: No, I can't work it out. But it also means " Nitric Oxide " which has a relevant role in the body, but that's the natural sciences part...
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by Kumbaya on January 10th, 2007
How does nitric oxide make you cry though? Only in a very, very, extremely indirect way as far as I know.
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by ChrisDG on January 12th, 2007
And in what way do you pop when you look at nitric oxide? I'm sorry Kumbaya, nice try at looking clever but no cigar for you.
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by TheKnife V2.1 - Grandiose and Obnoxious on January 12th, 2007
yea that was weak -
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by bgoodjohnny on January 12th, 2007
A bright light?? or a lit lightbulb??
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by littleknown on January 12th, 2007
A lit lightbulb makes guys pee?
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by ChrisDG on January 12th, 2007
WHAT IS THE ANSWER???PLEASE TELL US
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by disciple on January 12th, 2007
okay... tell us. I forget.
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by aceress376 on January 12th, 2007
I said there also "could" be another answer...It was just a try.
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by Kumbaya on January 13th, 2007
PLEASE PLEASE STOP WITH THE APPLAUSE YOUR EMBARASSING ME...but all joking aside...the answer is...PRESSURE...bwahahaha classic
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by conrad01 on September 12th, 2009
lads the answer is....time lol
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by pudzey101 on September 26th, 2009
You guys are funny...the answer is "No" the only question being asked is "Can you guess the riddle?" NOT "What am I?"...
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by test33 on March 4th, 2010
pressure
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by toddrobinson on April 10th, 2010