Can you figure out the riddle?
Here is a pretty neat little thing from Paul Harvey. See if you can
>guess the riddle at the end.
>
>Paul Harvey Writes:
>
>We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made
>them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better.
>
>I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and
>homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really
>would.
>
>I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn
>honesty by being cheated.
>
>I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the
>car.
>
>And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are
>sixteen.
>
>It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and
>your old dog put to sleep.
>
>I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.
>
>I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister.
>And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the
>room,but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because
>he's scared, I hope you let him.
>
>When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to
>tag along, I hope you'll let him/her.
>
>I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that
>you live in a town where you can do it safely.
>
>On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask
>your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding
>with someone as uncool as your Mom.
>
>If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one
>instead of buying one.
>
>I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books.
>
>When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and
>subtract in your head.
>
>I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush
>on a boy\girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn
>what ivory soap tastes like.
>
>May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a
>stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
>
>I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it.
>And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is
>not your friend.
>
>I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your
>Grandma/Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle.
>
>May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.
>
>I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through
>your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at
>Hannukah/Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your
>hand.
>
>These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard
>work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.
>
>Written with a pen... Sealed with a kiss. I'm here for you. And if I
>die before you do, I'll go to heaven and wait for you.
>
>Send this to all of your friends. We secure our friends, not by
>accepting favors, but by doing them.
>
>Paul Harvey RIDDLE:
>
>When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer,
>compared to 17% of Stanford University seniors.
>
>What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have
>it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?
>guess the riddle at the end.
>
>Paul Harvey Writes:
>
>We tried so hard to make things better for our kids that we made
>them worse. For my grandchildren, I'd like better.
>
>I'd really like for them to know about hand me down clothes and
>homemade ice cream and leftover meat loaf sandwiches. I really
>would.
>
>I hope you learn humility by being humiliated, and that you learn
>honesty by being cheated.
>
>I hope you learn to make your own bed and mow the lawn and wash the
>car.
>
>And I really hope nobody gives you a brand new car when you are
>sixteen.
>
>It will be good if at least one time you can see puppies born and
>your old dog put to sleep.
>
>I hope you get a black eye fighting for something you believe in.
>
>I hope you have to share a bedroom with your younger brother/sister.
>And it's all right if you have to draw a line down the middle of the
>room,but when he wants to crawl under the covers with you because
>he's scared, I hope you let him.
>
>When you want to see a movie and your little brother/sister wants to
>tag along, I hope you'll let him/her.
>
>I hope you have to walk uphill to school with your friends and that
>you live in a town where you can do it safely.
>
>On rainy days when you have to catch a ride, I hope you don't ask
>your driver to drop you two blocks away so you won't be seen riding
>with someone as uncool as your Mom.
>
>If you want a slingshot, I hope your Dad teaches you how to make one
>instead of buying one.
>
>I hope you learn to dig in the dirt and read books.
>
>When you learn to use computers, I hope you also learn to add and
>subtract in your head.
>
>I hope you get teased by your friends when you have your first crush
>on a boy\girl, and when you talk back to your mother that you learn
>what ivory soap tastes like.
>
>May you skin your knee climbing a mountain, burn your hand on a
>stove and stick your tongue on a frozen flagpole.
>
>I don't care if you try a beer once, but I hope you don't like it.
>And if a friend offers you dope or a joint, I hope you realize he is
>not your friend.
>
>I sure hope you make time to sit on a porch with your
>Grandma/Grandpa and go fishing with your Uncle.
>
>May you feel sorrow at a funeral and joy during the holidays.
>
>I hope your mother punishes you when you throw a baseball through
>your neighbor's window and that she hugs you and kisses you at
>Hannukah/Christmas time when you give her a plaster mold of your
>hand.
>
>These things I wish for you - tough times and disappointment, hard
>work and happiness. To me, it's the only way to appreciate life.
>
>Written with a pen... Sealed with a kiss. I'm here for you. And if I
>die before you do, I'll go to heaven and wait for you.
>
>Send this to all of your friends. We secure our friends, not by
>accepting favors, but by doing them.
>
>Paul Harvey RIDDLE:
>
>When asked this riddle, 80% of kindergarten kids got the answer,
>compared to 17% of Stanford University seniors.
>
>What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have
>it, The rich need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?