I can turn polar bears white?

What riddle is the line I can turn polar bears white? My kid brother in high school said one to me the other week and now I can' t get a hold of him and my girl want's to know the riddle. Can anyone finish this for me?

the answer is time

found this somewhere:

The time has come,
winter is here
and those yellow bears disapear.

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 sequal

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 comprehand something so vast

Some say no and some say pressure but kindergarteners don't know what pressure is. So it's definitely no

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

To bb2761... The answer to either of those riddles is not man. The answer to the What is greater than God... riddle is nothing- nothing is greater than God, nothing is worse than the devil, rich people need nothing (you worded it wrong), poor people have nothing, and if you eat nothing you will die.
As for the I Turn Polar Bears White... I'd have to agree with No as the answer- riddles typically have a stupid, disappointing answer like that. I'd say that Time is definitely a good contender based on the poem a few of you dug up and Pressure makes sense as well but based on the info given that 84% of kindergarteners guessed it right, I'll have to assume that these 5 year olds weren't familiar with that poem or the term pressure- so No has to definitely be the intended answer. No go back to your lives. : )

the answer is NO.
the question is can you guess this riddle
and it says that 97% of college students couldnt figure it out
and 83% of kindergarten students could.
because most kids would just say no, i cant figure it out.
but college kids would think about it and try to come up with a logical answer.
so the answer to the riddle is no.

OK here is the definate answer and if you beg to differ thik about it before you make stupid effin posts:

The Answer is Yes... because the only thing anyone would say is no which in itself is a guess as you arent SURE thats the answer and since the Last line in the poem is Can you guess the answer? Yes I can guess the anser now please everyone SHUT IT IT IS YES BECAUSE YOU CAN GUESS AT THE ANSWER TILL YOU ARE BLUE IN THE FACE YET THE RIDDLE EXCLUDING THE FINAL LINE HAS NO ANSWER because NO LITTLE KIDS KNOW ABOUT PRESSURE AND WHOEVER THOUGHT OF THAT AS AN ANSWER IS STUPID PLUS WHEN YOU ARE A KID TIME IS IRRELEVANT TO YOU EXCEPT FOR WHEN YOU ARE WAITING FOR POWER RANGERS TO COME ONALSO WHAT KID WOULD KNOW ABOUT PEER PRESSURE IN KINDERGARDEN...HONESTLY PEOPLE

man, y'all need to quit trying to get a correct answer and trying to find all these scientific solutions about salt water giving buoyancy and stuff like that. Can you guess the riddle?
the answer is either yes or no. some riddles also don't have an answer. They do that to get you to think. Y'all really need to get a grip on this stuff. Y'all are taking this WAY too seriously.

The thing that most bothers me is all the different versions I've seen they all have champane ITS CHAMPAGNE for chirssake... so that leads me to believe that this riddle was never posed to any Harvard graduates on a large scale... which makes me think the answer must be no. They just threw the Harvard graduate thing in there to make you see the answer is something simple. Kids are more likely to say no I can't solve it than would a person in college who would try to analyze everything about it. A kid is not going to know much about champagne; or how air/pressure would fit in all the answers.

NO =)

Well, no or yes i suppose but nothing too technical

no because the last sentence says can u answer the riddle

THE ANSWER IS NO!
The question is Can you guess the riddle?
the answer is no, you cannot guess the riddle. that's what makes it so hard... it's so simple!

By the way, polar bears only have hite fur. their skin is black to absorb the heat. The white doesn't absorb the heat.

'What is greater the God?
Worse then the devil?
Rich people want it
And poor people have it
And if you eat it, you will die.'

This is how it really goes ^
You need to write it the right way first.

THE ANSWER TO THIS RIDDLE IS NOTHING. THATS AN OLD ONE! Come on!

Nothing is greater than God.
Nothing is worse than the devil.
Rich people want nothing
Poor people have nothing,
And if you eat nothing, you will die.

well it says can you guess the riddle?
of course you can GUESS the riddle
you might not necessarily guess it correctly, but of course you can bloody guess it!!
therefore every answer is right

the answer has to be no cause every time you ask one of those little bastards something they say no. they think your probably talking bout drugs, no kindergardner is going to sit through that whole thing anyway, they would have started yelling no or fart half way through that stupid ass riddle

The answer is NO! Can you answer this riddle? NO (get it?) That's why 84% of the kindergarden kids got it. You think they said pressure or time? people are reading too deep into it and the answer is right there. That's why the Harvard grads couldn't get it and little kids responded with NO.

the anwser is NO.

the riddle asks:
can you guess the riddle

YOU CANT GUESS A RIDDLE

you can guess the anwser but that is not what it is asking you to find

thus there is no anwser

This cracks me up.

There is no answer. this was a social experiment set up by Harvard university to see how people interact to find an answer to a problem that seemingly does not have an answer.

So by default there is no answer

I say the answer is GOD....GOD can do all those things.
I turn polar bears white (GOD)
and I will make you cry. (GOD)
I make guys have to pee (GOD)
and girls comb their hair. (GOD)
I make celebrities look stupid (GOD)
and normal people look like celebrities. (GOD)
I turn pancakes brown (GOD)
and make your champane bubble. (GOD)
If you sqeeze me, I'll pop. (GOD)
If you look at me, you'll pop. (GOD)
Can you guess the riddle? YES

The answer can't be no cause you can guess the riddle. So I think the answer is either YES or YES and GOD because without GOD none of these things would exist.

God would be too simple an answer.

If you answer No to the last line then the answer should be yes, right?
can you find the answer? No and if no is the answer tehn we have just found it and that would make teh answer yes

Now, I hope you're more confused than you were before.
cheers, Pete

If you squeeze God, he'll pop? Good luck.

no is the correct answer, and to tht pete guy, if u said no, then it would be yes, true. but no is the answer, if the answer was yes, the answer would still be questionable becuase ud be waiting for the answer, sence u dont kno it, its no, hence wut u just said makes no sence, and if u got wut i said, then u will understand, so i hope YOUR confused,
cheers, nick