riddle with no answer ... got the answer!

[Doreen Rich]

The answer is ... nothing.
Think about it.

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Doreen Rich" <corn_patch_witch at y...> 
wrote:
> Someone sent my mother this riddle but did not send the answer. 
Now, 
> my mom thinks that I can find anything on my computer. I tried. I 
can 
> not. Does anyone have a clue to the answer? It is said that 80% of 
> small school children answered it and only 17% of all college 
> children. (It also said that if I sent it to 10 people the answer 
> would appear, but I know better than to believe that nonsense)
> 
> Help!!
> 
> Here is the riddle:
> 
> 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?
> 
> Thanks
> Doreen