Expensive Things Are Dangerous

A new riddle, friends, geekier than the last few, which teaches us that wherever great value lies, therein also lies great danger. Here it is.

Of this thing, all the money in the world cannot buy as large a quantity as the size of your room.

Besides, no container on Earth can contain such quantity.

If it could, great danger would occur.

What is it?


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5 comments ↓

#1 Imran Khan on 12.15.09 at 1:39 pm

I guess some explosive or nuclear material like Uranium which is extremely expensive and highly dangerous.

#2 Gec on 12.15.09 at 4:21 pm

Hmm… I would say that all the money in the world (and there’s A LOT of money out there, trust me :) ) can buy enough Uranium to fill many, many rooms.

But you are getting close. Just don’t get TOO close, or you may be in danger of annihilation :)

#3 Benjamin on 12.16.09 at 12:39 pm

My colleague suggests a black hole. A black hole the size of a room is quite annihilating. Furthermore, it’s expensive to fabricate, I don’t think anyone could buy one.

#4 Benjamin on 12.16.09 at 7:15 pm

Also suggested: anti-matter.

#5 Gec on 12.16.09 at 10:57 pm

Well done, Banjamin and colleagues ;) Your second guess is correct. Antimatter it is. Cheers!

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