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Extra Credit Riddle

ChronicHD

ChronicHD

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My professor in an advanced Finance course told us "There are only 2 things in this world worth LESS than nothing. One of them is garbage, and the other is an extra credit answer on the final exam."

Garbage is obvious, because it costs you money to be collected and then stored at a dump.

The other part of the question is less obvious though. This professor is without a doubt one of the smarter men I've ever met, and definitely the smartest professor I have ever had. The thing is, he is very quirky. He often makes references to his multiple ex-wives (always in good taste, he's not making fun of them). He also likes to tell us how he parties (in a joking way, the good doctor is pushing close to 60) harder than any college students. I know that doesn't really give an in-depth description of him, but I just felt that was necessary to solve the riddle, as the answer could be something that isn't exactly serious.

This class is about international currency exchange and forex trading if that helps. Anyone have any ideas on what the answer to the riddle is? Some people were thinking the answer is sex, as that is just the type of guy he is, but I don't know if that really makes sense.
 
I am going to send this over to the second opinion forum. SO mods, if it doesn't belong there, feel free to send it back, or to move it where you think appropriate (maybe P&S?).

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Debt

Technically you can buy and sell debt, but as far as the average person is concerned having debt is like having a minus next to your name.
 
My first thought was a penny, because it costs more to produce than its value.

But if the question is literally to define a thing that is worth less than nothing, then a penny doesn't work because it's worth 1 cent. But garbage sort of follows the same rule, because it has a cost associated with its production, but then loses most of its value. So I don't know exactly what he's after here.

Entropy, your ex-wife's opinion, a litter of unwanted kittens.. I mean, the answer can be pretty subjective here, which makes for a pretty bad riddle.
 
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Haha some of those responses made me laugh (because they were clever, not dumb). I am still enrolled in the class and we won't find out the answer for a good month but I will be sure to post it here once he comes out with it. And I could SERIOUSLY use the extra credit... let's just say that the first exam raped my GPA.
 
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