Explained: Why Your Facebook Friends Look Like Giraffes

  Well at least it’s not some phony campaign to ‘raise awareness’ by posting about your bra or the last time you had sex… If you’ve noticed that some of your Facebook friends are sporting a new look in their social media profos – perhaps a long neck and some interesting print, don’t worry, they’ve just become a giraffe for a while. Let’s face it; Facebook has become a little dull of late, so we actually quite like this latest trend. One person posts a riddle, and asks friends to answer it via private message. If you get it right, you keep your profile picture as is. Get it wrong, and suddenly you’re a giraffe. Luckily, giraffes are adorable. If you want to play, we’ve got three sample riddles for you. You’ll find the answers below, after some pictures of the aforementioned adorable giraffes. RIDDLES 1. Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it? 2. What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? 3. What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it? Answers:  1. Nothing 2. Shorter 3. Silence