I NEED MORE ABOUT BOS WELL - solve a riddle part two

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I have just read forty pages of thread and it’s almost full! Let us congregate here for answers!

Dairyqueen2 I still think an alternate valid answer to your riddle would be 23. I see where 4 comes from, but I also think it could be

How many letters are there in the answer to this question

And if you count the italics you get 23 (if I’ve counted correctly)

A bit like the old school riddle: “Constantinople is a very long word, if you can’t spell it you’re a dunce”

... Well yeah .... i guess it fits as an answer ... but the 'proper' answer of 'four' makes you marvel at it's neatness and cleverness!! The answer '23' just makes you groan a bit! But, logically, both work, sure.

Ooh smiling, I like your alternative version. I think you should still get the marks for that answer, in the manner of a maths exam where you still get marks for correct workings out even if you end up with the wrong answer.

Den1se has sussed it out !

Boswell.They called him Bos .Four (letters) short.End of story. Nothing else is relevant.

@NoTeaForMe she has unfortunately taken the "answer" she worked out and left us hanging.

Quite a few theories floating around.

I have my one and would love to know if is correct

@tenredthings that's already been discounted by the OP

Boswell.They called him Bos .Four (letters) short.End of story. Nothing else is relevant.

That was suggested days ago, literally.

"I know him as Well"

Does kind of work, but if this is the joke then it is sloppy because .. you know him "aswell" as who? ...
The person reading the riddle does not say "I know a man called Boswell" the riddle is "there once was a man called boswell"

So who do you know him "as well" as?! Bit sloppy. And also whonom wart is quick witted enough to instantly reply "I know him as well" without being prompted

I know him as Well ( Well being the other part of his name!)

It's a joke on the word Well

Sorry posted too soon

One of the clues is that it works better in person

I agree it's not perfect but is the best solution I have with the clues that have been given

Cool - read what purplerobe has said. It's illogical because it doesn't fit logically with the rest of the riddle. Nobody has said 'I know a man called Bos', so you can't say 'I know him as well'. We get the ref to (Bos)Well, btw ...

I've seen the answer written a few times in this thread and people seem fine ignoring it?

My dad used to tell a riddle that was almost the same, just wasn't called bos.

He did have to explain it to me a few times but I was young

@Dairyqueen2 I understand her response better now sorry.

Most riddles have an air of "there once..." the teller of the riddle isn't saying that they know him so the response of I know him as well does work.

I have thought about this too much it's really boring now.

Looking forward to the thread ending unless we have a cameo appearance from the OP. I

This thread is about to disappear up its own backside. Happy Christmas riddling everyone. ... must get to the post office tomorrow ...

I really hope this thread is full by morning. I can't take any more. Don't anyone dare start another one!!

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I don't think the OP will ever come back on mumsnet again ...

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