Did we ever find out about Boswell?

[marmeladerose]

'There once was a man called Boswell. For short they called him Bos, and he walked up the post office steps.'

Did we ever find out the answer/what the joke was?

42?

Or 39 steps? (Random anything with weird question or steps in number)

But did Boscombe Down? Was a good answer. Basically, just pick what you want the answer to be and roll with it, OP. There is no right answer, the ones who have 'got it' cannot check with each other due to be ban on sharing the 'answer'.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

On the plus side, the mumsnet madness link directly resulted in me listening to this:

I would like to apologise to everyone for bring this up again.

And the fact I've just lost the game, again!

@veronicat Somewhere on this site lurks a user whose name is youjustlosethegame.

I lost a five year streak because of them. The injustice still rankles.

Oh great. I just lost the game again.

I can’t stop wondering about bos every so often he pops into my head.

You do realise this OP
is the original OP
Just to wind you all up

Great. Just lost the game thanks to this Zombie thread. Just let sleeping Boswells lie, would you?

Saw this in a book. Remembered the pain.

Thought I'd share it with you.

Sorry (not sorry).

How dare you! Fucking Boswell!

It was eventually solved on another thread. The rendering of the riddle was incorrect. It should have included 'What is his full name and occupation' and the answer was 'Andrew Boswell, Post Master.'

i.e. 'And [rew] for short. They called him Bos[s]

ScreamingValenta I think I love you.

So I'm not such a terrible person after all 😁

😆