Here is a classic puzzle:
[A man] had sent home a letter simply addressed:
WOOD
JOHN
ENGLAND
and it was safely delivered. Those Post Office people are very smart. Can any of you read that address in its completeness?
I’ll post a hint next week. I’ll post the answer (and the source) in a couple of weeks.
This was a riddle I learned as a child, believe it or not. Except it was Americanized when I learned it:
WOOD
JOHN
MASS
It never occurred to me, back then, to see if a town by that name existed. I just checked on line. No such town!
OOPS — my mistake. There is such a town. I looked up the wrong town.