A Riddle For The Older Generation

sunny-dave | 23:10 Wed 31st Jan 2018 | Riddles

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Which man has four bums?

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goodgoalie

Is this from a Listener crossword, Dave?

sunny-dave

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Not yet ...

Jackdaw33

Esso Blue bum bum bum

sunny-dave

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You've lost your last bum, jackdaw

Jackdaw33

...or was it the other way round? Bum bum bum bum, Esso Blue.

goodgoalie

Having spent many years getting no further than trying to understand the preamble each week, I think 'which man has four bums' ? might be more solvable!
Do you tackle the algebraic ones??

sunny-dave

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Yes GG - I actually did those before I started on the wordy ones - but now I find the numericals a bit of a chore.

sunny-dave

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Yes jackdaw - you have it now.

Mamyalynne

He had a name...

Joe The Esso Blue Dealer

goodgoalie

I think I saw somewhere that there's a video of someone solving a Listener in real time - maybe I should seek it out. I'm pretty good at 'normal' cryptics, but my brain starts to sizzle on a Saturday morning when I see what torture has been invented. And some people on AB complain that that week's isn't hard enough!