A Riddle For The Older Generation

[sunny-dave]

Which man has four bums?

[goodgoalie]

Is this from a Listener crossword, Dave?

[sunny-dave]

Not yet ...

[Jackdaw33]

Esso Blue bum bum bum

[sunny-dave]

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]

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]

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!

[Calibax]

Mr Sandman had 26 bums!

[Mamyalynne]

That's just greedy:-)

[douglas9401]

A bottom feeder.

[aelmpvw]

//Joe The Esso Blue Dealer//
i thought he was the esso blee dooler