REBUS puzzles

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Thanks to @JimInOz for saving me the trouble of trying to sleuth out the answer to THAT one! 👍 I would never have got it!
 
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This inventor would come a close second to the Inventor of the printing press. And, no, the individual pictured in the one clue is not who you are after.

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This inventor would come a close second to the Inventor of the printing press. And, no, the individual pictured in the one clue is not who you are after.

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That would be the monumental Charles Babbage I'd say.

IMO, a stupendous intellect.

I don't know the first guy, but cabbage and the abacus gave me a light bulb moment.
 
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That would be the monumental Charles Babbage I'd say.

IMO, a stupendous intellect.

I don't know the first guy, but cabbage and the abacus gave me a light bulb moment.

Well done @JimInOz . Babbage is the guy. The guy in the clue is NBA player Charles Barkley.



When putting together the clues, I weighed showing the following picture of a Babbage Analytical engine, but that would have been a giveaway. I thought about ANALytical as a clue, but that was a non-starter! So abacus it was.

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As my computer tells me when I click on a file, “I’m working on it”.
 
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Anybody else got an idea? I see Sir Alec Guinness, a fish called a “sauger”, a beautiful head of platinum hair, a ham, and a diving bell. But do I see an answer to this rebus? No! Stands to reason one of our “ace” rebus solvers should come up with a tough rebus!
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I see! How does the “sauger” fit in with the answer?
 
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Alexander Graham Bell considered himself a citizen of Scotland, Canada, and the USA. In later life, he spent equal time between Boston, and Baddeck, Nova Scotia.
 
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I see! How does the “sauger” fit in with the answer?

Alexander Graham Bell considered himself a citizen of Scotland, Canada, and the USA. In later life, he spent equal time between Boston, and Baddeck, Nova Scotia.
The fish thing may have been a stretch for me.
I did speak too soon with the "American" part. Thank you.

It was fun though.
kfw
 
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I see! How does the “sauger” fit in with the answer?
The fish is called a zander, common to European waters. I believe it is a relative of the sauger, so you weren’t far off @Canuck

In keeping with the gentlemanly spirit of this thread, here’s a half a star...

 
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Interpret the clues given and you will arrive at a name. None of the individuals in the clues is the answer to the rebus.

 
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Interpret the clues given and you will arrive at a name. None of the individuals in the clues is the answer to the rebus.


Mr Ed.

Chelsey Sullenberger.

Van somebody (can't remember).

Ed Sullivan.
 
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Mr Ed.

Chelsey Sullenberger.

Van somebody (can't remember).

Ed Sullivan.

Actor Van Johnson. I suspected that rebus would be a cake walk. @JimInOz proved that it was.

 
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A classic film



A clue for ya

“You see, in this world, there’s two kinds of people, my friend... those with loaded guns, and those who dig”
 
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The 1939 Disney film, The Ugly Duckling? (Hope, hope!)
 
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The 1939 Disney film, The Ugly Duckling? (Hope, hope!)
Well that is The Ugly Duckling, but you’re way off @Canuck although ‘ugly’ is relevant