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  1. Gav1967 Tend not to fret too much Feb 21, 2020

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  2. Canuck Feb 21, 2020

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    Identifying the clues will yield the nickname for this individual. What was his name? If you decipher the rebus, posting a picture would suffice as an answer.

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  3. Canuck Feb 21, 2020

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    :)::popcorn::
     
  4. JimInOz Melbourne Australia Feb 21, 2020

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    Maybe I tried to get too clever.

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  5. JimInOz Melbourne Australia Feb 21, 2020

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    And here's your Platinum Star (I'm a bit sick of gold ones).

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  6. verithingeoff Feb 22, 2020

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    Eric Satie
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  7. Canuck Feb 22, 2020

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    Wow! Who’d a thought, considering the skimpy clues! Brilliant. I was prepared to dribble out a few tiny clues if necessary. Erik Satie only wore 3-piece grey velvet suits when out in public. He had many suits, all the same. His music was as peculiar as he was. Since rhodium sell for three times the price of gold, and six times the price of platinum, let’s make this a rhodium star. Well done! It would take a brother musician to identify a chap who became known as “the Velvet Gentleman”! I don’t know who devised the nick name, or when. He is not among the most widely known composers. I love his music.
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  8. Canuck Feb 22, 2020

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    Here’s an easy one for a busy Saturday because I know you have other things to do. The clues will lead you to the individual’s name. Give me this individual’s nickname, and the given name, and post a picture if you like.

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  9. M'Bob Feb 22, 2020

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  10. Canuck Feb 22, 2020

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    That was quick! I was just about to add a clue to the rebus. I’ll put it here instead. How does this clue assist in giving the name (not the stage name) of Tiny Tim?

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  11. Canuck Feb 22, 2020

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  12. Canuck Feb 22, 2020

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    Time for another?

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  13. JimInOz Melbourne Australia Feb 22, 2020

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    Well, an easy one since we now know who he is.

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  14. Canuck Feb 22, 2020

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  15. JimInOz Melbourne Australia Feb 22, 2020

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    Bronislau "Bronko" Nagurski?
     
  16. verithingeoff Feb 23, 2020

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    Where did you dig that out from? I thought I had googled all the kombos of those words
     
  17. JimInOz Melbourne Australia Feb 23, 2020

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    Well my first guess was
    Buck
    Nag
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    But then I recognised the Kursk, it was a big thing at work at the time when I was in shipbuilding, so a search for Buck Nag Kursk Ski turned up a likely candidate.
     
  18. Canuck Feb 23, 2020

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    Well, I’ll be d _ _ _ _d! Just when I thought I had come up with the rebus of all rebuses that would fool you all, and you pulled it off! Not only that, you did it within the 12 hours after I posted it! I hardly know hat to say, except WELL DONE! Bronc +nag+Kursk+ski = Bronco Nagurski, a fellow with a Canadian connection who played in the NFL. You lot are unbeatable!

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  19. verithingeoff Feb 23, 2020

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    Here's my crib sheet, so near yet........
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  20. Canuck Feb 23, 2020

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    You deserve an A for effort. You were sooooo close!

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