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      Sonofagunzel Minister for Railways

    Of course. Back to you.
    Posted: 10 Apr 2022 18:53

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      Faredodger Chief Commissioner

    Location: Hiding anywhere the ticket inspectors can't see me
    American money scattered in Western Australia.
    Posted: 11 Apr 2022 09:04
      Griffinrails Official Junior Train Controller

    Location: Dunno. (help i'm lost)
    All I can think of is Balaclava since once there was a huge stash of money found there, but that's in Victoria.
    Posted: 11 Apr 2022 15:21
      Sonofagunzel Minister for Railways

    Penrith?
    Posted: 11 Apr 2022 16:12
      Faredodger Chief Commissioner

    Location: Hiding anywhere the ticket inspectors can't see me
    Funny, I thought I posted a reply earlier, but apparently it didn't work.

    Not Balaclava.

    Perth interspersed with the letters "N" and "I", which form the chemical symbol for nickel, make up Penrith.

    So it's back to Sonofagunzel for the next clue.
    Posted: 12 Apr 2022 16:51
      Faredodger Chief Commissioner

    Location: Hiding anywhere the ticket inspectors can't see me
    Seems to have worked this time.
    Posted: 12 Apr 2022 16:52
      Sonofagunzel Minister for Railways

    Choose between Liberal and Labor.
    Posted: 13 Apr 2022 19:28
      Faredodger Chief Commissioner

    Location: Hiding anywhere the ticket inspectors can't see me
    Central (mid-way between left and right)?
    Posted: 14 Apr 2022 00:16
      Sonofagunzel Minister for Railways

    Not Central.
    Posted: 14 Apr 2022 01:12
      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Richmond Vic
    Berala?
    Posted: 15 Apr 2022 07:43
      Sonofagunzel Minister for Railways

    Choose between Liberal and Labor.

    Berala is correct!
    Posted: 15 Apr 2022 07:46
      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Richmond Vic
    Nice topical one from Sonofagunzel!

    Next: Additional hours beside the river crossing?
    Posted: 16 Apr 2022 10:56

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      Sonofagunzel Minister for Railways

    Otford?
    Posted: 16 Apr 2022 12:47
      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Richmond Vic
    Of course - overtime (OT) beside the ford.

    Back to Sonofagunzel.
    Posted: 16 Apr 2022 16:17
      Sonofagunzel Minister for Railways

    Spooner’s toothy vampire?
    Posted: 16 Apr 2022 19:11
      Faredodger Chief Commissioner

    Location: Hiding anywhere the ticket inspectors can't see me
    Mount Colah?  (Count Molar?)
    Posted: 16 Apr 2022 23:01
      Sonofagunzel Minister for Railways

    Yep.  Over to you Darefodger.
    Posted: 17 Apr 2022 07:49
      Faredodger Chief Commissioner

    Location: Hiding anywhere the ticket inspectors can't see me
    I am stuck in someone's nostril.  So are you.
    Posted: 17 Apr 2022 15:54
      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Richmond Vic
    May I please have an explanation of "Spooners toothy vampire"? Molar is plain enough but the rest is cloaked in mystery to me.
    Posted: 17 Apr 2022 16:29

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      Sonofagunzel Minister for Railways

    A “spoonerism” is where the letters or sounds of two words in a phrase are swapped eg: a “sad ballad” becomes a “bad salad”, or “take a shower” becomes “shake a tower”.  It’s named after Reverend Archibald Spooner (1844-1939), who was an English language scholar at Oxford who apparently had a habit of accidentally mixing up words on this way (“kinkering kongs” instead of conquering kings”). It’s a common cryptic technique, indicated by a reference to spooner or sometimes by the word spoon or spooned.

    The quintessential vampire is Count Dracula, or (on Sesame Street), The Count.

    So Count Molar becomes Mount Colah.
    Posted: 17 Apr 2022 19:29
      Sonofagunzel Minister for Railways

    Another spoonerism indicator is “according to the Reverend”.
    Posted: 17 Apr 2022 19:31
      Valvegear Oliver Bullied, CME

    Location: Richmond Vic
    I am familiar with a spoonerism (named for the Reverend Mr Spooner) but never connected it with this clue for some reason.

    As an aside, and this is a true story, one of my aunts had a plumber working during a family gathering at her place, and the handle broke off his toolbag. "Oh", said aunt; "he's dropped his tit of kools" As if that wasn't enough, she then hurriedly said, "Er; kool of tits". My cousins and I never let her forget it, and it was (obscurely) mentioned at her funeral - those in the know got it; to others it meant nothing.
    Posted: 17 Apr 2022 22:10

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      Faredodger Chief Commissioner

    Location: Hiding anywhere the ticket inspectors can't see me
    That's the true spoonerism - utterly spoontaneous.  (By the way, I believe Dr. Spooner died in 1930, not 1939.)
    Posted: 17 Apr 2022 22:25
      Sonofagunzel Minister for Railways

    I am stuck in someone's nostril.  So are you.
    Faredodger
    WSITD: Bondi Junction?
    Posted: 21 Apr 2022 07:15
      Sonofagunzel Minister for Railways

    That's the true spoonerism - utterly spoontaneous.  (By the way, I believe Dr. Spooner died in 1930, not 1939.)
    Faredodger
    Some sites say 1939, but you’re right, most say 1930.
    Posted: 21 Apr 2022 07:36

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