I'm with you, Rango. (And us reptiles gotta stick together.) I've never had any patience for puzzles, to be honest--I don't even do Wordle, and whenever Will Shortz comes on the radio, I mentally give him the middle name "Eat-My"--but for some reason I can't resist dropping in on this thread every once in a while to see if anyone has connected the dots, such as they are, in a convincing way.
I must say I do enjoy stuff like this and I've enjoyed trying to figure it out, but the clues seem so obscure and their composition so peculiar that I don't have a lot of confidence in them.
For example, the grammar and composition of Hint #3
Ahh, It appears that the validity of this thread is in question as well as my integrity. A man of truth would swear he is not lying as would a deceitful liar answer the same. Only you can decide if it is real or just deception.
Herewithin lies Hint #3.
(...I'll give him this: the man's a showman.
"Herewithin" isn't a real word but is that a clue?
"Herewithin lies Hint #3" should precede the clue, but is the form part of the riddle? If it should follow the clue it (arguably) should say "Therein lay Hint #3"
Edit: thanks humprof
The grammar in the sentence beginning "A man of truth..." is incorrect; but is that deliberate?
So...yeah; it doesn't inspire confidence in me that this stuff can be decoded; how obscure is the link between Bruce Dickinson and Bill Sheehan? Their names both begin with "B" and end with "N"?
Is it an Alice Cooper Album? Is it a Deep Purple album? If so, how do the other clues fit?
The closest fit I can get is Jefferson Airplane - Surrealistic Pillow, but as far as I know it has nothing to do with Bruce Dickinson.
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