Ha ha.
So true. The clue I got contained the word 'boffin'. It seemed completely logical to me that if you took the word 'off' out of 'boffin', then you were left with 'bin'. And that's exactly how the clue worked.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 13 Oct 2011, 14:31, 1 reply)

off wikipedia..
For example, a wishbone brought on by Sonny Hayes came with the clue "Take one that never changes, add a pub and a precious stone, bring them all up-to-date, and now you're on your own", which the contestants rejected hoping it referred to Dusty Bin. Rogers explanation of the clue was: "'Take one that never changes', well that could be Dusty Bin which of course is where you might throw a wishbone. 'Add a pub and a precious stone', well that doesn't point to Dusty. 'Bring them all up-to-date, and now you're on your own'. Well what about the wishbone? Sonny said 'a large wishbone', so what might a large wishbone come from? Something larger than a chicken. Turkey maybe? Now 'one that never changes' is a constant, a pub can also be an inn, there's a lot of precious stones but how many go with 'constant inn'? How about opal? Yes, Constantinople, up-to-date, the pride of Turkey, you've rejected the 3–2–1 holiday!"

My dad who could complete a cryptic crossword in a few hours couldn't get his head around it.
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 14:44, closed)

I've got right into cryptic crosswords lately
and that's utterly obtuse, I'd never have got that
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 19:18, closed)

Jesus fucking Christ...

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 13 Oct 2011, 19:44, closed)