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Comments on Puzzle #20816: Nursery Rhyme: Three Professionals
By Teresa K (fasstar)

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Puzzle Description:

No guessing for the solve, just for the title. :-)

#1: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jan 9, 2013 [SPOILER]

Rub a dub dub, three men in a tub?
How nice to have a puzzle from you, Teresa.
#2: Aldege Cholette (aldege) on Jan 9, 2013 [SPOILER]
Butcher,baker,the candlestick maker.
#3: Tom King (sgusa) on Jan 9, 2013
Attorney, Solictor and Lawyer in a Spa awaiting a meal? Fun puzzle, Teresa.
#4: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Jan 9, 2013 [SPOILER]
See puzzle # 80...
#5: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jan 9, 2013 [SPOILER]
The original went something like this (according to wiki):

Hey! rub-a-dub, ho! rub-a-dub, three maids in a tub,
And who do you think were there?
The butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker,
And all of them gone to the fair.

That must have been some heck of a side show. :-)
#6: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Jan 9, 2013
From Wikipedia: Some variations

Rub-a-dub-dub,
Three men in a tub,
And who do you think they were?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick-maker,
They all sailed out to sea,
'Twas enough to make a man stare.[1]
And:
Rub-a-dub-dub,
Three men in a tub,
And who do you think they be?
The butcher, the baker,
The candlestick-maker,
All put out to sea
#7: JoDeen Mozena (ozymoe) on Jan 10, 2013 [HINT] [SPOILER]
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#8: Kristen Vognild (Kristen) on Jan 11, 2013
The title was a dead giveaway, but the solve was fun and the picture is cute. :)
#9: jewel crown (jewel) on Jan 11, 2013
Thanks Teresa for the lots of fun puzzle and the rhyme to go with it! Hope you have more for us.
#10: Web Paint-By-Number Robot (webpbn) on Dec 28, 2018
Found to be solvable with moderate lookahead by infrapinklizzard.
#11: Yonah Kondor (yokon965) on Apr 8, 2024 [SPOILER]
I'm imagining The Three Amigos outside a fort (butcher knife/flag) with chimney smoke (pie/building with smoke stream) surrounded by an arid landscape (candlestick/cactus).

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