>if he drank like a fish, he would need a bicycle as much as a woman needs a man, I suppose?

Professor Krankl writes from his comfortable cell:

"Dass ist zer good, but can be rendered mitt greater klarity in zer followig equations - upon vich I haf been vorking for much of my life".

man + bar = woman [Tender is the night]
man + woman = bard [Avon calling]
man - bar = effishiency [where'sh my bi'scal?]
man + bar + bike = barf-ish [ooh, creme de menthe]
man + Z(bars) = bicycle [let Z = ease]
man + bicycle = barred x (Woman - bar) [sole mio]

or should that be "sole - miaow!"