Comments on: Ivan Mauger on my car

By: Dave Wiggins

Dave Wiggins — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 13:38:07 +0000

I think it refers to when you drive past a stretch of water, and your kids fire that question off. Are you being deliberately subversive today Kendo?!

By: Kendo Nagasaki

Kendo Nagasaki — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:53:16 +0000

Sorry but I always thought it was ‘Dad, how dead d’you reckon that is?’
As in the kind of question a small boy might ask of his dad driving past roadkill. I don’t see what could be ‘deep’ about a motorway.

By: Chris The Siteowner

Chris The Siteowner — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:22:07 +0000

OK, it’s “robbed”. Confirmed: Source

By: Chris The Siteowner

Chris The Siteowner — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:46:58 +0000

Damn. So now we have to go back to "robbed"? I feel like Indecisive Dave off the Fast Show. "I dunno any more".

By: Ben

Ben — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:27:03 +0000

Chris, M6ster got an outing in Sheffield last week, I trained my ears in for the relevant bit and he deffo sang ‘Robbed’.

By: Chris The Siteowner

Chris The Siteowner — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:54:37 +0000

Thanks SGD. These things come back to haunt us. I think we’d better go for “died”, that one’s for sure. But the consensus in favour of “on”, based on technical analysis (argieuk), what people are hearing (almost everyone) and the fact it just makes more sense, persuades me to stick with that, despite the lyrics book and despite hearing “robbed” myself for years. We’re probably at the point where only NB57 can provide a ruling, and even then, who’d believe him?

By: s.g.d. a ShropshireLad

s.g.d. a ShropshireLad — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:56:51 +0000

Chris, it says “robbed” in the lyrics book and it also says “died” on a caravan site.

No mention of Yngwie Malmsteen though, so you are on your own there.

By: Chris The Siteowner

Chris The Siteowner — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:09:34 +0000

That’ll do for me – cheers. But I do hate to have such long-held preconceptions dashed. Although I’m not the first, it would seem.

By: Argieuk

Argieuk — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:42:47 +0000

Been sad and looped the song in an audio editor, slowed it down too.
Sure is ‘on’ and not ‘robbed’.

Agree with the ‘How deep do you reckon that is’- with “d’yereck’n” as one word….

By: Chris The Siteowner

Chris The Siteowner — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:45:52 +0000

The “robbed” vs “on” question vexes me. Has anyone got the famous “lyrics book” to see what that says?