Stig, meanwhile, had hidden in the background so much, that…

Stig, meanwhile, had hidden in the background so much, that in 1969, a rumour went around that he was dead. He was supposed to have been killed in a flash fire at a waterbed shop, and replaced by a plastic and wax replica from Madame Tussaud’s. Several so-called “facts” helped the emergence of this rumour; One: he never said anything publicly. Even as “the Quiet One”, he hadn’t said a word since 1966. Two: on the cover of their latest album, “Shabby Road”, he is wearing no trousers, an Italian way of indicating death. Three: Nasty, supposedly sings “I buried Stig” on “I Am the Waitress”. In fact, he sings “E burres stigano”, which is very bad Spanish for “Have you a water buffalo?”. Four: On the cover of the “Sgt. Rutter” album, Stig is leaning in the exactly same position of a dying Yeti from the Rutland Book of the Dead. Five: If you sing the title of “Sgt. Rutter’s Only Darts Club Band” backwards, it’s supposed to sound very like “Stig has been dead for ages, honestly.”. In fact, it sounds uncannily like “Dnab Bulc Strad Ylno srettur Sgt”.

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