Top Gear's "The Stig" Jokes

[Peter Mugridge]

oi. I descend from Roald Dahl so watch your mouth! :P

That's fantastic - my kids - especially my daughter - would be really interested in that. We have quite a lot of his books on their shelves.


Meanwhile...

Perhaps you could suggest why the obvious jokes linking the Stig with Stig of the Dump ( I think that's one of Roald Dahl's creations? ) haven't been made? Surely it can't be just the two of us on here who know of the character?

 

[David Goddard]

Some say, that he is the only living being to have successfully consumed a whole BR sandwich and cup of coffee without spilling it, while riding on a pacer. All we know is - He's The Stig!

 

[VTPreston_Tez]

That's fantastic - my kids - especially my daughter - would be really interested in that. We have quite a lot of his books on their shelves.


Meanwhile...

Perhaps you could suggest why the obvious jokes linking the Stig with Stig of the Dump ( I think that's one of Roald Dahl's creations? ) haven't been made? Surely it can't be just the two of us on here who know of the character?

Because the thread is mainly for "Some say..."
Oh well, Some say he's the Stig of the Dump!

 

[Michael.Y]

Stig of the Dump is a Clive King book (1963), not a Roald Dahl book.

Some say, he really is a big friendly giant. And if he was headmaster of Crunchem Hall, the Chokey would be a giant Coke can.

 

[Trog]

Did someone once tell me he was driving 46 009?

 

[Heinz57]

Did someone once tell me he was driving 46 009?

Some say he was driving 46 009. And that he took a wrong turn heading north on the East Coast Mainline near York and ended up in Plymouth. All we know is he's not The Stig. But he is The Stigs Train Driving cousin!

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Stig of the Dump is a Clive King book (1963), not a Roald Dahl book.

Ahhhhh......... *ducks to avoid incoming egg aiming for face*



So what is all this "Some say..." stuff then? Is that a sort of catchphrase they use on Top Gear? ( I don't watch it, before anyone asks! )

 

[Ivo]

So what is all this "Some say..." stuff then? Is that a sort of catchphrase they use on Top Gear? ( I don't watch it, before anyone asks! )

It is, yes. They tend to do two each time, along the lines of "Some say that... and that... all we know is, he's called The Stig!"

A compilation from Series 10 (which has the best one of all time in my opinion - the rugby one): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfRMYfvF9Xc

The first tends to be random, while the second tends to be topical.

 

[deltic1989]

So what is all this "Some say..." stuff then? Is that a sort of catchphrase they use on Top Gear? ( I don't watch it, before anyone asks! )

I think they only started doing the "some say..." jokes with the "new" (white overalled) Stig, as i seem to remember with the "old" (black overalled) Stig (the one that drove an XJS off an aircraft carrier) Richard Hammond called him Mitsustiggy when he tested the then current Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution (i think it was the 7 or 8) cant remember I'll try to find a link.

 

[150222]

Some say, he eats the cable from all the railways and blames it on the chavs, and when he was offered a job as a page 3 model in The Sun on Sunday. He then threw Richard Murdoch at the M25 and came back to Top Gear. All we know is, he's called The Stig.

 

[transportphoto]

Some say that he's a phone hacker for News International and was the first to come up with the idea of Sun on Sunday just so he can carry on hacking. All we know is, he's not The Stig, but he's Rupert Murdoch. (or The Stig's Phone Hacking cousin.)

TP

 

[Michael.Y]

Some say he always uses Platform 5 at Cardiff Central; and that there is a special First Class section on Pacers reserved especially for him.

 

[Ivo]

Some say he always uses Platform 5 at Cardiff Central; and that there is a special First Class section on Pacers reserved especially for him.

I think that works better for our XCStig character from last year

 

[Simon Poole]

I think that works better for our XCStig character from last year

Would this be a mention to Third Rail? The same Third Rail that my brother helped create?

The same Third Rail which is now a show on youtube that me and my brother have created?

 

[Ivo]

Would this be a mention to Third Rail? The same Third Rail that my brother helped create?

The same Third Rail which is now a show on youtube that me and my brother have created?

It would, yes, but...

You put it on Youtube? hock:

 

[Simon Poole]

It would, yes, but...

You put it on Youtube? hock:

Yes, me and Ian have done it, our first one was a race between Stratford and Euston

 

[Ivo]

Hmm... not bad. Not bad. Lacking in ambition somewhat, but for a first go certainly a good effort and with a conclusion that actually has more benefit than most shown on Top Gear. The word "starring" in the credits was spelt incorrectly though

 

[Simon Poole]

It is a work in progress but it is all about fun, fun, fun

Also it rubs it in a few people's faces lol, seeing as how it is mine and Ian's show now.

 

[Crossover]

Also it rubs it in a few people's faces lol, seeing as how it is mine and Ian's show now.

Oh, so humble.......

 

[Ivo]

It is a work in progress but it is all about fun, fun, fun

Also it rubs it in a few people's faces lol, seeing as how it is mine and Ian's show now.

Don't I get any credit? I did help set up the initial premise

 

[Lrd]

Don't I get any credit? I did help set up the initial premise

Sounds like they stole the idea from a few people to me.

 

[Badger]

Some say he can derail threads that aren't even rail related, and that he never finishe

 

[Heinz57]

Some say that he's seen Disneys Cars movie 287 times. . . . And that I can't think of a second one

 

[Simon Poole]

Don't I get any credit? I did help set up the initial premise

Well, that is for my brother to say but he cannot come on here and defend himself so.......................

 

[mickpop]

Some say he is dyslexic and his real name is Seth Git

 

[47245]

Some say that some of his friends took him on a railtour for a 37 bash but he took the term 'bashing' the wrong way and picked a fight with 37423

 

[D841 Roebuck]

Some say that he drove a City Class 4-4-0 at 102 mph, and the descendents of his racing pigeons are currently in training as a replacement signalling system for Metrolink. He's not the Stig - he's Stig's Edwardian Great Uncle.

 

[Giugiaro]

Some say that if he was authorized to pilot airplanes, the Concorde would reach the speed of light;
And each time he hears "Mind the Gap", he thinks about the Grand Canyon... All we know is that he's called The Stig.