# God Bless You, Please, Mrs. Robinson

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-you-please-mrs-robinson/6959>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 4, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-you-please-mrs-robinson/6959 "2000-02-04T16:42:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-you-please-mrs-robinson/6959/41 "2000-02-08T19:54:00Z")

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No Jinx, she was saying that she is only 29 and knows the song intimately. That was supposed to be “Has anyone ever heard the song??” She was dismayed at the question.

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**Author:** ![frolix8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@frolix8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frolix8)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2000, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-you-please-mrs-robinson/6959/42 "2000-02-08T23:26:00Z")

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Since we’re talking about the meaning of S&G songs, I read many years ago that “Bridge Over Troubled Water” was about drugs, specifically a dealer’s promise to provide relief from life’s problems. I doubt that it’s true, but it fits pretty well. I told someone about this and he had a fit because they sang the song in church. It’s odd that the same song can have such different interpretations. What was that about “Opiate of the Masses”?

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**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-you-please-mrs-robinson/6959/43 "2000-02-09T05:09:00Z")

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You people are too sensitive. It’s not that I’m young, I’m just out of it. I never know if the songs I listen to are well known. Heck, usually I’ve never heard of songs that are well known. My friends talk about bands and songs and I go, “who?” Then they look at me funny and ask if I’ve ever turned on the radio.

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[Cessandra](http://www.angelfire.com/tx3/miscjunk/profile.html)

I would’ve gotten away with it, too, if it weren’t for those meddling kids!

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-you-please-mrs-robinson/6959/44 "2000-02-09T19:49:00Z")

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> Since we’re talking about the meaning of S&G songs, I read many years ago that “Bridge Over Troubled Water” was about drugs, specifically a dealer’s promise to provide relief from life’s problems. I doubt that it’s true, but it fits pretty well.

Yes, by none other than Wilson Bryan Key, the same man who proved that there is an orgy in a plate of clams and the word “SEX” written on Ritz crackers.

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**Author:** ![frolix8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@frolix8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/frolix8)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2000, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-bless-you-please-mrs-robinson/6959/45 "2000-02-09T20:27:00Z")

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Correctamundo! Subliminal Seduction. Bonus points for the animal that was raping a woman in the ice cubes!

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