# How did I miss this: I burning your dog origin?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-miss-this-i-burning-your-dog-origin/200622>\
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**Created:** [September 9, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-miss-this-i-burning-your-dog-origin/200622 "2003-09-09T22:02:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-miss-this-i-burning-your-dog-origin/200622/1 "2003-09-09T22:02:55Z")

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Can some kind Doper point me in the direction of the origin of this phrase?

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**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-miss-this-i-burning-your-dog-origin/200622/2 "2003-09-09T23:09:31Z")

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From this rather surreal thread: [The rock in the box: I burning your dog](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=203185)

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-miss-this-i-burning-your-dog-origin/200622/3 "2003-09-09T23:15:41Z")

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[The rock in the box: I burning your dog](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=203185)

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-miss-this-i-burning-your-dog-origin/200622/4 "2003-09-09T23:17:33Z")

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AH!

Porcupines!  
[runs away screaming like a little girl]

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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2003, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-i-miss-this-i-burning-your-dog-origin/200622/5 "2003-09-09T23:29:01Z")

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:eek:

Thanks, I, uh, think?