# Origin of an SDMB meme **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 19, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-an-sdmb-meme/749570 "2016-03-19T20:53:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-an-sdmb-meme/749570/1 "2016-03-19T20:53:40Z")
I’ve got [penis ensues](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=294892), I’ve got [1920’s style death rays](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=202225), I’ve got [just once, in 1960 for 20 minutes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=283407), I’ve even got [I burning your dog.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=203185) Does anyone remember the precise origin of “Rio, by Duran Duran”? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-an-sdmb-meme/749570/2 "2016-03-19T21:53:49Z")
The Rio meme was started by some accidental simulposts. This is the thread that started it all. > **[AUGH, what is this 80's song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296939)** > > I’ve spent hours on Google and whatnot and I still can’t find it . . . It’s kind of Tears for Fears sounding. If I heard it correctly the last lyrics of the bridge are “across the Rio Grande.” Sorry for the dumb question but it’s driving me crazy! ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-an-sdmb-meme/749570/3 "2016-03-20T00:05:04Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > The Rio meme was started by some accidental simulposts. This is the thread that started it all. > [AUGH, what is this 80's song? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=296939) A celebration of memes cited for no reason but their memosity. Rio the dog and the trench I haven’t seen (GQ since 200090). Maybe MPSIMS or BBQ local. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-an-sdmb-meme/749570/4 "2016-03-20T02:34:51Z")
I’ve been trying to mention Orson Bean at every opportunity in order to create a new meme. It’s kind of taken off in the erroneous trivia and free association threads. Feel free to join in! ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-an-sdmb-meme/749570/5 "2016-03-20T02:37:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’ve been trying to mention Orson Bean at every opportunity in order to create a new meme. It’s kind of taken off in the erroneous trivia and free association threads. Feel free to join in! Have you had instances of a fusion of Orson Welles and Mr. Bean yet? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-an-sdmb-meme/749570/6 "2016-03-20T03:16:48Z")
One does tend to lead to the other… ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-an-sdmb-meme/749570/7 "2016-03-20T03:21:49Z")
Hey, he was great in _The Hobbit._ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-an-sdmb-meme/749570/8 "2016-03-20T03:39:42Z")
Never mind. Misunderstood a post. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2016, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-an-sdmb-meme/749570/9 "2016-03-20T06:50:03Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Hey, he was great in _The Hobbit._ And as embarrassing as hell the week before it aired for the first time. It was around Thanksgiving of 1977. High unemployment (c. 6.5%) had been a common topic on the nightly news. Bean came on at the end of the broadcast one evening to tell everyone that he was THANKFUL to be unemployed, because his latest project was in the can, and due to air on Sunday night. That may have been the last time I ever watched TV news on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-an-sdmb-meme/749570/10 "2016-03-21T00:15:01Z")
Let’s go down to the quarry and throw memes in it. Hey, we can’t all have sheep as a hobby like Hal. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-an-sdmb-meme/749570/11 "2016-03-21T11:04:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I’ve been trying to mention Orson Bean at every opportunity in order to create a new meme. It’s kind of taken off in the erroneous trivia and free association threads. Feel free to join in! My name is warts?