# Origin of "I burning your \_\_\_\_\_" **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 14, 2005, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-i-burning-your-_____/308191 "2005-06-14T07:34:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-i-burning-your-_____/308191/1 "2005-06-14T07:34:20Z")
Where is this from? ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-i-burning-your-_____/308191/2 "2005-06-14T07:36:07Z")
I’m not familiar with the phrase. How is it used? Can you give us an example? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-i-burning-your-_____/308191/3 "2005-06-14T07:41:45Z")
I think it arose here on the boards with a poster who got angry and said “I burning your dog” - things being generally what they are here, dopers latched onto the flawed syntax, completely ignoring the actual content of the rant (same thing happened before with the Og thing and probably others too). ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-i-burning-your-_____/308191/4 "2005-06-14T07:46:00Z")
[Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=203185) it is. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-i-burning-your-_____/308191/5 "2005-06-14T07:46:33Z")
Never pet a burning dog. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-i-burning-your-_____/308191/6 "2005-06-14T14:40:53Z")
Unless you’re at Burning Man. ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-i-burning-your-_____/308191/7 "2005-06-14T18:11:08Z")
Or have a burning desire! ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-i-burning-your-_____/308191/8 "2005-06-14T18:42:22Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=203185) it is. That has to be, absolutely, the funniest thread I’ve ever read! ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-i-burning-your-_____/308191/9 "2005-06-14T18:56:28Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I think it arose here on the boards with a poster who got angry and said “I burning your dog” - things being generally what they are here, dopers latched onto the flawed syntax, completely ignoring the actual content of the rant (same thing happened before with the Og thing and probably others too). … and the next thing you know, I wiping out [all your base](http://www.planettribes.com/allyourbase/) with a [1920’s-style “Death Ray!”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202225) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-i-burning-your-_____/308191/10 "2005-06-14T22:16:53Z")
> [@](#): > > … and the next thing you know, I wiping out [all your base](http://www.planettribes.com/allyourbase/) with a [1920’s-style “Death Ray!”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202225) This post has been you-know-what by you-know _whooooo!_ ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-i-burning-your-_____/308191/11 "2005-06-14T23:37:58Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=203185) it is. Wow, look at all the great Dopers in that thread who seldom, if ever, post anymore. Memories, memories . . . ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-i-burning-your-_____/308191/12 "2005-06-15T00:29:43Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > [Here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=203185) it is. Another small portion of my ignorance successfully fought. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-i-burning-your-_____/308191/13 "2005-06-15T14:14:51Z")
It comes from the 1980’s song _Rio_, by Duran Duran. ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-i-burning-your-_____/308191/14 "2005-06-16T03:08:29Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > It comes from the 1980’s song _Rio_, by Duran Duran. Yes, thats right. “_Her name is Rio and she burning your dog…_.” ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2005, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-i-burning-your-_____/308191/15 "2005-06-16T03:28:26Z")
> [@buns3000](#): > > Yes, thats right. “_Her name is Rio and she burning your dog…_.” But only once. For 20 minutes. In 1960.