# Things stupid songs have taught you **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 11, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950 "2014-12-11T16:51:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/61 "2014-12-12T13:49:24Z")
While it was not news to me that an individuals rights must be fought for, I was not aware underage smoking was, in fact, a ‘party’. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/62 "2014-12-12T13:55:47Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Thank you, I mean Fuck you for confirming my suspicion that reading these lyrics will cause as much pain to my eyes as hearing them causes pain to my ears! I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt that this “fuck you” was intended as a joke and not give you a warning for it. Don’t do it again, though. **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![OtisCampbellWasRight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@OtisCampbellWasRight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtisCampbellWasRight)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/63 "2014-12-12T13:58:47Z")
I learned from Jim Stafford that she “don’t like spiders and snakes” and was lead to believe that his girlfriend was named “Bill.” ---
**Author:** ![OtisCampbellWasRight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@OtisCampbellWasRight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtisCampbellWasRight)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/64 "2014-12-12T14:02:46Z")
and Oh yeah, that some fool left a cake out in the rain, which would not be able to be replaced, since the recipe was inexplicably lost. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/65 "2014-12-12T14:38:00Z")
That I am all about the bass, but not the treble. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/66 "2014-12-12T14:51:37Z")
I learned what Istanbul used to be called, but it’s not my business why. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/67 "2014-12-12T14:56:52Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > While it was not news to me that an individuals rights must be fought for, I was not aware underage smoking was, in fact, a ‘party’. Nor did I know that partying was a “right”. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/68 "2014-12-12T15:03:14Z")
Whenever I’m tempted to remark on another’s foolish behaviour, in my head I hear the Billy Joel lyric, “…I have been a fool for lesser things.” And whenever I am asked what it’s like to be my age (over 50), I instantly hear, “…Oh, yeah, life goes on, long after the thrill of living is gone.” ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/69 "2014-12-12T15:25:12Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I actually don’t think ‘‘Boys of Summer’’ is a stupid song, but it did teach me what Wayfarers are. > > For the longest time it sounded to me like ‘‘weight-bearers’’ but I knew that made no sense. Eventually it annoyed me enough to look it up. I thought he was saying he saw “…a dead head sticking out of a Cadillac” - like that he’d seen the aftermath of a Mob hit. I learned that there’s no such place as South Detroit. Apparently if you go south in Detroit you end up in Windsor, ON. ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/70 "2014-12-12T15:26:54Z")
Boney M taught me that Ma Barker was a person of note in the 30’s underworld (although further research suggested that she did not, in fact, teach her four sons na na na na to handle their guns na na na na but it was made up after the fact to justify the fact that she was shot). A doe is a deer. A female deer, in fact. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/71 "2014-12-12T16:07:19Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > I learned that there’s no such place as South Detroit. Apparently if you go south in Detroit you end up in Windsor, ON. Which is the baddest part of Canada. You go down there, you better just beware, or they’ll shake their fists at you as you drive by. ---
**Author:** ![tenacious\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@tenacious\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tenacious_j)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/72 "2014-12-12T16:11:38Z")
Many boxes too late, I learned there ain’t no Coupe de Ville hidin’ at the bottom of a Cracker Jack box. I learned that what was happening at the Village People’s YMCA was very different than the summer camp and swimming lessons they had at the one around here. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/73 "2014-12-12T16:21:29Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I learned that somewhere there’s a city they built on rock & roll. Somewhere? Why it’s the city by the bay, the city that rocks, the city that never sleeps! I learned the town of Stockbridge, Massachusettes got three stop signs, two police officers, and one police car. But that’s not what I’m here to tell you about. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/74 "2014-12-12T16:25:50Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > [Didn’t astorian already say that?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17969748&postcount=14) I can only plead mental exhaustion after 8+ hours of fighting the crowds whilst shopping for Christmas gifts. Thus, with only half an eye open, what I thought was a clever line was actually merely a regurgitated memory. I swear, next year - _ **NEXT YEAR** _ - I’m gonna start my shopping in May. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/75 "2014-12-12T16:59:39Z")
I’ve learned that if I have to drive around with a car full of girls, that [Fred](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1cjaheraq8) can stay the fuck home… Also, Bandages are good for more than cuts and scrapes; they also cover regrets and mistakes… ---
**Author:** ![xythenz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a88e57/32.png) [@xythenz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xythenz)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/76 "2014-12-12T17:19:42Z")
Lupe Fiasco’s Bitch Bad taught me the word acquiescent and taught me about black minstrels. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/77 "2014-12-12T18:03:00Z")
> [@Double\_Foolscap](#): > > A doe is a deer. A female deer, in fact. _A female deer, in fact_ – The matter-of-fact tone has me giggling for several minutes now. Bravo. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/78 "2014-12-12T18:23:50Z")
I learned that her name is Rio, and she dances on the sand. ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/79 "2014-12-12T19:24:05Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I learned that somewhere there’s a city they built on rock & roll. _We built it_. Have you forgotten already? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-stupid-songs-have-taught-you/706950/80 "2014-12-12T19:31:00Z")
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