# This Picture Is Just So Corny **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 3, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926 "2012-06-03T11:53:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/1 "2012-06-03T11:53:09Z")
That I can’t stop smirking. Hopefully everyone will get it. [Picture.](http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2815374050098000304NoAqzU) ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/2 "2012-06-03T12:00:56Z")
That’s as corny as Kansas in August… ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/3 "2012-06-03T12:01:02Z")
Pretty good gag for us old farts. And a mondegreen too. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/4 "2012-06-03T12:18:50Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/5 "2012-06-03T12:23:56Z")
I stole it from my sainted daughter. The kids of today. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/6 "2012-06-03T12:27:18Z")
Totolly funny. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/7 "2012-06-03T12:29:41Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Totolly funny. Just when I thought it couldn’t get worse… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ptr2void](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ptr2void/32/3406_2.png) [@ptr2void](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ptr2void)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/8 "2012-06-03T12:50:22Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > Just when I thought it couldn’t get worse… 🙂 Gotta [strike]draw[/strike] hold the line somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/9 "2012-06-03T13:21:44Z")
Snerk! ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/10 "2012-06-03T13:39:01Z")
I don’t get it. Can somepony explain it to me? Or is it an injoke where everypony pretends to get the joke when there’s no joke to get and that’s the joke? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/11 "2012-06-03T13:44:07Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > I don’t get it. Can somepony explain it to me? > Or is it an injoke where everypony pretends to get the joke when there’s no joke to get and that’s the joke? Hahaha! That’s pretty good. I see what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/12 "2012-06-03T13:46:28Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > I don’t get it. Can somepony explain it to me? > Or is it an injoke where everypony pretends to get the joke when there’s no joke to get and that’s the joke? In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy’s dog is named Toto. Toto (the band) had a hit with [The Rains in Africa.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdBcfRhzzAA) No in joke 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/13 "2012-06-03T14:16:40Z")
Got it immediately. It made me chuckle. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/14 "2012-06-03T21:05:08Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy’s dog is named Toto. > > Toto (the band) had a hit with [The Rains in Africa.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdBcfRhzzAA) > > No in joke 🙂 Knew the song, but had no idea who sang it. Thought the joke would be about some lyric I didn’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/15 "2012-06-03T21:37:50Z")
Yup, got it right away. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/16 "2012-06-03T22:24:16Z")
I looked at it hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/17 "2012-06-03T22:46:34Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > Or is it an injoke where everypony pretends to get the joke when there’s no joke to get and that’s the joke? It’s one of those jokes that isn’t really funny in and of itself. It’s self-congratulatory “humor.” You congratulate yourself that you get it, and award yourself a laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/18 "2012-06-04T09:54:34Z")
Stolen for facebook, thank you \*\*Cic \*\*🙂 > [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Pretty good gag for us old farts. And a mondegreen too. Huh, ignorance fought. I don’t think I realised those _weren_\*'t\* the lyrics till now! ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/19 "2012-06-04T10:11:02Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > Pretty good gag for us old farts. And a mondegreen too. Well aren’t we fancy for using mondegreen? 🙂 (As I try and work out how to insert it into my next post). ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/20 "2012-06-04T13:28:23Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > It’s one of those jokes that isn’t really funny in and of itself. It’s self-congratulatory “humor.” You congratulate yourself that you get it, and award yourself a laugh. Speak for yourself. Its funny because it is so damn corny / stupid. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926.md?page=2)