# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [June 4, 2012, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/21 "2012-06-04T13:32:22Z")
Well, I didn’t get it, but I’m not cairne. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/22 "2012-06-04T13:33:18Z")
I know I must do what’s right, sure as Kilaminjaro rises like Olympus above the Serrrrr-engeti. ---
**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, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/23 "2012-06-04T13:39:51Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Speak for yourself. Its funny because it is so damn corny / stupid. Thanks Billfish. I didn’t think I was clever for “getting” it, but once I was there the whole concept was so stupid I had to laugh. ---
**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, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/24 "2012-06-04T13:58:22Z")
Yeah, I don’t think the Africa/Toto connection takes a pop music genius to “get it”. If I was in the high School for pop music I’d be in the special ed classes and even I got it. Not to say there isn’t I’m clever/snob humor out there. But I don’t think this one is one of those. And I’ll have you know that damn song has been running through my head on an off all day since this thread started. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/25 "2012-06-04T14:03:13Z")
I miss Chicago. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/26 "2012-06-04T14:08:19Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I miss Chicago. I do too. I guess I’ll get my chance when the levee breaks. ---
**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, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/27 "2012-06-04T14:14:21Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Yeah, I don’t think the Africa/Toto connection takes a pop music genius to “get it”. If I was in the high School for pop music I’d be in the special ed classes and even I got it. Not to say there isn’t I’m clever/snob humor out there. But I don’t think this one is one of those. And I’ll have you know that damn song has been running through my head on an off all day since this thread started. Heh- I have had Hermette pummeling me on FB about it and I can’t escape the damned tune. Just don’t think about Sea of Love. Hope that helps 🙂 ---
**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, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/28 "2012-06-04T14:26:19Z")
Please give me one more night, give me just one more night. Paybacks a bitch isn’t it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/29 "2012-06-04T14:47:13Z")
I couldn’t remember who did the song Rains in Africa. I thought maybe it was the band Kansas because of the first line. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/30 "2012-06-04T14:51:39Z")
The song is called Africa. Not Rains in Africa. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/31 "2012-06-04T15:08:45Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I do too. I guess I’ll get my chance when the levee breaks. Isn’t that going to create a lot of dust in the wind? ---
**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, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/32 "2012-06-04T15:14:56Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > I miss Chicago. You did hear that it died one night a few years back right? ---
**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, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/33 "2012-06-04T15:17:37Z")
Paper Lace did. About 100 cops are dead… ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/34 "2012-06-04T15:45:46Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > You did hear that it died one night a few years back right? Well, **tdn** ’s aim may suck, but anyone can get off a lucky shot once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/35 "2012-06-04T15:52:30Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Well, **tdn** ’s aim may suck, True enough. I was aiming for Chicago but ended up in Boston. Either way, I’m still in America. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/36 "2012-06-04T15:52:56Z")
I’m only 26 and I got it right away 😃 Also, lol at the “corny as kansas in august” line. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/37 "2012-06-04T16:00:59Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > True enough. I was aiming for Chicago but ended up in Boston. Either way, I’m still in America. I’d suggest getting back on the horse and trying again, but with your luck, you’d probably end up in the Southwest instead. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/38 "2012-06-04T16:16:29Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > I’d suggest getting back on the horse and trying again, but with your luck, you’d probably end up in the Southwest instead. Or in Black Oak, Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926/39 "2012-06-05T21:07:00Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Well, **tdn** ’s aim may suck, but anyone can get off a lucky shot once in a while. It was the heat of the moment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-picture-is-just-so-corny/623926.md?page=1)