# Baker’s Dozen III

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093>\
**Category:** Thread Games\
**Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
**Page:** 399

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**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:** [July 7, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7961 "2025-07-07T20:43:04Z")

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**Songs which refer to other specific works of art**

1. “We Built This City” by Starship (_Ship of Fools_, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (_Birth of Venus_ by Botticelli)
4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (_The Starry Night_ by Van Gogh)

A [heartbreakingly beautiful song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LUsrxM_ByA&list=RD9LUsrxM_ByA&start_radio=1), I’ve always thought.

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7962 "2025-07-07T21:05:19Z")

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**Songs which refer to other specific works of art**

1. “We Built This City” by Starship (_Ship of Fools_, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (_Birth of Venus_ by Botticelli)
4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (_The Starry Night_ by Van Gogh)
5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (_Impresson: Sunrise_ by Claude Monet)

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7963 "2025-07-07T21:45:13Z")

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**Songs which refer to other specific works of art**

1. “We Built This City” by Starship (_Ship of Fools_, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (_Birth of Venus_ by Botticelli)
4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (_The Starry Night_ by Van Gogh)
5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (_Impresson: Sunrise_ by Claude Monet)
6. “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter (_Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1_ aka Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler)

Also references the Mona Lisa and Dante’s Inferno

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**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:** [July 8, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7964 "2025-07-08T13:54:34Z")

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**Songs which refer to other specific works of art**

1. “We Built This City” by Starship (_Ship of Fools_, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (_Birth of Venus_ by Botticelli)
4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (_The Starry Night_ by Van Gogh)
5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (_Impresson: Sunrise_ by Claude Monet)
6. “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter (_Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1_ aka Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler)
7. “99 Red Balloons” by Nena (_Star Trek_)

“Everyone’s a superhero / Everyone’s a Captain Kirk…”

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7965 "2025-07-08T16:05:33Z")

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**Songs which refer to other specific works of art**

1. “We Built This City” by Starship (_Ship of Fools_, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (_Birth of Venus_ by Botticelli)
4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (_The Starry Night_ by Van Gogh)
5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (_Impresson: Sunrise_ by Claude Monet)
6. “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter (_Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1_ aka Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler)
7. “99 Red Balloons” by Nena (_Star Trek_)
8. “A Fifth of Beethoven” by Walter Murphy (Based on Beethoven’s 5th Symphony)

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7966 "2025-07-08T16:33:58Z")

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**Songs which refer to other specific works of art**

1. “We Built This City” by Starship (_Ship of Fools_, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (_Birth of Venus_ by Botticelli)
4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (_The Starry Night_ by Van Gogh)
5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (_Impresson: Sunrise_ by Claude Monet)
6. “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter (_Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1_ aka Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler)
7. “99 Red Balloons” by Nena (_Star Trek_)
8. “A Fifth of Beethoven” by Walter Murphy (Based on Beethoven’s 5th Symphony)
9. “Love Kills” by the Ramones (_Romeo and Juliet_ by William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet)

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7967 "2025-07-08T18:45:26Z")

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**Songs which refer to other specific works of art**

1. “We Built This City” by Starship (_Ship of Fools_, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (_Birth of Venus_ by Botticelli)
4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (_The Starry Night_ by Van Gogh)
5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (_Impresson: Sunrise_ by Claude Monet)
6. “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter (_Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1_ aka Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler)
7. “99 Red Balloons” by Nena (_Star Trek_)
8. “A Fifth of Beethoven” by Walter Murphy (Based on Beethoven’s 5th Symphony)
9. “Love Kills” by the Ramones (_Romeo and Juliet_ by William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet)
10. “Tom Joad” by Woody Guthrie (based on _The Grapes of Wrath_ by John Steinbeck)

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7968 "2025-07-08T19:11:02Z")

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**Songs which refer to other specific works of art**

1. “We Built This City” by Starship (_Ship of Fools_, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (_Birth of Venus_ by Botticelli)
4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (_The Starry Night_ by Van Gogh)
5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (_Impresson: Sunrise_ by Claude Monet)
6. “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter (_Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1_ aka Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler)
7. “99 Red Balloons” by Nena (_Star Trek_)
8. “A Fifth of Beethoven” by Walter Murphy (Based on Beethoven’s 5th Symphony)
9. “Love Kills” by the Ramones (_Romeo and Juliet_ by William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet)
10. “Tom Joad” by Woody Guthrie (based on _The Grapes of Wrath_ by John Steinbeck)
11. “Too Drunk to Fuck” by the Dead Kennedys (lyric mentions the baby in _Eraserhead_)

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7969 "2025-07-09T03:49:46Z")

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**Songs which refer to other specific works of art**

1. “We Built This City” by Starship (_Ship of Fools_, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (_Birth of Venus_ by Botticelli)
4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (_The Starry Night_ by Van Gogh)
5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (_Impresson: Sunrise_ by Claude Monet)
6. “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter (_Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1_ aka Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler)
7. “99 Red Balloons” by Nena (_Star Trek_)
8. “A Fifth of Beethoven” by Walter Murphy (Based on Beethoven’s 5th Symphony)
9. “Love Kills” by the Ramones (_Romeo and Juliet_ by William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet)
10. “Tom Joad” by Woody Guthrie (based on _The Grapes of Wrath_ by John Steinbeck)
11. “Too Drunk to Fuck” by the Dead Kennedys (lyric mentions the baby in _Eraserhead_)
12. “Only Wanna Be with You” by Hootie and the Blowfish (quotes extensively from Bob Dylan’s “Idiot Wind”)

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7970 "2025-07-09T09:29:10Z")

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**Songs which refer to other specific works of art**

1. “We Built This City” by Starship (_Ship of Fools_, Katherine Anne Porter novel and later film)
2. “Mona Lisa” by Nat King Cole (A painting of the same name by Leonardo da Vinci)
3. “Then She Appeared” by XTC (_Birth of Venus_ by Botticelli)
4. “Vincent” by Don McLean (_The Starry Night_ by Van Gogh)
5. “Marshmallows at the Art Museum” by Junitoni (_Impresson: Sunrise_ by Claude Monet)
6. “You’re the Top” by Cole Porter (_Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1_ aka Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler)
7. “99 Red Balloons” by Nena (_Star Trek_)
8. “A Fifth of Beethoven” by Walter Murphy (Based on Beethoven’s 5th Symphony)
9. “Love Kills” by the Ramones (_Romeo and Juliet_ by William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet)
10. “Tom Joad” by Woody Guthrie (based on _The Grapes of Wrath_ by John Steinbeck)
11. “Too Drunk to Fuck” by the Dead Kennedys (lyric mentions the baby in _Eraserhead_)
12. “Only Wanna Be with You” by Hootie and the Blowfish (quotes extensively from Bob Dylan’s “Idiot Wind”)
13. “The Night Watch”, King Crimson, a descriptive reflection on Rembrandt’s painting

**Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional**

1. [Soak your feet in a wading pool](https://share.google/2P6495IP7j5ywRn0X)

Ordinary, but in 1969 on “Mr Rogers’ Neighborhood” it showed Fred Rogers’ stand against segregated swimming pools

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7971 "2025-07-09T13:36:35Z")

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**Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional**

1. [Soak your feet in a wading pool](https://share.google/2P6495IP7j5ywRn0X)
2. [Drink a hot beverage](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/drink-hot-drinks-hot-weather-cool-down-faster)

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7972 "2025-07-09T13:55:28Z")

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**Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional**

1. [Soak your feet in a wading pool](https://share.google/2P6495IP7j5ywRn0X)
2. [Drink a hot beverage](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/drink-hot-drinks-hot-weather-cool-down-faster)
3. [Jump in the lake](https://www.fridaymorningswimclub.com/).

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7973 "2025-07-09T15:04:17Z")

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**Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional**

1. [Soak your feet in a wading pool](https://share.google/2P6495IP7j5ywRn0X)
2. [Drink a hot beverage](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/drink-hot-drinks-hot-weather-cool-down-faster)
3. [Jump in the lake](https://www.fridaymorningswimclub.com/).
4. [Use a wet towel to cool down](https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-cooling-towels)

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7974 "2025-07-09T15:15:28Z")

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**Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional**

1. [Soak your feet in a wading pool](https://share.google/2P6495IP7j5ywRn0X)
2. [Drink a hot beverage](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/drink-hot-drinks-hot-weather-cool-down-faster)
3. [Jump in the lake](https://www.fridaymorningswimclub.com/).
4. [Use a wet towel to cool down](https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-cooling-towels)
5. Stay inside air-conditioned buildings and vehicles as much as possible

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**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7975 "2025-07-09T15:25:57Z")

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**Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional**

1. [Soak your feet in a wading pool](https://share.google/2P6495IP7j5ywRn0X)
2. [Drink a hot beverage](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/drink-hot-drinks-hot-weather-cool-down-faster)
3. [Jump in the lake](https://www.fridaymorningswimclub.com/).
4. [Use a wet towel to cool down](https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-cooling-towels)
5. Stay inside air-conditioned buildings and vehicles as much as possible
6. Take a cold shower

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7976 "2025-07-09T16:30:22Z")

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**Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional**

1. [Soak your feet in a wading pool](https://share.google/2P6495IP7j5ywRn0X)
2. [Drink a hot beverage](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/drink-hot-drinks-hot-weather-cool-down-faster)
3. [Jump in the lake](https://www.fridaymorningswimclub.com/).
4. [Use a wet towel to cool down](https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-cooling-towels)
5. Stay inside air-conditioned buildings and vehicles as much as possible
6. Take a cold shower
7. Summon Iceman, Killer Frost, Ice, Ice Maiden, Capt. Cold, Mr. Freeze and Coldsnap to play Bridge with you

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7977 "2025-07-10T13:42:49Z")

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**Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional**

1. [Soak your feet in a wading pool](https://share.google/2P6495IP7j5ywRn0X)
2. [Drink a hot beverage](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/drink-hot-drinks-hot-weather-cool-down-faster)
3. [Jump in the lake](https://www.fridaymorningswimclub.com/).
4. [Use a wet towel to cool down](https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-cooling-towels)
5. Stay inside air-conditioned buildings and vehicles as much as possible
6. Take a cold shower
7. Summon Iceman, Killer Frost, Ice, Ice Maiden, Capt. Cold, Mr. Freeze and Coldsnap to play Bridge with you
8. Get out of town and back to nature.

Research has shown that rural and natural areas are cooler than it is in urban areas, with all the air conditioners pumping heat outside and all the pavement, parking lots, and buildings reflecting and radiating it back at you.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7978 "2025-07-10T16:46:14Z")

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**Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional**

1. [Soak your feet in a wading pool](https://share.google/2P6495IP7j5ywRn0X)
2. [Drink a hot beverage](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/drink-hot-drinks-hot-weather-cool-down-faster)
3. [Jump in the lake](https://www.fridaymorningswimclub.com/).
4. [Use a wet towel to cool down](https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-cooling-towels)
5. Stay inside air-conditioned buildings and vehicles as much as possible
6. Take a cold shower
7. Summon Iceman, Killer Frost, Ice, Ice Maiden, Capt. Cold, Mr. Freeze and Coldsnap to play Bridge with you
8. Get out of town and back to nature.
9. Snack on water-rich fruits and vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes, or watermelon.

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7979 "2025-07-10T21:59:02Z")

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**Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional**

1. [Soak your feet in a wading pool](https://share.google/2P6495IP7j5ywRn0X)
2. [Drink a hot beverage](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/drink-hot-drinks-hot-weather-cool-down-faster)
3. [Jump in the lake](https://www.fridaymorningswimclub.com/).
4. [Use a wet towel to cool down](https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-cooling-towels)
5. Stay inside air-conditioned buildings and vehicles as much as possible
6. Take a cold shower
7. Summon Iceman, Killer Frost, Ice, Ice Maiden, Capt. Cold, Mr. Freeze and Coldsnap to play Bridge with you
8. Get out of town and back to nature.
9. Snack on water-rich fruits and vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes, or watermelon.
10. Drink a frozen margarita

Yes, I know that alcohol interferes with thermoregulation, but I like margaritas

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7980 "2025-07-11T05:05:50Z")

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**Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional**

1. [Soak your feet in a wading pool](https://share.google/2P6495IP7j5ywRn0X)
2. [Drink a hot beverage](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/drink-hot-drinks-hot-weather-cool-down-faster)
3. [Jump in the lake](https://www.fridaymorningswimclub.com/).
4. [Use a wet towel to cool down](https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-cooling-towels)
5. Stay inside air-conditioned buildings and vehicles as much as possible
6. Take a cold shower
7. Summon Iceman, Killer Frost, Ice, Ice Maiden, Capt. Cold, Mr. Freeze and Coldsnap to play Bridge with you
8. Get out of town and back to nature.
9. Snack on water-rich fruits and vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes, or watermelon.
10. Drink a frozen margarita
11. Have your servant fan you more aggressively with the palm frond

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