# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 228
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4542 "2021-01-02T22:27:05Z")
**Defunct Retail Stores** 1. Circuit City 2. F. W. Woolworth 3. National Record Mart ---
**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:** [January 2, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4543 "2021-01-02T22:51:19Z")
**Defunct Retail Stores** 1. Circuit City 2. F. W. Woolworth 3. National Record Mart 4. Waldenbooks _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4544 "2021-01-02T23:30:34Z")
**Defunct Retail Stores** 1. Circuit City 2. F. W. Woolworth 3. National Record Mart 4. Waldenbooks 5. Tower Records ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4545 "2021-01-03T01:46:56Z")
**Defunct Retail Stores** 1. Circuit City 2. F. W. Woolworth 3. National Record Mart 4. Waldenbooks 5. Tower Records 6. B. Dalton Booksellers ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4546 "2021-01-03T03:30:42Z")
**Defunct Retail Stores** 1. Circuit City 2. F. W. Woolworth 3. National Record Mart 4. Waldenbooks 5. Tower Records 6. B. Dalton Booksellers 7. TG&Y Turtles, Girdles and Yo-yos ---
**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:** [January 3, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4547 "2021-01-03T03:47:56Z")
**Defunct Retail Stores** 1. Circuit City 2. F. W. Woolworth 3. National Record Mart 4. Waldenbooks 5. Tower Records 6. B. Dalton Booksellers 7. TG&Y 8. G. C. Murphy ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4548 "2021-01-03T04:16:54Z")
**Defunct Retail Stores** 1. Circuit City 2. F. W. Woolworth 3. National Record Mart 4. Waldenbooks 5. Tower Records 6. B. Dalton Booksellers 7. TG&Y 8. G. C. Murphy 9. Brentano’s ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4549 "2021-01-03T05:16:50Z")
**Defunct Retail Stores** 1. Circuit City 2. F. W. Woolworth 3. National Record Mart 4. Waldenbooks 5. Tower Records 6. B. Dalton Booksellers 7. TG&Y 8. G. C. Murphy 9. Brentano’s 10. [Maison Blanche](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maison_Blanche) ---
**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:** [January 3, 2021, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4550 "2021-01-03T05:37:01Z")
**Defunct Retail Stores** 1. Circuit City 2. F. W. Woolworth 3. National Record Mart 4. Waldenbooks 5. Tower Records 6. B. Dalton Booksellers 7. TG&Y 8. G. C. Murphy 9. Brentano’s 10. [Maison Blanche](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maison_Blanche) 11. Ogilvie’s ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4551 "2021-01-03T05:42:19Z")
**Defunct Retail Stores** 1. Circuit City 2. F. W. Woolworth 3. National Record Mart 4. Waldenbooks 5. Tower Records 6. B. Dalton Booksellers 7. TG&Y 8. G. C. Murphy 9. Brentano’s 10. [Maison Blanche](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maison_Blanche) 11. Ogilvie’s 12. Eaton’s ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4552 "2021-01-03T12:53:15Z")
**Defunct Retail Stores** 1. Circuit City 2. F. W. Woolworth 3. National Record Mart 4. Waldenbooks 5. Tower Records 6. B. Dalton Booksellers 7. TG&Y 8. G. C. Murphy 9. Brentano’s 10. [Maison Blanche](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maison_Blanche) 11. Ogilvie’s 12. Eaton’s` 13. Toys R Us Pass ---
**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:** [January 3, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4553 "2021-01-03T13:33:10Z")
It’s Tolkein’s Birthday! **Things inspired in part or in whole by Tolkein’s work** 1. Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4554 "2021-01-03T13:55:18Z")
**Things inspired in part or in whole by Tolkein’s work** 1. Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game 2. Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon ---
**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:** [January 3, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4555 "2021-01-03T18:13:21Z")
**Things inspired in part or in whole by Tolkein’s work** 1. Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game 2. Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon 3. Sir Pterry Pratchett’s _‘Discworld’_ novels _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [January 3, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4556 "2021-01-03T18:24:55Z")
**Things inspired in part or in whole by Tolkein’s work** 1. Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game 2. Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon 3. Sir Pterry Pratchett’s _‘Discworld’_ novels 4. Bone by Jeff Smith ---
**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:** [January 3, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4557 "2021-01-03T18:37:56Z")
**Things inspired in part or in whole by Tolkein’s work** 1. Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game 2. Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon 3. Sir Pterry Pratchett’s _‘Discworld’_ novels 4. Bone by Jeff Smith 5. _Music Inspired By Lord of the Rings_ album by Bo Hansson ---
**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:** [January 4, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4558 "2021-01-04T00:24:37Z")
**Things inspired in part or in whole by Tolkein’s work** 1. Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game 2. Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon 3. Sir Pterry Pratchett’s _‘Discworld’_ novels 4. Bone by Jeff Smith 5. _Music Inspired By Lord of the Rings_ album by Bo Hansson 6. _Quendi_, symphonic poem by Martin Romberg, inspired by a passage from _The Silmarillion_ . ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4559 "2021-01-04T00:47:21Z")
**Things inspired in part or in whole by Tolkein’s work** 1. Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game 2. Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon 3. Sir Pterry Pratchett’s _‘Discworld’_ novels 4. Bone by Jeff Smith 5. _Music Inspired By Lord of the Rings_ album by Bo Hansson 6. _Quendi_ , symphonic poem by Martin Romberg, inspired by a passage from _The Silmarillion_ . 7. Led Zeppelin’s “Ramble On” [Ramble On (Remaster) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h9MxNn8P7w) ---
**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:** [January 4, 2021, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4560 "2021-01-04T00:47:59Z")
**Things inspired in part or in whole by Tolkein’s work** 1. Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game 2. Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon 3. Sir Pterry Pratchett’s _‘Discworld’_ novels 4. Bone by Jeff Smith 5. _Music Inspired By Lord of the Rings_ album by Bo Hansson 6. _Quendi_ , symphonic poem by Martin Romberg, inspired by a passage from _The Silmarillion_ . 7. Led Zeppelin’s “Ramble On” [Ramble On (Remaster) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h9MxNn8P7w) 8. _The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins_ as performed by Leonard Nimoy ---
**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:** [January 4, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/4561 "2021-01-04T01:37:25Z")
**Things inspired in part or in whole by Tolkein’s work** 1. Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game 2. Bored of the Rings by The Harvard Lampoon 3. Sir Pterry Pratchett’s _‘Discworld’_ novels 4. Bone by Jeff Smith 5. _Music Inspired By Lord of the Rings_ album by Bo Hansson 6. _Quendi_ , symphonic poem by Martin Romberg, inspired by a passage from _The Silmarillion_ . 7. Led Zeppelin’s “Ramble On” [Ramble On (Remaster) - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h9MxNn8P7w) 8. _The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins_ as performed by Leonard Nimoy 9. The name for a genus of sea slugs from Australia and New Zealand, including _Smeagol manneringi_ and _Smeagol parvulus_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=227) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=229)