# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938>\
**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\
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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:** [April 14, 2021, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5464 "2021-04-14T06:45:16Z")

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**In retirement, things you will do / plan to do / are doing**. Please be specific, e.g., not general like ‘Volunteer’

1. Take voice lessons, then join a barbershop choir
2. Travel and see the country through the windows of an Amtrak train
3. Volunteer as a docent at my city’s small history museum.
4. Take a cruise around the world
5. Continue learning to play the cello, which I began on my 70th birthday
6. Volunteer to prepare taxes for the low-income and elderly
7. Taking over the domestic household duties: cooking, laundry, cleaning, etc.
8. Maybe finally write that book(s) I’ve been mulling over
9. Take piano lessons, and join a choir again (after a 25 year hiatus)
10. Travel! Road trips, to the Panama Canal, and to Prudhoe Bay if I haven’t already.
11. Volunteer at the animal shelter, fostering kittens

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5465 "2021-04-14T08:39:00Z")

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**In retirement, things you will do / plan to do / are doing**. Please be specific, e.g., not general like ‘Volunteer’

1. Take voice lessons, then join a barbershop choir
2. Travel and see the country through the windows of an Amtrak train
3. Volunteer as a docent at my city’s small history museum.
4. Take a cruise around the world
5. Continue learning to play the cello, which I began on my 70th birthday
6. Volunteer to prepare taxes for the low-income and elderly
7. Taking over the domestic household duties: cooking, laundry, cleaning, etc.
8. Maybe finally write that book(s) I’ve been mulling over
9. Take piano lessons, and join a choir again (after a 25 year hiatus)
10. Travel! Road trips, to the Panama Canal, and to Prudhoe Bay if I haven’t already.
11. Volunteer at the animal shelter, fostering kittens
12. Take cooking classes

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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:** [April 14, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5466 "2021-04-14T14:14:16Z")

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**In retirement, things you will do / plan to do / are doing**. Please be specific, e.g., not general like ‘Volunteer’

1. Take voice lessons, then join a barbershop choir
2. Travel and see the country through the windows of an Amtrak train
3. Volunteer as a docent at my city’s small history museum.
4. Take a cruise around the world
5. Continue learning to play the cello, which I began on my 70th birthday
6. Volunteer to prepare taxes for the low-income and elderly
7. Taking over the domestic household duties: cooking, laundry, cleaning, etc.
8. Maybe finally write that book(s) I’ve been mulling over
9. Take piano lessons, and join a choir again (after a 25 year hiatus)
10. Travel! Road trips, to the Panama Canal, and to Prudhoe Bay if I haven’t already.
11. Volunteer at the animal shelter, fostering kittens
12. Take cooking classes
13. Become the All-Being, master of time, space and dimension

Only if Steve Martin’s done with the gig, of course.

Next up:

**Steve Martin’s standup comedy bits from back in the day**

1. make balloon animals

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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:** [April 14, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5467 "2021-04-14T14:32:01Z")

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**Steve Martin’s standup comedy bits from back in the day**

1. make balloon animals
2. place fake arrow on head and grin maniacally

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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:** [April 14, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5468 "2021-04-14T14:36:52Z")

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**Steve Martin’s standup comedy bits from back in the day**

1. make balloon animals
2. place fake arrow on head and grin maniacally
3. “Let’s get small.”

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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:** [April 14, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5469 "2021-04-14T14:57:28Z")

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**Steve Martin’s standup comedy bits from back in the day**

1. make balloon animals
2. place fake arrow on head and grin maniacally
3. “Let’s get small.”
4. King Tut

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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:** [April 14, 2021, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5470 "2021-04-14T15:54:28Z")

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**Steve Martin’s standup comedy bits from back in the day**

1. make balloon animals
2. place fake arrow on head and grin maniacally
3. “Let’s get small.”
4. King Tut
5. Banjo playing

Still does that now, too, of course.

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5471 "2021-04-14T16:02:06Z")

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**Steve Martin’s standup comedy bits from back in the day**

1. make balloon animals
2. place fake arrow on head and grin maniacally
3. “Let’s get small.”
4. King Tut
5. Banjo playing
6. The plumber joke

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-DvJHhAY9Qc/hqdefault.jpg "Plumber's Joke") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DvJHhAY9Qc)

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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:** [April 14, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5472 "2021-04-14T16:29:59Z")

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**Steve Martin’s standup comedy bits from back in the day**

1. make balloon animals
2. place fake arrow on head and grin maniacally
3. “Let’s get small.”
4. King Tut
5. Banjo playing
6. The plumber joke
7. Charitable work with unwed mothers

Y’know, just helping them get their start…

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**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:** [April 14, 2021, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5473 "2021-04-14T17:39:05Z")

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**Steve Martin’s standup comedy bits from back in the day**

1. make balloon animals
2. place fake arrow on head and grin maniacally
3. “Let’s get small.”
4. King Tut
5. Banjo playing
6. The plumber joke
7. Charitable work with unwed mothers
8. “It’s like those French have a different word for everything.”

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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:** [April 14, 2021, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5474 "2021-04-14T19:49:35Z")

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**Steve Martin’s standup comedy bits from back in the day**

1. make balloon animals
2. place fake arrow on head and grin maniacally
3. “Let’s get small.”
4. King Tut
5. Banjo playing
6. The plumber joke
7. Charitable work with unwed mothers
8. “It’s like those French have a different word for everything.”
9. Happy feet

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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:** [April 14, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5475 "2021-04-14T21:34:14Z")

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**Steve Martin’s standup comedy bits from back in the day**

1. make balloon animals
2. place fake arrow on head and grin maniacally
3. “Let’s get small.”
4. King Tut
5. Banjo playing
6. The plumber joke
7. Charitable work with unwed mothers
8. “It’s like those French have a different word for everything.”
9. Happy feet
10. Grandmother’s Song

_Never hit your grandmother with a shovel,  
It makes a bad impression on her mind…_

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5476 "2021-04-15T03:57:33Z")

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**Steve Martin’s standup comedy bits from back in the day**

1. make balloon animals
2. place fake arrow on head and grin maniacally
3. “Let’s get small.”
4. King Tut
5. Banjo playing
6. The plumber joke
7. Charitable work with unwed mothers
8. “It’s like those French have a different word for everything.”
9. Happy feet
10. Grandmother’s Song
11. Wild and crazy guys!!

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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:** [April 15, 2021, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5477 "2021-04-15T04:18:06Z")

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**Steve Martin’s standup comedy bits from back in the day**

1. make balloon animals
2. place fake arrow on head and grin maniacally
3. “Let’s get small.”
4. King Tut
5. Banjo playing
6. The plumber joke
7. Charitable work with unwed mothers
8. “It’s like those French have a different word for everything.”
9. Happy feet
10. Grandmother’s Song
11. Wild and crazy guys!!
12. Cat juggling

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5478 "2021-04-15T12:51:49Z")

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**Steve Martin’s standup comedy bits from back in the day**

1. make balloon animals
2. place fake arrow on head and grin maniacally
3. “Let’s get small.”
4. King Tut
5. Banjo playing
6. The plumber joke
7. Charitable work with unwed mothers
8. “It’s like those French have a different word for everything.”
9. Happy feet
10. Grandmother’s Song
11. A wild and crazy guy!!
12. Cat juggling
13. The Jerk

Next up

**Show music themes that sometimes become earworms**

1. Star Trek: TOS

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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:** [April 15, 2021, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5479 "2021-04-15T12:54:19Z")

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**Show music themes that sometimes become earworms**

1. Star Trek: TOS
2. The Avengers

with Steed & Peel

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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:** [April 15, 2021, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5480 "2021-04-15T13:24:32Z")

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**Show music themes that sometimes become earworms**

1. Star Trek: TOS
2. The Avengers
3. High Incident

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/b1qEsjwtSSs/maxresdefault.jpg "HIGH INCIDENT - Main Titles 1996") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1qEsjwtSSs)

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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:** [April 15, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5481 "2021-04-15T14:16:49Z")

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**Show music themes that sometimes become earworms**

1. Star Trek: TOS
2. The Avengers
3. High Incident
4. Dr. Who

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DsAVx0u9Cw4/maxresdefault.jpg "The Timelords - Doctorin' The Tardis (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsAVx0u9Cw4)

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5482 "2021-04-15T16:32:59Z")

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**Show music themes that sometimes become earworms**

1. Star Trek: TOS
2. The Avengers
3. High Incident
4. Dr. Who
5. The Toy Parade, AKA The Leave It to Beaver Theme Song

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5483 "2021-04-15T16:34:12Z")

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**Show music themes that sometimes become earworms**

1. Star Trek: TOS
2. The Avengers
3. High Incident
4. Dr. Who
5. The Toy Parade, AKA The Leave it to Beaver Theme Song
6. The Brady Bunch

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