# 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\
**Page:** 292

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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:** [May 12, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5824 "2021-05-12T14:23:22Z")

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### Into the Woods

1. I Talk to the Trees - Clint Eastwood
2. The Trees - Rush
3. The White Tree - Howard Shore
4. The Sweetheart Tree – Natalie Wood
5. Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree - The Andrews Sisters
6. A Tree in the Park - Kim Criswell & Cris Groenendaal
7. Moments in the Woods - Stephen Sondheim
8. Muir Woods National Monument - US Nat’l Park Service
9. “I am the Lorax; I speak for the trees” - Dr. Seuss
10. Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree - Tony Orlando & Dawn

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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:** [May 12, 2021, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5825 "2021-05-12T14:38:40Z")

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### Into the Woods

1. I Talk to the Trees - Clint Eastwood
2. The Trees - Rush
3. The White Tree - Howard Shore
4. The Sweetheart Tree – Natalie Wood
5. Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree - The Andrews Sisters
6. A Tree in the Park - Kim Criswell & Cris Groenendaal
7. Moments in the Woods - Stephen Sondheim
8. Muir Woods National Monument - US Nat’l Park Service
9. “I am the Lorax; I speak for the trees” - Dr. Seuss
10. Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree - Tony Orlando & Dawn
11. Forrest Moon of Endor

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**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:** [May 12, 2021, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5826 "2021-05-12T14:52:52Z")

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### Into the Woods

1. I Talk to the Trees - Clint Eastwood
2. The Trees - Rush
3. The White Tree - Howard Shore
4. The Sweetheart Tree – Natalie Wood
5. Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree - The Andrews Sisters
6. A Tree in the Park - Kim Criswell & Cris Groenendaal
7. Moments in the Woods - Stephen Sondheim
8. Muir Woods National Monument - US Nat’l Park Service
9. “I am the Lorax; I speak for the trees” - Dr. Seuss
10. Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree - Tony Orlando & Dawn
11. Forrest Moon of Endor
12. The enchanted forest of Siegfried’s Waldweben

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5827 "2021-05-12T15:59:51Z")

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### Into the Woods

1. I Talk to the Trees - Clint Eastwood
2. The Trees - Rush
3. The White Tree - Howard Shore
4. The Sweetheart Tree – Natalie Wood
5. Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree - The Andrews Sisters
6. A Tree in the Park - Kim Criswell & Cris Groenendaal
7. Moments in the Woods - Stephen Sondheim
8. Muir Woods National Monument - US Nat’l Park Service
9. “I am the Lorax; I speak for the trees” - Dr. Seuss
10. Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree - Tony Orlando & Dawn
11. Forrest Moon of Endor
12. The enchanted forest of Siegfried’s Waldweben
13. _Geschichte aus dem Wienerwald_ (_Tales from the Vienna Woods_) - Johann Strauss II

**Cats**

1. D C Randall - _That Darn Cat_

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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:** [May 12, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5828 "2021-05-12T17:29:47Z")

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**Cats**

1. D C Randall - _That Darn Cat_
2. Macavity, the Mystery Cat - _Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats_

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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:** [May 12, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5829 "2021-05-12T17:36:06Z")

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**Cats**

1. D C Randall - _That Darn Cat_
2. Macavity, the Mystery Cat - _Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats_
3. Harry Chapin - _Cat’s in the Cradle_

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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:** [May 12, 2021, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5830 "2021-05-12T19:47:31Z")

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> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#):
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> …  
> 11. Forrest Moon of Endor

Not to be confused with the Forrest Gump of Alabama.

**Cats**

1. D C Randall - _That Darn Cat_
2. Macavity, the Mystery Cat - _Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats_
3. Harry Chapin - _Cat’s in the Cradle_
4. Mrs. Norris - _Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone_

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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:** [May 12, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5831 "2021-05-12T20:16:07Z")

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**Cats**

1. D C Randall - _That Darn Cat_
2. Macavity, the Mystery Cat - _Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats_
3. Harry Chapin - _Cat’s in the Cradle_
4. Mrs. Norris - _Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone_
5. Cat Ballou

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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:** [May 12, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5832 "2021-05-12T20:40:36Z")

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**Cats**

1. D C Randall - _That Darn Cat_
2. Macavity, the Mystery Cat - _Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats_
3. Harry Chapin - _Cat’s in the Cradle_
4. Mrs. Norris - _Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone_
5. Cat Ballou
6. Puss in Boots

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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:** [May 12, 2021, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5833 "2021-05-12T20:58:25Z")

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**Cats**

1. D C Randall - _That Darn Cat_
2. Macavity, the Mystery Cat - _Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats_
3. Harry Chapin - _Cat’s in the Cradle_
4. Mrs. Norris - _Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone_
5. Cat Ballou
6. Puss in Boots
7. Grumman F-14 Tomcat

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**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:** [May 12, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5834 "2021-05-12T20:59:26Z")

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**Cats**

1. D C Randall - _That Darn Cat_
2. Macavity, the Mystery Cat - _Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats_
3. Harry Chapin - _Cat’s in the Cradle_
4. Mrs. Norris - _Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone_
5. Cat Ballou
6. Puss in Boots
7. Grumman F-14 Tomcat
8. The Cat in the Hat

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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:** [May 12, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5835 "2021-05-12T21:13:49Z")

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**Cats**

1. D C Randall - _That Darn Cat_
2. Macavity, the Mystery Cat - _Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats_
3. Harry Chapin - _Cat’s in the Cradle_
4. Mrs. Norris - _Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone_
5. Cat Ballou
6. Puss in Boots
7. Grumman F-14 Tomcat
8. The Cat in the Hat
9. The other white meat, by ALF

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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:** [May 12, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5836 "2021-05-12T21:22:14Z")

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**Cats**

1. D C Randall - _That Darn Cat_
2. Macavity, the Mystery Cat - _Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats_
3. Harry Chapin - _Cat’s in the Cradle_
4. Mrs. Norris - _Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone_
5. Cat Ballou
6. Puss in Boots
7. Grumman F-14 Tomcat
8. The Cat in the Hat
9. The other white meat, by ALF
10. Cat Stevens - the _Teaser and the Firecat_ LP

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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:** [May 12, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5837 "2021-05-12T21:40:16Z")

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**Cats**

1. D C Randall - _That Darn Cat_
2. Macavity, the Mystery Cat - _Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats_
3. Harry Chapin - _Cat’s in the Cradle_
4. Mrs. Norris - _Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone_
5. Cat Ballou
6. Puss in Boots
7. Grumman F-14 Tomcat
8. The Cat in the Hat
9. The other white meat, by ALF
10. Cat Stevens - the _Teaser and the Firecat_ LP
11. Mehitabel - the poetry of Don Marquis

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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:** [May 12, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5838 "2021-05-12T22:54:17Z")

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**Cats**

1. D C Randall - _That Darn Cat_
2. Macavity, the Mystery Cat - _Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats_
3. Harry Chapin - _Cat’s in the Cradle_
4. Mrs. Norris - _Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone_
5. Cat Ballou
6. Puss in Boots
7. Grumman F-14 Tomcat
8. The Cat in the Hat
9. The other white meat, by ALF
10. Cat Stevens - the _Teaser and the Firecat_ LP
11. Mehitabel - the poetry of Don Marquis
12. Figaro – Gepetto’s pet tuxedo cat in _Pinocchio_

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [May 12, 2021, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5839 "2021-05-12T22:57:41Z")

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**Cats**

1. D C Randall - _That Darn Cat_
2. Macavity, the Mystery Cat - _Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats_
3. Harry Chapin - _Cat’s in the Cradle_
4. Mrs. Norris - _Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone_
5. Cat Ballou
6. Puss in Boots
7. Grumman F-14 Tomcat
8. The Cat in the Hat
9. The other white meat, by ALF
10. Cat Stevens - the _Teaser and the Firecat_ LP
11. Mehitabel - the poetry of Don Marquis
12. Figaro – Gepetto’s pet tuxedo cat in _“Pinocchio”_
13. Lewis Carroll - the Cheshire Cat

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Mild and/or obsolete expletives or profanity

1. darn

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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:** [May 12, 2021, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5840 "2021-05-12T23:08:24Z")

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Mild and/or obsolete expletives or profanity

1. darn
2. Hell

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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:** [May 12, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5841 "2021-05-12T23:32:33Z")

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Mild and/or obsolete expletives or profanity

1. darn
2. Hell
3. pfui

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**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:** [May 12, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5842 "2021-05-12T23:46:56Z")

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Mild and/or obsolete expletives or profanity

1. darn
2. Hell
3. pfui
4. oh, bother

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5843 "2021-05-12T23:48:42Z")

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Mild and/or obsolete expletives or profanity

1. darn
2. Hell
3. pfui
4. oh, bother
5. dadgummit

These are called “minced oaths”.

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