# 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:** 442

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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:** [March 15, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8824 "2022-03-15T17:54:48Z")

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_Musical bands with 3 or less members_

1. Cream
2. Beaux Arts Trio
3. The Gatlin Brothers
4. Rush
5. Peter, Paul, & Mary
6. The Police
7. Medeski, Martin and Wood
8. Garfunkel and Oates
9. Flight of the Conchords
10. Savage Garden

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**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:** [March 15, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8825 "2022-03-15T18:04:30Z")

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_Musical bands with 3 or less members_

1. Cream
2. Beaux Arts Trio
3. The Gatlin Brothers
4. Rush
5. Peter, Paul, & Mary
6. The Police
7. Medeski, Martin and Wood
8. Garfunkel and Oates
9. Flight of the Conchords
10. Savage Garden
11. White Stripes

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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:** [March 15, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8826 "2022-03-15T21:46:03Z")

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**Musical bands with 3 or fewer members**

1. Cream
2. Beaux Arts Trio
3. The Gatlin Brothers
4. Rush
5. Peter, Paul, & Mary
6. The Police
7. Medeski, Martin and Wood
8. Garfunkel and Oates
9. Flight of the Conchords
10. Savage Garden
11. White Stripes
12. Steely Dan

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**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:** [March 15, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8827 "2022-03-15T22:52:54Z")

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**Musical bands with 3 or fewer members**

1. Cream
2. Beaux Arts Trio
3. The Gatlin Brothers
4. Rush
5. Peter, Paul, & Mary
6. The Police
7. Medeski, Martin and Wood
8. Garfunkel and Oates
9. Flight of the Conchords
10. Savage Garden
11. White Stripes
12. Steely Dan
13. The Three Tenors

Pass

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8828 "2022-03-16T13:32:32Z")

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**Ways to leave your lover**

1. Get up and leave, Steve

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**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8829 "2022-03-16T13:35:57Z")

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**Ways to leave your lover**

1. Get up and leave, Steve
2. Run down the street, Pete

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8830 "2022-03-16T13:41:05Z")

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**Ways to leave your lover**

1. Get up and leave, Steve
2. Run down the street, Pete
3. Change out the locks, Rox

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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:** [March 16, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8831 "2022-03-16T13:43:09Z")

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**Ways to leave your lover**

1. Get up and leave, Steve
2. Run down the street, Pete
3. Change out the locks, Rox
4. Go for the kill, Bill

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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:** [March 16, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8832 "2022-03-16T14:13:40Z")

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**Ways to leave your lover**

1. Get up and leave, Steve
2. Run down the street, Pete
3. Change out the locks, Rox
4. Go for the kill, Bill
5. Block them on Facebook, Brooke

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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:** [March 16, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8833 "2022-03-16T17:16:23Z")

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**Ways to leave your lover**

1. Get up and leave, Steve
2. Run down the street, Pete
3. Change out the locks, Rox
4. Go for the kill, Bill
5. Block them on Facebook, Brooke
6. Take a ship to outer space, Ace

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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:** [March 16, 2022, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8834 "2022-03-16T20:13:54Z")

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**Ways to leave your lover**

1. Get up and leave, Steve
2. Run down the street, Pete
3. Change out the locks, Rox
4. Go for the kill, Bill
5. Block them on Facebook, Brooke
6. Take a ship to outer space, Ace
7. Ditch 'em in the park, Mark

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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:** [March 16, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8835 "2022-03-16T20:14:45Z")

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**Ways to leave your lover**

1. Get up and leave, Steve
2. Run down the street, Pete
3. Change out the locks, Rox
4. Go for the kill, Bill
5. Block them on Facebook, Brooke
6. Take a ship to outer space, Ace
7. Ditch 'em in the park, Mark
8. Make a new plan, Stan

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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:** [March 16, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8836 "2022-03-16T21:11:50Z")

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**Ways to leave your lover**

1. Get up and leave, Steve
2. Run down the street, Pete
3. Change out the locks, Rox
4. Go for the kill, Bill
5. Block them on Facebook, Brooke
6. Take a ship to outer space, Ace
7. Ditch 'em in the park, Mark
8. Make a new plan, Stan
9. Jump off the key, Lee

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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:** [March 16, 2022, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8837 "2022-03-16T21:37:13Z")

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> [@Skunkdog](#):
>
> Jump off the key, Lee

Simon sang it as “_Drop_ off the key, Lee”.

Jump off the _quay_, Lee would work too.

**Ways to leave your lover**

1. Get up and leave, Steve
2. Run down the street, Pete
3. Change out the locks, Rox
4. Go for the kill, Bill
5. Block them on Facebook, Brooke
6. Take a ship to outer space, Ace
7. Ditch 'em in the park, Mark
8. Make a new plan, Stan
9. Jump off the key, Lee
10. Leave her at the altar, Walter

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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:** [March 16, 2022, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8838 "2022-03-16T23:26:22Z")

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> [@Bayaker](#):
>
> > [@Skunkdog](#):
> >
> > Jump off the key, Lee
> 
> Simon sang it as “ _Drop_ off the key, Lee”.
> 
> Jump off the _quay_ , Lee would work too.

Islands in the Caribbean are often referred to as ‘keys’ – so jumping off the key (island), while extreme, would still fit.

Back to the game …

**Ways to leave your lover**

1. Get up and leave, Steve
2. Run down the street, Pete
3. Change out the locks, Rox
4. Go for the kill, Bill
5. Block them on Facebook, Brooke
6. Take a ship to outer space, Ace
7. Ditch 'em in the park, Mark
8. Make a new plan, Stan
9. Jump off the key, Lee
10. Leave her at the altar, Walter
11. Get outta Dodge, Rog

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**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:** [March 16, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8839 "2022-03-16T23:34:30Z")

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**Ways to leave your lover**

1. Get up and leave, Steve
2. Run down the street, Pete
3. Change out the locks, Rox
4. Go for the kill, Bill
5. Block them on Facebook, Brooke
6. Take a ship to outer space, Ace
7. Ditch 'em in the park, Mark
8. Make a new plan, Stan
9. Jump off the key, Lee
10. Leave her at the altar, Walter
11. Get outta Dodge, Rog
12. Shoot 'em in the back, Jack

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8840 "2022-03-17T13:18:10Z")

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**Ways to leave your lover**

1. Get up and leave, Steve
2. Run down the street, Pete
3. Change out the locks, Rox
4. Go for the kill, Bill
5. Block them on Facebook, Brooke
6. Take a ship to outer space, Ace
7. Ditch 'em in the park, Mark
8. Make a new plan, Stan
9. Jump off the key, Lee
10. Leave her at the altar, Walter
11. Get outta Dodge, Rog
12. Shoot 'em in the back, Jack
13. Tell 'em you’re through, Pru

pass

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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:** [March 17, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8841 "2022-03-17T13:26:39Z")

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**Even more ways to leave your lover**

1. Go on the lam, Sam

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8842 "2022-03-17T13:59:56Z")

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**Even more ways to leave your lover**

1. Go on the lam, Sam
2. Move back with mom, Tom

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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:** [March 17, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8843 "2022-03-17T14:03:16Z")

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**Even more ways to leave your lover**

1. Go on the lam, Sam
2. Move back with mom, Tom
3. Tell him he’s gotten too fat, Pat

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