# 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:** 71
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1401 "2020-03-29T15:30:41Z")
Spoonerisms 1. You’ve tasted the entire worm. 2. Don’t pet the sweaty things. 3. Our queer old dean 4. Isn’t he a shining wit? 5. The Lord is a shoving leopard. 6, A bottle in front of me 6. Many thinkle peep so. ---
**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:** [March 29, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1402 "2020-03-29T16:26:34Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > 6, A bottle in front of me How is this a spoonerism? ---
**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:** [March 29, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1403 "2020-03-29T16:28:07Z")
Spoonerisms 1. You’ve tasted the entire worm. 2. Don’t pet the sweaty things. 3. Our queer old dean 4. Isn’t he a shining wit? 5. The Lord is a shoving leopard. 6, A bottle in front of me 6. Many thinkle peep so. 7. **jtur88** , who started this category, is such a fart smeller. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1404 "2020-03-29T17:26:22Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > How is this a spoonerism? I don’t know, but it’s better than a frontal lobotomy. 😉 ---
**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:** [March 29, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1405 "2020-03-29T17:30:22Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > I don’t know, but it’s better than a frontal lobotomy. 😉 I gotta agree with that! ---
**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 29, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1406 "2020-03-29T20:35:54Z")
Spoonerisms 1. You’ve tasted the entire worm. 2. Don’t pet the sweaty things. 3. Our queer old dean 4. Isn’t he a shining wit? 5. The Lord is a shoving leopard. 6, A bottle in front of me 6. Many thinkle peep so. 7. jtur88, who started this category, is such a fart smeller. 😉 8. Thank you all for posting in this gun fame. And yes, what’s up with “A bottle in front of me”? ---
**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 29, 2020, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1407 "2020-03-29T21:48:00Z")
“I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” ---
**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:** [March 29, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1408 "2020-03-29T23:38:17Z")
Spoonerisms 1. You’ve tasted the entire worm. 2. Don’t pet the sweaty things. 3. Our queer old dean 4. Isn’t he a shining wit? 5. The Lord is a shoving leopard. 6, A bottle in front of me 6. Many thinkle peep so. 7. jtur88, who started this category, is such a fart smeller. 😉 8. Thank you all for posting in this gun fame. 9. You’ve buttered your bread. Now SLEEP in it! ---
**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 30, 2020, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1409 "2020-03-30T01:59:58Z")
[Uh, that’s a mixed metaphor, not a Spoonerism.] ---
**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:** [March 30, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1410 "2020-03-30T04:54:15Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > How is this a spoonerism? > [@gkster](#): > > And yes, what’s up with “A bottle in front of me”? > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > [Uh, that’s a mixed metaphor, not a Spoonerism.] **spoonerism, definition** : a verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the **initial sounds or letters of two or more words** , often to humorous effect, as in the sentence _you have hissed the mystery lectures_, accidentally spoken instead of the intended sentence _you have missed the history lectures._ (Emphasis mine) That should rule out these:[del]\*\* - A bottle in front of me - Many thinkle peep so.**[/del] (Many people think so — swaps the words and then also initial sounds. Not a spoonerism. But ‘Many theeple pink so’ would be. [del]** - You’ve buttered your bread. Now SLEEP in it!\*\*[/del] OK, fixing… Spoonerisms 1. You’ve tasted the entire worm. 2. Don’t pet the sweaty things. 3. Our queer old dean 4. Isn’t he a shining wit? 5. The Lord is a shoving leopard. 6. jtur88, who started this category, is such a fart smeller. 😉 7. Thank you all for posting in this gun fame. 8. They call this game, Dakers Buzzin. ---
**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 30, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1411 "2020-03-30T05:41:34Z")
Spoonerisms 1. You’ve tasted the entire worm. 2. Don’t pet the sweaty things. 3. Our queer old dean 4. Isn’t he a shining wit? 5. The Lord is a shoving leopard. 6. jtur88, who started this category, is such a fart smeller. 😉 7. Thank you all for posting in this gun fame. 8. They call this game, Dakers Buzzin. 9. Cinderella, the girl who slopped her dripper From Archie Campbell’s “RinderCella” bit on _Hee Haw_ ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1412 "2020-03-30T12:06:17Z")
Spoonerisms 1. You’ve tasted the entire worm. 2. Don’t pet the sweaty things. 3. Our queer old dean 4. Isn’t he a shining wit? 5. The Lord is a shoving leopard. 6. jtur88, who started this category, is such a fart smeller. 😉 7. Thank you all for posting in this gun fame. 8. They call this game, Dakers Buzzin. 9. Cinderella, the girl who slopped her dripper 10. Bake the hall in the candle of his brain. From The Muppets. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1413 "2020-03-30T12:27:43Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” Perhaps I was being too strict. That one should be allowed. Restored. (Also, Break the ball in the handle of her cane) Spoonerisms 1. You’ve tasted the entire worm. 2. Don’t pet the sweaty things. 3. Our queer old dean 4. Isn’t he a shining wit? 5. The Lord is a shoving leopard. 6. jtur88, who started this category, is such a fart smeller. 😉 7. Thank you all for posting in this gun fame. 8. They call this game, Dakers Buzzin. 9. Cinderella, the girl who slopped her dripper 10. Bake the hall in the candle of his brain. 11. A bottle in front of me 12. Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook, by Shel Silverstein — Runny Babbit lent to wunch and heard the saitress way, ‘We have some lovely stabbit rew, our special for today.’ ---
**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 30, 2020, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1414 "2020-03-30T12:32:27Z")
1. You’ve tasted the entire worm. 2. Don’t pet the sweaty things. 3. Our queer old dean 4. Isn’t he a shining wit? 5. The Lord is a shoving leopard. 6. jtur88, who started this category, is such a fart smeller. 😉 7. Thank you all for posting in this gun fame. 8. They call this game, Dakers Buzzin. 9. Cinderella, the girl who slopped her dripper 10. Bake the hall in the candle of his brain. 11. A bottle in front of me 12. Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook, by Shel Silverstein — Runny Babbit lent to wunch and heard the saitress way, ‘We have some lovely stabbit rew, our special for today.’ 13. February 22 is Birthington’s washday. Pass ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1415 "2020-03-30T13:20:46Z")
Childhood rituals or talismans 1. “Back and forth like a choo-choo train; up and down like an airplane” My mom’s way of getting me and my sister to brush our teeth correctly. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1416 "2020-03-30T18:44:49Z")
Childhood rituals or talismans 1. “Back and forth like a choo-choo train; up and down like an airplane” 2. “Step on a crack; break your mother’s back” ---
**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 30, 2020, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1417 "2020-03-30T18:53:36Z")
Childhood rituals or talismans 1. “Back and forth like a choo-choo train; up and down like an airplane” 2. “Step on a crack; break your mother’s back” 3. “Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by the toe.” ---
**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 30, 2020, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1418 "2020-03-30T20:21:00Z")
Childhood rituals or talismans 1. “Back and forth like a choo-choo train; up and down like an airplane” 2. “Step on a crack; break your mother’s back” 3. “Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by the toe.” 4. “Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight, wish I may and wish I might have the wish I wish tonight.” ---
**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 30, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1419 "2020-03-30T23:54:05Z")
Childhood rituals or talismans 1. “Back and forth like a choo-choo train; up and down like an airplane” 2. “Step on a crack; break your mother’s back” 3. “Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by the toe.” 4. “Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight, wish I may and wish I might have the wish I wish tonight.” 5. “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray thee, Lord, my soul to keep; If I should die before I wake, I pray thee, Lord, my soul to take.” ---
**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:** [March 31, 2020, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1420 "2020-03-31T00:01:03Z")
Childhood rituals or talismans 1. “Back and forth like a choo-choo train; up and down like an airplane” 2. “Step on a crack; break your mother’s back” 3. “Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, catch a tiger by the toe.” 4. “Starlight, star bright, first star I see tonight, wish I may and wish I might have the wish I wish tonight.” 5. “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray thee, Lord, my soul to keep; If I should die before I wake, I pray thee, Lord, my soul to take.” 6. “Engine engine number nine, going down Chicago line…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=72)