# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1011
**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:** [October 7, 2013, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20204 "2013-10-07T12:24:32Z")
Songs with “fire” in the title 1. “Fire” - most famously by the Pointer Sisters (written by Bruce Springsteen) 2. “Light My Fire” - The Doors and covered by José Feliciano. 3. “Play with Fire” - Rolling Stones 4. “Fire” - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. 5. “Fire Down Below” by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band 6. “On Fire” Van Halen 7. “I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire” - Ink Spots ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20205 "2013-10-07T13:22:58Z")
Songs with “fire” in the title 1. “Fire” - most famously by the Pointer Sisters (written by Bruce Springsteen) 2. “Light My Fire” - The Doors and covered by José Feliciano. 3. “Play with Fire” - Rolling Stones 4. “Fire” - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. 5. “Fire Down Below” by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band 6. “On Fire” Van Halen 7. “I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire” - Ink Spots 8. “Fireball” - Deep Purple (Can’t link to Youtube at work.) ---
**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:** [October 7, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20206 "2013-10-07T14:38:49Z")
Songs with “fire” in the title 1. “Fire” - most famously by the Pointer Sisters (written by Bruce Springsteen) 2. “Light My Fire” - The Doors and covered by José Feliciano. 3. “Play with Fire” - Rolling Stones 4. “Fire” - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. 5. “Fire Down Below” by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band 6. “On Fire” Van Halen 7. “I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire” - Ink Spots 8. “Fireball” - Deep Purple 9. “Fire On High” - Electric Light Orchestra [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt6o03K_y54) ---
**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:** [October 7, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20207 "2013-10-07T15:04:22Z")
Songs with “fire” in the title 1. “Fire” - most famously by the Pointer Sisters (written by Bruce Springsteen) 2. “Light My Fire” - The Doors and covered by José Feliciano. 3. “Play with Fire” - Rolling Stones 4. “Fire” - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. 5. “Fire Down Below” by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band 6. “On Fire” Van Halen 7. “I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire” - Ink Spots 8. “Fireball” - Deep Purple 9. “Fire On High” - Electric Light Orchestra 10. “Set Fire To The Rain” - Adele ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20208 "2013-10-07T15:38:56Z")
Songs with “fire” in the title 1. “Fire” - most famously by the Pointer Sisters (written by Bruce Springsteen) 2. “Light My Fire” - The Doors and covered by José Feliciano. 3. “Play with Fire” - Rolling Stones 4. “Fire” - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. 5. “Fire Down Below” by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band 6. “On Fire” Van Halen 7. “I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire” - Ink Spots 8. “Fireball” - Deep Purple 9. “Fire On High” - Electric Light Orchestra 10. “Set Fire To The Rain” - Adele 11. “Fire and Rain” - James Taylor ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20209 "2013-10-07T16:00:56Z")
Songs with “fire” in the title 1. “Fire” - most famously by the Pointer Sisters (written by Bruce Springsteen) 2. “Light My Fire” - The Doors and covered by José Feliciano. 3. “Play with Fire” - Rolling Stones 4. “Fire” - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. 5. “Fire Down Below” by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band 6. “On Fire” Van Halen 7. “I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire” - Ink Spots 8. “Fireball” - Deep Purple 9. “Fire On High” - Electric Light Orchestra 10. “Set Fire To The Rain” - Adele 11. “Fire and Rain” - James Taylor 12. “Wildfire” by Michael Martin Murphey (or just Michael Murphey, as he was known then) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20210 "2013-10-07T17:57:14Z")
Songs with “fire” in the title 1. “Fire” - most famously by the Pointer Sisters (written by Bruce Springsteen) 2. “Light My Fire” - The Doors and covered by José Feliciano. 3. “Play with Fire” - Rolling Stones 4. “Fire” - The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. 5. “Fire Down Below” by Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band 6. “On Fire” Van Halen 7. “I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire” - Ink Spots 8. “Fireball” - Deep Purple 9. “Fire On High” - Electric Light Orchestra 10. “Set Fire To The Rain” - Adele 11. “Fire and Rain” - James Taylor 12. “Wildfire” by Michael Martin Murphey (or just Michael Murphey, as he was known then) 13. “Fire on the Mountain” - The Grateful Dead New category: Nonsense Phrases from Literary or Popular Culture 1. Ying Tong Iddle I Po (The Goon Show) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20211 "2013-10-07T18:22:16Z")
New category: Nonsense Phrases from Literary or Popular Culture 1. Ying Tong Iddle I Po (The Goon Show) 2. Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! (Harry Potter series) ---
**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:** [October 7, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20212 "2013-10-07T18:32:13Z")
Nonsense Phrases from Literary or Popular Culture 1. Ying Tong Iddle I Po (The Goon Show) 2. Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! (Harry Potter series) 3. Needle-Nardle-Noo. (also The Goon Show) I’m a lifelong fan, and I don’t get a chance like this too often. Whatwhatwhatwhatwhat? You don’t wish to know that? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20213 "2013-10-07T19:32:36Z")
Nonsense Phrases from Literary or Popular Culture 1. Ying Tong Iddle I Po (The Goon Show) 2. Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! (Harry Potter series) 3. Needle-Nardle-Noo. (also The Goon Show) 4. Shazbot! Nanu-nanu! (from Robin WIlliams on _ **Mork & Mindy** _) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20214 "2013-10-07T19:41:00Z")
Nonsense Phrases from Literary or Popular Culture 1. Ying Tong Iddle I Po (The Goon Show) 2. Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! (Harry Potter series) 3. Needle-Nardle-Noo. (also The Goon Show) 4. Shazbot! Nanu-nanu! (from Robin WIlliams on Mork & Mindy) 5. Bingle bongle dingle dangle yikety do yikety da ping pong lippy toppy too ta - The Tenth Doctor in “Human Nature/Family of Blood” ---
**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:** [October 7, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20215 "2013-10-07T20:07:06Z")
Nonsense Phrases from Literary or Popular Culture 1. Ying Tong Iddle I Po (The Goon Show) 2. Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! (Harry Potter series) 3. Needle-Nardle-Noo. (also The Goon Show) 4. Shazbot! Nanu-nanu! (from Robin WIlliams on Mork & Mindy) 5. Bingle bongle dingle dangle yikety do yikety da ping pong lippy toppy too ta - The Tenth Doctor in “Human Nature/Family of Blood” 6. The Mungle pilgriffs far awoy Religeorge too thee worled. (John Lennon’s The Faulty Bagnose) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20216 "2013-10-07T21:21:04Z")
Nonsense Phrases from Literary or Popular Culture 1. Ying Tong Iddle I Po (The Goon Show) 2. Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! (Harry Potter series) 3. Needle-Nardle-Noo. (also The Goon Show) 4. Shazbot! Nanu-nanu! (from Robin WIlliams on Mork & Mindy) 5. Bingle bongle dingle dangle yikety do yikety da ping pong lippy toppy too ta - The Tenth Doctor in “Human Nature/Family of Blood” 6. The Mungle pilgriffs far awoy Religeorge too thee worled. (John Lennon’s The Faulty Bagnose) 7. Inka Dinka Doo- song by Jimmy Durante Also the answer to Karnak the Magnificent’s question “What does your Inka Dinka leave on your carpet if you don’t walk him enough?” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20217 "2013-10-07T21:43:36Z")
Nonsense Phrases from Literary or Popular Culture 1. Ying Tong Iddle I Po (The Goon Show) 2. Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! (Harry Potter series) 3. Needle-Nardle-Noo. (also The Goon Show) 4. Shazbot! Nanu-nanu! (from Robin WIlliams on Mork & Mindy) 5. Bingle bongle dingle dangle yikety do yikety da ping pong lippy toppy too ta - The Tenth Doctor in “Human Nature/Family of Blood” 6. The Mungle pilgriffs far awoy Religeorge too thee worled. (John Lennon’s The Faulty Bagnose) 7. Inka Dinka Doo- song by Jimmy Durante 8. Tak! - Stephen King, _Desperation_ (Actually, King has a ton of these, he’s so smucking good at it.) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20218 "2013-10-07T21:44:07Z")
Nonsense Phrases from Literary or Popular Culture 1. Ying Tong Iddle I Po (The Goon Show) 2. Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! (Harry Potter series) 3. Needle-Nardle-Noo. (also The Goon Show) 4. Shazbot! Nanu-nanu! (from Robin WIlliams on Mork & Mindy) 5. Bingle bongle dingle dangle yikety do yikety da ping pong lippy toppy too ta - The Tenth Doctor in “Human Nature/Family of Blood” 6. The Mungle pilgriffs far awoy Religeorge too thee worled. (John Lennon’s The Faulty Bagnose) 7. Inka Dinka Doo- song by Jimmy Durante 8. “Oh frabjous day! Callooh, callay!” (Lewis Carroll’s _ **Jabberwocky** _) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20219 "2013-10-07T21:50:35Z")
[quote=“astorian, post:20218, topic:549173”] Nonsense Phrases from Literary or Popular Culture 1. Ying Tong Iddle I Po (The Goon Show) 2. Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! (Harry Potter series) 3. Needle-Nardle-Noo. (also The Goon Show) 4. Shazbot! Nanu-nanu! (from Robin WIlliams on Mork & Mindy) 5. Bingle bongle dingle dangle yikety do yikety da ping pong lippy toppy too ta - The Tenth Doctor in “Human Nature/Family of Blood” 6. The Mungle pilgriffs far awoy Religeorge too thee worled. (John Lennon’s The Faulty Bagnose) 7. Inka Dinka Doo- song by Jimmy Durante 8. Tak! - Stephen King, Desperation 9. “Oh frabjous day! Callooh, callay!” (Lewis Carroll’s _ **Jabberwocky** _ 10. Doodle doodle dee. Wubba wubba wubba. ([old mTV commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBHQ-JNeRGI)) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20220 "2013-10-07T22:00:19Z")
Nonsense Phrases from Literary or Popular Culture 1. Ying Tong Iddle I Po (The Goon Show) 2. Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! (Harry Potter series) 3. Needle-Nardle-Noo. (also The Goon Show) 4. Shazbot! Nanu-nanu! (from Robin WIlliams on Mork & Mindy) 5. Bingle bongle dingle dangle yikety do yikety da ping pong lippy toppy too ta - The Tenth Doctor in “Human Nature/Family of Blood” 6. The Mungle pilgriffs far awoy Religeorge too thee worled. (John Lennon’s The Faulty Bagnose) 7. Inka Dinka Doo- song by Jimmy Durante 8. Tak! - Stephen King, Desperation 9. “Oh frabjous day! Callooh, callay!” (Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky 10. Doodle doodle dee. Wubba wubba wubba. (old mTV commercial) 11. Yabba Dabbo DOO - Fred Flintstone ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20221 "2013-10-07T22:00:42Z")
Nonsense Phrases from Literary or Popular Culture 1. Ying Tong Iddle I Po (The Goon Show) 2. Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! (Harry Potter series) 3. Needle-Nardle-Noo. (also The Goon Show) 4. Shazbot! Nanu-nanu! (from Robin WIlliams on Mork & Mindy) 5. Bingle bongle dingle dangle yikety do yikety da ping pong lippy toppy too ta - The Tenth Doctor in “Human Nature/Family of Blood” 6. The Mungle pilgriffs far awoy Religeorge too thee worled. (John Lennon’s The Faulty Bagnose) 7. Inka Dinka Doo- song by Jimmy Durante 8. Tak! - Stephen King, Desperation 9. “Oh frabjous day! Callooh, callay!” (Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky 10. Doodle doodle dee. Wubba wubba wubba. (old mTV commercial) 11. Yabba Dabbo DOO - Fred Flintstone 12. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Mary Poppins ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20222 "2013-10-07T22:06:24Z")
Nonsense Phrases from Literary or Popular Culture 1. Ying Tong Iddle I Po (The Goon Show) 2. Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! (Harry Potter series) 3. Needle-Nardle-Noo. (also The Goon Show) 4. Shazbot! Nanu-nanu! (from Robin WIlliams on Mork & Mindy) 5. Bingle bongle dingle dangle yikety do yikety da ping pong lippy toppy too ta - The Tenth Doctor in “Human Nature/Family of Blood” 6. The Mungle pilgriffs far awoy Religeorge too thee worled. (John Lennon’s The Faulty Bagnose) 7. Inka Dinka Doo- song by Jimmy Durante 8. Tak! - Stephen King, Desperation 9. “Oh frabjous day! Callooh, callay!” (Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky 10. Doodle doodle dee. Wubba wubba wubba. (old mTV commercial) 11. Yabba Dabbo DOO - Fred Flintstone 12. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious - Mary Poppins 13. “Oo ee oo ah ah, ting tang walla walla bing bang” (“The Witch Doctor” by David Seville & the Chipmunks) New topic: Songs Written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King 14. “Wasn’t Born to Follow” by the Byrds ---
**Author:** ![Gladys\_Overnow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Gladys\_Overnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gladys_Overnow)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20223 "2013-10-07T23:22:10Z")
New topic: Songs Written by Gerry Goffin & Carole King 1. “Wasn’t Born to Follow” by the Byrds 2. “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman” by Aretha Franklin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1010) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1012)