# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 1065

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21284 "2013-12-06T03:32:29Z")

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Songs that people often mistitle

1. “Baba O’Reily,” The Who (often mistitled “Teenage Wasteland”)
2. “Jar of Hearts,” Christina Perri (OM “Who Do You Think You Are?”)
3. “Rainy Day Women #12 and 35” - Bob Dylan (OM “Everybody Must Get Stoned”)
4. “Creeque Alley” by the Mamas and the Papas (OM “No One’s Getting Fat”)

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**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:** [December 6, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21285 "2013-12-06T05:26:23Z")

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Songs that people often mistitle

1. “Baba O’Reily,” The Who (often mistitled “Teenage Wasteland”)
2. “Jar of Hearts,” Christina Perri (OM “Who Do You Think You Are?”)
3. “Rainy Day Women #12 and 35” - Bob Dylan (OM “Everybody Must Get Stoned”)
4. “Creeque Alley” by the Mamas and the Papas (OM “No One’s Getting Fat”)
5. “Space Oddity” by David Bowie (OM “Major Tom”)

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21286 "2013-12-06T06:22:46Z")

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Songs that people often mistitle

1. “Baba O’Reily,” The Who (often mistitled “Teenage Wasteland”)
2. “Jar of Hearts,” Christina Perri (OM “Who Do You Think You Are?”)
3. “Rainy Day Women #12 and 35” - Bob Dylan (OM “Everybody Must Get Stoned”)
4. “Creeque Alley” by the Mamas and the Papas (OM “No One’s Getting Fat”)
5. “Space Oddity” by David Bowie (OM “Major Tom”)
6. “Escape” by Rupert Holmes (OM “If You Like Pina Coladas”)

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21287 "2013-12-06T11:37:01Z")

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Songs that people often mistitle

1. “Baba O’Reily,” The Who (often mistitled “Teenage Wasteland”)
2. “Jar of Hearts,” Christina Perri (OM “Who Do You Think You Are?”)
3. “Rainy Day Women #12 and 35” - Bob Dylan (OM “Everybody Must Get Stoned”)
4. “Creeque Alley” by the Mamas and the Papas (OM “No One’s Getting Fat”)
5. “Space Oddity” by David Bowie (OM “Major Tom”)
6. “Escape” by Rupert Holmes (OM “If You Like Pina Coladas”)
7. “Fugue for Tinhorns” from Guys and Dolls (OM “Can Do”)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21288 "2013-12-06T17:13:32Z")

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Songs that people often mistitle

1. “Baba O’Reily,” The Who (often mistitled “Teenage Wasteland”)
2. “Jar of Hearts,” Christina Perri (OM “Who Do You Think You Are?”)
3. “Rainy Day Women #12 and 35” - Bob Dylan (OM “Everybody Must Get Stoned”)
4. “Creeque Alley” by the Mamas and the Papas (OM “No One’s Getting Fat”)
5. “Space Oddity” by David Bowie (OM “Major Tom”)
6. “Escape” by Rupert Holmes (OM “If You Like Pina Coladas”)
7. “Fugue for Tinhorns” from Guys and Dolls (OM “Can Do”)
8. CCR’s “Proud Mary” (which many people call “Rolling on the River”)

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21289 "2013-12-06T18:49:01Z")

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Songs that people often mistitle

1. “Baba O’Reily,” The Who (often mistitled “Teenage Wasteland”)
2. “Jar of Hearts,” Christina Perri (OM “Who Do You Think You Are?”)
3. “Rainy Day Women #12 and 35” - Bob Dylan (OM “Everybody Must Get Stoned”)
4. “Creeque Alley” by the Mamas and the Papas (OM “No One’s Getting Fat”)
5. “Space Oddity” by David Bowie (OM “Major Tom”)
6. “Escape” by Rupert Holmes (OM “If You Like Pina Coladas”)
7. “Fugue for Tinhorns” from Guys and Dolls (OM “Can Do”)
8. CCR’s “Proud Mary” (which many people call “Rolling on the River”)
9. “Flagpole Sitta” by Harvey Danger (OM “Paranoia”)

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21290 "2013-12-06T18:58:13Z")

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Songs that people often mistitle

1. “Baba O’Reily,” The Who (often mistitled “Teenage Wasteland”)
2. “Jar of Hearts,” Christina Perri (OM “Who Do You Think You Are?”)
3. “Rainy Day Women #12 and 35” - Bob Dylan (OM “Everybody Must Get Stoned”)
4. “Creeque Alley” by the Mamas and the Papas (OM “No One’s Getting Fat”)
5. “Space Oddity” by David Bowie (OM “Major Tom”)
6. “Escape” by Rupert Holmes (OM “If You Like Pina Coladas”)
7. “Fugue for Tinhorns” from Guys and Dolls (OM “Can Do”)
8. CCR’s “Proud Mary” (which many people call “Rolling on the River”)
9. “Flagpole Sitta” by Harvey Danger (OM “Paranoia”)
10. “The Rain, The Park, and Other Things” by the Cowsills (OM “I Love a Flower Girl”)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21291 "2013-12-06T20:29:13Z")

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Songs that people often mistitle

1. “Baba O’Reily,” The Who (often mistitled “Teenage Wasteland”)
2. “Jar of Hearts,” Christina Perri (OM “Who Do You Think You Are?”)
3. “Rainy Day Women #12 and 35” - Bob Dylan (OM “Everybody Must Get Stoned”)
4. “Creeque Alley” by the Mamas and the Papas (OM “No One’s Getting Fat”)
5. “Space Oddity” by David Bowie (OM “Major Tom”)
6. “Escape” by Rupert Holmes (OM “If You Like Pina Coladas”)
7. “Fugue for Tinhorns” from Guys and Dolls (OM “Can Do”)
8. CCR’s “Proud Mary” (which many people call “Rolling on the River”)
9. “Flagpole Sitta” by Harvey Danger (OM “Paranoia”)
10. “The Rain, The Park, and Other Things” by the Cowsills (OM “I Love a Flower Girl”)
11. Led Zeppelin’s “D’yer Mak’er” (“You Don’t Have to Go”)… actually, tons of Zeppelin songs where the title has nothing to do with the lyrics

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**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21292 "2013-12-06T20:57:33Z")

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Songs that people often mistitle

1. “Baba O’Reily,” The Who (often mistitled “Teenage Wasteland”)
2. “Jar of Hearts,” Christina Perri (OM “Who Do You Think You Are?”)
3. “Rainy Day Women #12 and 35” - Bob Dylan (OM “Everybody Must Get Stoned”)
4. “Creeque Alley” by the Mamas and the Papas (OM “No One’s Getting Fat”)
5. “Space Oddity” by David Bowie (OM “Major Tom”)
6. “Escape” by Rupert Holmes (OM “If You Like Pina Coladas”)
7. “Fugue for Tinhorns” from Guys and Dolls (OM “Can Do”)
8. CCR’s “Proud Mary” (which many people call “Rolling on the River”)
9. “Flagpole Sitta” by Harvey Danger (OM “Paranoia”)
10. “The Rain, The Park, and Other Things” by the Cowsills (OM “I Love a Flower Girl”)
11. Led Zeppelin’s “D’yer Mak’er” (“You Don’t Have to Go”)… actually, tons of Zeppelin songs where the title has nothing to do with the lyrics
12. “MacArthur Park” (OM “Someone Left The Cake Out In The Rain”) …perhaps most famously covered by Donna Summer in 1978

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21293 "2013-12-06T21:08:02Z")

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Songs that people often mistitle

1. “Baba O’Reily,” The Who (often mistitled “Teenage Wasteland”)
2. “Jar of Hearts,” Christina Perri (OM “Who Do You Think You Are?”)
3. “Rainy Day Women #12 and 35” - Bob Dylan (OM “Everybody Must Get Stoned”)
4. “Creeque Alley” by the Mamas and the Papas (OM “No One’s Getting Fat”)
5. “Space Oddity” by David Bowie (OM “Major Tom”)
6. “Escape” by Rupert Holmes (OM “If You Like Pina Coladas”)
7. “Fugue for Tinhorns” from Guys and Dolls (OM “Can Do”)
8. CCR’s “Proud Mary” (which many people call “Rolling on the River”)
9. “Flagpole Sitta” by Harvey Danger (OM “Paranoia”)
10. “The Rain, The Park, and Other Things” by the Cowsills (OM “I Love a Flower Girl”)
11. Led Zeppelin’s “D’yer Mak’er” (“You Don’t Have to Go”)… actually, tons of Zeppelin songs where the title has nothing to do with the lyrics
12. “MacArthur Park” (OM “Someone Left The Cake Out In The Rain”) …perhaps most famously covered by Donna Summer in 1978
13. ELP’s “Karn Evil 9: First Impression” (widely known as “Welcome Back My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends”

New topic: Famous Pipe Smokers (Real, not Fictional)

1. General Douglas MacArthur

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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:** [December 6, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21294 "2013-12-06T22:08:27Z")

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New topic: Famous Pipe Smokers (Real, not Fictional)

1. General Douglas MacArthur
2. Sherlock Holmes

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21295 "2013-12-06T22:26:00Z")

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New topic: Famous Pipe Smokers (Real, not Fictional)

1. General Douglas MacArthur
2. Sherlock Holmes
3. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (Crack Pipe)

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**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:** [December 6, 2013, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21296 "2013-12-06T22:28:53Z")

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> [@notfrommensa](#):
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> New topic: Famous Pipe Smokers (Real, not Fictional)
> 
> 1. Sherlock Holmes

Come on–I want it to be true too, but… 🙂

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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:** [December 6, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21297 "2013-12-06T23:02:22Z")

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(Holmes removed)  
Famous Pipe Smokers (Real, not Fictional)

1. General Douglas MacArthur
2. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (Crack Pipe)
3. Hugh Hefner

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21298 "2013-12-06T23:51:07Z")

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Famous Pipe Smokers (Real, not Fictional)

1. General Douglas MacArthur
2. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (Crack Pipe)
3. Hugh Hefner
4. Mark Twain

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**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21299 "2013-12-06T23:54:33Z")

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> [@Infovore](#):
>
> Come on–I want it to be true too, but… 🙂

Pointing out that **NDP** was the Holmes poster, not **notfrommensa**.

I also would like it to be true, but let’s put credit where it belongs. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21300 "2013-12-07T01:34:08Z")

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Famous Pipe Smokers (Real, not Fictional)

1. General Douglas MacArthur
2. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (Crack Pipe)
3. Hugh Hefner
4. Mark Twain
5. Josef Stalin

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21301 "2013-12-07T02:28:10Z")

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Famous Pipe Smokers (Real, not Fictional)

1. General Douglas MacArthur
2. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (Crack Pipe)
3. Hugh Hefner
4. Mark Twain
5. Josef Stalin
6. J.R.R. Tolkien

I did a google search on images of J.R.R. Tolkien and in the first twenty pictures, he’s smoking a pipe in ten of them.

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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:** [December 7, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21302 "2013-12-07T03:23:40Z")

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Famous Pipe Smokers (Real, not Fictional)

1. General Douglas MacArthur
2. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (Crack Pipe)
3. Hugh Hefner
4. Mark Twain
5. Josef Stalin
6. J.R.R. Tolkien
7. Bing Crosby

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**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:** [December 7, 2013, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21303 "2013-12-07T03:34:07Z")

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Famous Pipe Smokers (Real, not Fictional)

1. General Douglas MacArthur
2. Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (Crack Pipe)
3. Hugh Hefner
4. Mark Twain
5. Josef Stalin
6. J.R.R. Tolkien
7. Bing Crosby
8. Albert Einstein

Googling “albert einstein pipe smoking” yields a decent collection of photos.

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