# 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:** 1074
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21464 "2013-12-13T02:49:15Z")
New: Villains who are siblings 1. The Hawthorne sisters in A Drowned Maiden’s Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz 2. Cinderella’s cruel stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella ---
**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:** [December 13, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21465 "2013-12-13T02:58:05Z")
Villains who are siblings 1. The Hawthorne sisters in A Drowned Maiden’s Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz 2. Cinderella’s cruel stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella 3. The Duras sisters in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine > **[Lursa](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Lursa)** > > Lursa was a female Klingon officer of the 24th century Klingon Empire and member of the House of Duras. She was the elder of the two Duras sisters, herself and B'Etor, sister of Duras and daughter of Ja'rod. Through Duras, she had a nephew, Toral.... > **[B'Etor](https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/B%27Etor)** > > You have manipulated the circumstances with the skill of a Romulan.Jean-Luc Picard B'Etor was a female Klingon officer of the 24th century Klingon Empire and member of the House of Duras. She was the younger of the two Duras sisters, herself and... ---
**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 13, 2013, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21466 "2013-12-13T03:11:19Z")
Villains who are siblings 1. The Hawthorne sisters in A Drowned Maiden’s Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz 2. Cinderella’s cruel stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella 3. The Duras sisters in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine 4. Mel and Susan Profitt (Kevin Spacey and Joan Severance) in _Wiseguy_ A breakout role for Spacey ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21467 "2013-12-13T04:26:27Z")
Villains who are siblings 1. The Hawthorne sisters in A Drowned Maiden’s Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz 2. Cinderella’s cruel stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella 3. The Duras sisters in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine 4. Mel and Susan Profitt (Kevin Spacey and Joan Severance) in _Wiseguy_ 5. Tomax and Xamot - The Crimson Twins on G.I. Joe ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21468 "2013-12-13T06:51:38Z")
Villains who are siblings 1. The Hawthorne sisters in A Drowned Maiden’s Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz 2. Cinderella’s cruel stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella 3. The Duras sisters in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine 4. Mel and Susan Profitt (Kevin Spacey and Joan Severance) in _Wiseguy_ 5. Tomax and Xamot - The Crimson Twins on G.I. Joe 6. Seth and Richie Gecko in _Dusk Till Dawn_ Seth could be argued to be an antihero instead of a villain by the end, but in the beginning he’s completely a villain and his kidnapping of the family is what gets them attacked by vampires. ---
**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 13, 2013, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21469 "2013-12-13T07:36:13Z")
Villains who are siblings 1. The Hawthorne sisters in A Drowned Maiden’s Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz 2. Cinderella’s cruel stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella 3. The Duras sisters in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine 4. Mel and Susan Profitt (Kevin Spacey and Joan Severance) in _Wiseguy_ 5. Tomax and Xamot - The Crimson Twins on G.I. Joe 6. Seth and Richie Gecko in _From Dusk Till Dawn_ 7. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch There were originally villains ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21470 "2013-12-13T08:15:12Z")
Villains who are siblings 1. The Hawthorne sisters in A Drowned Maiden’s Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz 2. Cinderella’s cruel stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella 3. The Duras sisters in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine 4. Mel and Susan Profitt (Kevin Spacey and Joan Severance) in _Wiseguy_ 5. Tomax and Xamot - The Crimson Twins on G.I. Joe 6. Seth and Richie Gecko in _From Dusk Till Dawn_ 7. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch 8. Amycus and Alecto Carrow in _Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_ ---
**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 13, 2013, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21471 "2013-12-13T10:35:34Z")
Villains who are siblings 1. The Hawthorne sisters in A Drowned Maiden’s Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz 2. Cinderella’s cruel stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella 3. The Duras sisters in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine 4. Mel and Susan Profitt (Kevin Spacey and Joan Severance) in _Wiseguy_ 5. Tomax and Xamot - The Crimson Twins on G.I. Joe 6. Seth and Richie Gecko in _From Dusk Till Dawn_ 7. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch 8. Amycus and Alecto Carrow in _Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows_ 9. Clyde Chestnut Barrow and Marvin Ivan “Buck” Barrow ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21472 "2013-12-13T12:51:41Z")
Villains who are siblings 1. The Hawthorne sisters in A Drowned Maiden’s Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz 2. Cinderella’s cruel stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella 3. The Duras sisters in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine 4. Mel and Susan Profitt (Kevin Spacey and Joan Severance) in Wiseguy 5. Tomax and Xamot - The Crimson Twins on G.I. Joe 6. Seth and Richie Gecko in From Dusk Till Dawn 7. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch 8. Amycus and Alecto Carrow in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 9. Clyde Chestnut Barrow and Marvin Ivan “Buck” Barrow 10. Sonny, Fredo and Michael Corleone (we often forget that hey WERE all evil) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21473 "2013-12-13T13:20:27Z")
Villains who are siblings 1. The Hawthorne sisters in A Drowned Maiden’s Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz 2. Cinderella’s cruel stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella 3. The Duras sisters in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine 4. Mel and Susan Profitt (Kevin Spacey and Joan Severance) in Wiseguy 5. Tomax and Xamot - The Crimson Twins on G.I. Joe 6. Seth and Richie Gecko in From Dusk Till Dawn 7. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch 8. Amycus and Alecto Carrow in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 9. Clyde Chestnut Barrow and Marvin Ivan “Buck” Barrow 10. Sonny, Fredo and Michael Corleone (we often forget that hey WERE all evil) 11. Alexander and Alexandra Cabot (Josie and the Pussycats) Not completely evil but they were always plotting things to thwart the Pussycats and Alan M. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21474 "2013-12-13T13:59:05Z")
Villains who are siblings 1. The Hawthorne sisters in A Drowned Maiden’s Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz 2. Cinderella’s cruel stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella 3. The Duras sisters in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine 4. Mel and Susan Profitt (Kevin Spacey and Joan Severance) in Wiseguy 5. Tomax and Xamot - The Crimson Twins on G.I. Joe 6. Seth and Richie Gecko in From Dusk Till Dawn 7. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch 8. Amycus and Alecto Carrow in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 9. Clyde Chestnut Barrow and Marvin Ivan “Buck” Barrow 10. Sonny, Fredo and Michael Corleone (we often forget that hey WERE all evil) 11. Alexander and Alexandra Cabot (Josie and the Pussycats) Not completely evil but they were always plotting things to thwart the Pussycats and Alan M. 12. East End hard men, and twins, Reggie and Ronnie Kray (they can be real, right?) ---
**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 13, 2013, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21475 "2013-12-13T14:30:06Z")
Villains who are siblings 1. The Hawthorne sisters in A Drowned Maiden’s Hair by Laura Amy Schlitz 2. Cinderella’s cruel stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella 3. The Duras sisters in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine 4. Mel and Susan Profitt (Kevin Spacey and Joan Severance) in Wiseguy 5. Tomax and Xamot - The Crimson Twins on G.I. Joe 6. Seth and Richie Gecko in From Dusk Till Dawn 7. Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch 8. Amycus and Alecto Carrow in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 9. Clyde Chestnut Barrow and Marvin Ivan “Buck” Barrow 10. Sonny, Fredo and Michael Corleone (we often forget that hey WERE all evil) 11. Alexander and Alexandra Cabot (Josie and the Pussycats) Not completely evil but they were always plotting things to thwart the Pussycats and Alan M. 12. East End hard men, and twins, Reggie and Ronnie Kray (they can be real, right?) 13. Doug and Dinsdale Piranha (Of Monty Python fame) Spoken words you recall from live albums. 1. I was reading in Rolling Stone the other day where they said Detroit audiences are the greatest rock and roll audiences in the world. I said to myself “Shit I’ve known that for 10 years!” Bob Seger - Live Bullet ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21476 "2013-12-13T15:05:40Z")
Spoken words you recall from live albums. 1. I was reading in Rolling Stone the other day where they said Detroit audiences are the greatest rock and roll audiences in the world. I said to myself “Shit I’ve known that for 10 years!” Bob Seger - Live Bullet 2. “Does anybody remember LAUGHTER???” - Robert Plant, in the middle of “Stairway to Heaven” on Led Zeppelin’s _ **The Song Remains the Same** _ live album ---
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Spoken words you recall from live albums. 1. I was reading in Rolling Stone the other day where they said Detroit audiences are the greatest rock and roll audiences in the world. I said to myself “Shit I’ve known that for 10 years!” Bob Seger - Live Bullet 2. “Does anybody remember LAUGHTER???” - Robert Plant, in the middle of “Stairway to Heaven” on Led Zeppelin’s _ **The Song Remains the Same** _ live album 3. “I’d like to do a song I never played in public before, a brand new song, sort of a tribute to the friends of mine, that come out here on the road, and to you too.” – Jackson Browne, The Load Out / Stay, on the Running on Empty album (live cut from an otherwise studio album) ---
**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:** [December 13, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21478 "2013-12-13T16:22:08Z")
Spoken words you recall from live albums. 1. I was reading in Rolling Stone the other day where they said Detroit audiences are the greatest rock and roll audiences in the world. I said to myself “Shit I’ve known that for 10 years!” Bob Seger - Live Bullet 2. “Does anybody remember LAUGHTER???” - Robert Plant, in the middle of “Stairway to Heaven” on Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same live album 3. “I’d like to do a song I never played in public before, a brand new song, sort of a tribute to the friends of mine, that come out here on the road, and to you too.” – Jackson Browne, The Load Out / Stay, on the Running on Empty album (live cut from an otherwise studio album) 4. “This song doesn’t go something like this, it goes EXACTLY like this” - Steven Wright, “I Still Have A Pony” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21479 "2013-12-13T16:28:19Z")
Spoken words you recall from live albums. 1. I was reading in Rolling Stone the other day where they said Detroit audiences are the greatest rock and roll audiences in the world. I said to myself “Shit I’ve known that for 10 years!” Bob Seger - Live Bullet 2. “Does anybody remember LAUGHTER???” - Robert Plant, in the middle of “Stairway to Heaven” on Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same live album 3. “I’d like to do a song I never played in public before, a brand new song, sort of a tribute to the friends of mine, that come out here on the road, and to you too.” – Jackson Browne, The Load Out / Stay, on the Running on Empty album (live cut from an otherwise studio album) 4. “This song doesn’t go something like this, it goes EXACTLY like this” - Steven Wright, “I Still Have A Pony” 5. “Speaking of love, one problem that recurs more and more frequently these days, in books and plays and movies, is the inability of people to communicate with the people they love: husbands and wives who can’t communicate, children who can’t communicate with their parents, and so on. And the characters in these books and plays and so on, and in real life, I might add, spend hours bemoaning the fact that they can’t communicate. **I feel that if a person can’t communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up**.” Tom Lehrer, after “Alma” on _That Was The Year That Was._ ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21480 "2013-12-13T16:59:34Z")
Spoken words you recall from live albums. 1. I was reading in Rolling Stone the other day where they said Detroit audiences are the greatest rock and roll audiences in the world. I said to myself “Shit I’ve known that for 10 years!” Bob Seger - Live Bullet 2. “Does anybody remember LAUGHTER???” - Robert Plant, in the middle of “Stairway to Heaven” on Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same live album 3. “I’d like to do a song I never played in public before, a brand new song, sort of a tribute to the friends of mine, that come out here on the road, and to you too.” – Jackson Browne, The Load Out / Stay, on the Running on Empty album (live cut from an otherwise studio album) 4. “This song doesn’t go something like this, it goes EXACTLY like this” - Steven Wright, “I Still Have A Pony” 5. “Speaking of love, one problem that recurs more and more frequently these days, in books and plays and movies, is the inability of people to communicate with the people they love: husbands and wives who can’t communicate, children who can’t communicate with their parents, and so on. And the characters in these books and plays and so on, and in real life, I might add, spend hours bemoaning the fact that they can’t communicate. I feel that if a person can’t communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up.” Tom Lehrer, after “Alma” on That Was The Year That Was. 6. “You may wonder why we’re sitting down. It’s just to prove that we still can after 20 years in this business” - Devo, some live album. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21481 "2013-12-13T17:30:17Z")
Spoken words you recall from live albums. 1. I was reading in Rolling Stone the other day where they said Detroit audiences are the greatest rock and roll audiences in the world. I said to myself “Shit I’ve known that for 10 years!” Bob Seger - Live Bullet 2. “Does anybody remember LAUGHTER???” - Robert Plant, in the middle of “Stairway to Heaven” on Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same live album 3. “I’d like to do a song I never played in public before, a brand new song, sort of a tribute to the friends of mine, that come out here on the road, and to you too.” – Jackson Browne, The Load Out / Stay, on the Running on Empty album (live cut from an otherwise studio album) 4. “This song doesn’t go something like this, it goes EXACTLY like this” - Steven Wright, “I Still Have A Pony” 5. “Speaking of love, one problem that recurs more and more frequently these days, in books and plays and movies, is the inability of people to communicate with the people they love: husbands and wives who can’t communicate, children who can’t communicate with their parents, and so on. And the characters in these books and plays and so on, and in real life, I might add, spend hours bemoaning the fact that they can’t communicate. I feel that if a person can’t communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up.” Tom Lehrer, after “Alma” on That Was The Year That Was. 6. “You may wonder why we’re sitting down. It’s just to prove that we still can after 20 years in this business” - Devo, some live album. 7. Phil Rizzuto: “Ok, here we go, we got a real pressure cooker,going here, two down, nobody on, no score, bottom of the ninth, there’s the wind-up and, there it is, a line shot up the middle, look at him go. This boy can really fly! … The pitcher glance over, winds up, and it’s bunted, bunted down the third base line, the suicide squeeze in on! Here he comes, squeeze play, it’s gonna be close, here’s the throw, there’s the play at the plate, holy cow, I think he’s gonna make it!”—Bat Out Of Hell, Paradise by the Dashboard Light ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21482 "2013-12-13T17:31:30Z")
Spoken words you recall from live albums. 1. I was reading in Rolling Stone the other day where they said Detroit audiences are the greatest rock and roll audiences in the world. I said to myself “Shit I’ve known that for 10 years!” Bob Seger - Live Bullet 2. “Does anybody remember LAUGHTER???” - Robert Plant, in the middle of “Stairway to Heaven” on Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same live album 3. “I’d like to do a song I never played in public before, a brand new song, sort of a tribute to the friends of mine, that come out here on the road, and to you too.” – Jackson Browne, The Load Out / Stay, on the Running on Empty album (live cut from an otherwise studio album) 4. “This song doesn’t go something like this, it goes EXACTLY like this” - Steven Wright, “I Still Have A Pony” 5. “Speaking of love, one problem that recurs more and more frequently these days, in books and plays and movies, is the inability of people to communicate with the people they love: husbands and wives who can’t communicate, children who can’t communicate with their parents, and so on. And the characters in these books and plays and so on, and in real life, I might add, spend hours bemoaning the fact that they can’t communicate. I feel that if a person can’t communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up.” Tom Lehrer, after “Alma” on That Was The Year That Was. 6. “You may wonder why we’re sitting down. It’s just to prove that we still can after 20 years in this business” - Devo, some live album. 7. “Mm hmm? Yes? No? Maybe? Well, that’s good, that’s good, don’t strain yourselves.” - Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull’s \*\*\*Bursting Out \*\*\*live album; he was teasing the audience for its tepid, half-hearted applause after he introduced the song “One Brown Mouse.” ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21483 "2013-12-13T17:43:47Z")
Spoken words you recall from live albums. 1. I was reading in Rolling Stone the other day where they said Detroit audiences are the greatest rock and roll audiences in the world. I said to myself “Shit I’ve known that for 10 years!” Bob Seger - Live Bullet 2. “Does anybody remember LAUGHTER???” - Robert Plant, in the middle of “Stairway to Heaven” on Led Zeppelin’s The Song Remains the Same live album 3. “I’d like to do a song I never played in public before, a brand new song, sort of a tribute to the friends of mine, that come out here on the road, and to you too.” – Jackson Browne, The Load Out / Stay, on the Running on Empty album (live cut from an otherwise studio album) 4. “This song doesn’t go something like this, it goes EXACTLY like this” - Steven Wright, “I Still Have A Pony” 5. “Speaking of love, one problem that recurs more and more frequently these days, in books and plays and movies, is the inability of people to communicate with the people they love: husbands and wives who can’t communicate, children who can’t communicate with their parents, and so on. And the characters in these books and plays and so on, and in real life, I might add, spend hours bemoaning the fact that they can’t communicate. I feel that if a person can’t communicate, the very least he can do is to shut up.” Tom Lehrer, after “Alma” on That Was The Year That Was. 6. “You may wonder why we’re sitting down. It’s just to prove that we still can after 20 years in this business” - Devo, some live album. 7. “Mm hmm? Yes? No? Maybe? Well, that’s good, that’s good, don’t strain yourselves.” - Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull’s \*\*\*Bursting Out \*\*\*live album; he was teasing the audience for its tepid, half-hearted applause after he introduced the song “One Brown Mouse.” 8. Phil Rizzuto: “Ok, here we go, we got a real pressure cooker,going here, two down, nobody on, no score, bottom of the ninth, there’s the wind-up and, there it is, a line shot up the middle, look at him go. This boy can really fly! … The pitcher glance over, winds up, and it’s bunted, bunted down the third base line, the suicide squeeze in on! Here he comes, squeeze play, it’s gonna be close, here’s the throw, there’s the play at the plate, holy cow, I think he’s gonna make it!”—Bat Out Of Hell, Paradise by the Dashboard Light (I ninja-ed **Astorian** , but he did not fix) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1073) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1075)