# 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:** 1104
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22064 "2014-01-11T15:38:19Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > [And here it is!](http://i.imgur.com/xufwOY9.jpg) A big chocolate _BURP_ for **anyrose** Excellent makeout tunes: 1. Ravel’s Bolero 2. The Viscounts’ Harlem Nocturne 3. “Let’s Get It On” - Marvin Gaye 4. The Chain - Fleetwood Mac 5. “Hitch a Ride” - Boston 6. Sexual Healing - also by Marvin Gaye 7. Unchained Melody- The Righteous Brothers (among others) 8. “Let’s Stay Together”- Al Green 9. "Can’t Get Enough of Your Love’ or any other song by Barry White ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22065 "2014-01-11T15:52:12Z")
Excellent makeout tunes: 1. Ravel’s Bolero 2. The Viscounts’ Harlem Nocturne 3. “Let’s Get It On” - Marvin Gaye 4. The Chain - Fleetwood Mac 5. “Hitch a Ride” - Boston 6. Sexual Healing - also by Marvin Gaye 7. Unchained Melody- The Righteous Brothers (among others) 8. “Let’s Stay Together”- Al Green 9. "Can’t Get Enough of Your Love’ or any other song by Barry White 10. “Avalon” by Roxy Music ---
**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:** [January 11, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22066 "2014-01-11T16:22:52Z")
Excellent makeout tunes: 1. Ravel’s “Bolero” 2. The Viscounts’ “Harlem Nocturne” 3. “Let’s Get It On” - Marvin Gaye 4. “The Chain” - Fleetwood Mac 5. “Hitch a Ride” - Boston 6. “Sexual Healing” - also by Marvin Gaye 7. “Unchained Melody” - The Righteous Brothers (among others) 8. “Let’s Stay Together”- Al Green 9. "Can’t Get Enough of Your Love’ or any other song by Barry White 10. “Avalon” by Roxy Music 11. “Into the Night” by Benny Mardones [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZF5o8Z45TTk/hqdefault.jpg "Benny Mardones- into the night, lyrics") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF5o8Z45TTk) ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22067 "2014-01-11T16:33:10Z")
Excellent makeout tunes: 1. Ravel’s “Bolero” 2. The Viscounts’ “Harlem Nocturne” 3. “Let’s Get It On” - Marvin Gaye 4. “The Chain” - Fleetwood Mac 5. “Hitch a Ride” - Boston 6. “Sexual Healing” - also by Marvin Gaye 7. “Unchained Melody” - The Righteous Brothers (among others) 8. “Let’s Stay Together”- Al Green 9. "Can’t Get Enough of Your Love’ or any other song by Barry White 10. “Avalon” by Roxy Music 11. “Into the Night” by Benny Mardones [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF5o8Z45TTk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF5o8Z45TTk) 12. "If You Leave Me Now, (you’ll take away the very heart of me) "- Chicago–cheesy ballad that’s worked for two generations. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22068 "2014-01-11T16:50:08Z")
Excellent makeout tunes: 1. Ravel’s “Bolero” 2. The Viscounts’ “Harlem Nocturne” 3. “Let’s Get It On” - Marvin Gaye 4. “The Chain” - Fleetwood Mac 5. “Hitch a Ride” - Boston 6. “Sexual Healing” - also by Marvin Gaye 7. “Unchained Melody” - The Righteous Brothers (among others) 8. “Let’s Stay Together”- Al Green 9. "Can’t Get Enough of Your Love’ or any other song by Barry White 10. “Avalon” by Roxy Music 11. “Into the Night” by Benny Mardones [Benny Mardones- into the night, lyrics - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF5o8Z45TTk) 12. "If You Leave Me Now, (you’ll take away the very heart of me) "- Chicago–cheesy ballad that’s worked for two generations. 13. “You’ll Never Find (Another Love Like Mine)” - Lou Rawls New! Founding Fathers who were never President of the U.S.A. 14. Alexander Hamilton ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22069 "2014-01-11T16:53:18Z")
New! Founding Fathers who were never President of the U.S.A. 1. Alexander Hamilton 2. Sam Adams ---
**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:** [January 11, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22070 "2014-01-11T16:54:54Z")
New! Founding Fathers who were never President of the U.S.A. 1. Alexander Hamilton 2. Sam Adams 3. Benjamin Franklin ---
**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:** [January 11, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22071 "2014-01-11T17:46:23Z")
New! Founding Fathers who were never President of the U.S.A. 1. Alexander Hamilton 2. Sam Adams 3. Benjamin Franklin 4. John Jay ---
**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:** [January 11, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22072 "2014-01-11T18:37:01Z")
New! Founding Fathers who were never President of the U.S.A. 1. Alexander Hamilton 2. Sam Adams 3. Benjamin Franklin 4. John Jay 5. William Floyd ---
**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:** [January 11, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22073 "2014-01-11T19:05:59Z")
Founding Fathers who were never President of the U.S.A. 1. Alexander Hamilton 2. Sam Adams 3. Benjamin Franklin 4. John Jay 5. William Floyd 6. Rev. John Witherspoon The only clergyman to sign the Declaration of Independence - I played him in _1776_: [John Witherspoon - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Witherspoon) ---
**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:** [January 11, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22074 "2014-01-11T19:10:25Z")
Founding Fathers who were never President of the U.S.A. 1. Alexander Hamilton 2. Sam Adams 3. Benjamin Franklin 4. John Jay 5. William Floyd 6. Rev. John Witherspoon 7. John Hancock ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22075 "2014-01-11T19:15:18Z")
Founding Fathers who were never President of the U.S.A. 1. Alexander Hamilton 2. Sam Adams 3. Benjamin Franklin 4. John Jay 5. William Floyd 6. Rev. John Witherspoon 7. John Hancock 8. Fisher Ames (helped draft 1st amendment and my gr/gr/gr/gr/gr grandfather ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22076 "2014-01-11T19:30:20Z")
Founding Fathers who were never President of the U.S.A. 1. Alexander Hamilton 2. Sam Adams 3. Benjamin Franklin 4. John Jay 5. William Floyd 6. Rev. John Witherspoon 7. John Hancock 8. Fisher Ames (helped draft 1st amendment and **Bellhorn** ’s gr/gr/gr/gr/gr grandfather) 9. Josiah Bartlett ---
**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:** [January 11, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22077 "2014-01-11T20:12:23Z")
Founding Fathers who were never President of the U.S.A. 1. Alexander Hamilton 2. Sam Adams 3. Benjamin Franklin 4. John Jay 5. William Floyd 6. Rev. John Witherspoon 7. John Hancock 8. Fisher Ames (helped draft 1st amendment and **Bellhorn** ’s gr/gr/gr/gr/gr grandfather) 9. Josiah Bartlett 10. Thomas Paine ---
**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:** [January 11, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22078 "2014-01-11T21:21:43Z")
Founding Fathers who were never President of the U.S.A. 1. Alexander Hamilton 2. Sam Adams 3. Benjamin Franklin 4. John Jay 5. William Floyd 6. Rev. John Witherspoon 7. John Hancock 8. Fisher Ames (helped draft 1st amendment and Bellhorn’s gr/gr/gr/gr/gr grandfather) 9. Josiah Bartlett 10. Thomas Paine 11. James Otis A major figure in the early period of the Revolution but he died in 1783. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22079 "2014-01-11T21:40:37Z")
Founding Fathers who were never President of the U.S.A. 1. Alexander Hamilton 2. Sam Adams 3. Benjamin Franklin 4. John Jay 5. William Floyd 6. Rev. John Witherspoon 7. John Hancock 8. Fisher Ames (helped draft 1st amendment and Bellhorn’s gr/gr/gr/gr/gr grandfather) 9. Josiah Bartlett 10. Thomas Paine 11. James Otis 12. Richard Henry Lee ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22080 "2014-01-11T22:49:37Z")
Fou ```php ``` nding Fathers who were never President of the U.S.A. \*\* 1. Alexander Hamilton 2. Sam Adams 3. Benjamin Franklin 4. John Jay 5. William Floyd 6. Rev. John Witherspoon 7. John Hancock 8. Fisher Ames (helped draft 1st amendment and Bellhorn’s gr/gr/gr/gr/gr grandfather) 9. Josiah Bartlett 10. Thomas Paine 11. James Otis 12. Richard Henry Lee 13. Charles Carroll New topic: Unusual Patron Saints 1. Dismas, patron of condemned criminals ---
**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:** [January 11, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22081 "2014-01-11T23:09:10Z")
New topic: Unusual Patron Saints 1. Dismas, patron of condemned criminals 2. Agabus, patron of fortune tellers ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22082 "2014-01-11T23:14:28Z")
New topic: Unusual Patron Saints 1. Dismas, patron of condemned criminals 2. Agabus, patron of fortune tellers 3. Our Lady of the Door (Virgen de la Puerta), Peruvian Transvestites (esp. transvestite prostitutes) ---
**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:** [January 11, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22083 "2014-01-11T23:37:02Z")
New topic: Unusual Patron Saints 1. Dismas, patron of condemned criminals 2. Agabus, patron of fortune tellers 3. Our Lady of the Door (Virgen de la Puerta), Peruvian Transvestites (esp. transvestite prostitutes) 4. Columbanus, patron of motorcyclists [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1105)