# 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:** 1110
**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:** [January 16, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22184 "2014-01-16T20:09:39Z")
Childish things we said to one another as children. 1. I know you are, but what am I? 2. “Hey Beaver, ya wanna go down to Metzger’s Field and mess around?” 3. “I’m rubber, you’re glue. Everything you say bounces off of me and sticks to you!” 4. Guess what? That’s what! (Chickenbutt!) 5. “I’m gonna TELLLLLL!” 6. “Did you get my letter? Guess I forgot to STAMP it.” (Cue stamping on their foot.) 7. “Make me!” 8. "Hi, old top. (Thwap head.) Glad to see you’re back from the front of the Army. (Thwap back, front, arm as appropriate.) 9. (Back and forth between my brother and I – stupid, but hey, we were kids) “Booooy!” “Giiirl!” “Squirrel!” “Milton Berle!” “Minnie Pearl!” (Shows our age, too) 10. “Give me a Norelco!” - You see, Norelco made hair driers (blowers), and this was our way of saying “blow me!” without teachers or parents knowing what we were talking about. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22185 "2014-01-16T20:09:53Z")
Childish things we said to one another as children. 1. I know you are, but what am I? 2. “Hey Beaver, ya wanna go down to Metzger’s Field and mess around?” 3. “I’m rubber, you’re glue. Everything you say bounces off of me and sticks to you!” 4. Guess what? That’s what! (Chickenbutt!) 5. “I’m gonna TELLLLLL!” 6. “Did you get my letter? Guess I forgot to STAMP it.” (Cue stamping on their foot.) 7. “Make me!” 8. "Hi, old top. (Thwap head.) Glad to see you’re back from the front of the Army. (Thwap back, front, arm as appropriate.) 9. (Back and forth between my brother and I – stupid, but hey, we were kids) “Booooy!” “Giiirl!” “Squirrel!” “Milton Berle!” “Minnie Pearl!” (Shows our age, too) 10. “I see London, I see France! I see \_\_\_'s underpants!” ---
**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:** [January 16, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22186 "2014-01-16T20:16:55Z")
Childish things we said to one another as children. 1. I know you are, but what am I? 2. “Hey Beaver, ya wanna go down to Metzger’s Field and mess around?” 3. “I’m rubber, you’re glue. Everything you say bounces off of me and sticks to you!” 4. Guess what? That’s what! (Chickenbutt!) 5. “I’m gonna TELLLLLL!” 6. “Did you get my letter? Guess I forgot to STAMP it.” (Cue stamping on their foot.) 7. “Make me!” 8. "Hi, old top. (Thwap head.) Glad to see you’re back from the front of the Army. (Thwap back, front, arm as appropriate.) 9. (Back and forth between my brother and I – stupid, but hey, we were kids) “Booooy!” “Giiirl!” “Squirrel!” “Milton Berle!” “Minnie Pearl!” (Shows our age, too) 10. “Give me a Norelco!” - You see, Norelco made hair driers (blowers), and this was our way of saying “blow me!” without teachers or parents knowing what we were talking about. 11. “I see London, I see France! I see \_\_\_'s underpants!” Fixed that for you, **astorian**. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22187 "2014-01-16T20:29:34Z")
Childish things we said to one another as children. 1. I know you are, but what am I? 2. “Hey Beaver, ya wanna go down to Metzger’s Field and mess around?” 3. “I’m rubber, you’re glue. Everything you say bounces off of me and sticks to you!” 4. Guess what? That’s what! (Chickenbutt!) 5. “I’m gonna TELLLLLL!” 6. “Did you get my letter? Guess I forgot to STAMP it.” (Cue stamping on their foot.) 7. “Make me!” 8. "Hi, old top. (Thwap head.) Glad to see you’re back from the front of the Army. (Thwap back, front, arm as appropriate.) 9. (Back and forth between my brother and I – stupid, but hey, we were kids) “Booooy!” “Giiirl!” “Squirrel!” “Milton Berle!” “Minnie Pearl!” (Shows our age, too) 10. “Give me a Norelco!” - You see, Norelco made hair driers (blowers), and this was our way of saying “blow me!” without teachers or parents knowing what we were talking about. 11. “I see London, I see France! I see \_\_\_'s underpants!” 12. When someone says that s/he loves an inanimate object, food, pet “If you love it so much, why don’t you marry it?” ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22188 "2014-01-16T20:37:33Z")
Childish things we said to one another as children. 1. I know you are, but what am I? 2. “Hey Beaver, ya wanna go down to Metzger’s Field and mess around?” 3. “I’m rubber, you’re glue. Everything you say bounces off of me and sticks to you!” 4. Guess what? That’s what! (Chickenbutt!) 5. “I’m gonna TELLLLLL!” 6. “Did you get my letter? Guess I forgot to STAMP it.” (Cue stamping on their foot.) 7. “Make me!” 8. "Hi, old top. (Thwap head.) Glad to see you’re back from the front of the Army. (Thwap back, front, arm as appropriate.) 9. (Back and forth between my brother and I – stupid, but hey, we were kids) “Booooy!” “Giiirl!” “Squirrel!” “Milton Berle!” “Minnie Pearl!” (Shows our age, too) 10. “Give me a Norelco!” - You see, Norelco made hair driers (blowers), and this was our way of saying “blow me!” without teachers or parents knowing what we were talking about. 11. “I see London, I see France! I see \_\_\_'s underpants!” 12. When someone says that s/he loves an inanimate object, food, pet “If you love it so much, why don’t you marry it?” 13. “But Ma, HE started it!” as your little brother bawls like a 3 year old. (and he’s almost 4.) TV shows that are spin-offs of other shows 1. Gomer Pyle USMC, spun-off from The Andy Griffith Show ---
**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:** [January 16, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22189 "2014-01-16T21:02:40Z")
TV shows that are spin-offs of other shows 1. Gomer Pyle USMC, spun-off from The Andy Griffith Show 2. Angel, spun-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer ---
**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 16, 2014, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22190 "2014-01-16T21:04:17Z")
We’ve done this before, but… TV shows that are spin-offs of other shows 1. Gomer Pyle USMC, spun-off from The Andy Griffith Show 2. Angel, spun-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3. The Jeffersons, a spinoff from All in the Family ---
**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 16, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22191 "2014-01-16T21:12:34Z")
TV shows that are spin-offs of other shows 1. Gomer Pyle USMC, spun-off from The Andy Griffith Show 2. Angel, spun-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3. The Jeffersons, a spinoff from All in the Family 4. Mork & Mindy, spun off of Happy Days ---
**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 16, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22192 "2014-01-16T21:19:17Z")
TV shows that are spin-offs of other shows 1. Gomer Pyle USMC, spun-off from The Andy Griffith Show 2. Angel, spun-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3. The Jeffersons, a spinoff from All in the Family 4. Mork & Mindy, spun off of Happy Days 5. Lou Grant, from Mary Tyler Moore ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22193 "2014-01-16T21:23:34Z")
TV shows that are spin-offs of other shows 1. Gomer Pyle USMC, spun-off from The Andy Griffith Show 2. Angel, spun-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3. The Jeffersons, a spinoff from All in the Family 4. Mork & Mindy, spun off of Happy Days 5. Lou Grant, from Mary Tyler Moore 6. Good Times, a spinoff from Maude, which was a spinoff from All In The Family ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22194 "2014-01-16T21:26:06Z")
TV shows that are spin-offs of other shows 1. Gomer Pyle USMC, spun-off from The Andy Griffith Show 2. Angel, spun-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3. The Jeffersons, a spinoff from All in the Family 4. Mork & Mindy, spun off of Happy Days 5. Lou Grant, from Mary Tyler Moore 6. Good Times, a spinoff from Maude, which was a spinoff from All In The Family 7. _ **Frasier** _, spinoff of _ **Cheers** _ (so kelsey Grammer kept same role for 20 years) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22195 "2014-01-16T21:28:36Z")
TV shows that are spin-offs of other shows 1. Gomer Pyle USMC, spun-off from The Andy Griffith Show 2. Angel, spun-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3. The Jeffersons, a spinoff from All in the Family 4. Mork & Mindy, spun off of Happy Days 5. Lou Grant, from Mary Tyler Moore 6. Good Times, a spinoff from Maude, which was a spinoff from All In The Family 7. Frasier, spinoff of Cheers (so kelsey Grammer kept same role for 20 years) 8. The Andy Griffith Show which was spun off from Make Room for Daddy ---
**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 16, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22196 "2014-01-16T21:30:31Z")
TV shows that are spin-offs of other shows 1. Gomer Pyle USMC, spun-off from The Andy Griffith Show 2. Angel, spun-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3. The Jeffersons, a spinoff from All in the Family 4. Mork & Mindy, spun off of Happy Days 5. Lou Grant, from Mary Tyler Moore 6. Good Times, a spinoff from Maude, which was a spinoff from All In The Family 7. Frasier, spinoff of Cheers (so kelsey Grammer kept same role for 20 years) 8. The Andy Griffith Show which was spun off from Make Room for Daddy 9. NCIS, spinoff from Jag ---
**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:** [January 16, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22197 "2014-01-16T22:08:02Z")
TV shows that are spin-offs of other shows 1. Gomer Pyle USMC, spun-off from The Andy Griffith Show 2. Angel, spun-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3. The Jeffersons, a spinoff from All in the Family 4. Mork & Mindy, spun off of Happy Days 5. Lou Grant, from Mary Tyler Moore 6. Good Times, a spinoff from Maude, which was a spinoff from All In The Family 7. Frasier, spinoff of Cheers (so kelsey Grammer kept same role for 20 years) 8. The Andy Griffith Show which was spun off from Make Room for Daddy 9. NCIS, spinoff from Jag 10. CSI: Miami, spinoff of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22198 "2014-01-16T22:31:32Z")
TV shows that are spin-offs of other shows 1. Gomer Pyle USMC, spun-off from The Andy Griffith Show 2. Angel, spun-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3. The Jeffersons, a spinoff from All in the Family 4. Mork & Mindy, spun off of Happy Days 5. Lou Grant, from Mary Tyler Moore 6. Good Times, a spinoff from Maude, which was a spinoff from All In The Family 7. Frasier, spinoff of Cheers (so kelsey Grammer kept same role for 20 years) 8. The Andy Griffith Show which was spun off from Make Room for Daddy 9. NCIS, spinoff from Jag 10. CSI: Miami, spinoff of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11. The Tortellis, spinoff of Cheers ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22199 "2014-01-16T22:34:12Z")
TV shows that are spin-offs of other shows 1. Gomer Pyle USMC, spun-off from The Andy Griffith Show 2. Angel, spun-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3. The Jeffersons, a spinoff from All in the Family 4. Mork & Mindy, spun off of Happy Days 5. Lou Grant, from Mary Tyler Moore 6. Good Times, a spinoff from Maude, which was a spinoff from All In The Family 7. Frasier, spinoff of Cheers (so kelsey Grammer kept same role for 20 years) 8. The Andy Griffith Show which was spun off from Make Room for Daddy 9. NCIS, spinoff from Jag 10. CSI: Miami, spinoff of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11. The Tortellis, spinoff of Cheers 12. NCIS:Red failed spinoff of NCIS:LA which is a spinoff of NCIS ---
**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 16, 2014, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22200 "2014-01-16T22:34:18Z")
TV shows that are spin-offs of other shows 1. Gomer Pyle USMC, spun-off from The Andy Griffith Show 2. Angel, spun-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer 3. The Jeffersons, a spinoff from All in the Family 4. Mork & Mindy, spun off of Happy Days 5. Lou Grant, from Mary Tyler Moore 6. Good Times, a spinoff from Maude, which was a spinoff from All In The Family 7. Frasier, spinoff of Cheers (so kelsey Grammer kept same role for 20 years) 8. The Andy Griffith Show which was spun off from Make Room for Daddy 9. NCIS, spinoff from Jag 10. CSI: Miami, spinoff of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 11. The Tortellis, spinoff of Cheers 12. NCIS:Red failed spinoff of NCIS:LA which is a spinoff of NCIS 13. The Ropers, from Three’s Company TV or movie characters who, given their location and occupation, probably couldn’t afford their living space in real life 1. Penny on “Big Bang Theory” ---
**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:** [January 16, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22201 "2014-01-16T22:43:55Z")
TV or movie characters who, given their location and occupation, probably couldn’t afford their living space in real life 1. Penny on “Big Bang Theory” 2. Buffy (after her mother died) on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22202 "2014-01-16T23:13:11Z")
TV or movie characters who, given their location and occupation, probably couldn’t afford their living space in real life 1. Penny on “Big Bang Theory” 2. Buffy (after her mother died) on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 3. Cosmo Kramer on _Seinfeld_ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22203 "2014-01-16T23:30:04Z")
TV or movie characters who, given their location and occupation, probably couldn’t afford their living space in real life 1. Penny on “Big Bang Theory” 2. Buffy (after her mother died) on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” 3. Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld 4. Monica and Rachel on Friends, at least for the first several seasons yeah yeah, it was her Grandmother’s rent controlled place, but still, 2 bedrooms in Greenwich Village? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1109) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1111)