# 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\
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**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:** [April 22, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24984 "2014-04-22T15:19:53Z")

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To move things along and allow double posting, perhaps change the title to “The Last Singles or Albums You Ever Bought in Vinyl Format”?

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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:** [April 22, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24985 "2014-04-22T16:06:50Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> To move things along and allow double posting, perhaps change the title to “The Last Singles or Albums You Ever Bought in Vinyl Format”?

it may not help - it was the mid 90s when I last bought vinyl - I suspect I am not alone

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24986 "2014-04-22T16:38:01Z")

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:: have no clue, but am waiting for dozen on first vinyl purchases… ::

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**Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24987 "2014-04-22T16:48:10Z")

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The Last SIngle or Album You Ever Bought in Vinyl Format

1. “Down Under” by Men at Work
2. “Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies” - a Warner Brothers compilation
3. “The Dandy Warhols Are Sound,” the original mix of “Welcome to the Monkey House”
4. Cast recording of “Phantom of the Opera”
5. “Jazz” by Queen
6. “Synchonicity” by The Police
7. “Pyramid” by the Alan Parsons Project
8. “Powerslave” by Iron Maiden? (I honestly don’t remember)
9. “Tommy” by The Who. (A used double LP bought in about 1990.)

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24988 "2014-04-23T03:54:15Z")

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The Last SIngle or Album You Ever Bought in Vinyl Format

1. “Down Under” by Men at Work
2. “Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies” - a Warner Brothers compilation
3. “The Dandy Warhols Are Sound,” the original mix of “Welcome to the Monkey House”
4. Cast recording of “Phantom of the Opera”
5. “Jazz” by Queen
6. “Synchonicity” by The Police
7. “Pyramid” by the Alan Parsons Project
8. “Powerslave” by Iron Maiden? (I honestly don’t remember)
9. “Tommy” by The Who. (A used double LP bought in about 1990.)
10. Boston’s first album

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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:** [April 23, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24989 "2014-04-23T04:05:19Z")

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The Last SIngle or Album You Ever Bought in Vinyl Format

1. “Down Under” by Men at Work
2. “Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies” - a Warner Brothers compilation
3. “The Dandy Warhols Are Sound,” the original mix of “Welcome to the Monkey House”
4. Cast recording of “Phantom of the Opera”
5. “Jazz” by Queen
6. “Synchonicity” by The Police
7. “Pyramid” by the Alan Parsons Project
8. “Powerslave” by Iron Maiden? (I honestly don’t remember)
9. “Tommy” by The Who. (A used double LP bought in about 1990.)
10. Boston’s first album
11. Dread Zeppelin - Un-Led-Ed

I bought it back around 1990 after seeing them perform. I’m amazed to see they’re still around and currently on a 25th anniversary tour.

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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:** [April 23, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24990 "2014-04-23T04:26:36Z")

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The Last SIngle or Album You Ever Bought in Vinyl Format

1. “Down Under” by Men at Work
2. “Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies” - a Warner Brothers compilation
3. “The Dandy Warhols Are Sound,” the original mix of “Welcome to the Monkey House”
4. Cast recording of “Phantom of the Opera”
5. “Jazz” by Queen
6. “Synchonicity” by The Police
7. “Pyramid” by the Alan Parsons Project
8. “Powerslave” by Iron Maiden? (I honestly don’t remember)
9. “Tommy” by The Who. (A used double LP bought in about 1990.)
10. Boston’s first album
11. Dread Zeppelin - Un-Led-Ed
12. “Undercover Angel” by Alan O’Day

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24991 "2014-04-23T07:17:20Z")

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The Last SIngle or Album You Ever Bought in Vinyl Format

1. “Down Under” by Men at Work
2. “Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies” - a Warner Brothers compilation
3. “The Dandy Warhols Are Sound,” the original mix of “Welcome to the Monkey House”
4. Cast recording of “Phantom of the Opera”
5. “Jazz” by Queen
6. “Synchonicity” by The Police
7. “Pyramid” by the Alan Parsons Project
8. “Powerslave” by Iron Maiden? (I honestly don’t remember)
9. “Tommy” by The Who. (A used double LP bought in about 1990.)
10. Boston’s first album
11. Dread Zeppelin - Un-Led-Ed
12. “Undercover Angel” by Alan O’Day
13. “Rio” by Duran Duran

(somebody had to say it) 😉  
New topic: A Fictional Character Whose Name is a Month

1. July Johnson - a sheriff in the novel _Lonesome Dove_.

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24992 "2014-04-23T07:32:14Z")

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A Fictional Character Whose Name is a Month

1. July Johnson - a sheriff in the novel _Lonesome Dove_.
2. April May June - a girl who gives Bud Bundy a Valentine’s Day Card on _Married…With Children._

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24993 "2014-04-23T09:38:42Z")

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A Fictional Character Whose Name is a Month

1. July Johnson - a sheriff in the novel _Lonesome Dove_.
2. April May June - a girl who gives Bud Bundy a Valentine’s Day Card on _Married…With Children._
3. Jo March (and her family), _Little Women_

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24994 "2014-04-23T10:10:41Z")

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A Fictional Character Whose Name is a Month

1. July Johnson - a sheriff in the novel _Lonesome Dove_.
2. April May June - a girl who gives Bud Bundy a Valentine’s Day Card on _Married…With Children._
3. Jo March (and her family), _Little Women_
4. June Cleaver, wife of Ward, _Leave It To Beaver_.

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24995 "2014-04-23T13:08:32Z")

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A Fictional Character Whose Name is a Month

1. July Johnson - a sheriff in the novel _Lonesome Dove_.
2. April May June - a girl who gives Bud Bundy a Valentine’s Day Card on _Married…With Children._
3. Jo March (and her family), _Little Women_
4. June Cleaver, wife of Ward, _Leave It To Beaver_.
5. The March hare from _Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland_.

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24996 "2014-04-23T13:08:53Z")

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A Fictional Character Whose Name is a Month

1. July Johnson - a sheriff in the novel Lonesome Dove.
2. April May June - a girl who gives Bud Bundy a Valentine’s Day Card on Married…With Children.
3. Jo March (and her family), Little Women
4. June Cleaver, wife of Ward, Leave It To Beaver.
5. The March hare from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
6. Dan August - eponymous character of a Burt Reynolds TV series circa 1970

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24997 "2014-04-23T13:38:01Z")

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A Fictional Character Whose Name is a Month

1. July Johnson - a sheriff in the novel Lonesome Dove.
2. April May June - a girl who gives Bud Bundy a Valentine’s Day Card on Married…With Children.
3. Jo March (and her family), Little Women
4. June Cleaver, wife of Ward, Leave It To Beaver.
5. The March hare from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
6. Dan August - eponymous character of a Burt Reynolds TV series circa 1970
7. January Wayne–Lead character in Jacqueline Susann’s “Once is not Enough”

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24998 "2014-04-23T13:45:27Z")

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A Fictional Character Whose Name is a Month

1. July Johnson - a sheriff in the novel Lonesome Dove.
2. April May June - a girl who gives Bud Bundy a Valentine’s Day Card on Married…With Children.
3. Jo March (and her family), Little Women
4. June Cleaver, wife of Ward, Leave It To Beaver.
5. The March hare from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
6. Dan August - eponymous character of a Burt Reynolds TV series circa 1970
7. January Wayne–Lead character in Jacqueline Susann’s “Once is not Enough”
8. August August, character in The Mystery of the Fiery Eye (Alfred Hitchcock’s Three Investigators)

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24999 "2014-04-23T13:54:12Z")

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A Fictional Character Whose Name is a Month

1. July Johnson - a sheriff in the novel Lonesome Dove.
2. April May June - a girl who gives Bud Bundy a Valentine’s Day Card on Married…With Children.
3. Jo March (and her family), Little Women
4. June Cleaver, wife of Ward, Leave It To Beaver.
5. The March hare from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
6. Dan August - eponymous character of a Burt Reynolds TV series circa 1970
7. January Wayne–Lead character in Jacqueline Susann’s “Once is not Enough”
8. August August, character in The Mystery of the Fiery Eye (Alfred Hitchcock’s Three Investigators
9. May Day, villainess played by Grace Jones in James Bond flick _ **A View to a Kill.** _

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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:** [April 23, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25000 "2014-04-23T14:05:37Z")

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A Fictional Character Whose Name is a Month

1. July Johnson - a sheriff in the novel Lonesome Dove.
2. April May June - a girl who gives Bud Bundy a Valentine’s Day Card on Married…With Children.
3. Jo March (and her family), Little Women
4. June Cleaver, wife of Ward, Leave It To Beaver.
5. The March hare from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
6. Dan August - eponymous character of a Burt Reynolds TV series circa 1970
7. January Wayne–Lead character in Jacqueline Susann’s “Once is not Enough”
8. August August, character in The Mystery of the Fiery Eye (Alfred Hitchcock’s Three Investigators
9. May Day, villainess played by Grace Jones in James Bond flick A View to a Kill.
10. December, aka Winter Frost, a mutant in _X-Nation 2099_

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25001 "2014-04-23T14:12:21Z")

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A Fictional Character Whose Name is a Month

1. July Johnson - a sheriff in the novel Lonesome Dove.
2. April May June - a girl who gives Bud Bundy a Valentine’s Day Card on Married…With Children.
3. Jo March (and her family), Little Women
4. June Cleaver, wife of Ward, Leave It To Beaver.
5. The March hare from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
6. Dan August - eponymous character of a Burt Reynolds TV series circa 1970
7. January Wayne–Lead character in Jacqueline Susann’s “Once is not Enough”
8. August August, character in The Mystery of the Fiery Eye (Alfred Hitchcock’s Three Investigators
9. May Day, villainess played by Grace Jones in James Bond flick A View to a Kill.
10. December, aka Winter Frost, a mutant in X-Nation 2099
11. Augie March, The Adventures of Augie March, Saul Bellow

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25002 "2014-04-23T14:22:25Z")

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A Fictional Character Whose Name is a Month

1. July Johnson - a sheriff in the novel Lonesome Dove.
2. April May June - a girl who gives Bud Bundy a Valentine’s Day Card on Married…With Children.
3. Jo March (and her family), Little Women
4. June Cleaver, wife of Ward, Leave It To Beaver.
5. The March hare from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
6. Dan August - eponymous character of a Burt Reynolds TV series circa 1970
7. January Wayne–Lead character in Jacqueline Susann’s “Once is not Enough”
8. August August, character in The Mystery of the Fiery Eye (Alfred Hitchcock’s Three Investigators
9. May Day, villainess played by Grace Jones in James Bond flick A View to a Kill.
10. December, aka Winter Frost, a mutant in X-Nation 2099
11. Augie March, The Adventures of Augie March, Saul Bellow
12. April Patterson, unbearable youngest daughter in \*\*\*For Better or Worse \*\*\*comic strip

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**Post date:** [April 23, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25003 "2014-04-23T14:38:37Z")

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1. July Johnson - a sheriff in the novel Lonesome Dove.

2. April May June - a girl who gives Bud Bundy a Valentine’s Day Card on Married…With Children.

3. Jo March (and her family), Little Women

4. June Cleaver, wife of Ward, Leave It To Beaver.

5. The March hare from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

6. Dan August - eponymous character of a Burt Reynolds TV series circa 1970

7. January Wayne–Lead character in Jacqueline Susann’s “Once is not Enough”

8. August August, character in The Mystery of the Fiery Eye (Alfred Hitchcock’s Three Investigators

9. May Day, villainess played by Grace Jones in James Bond flick A View to a Kill.

10. December, aka Winter Frost, a mutant in X-Nation 2099

11. Augie March, The Adventures of Augie March, Saul Bellow

12. April Patterson, unbearable youngest daughter in For Better or Worse comic strip

13. Ellie May Clampett, The Beverly Hillbillies  
Sounds about drinking alcohol:

14. I Drink Alone, George Thorogood

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