# 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:** 1586
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31704 "2014-12-04T22:57:34Z")
Music Acts Known for Producing Themselves 1. Prince 2. Jeff Lynne - ELO 3. John Cougar Mellencamp (sometimes under the alias “Little Bastard”) 4. The Beatles - through Apple Corp. 5. Steven Wilson - Porcupine Tree ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31705 "2014-12-05T02:36:48Z")
Music Acts Known for Producing Themselves 1. Prince 2. Jeff Lynne - ELO 3. John Cougar Mellencamp (sometimes under the alias “Little Bastard”) 4. The Beatles - through Apple Corp. 5. Steven Wilson - Porcupine Tree 6. Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin ---
**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 5, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31706 "2014-12-05T03:14:17Z")
Music Acts Known for Producing Themselves 1. Prince 2. Jeff Lynne - ELO 3. John Cougar Mellencamp (sometimes under the alias “Little Bastard”) 4. The Beatles - through Apple Corp. 5. Steven Wilson - Porcupine Tree 6. Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin 7. Alan Parsons Project - Alan Parsons ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31707 "2014-12-05T05:02:26Z")
Music Acts Known for Producing Themselves 1. Prince 2. Jeff Lynne - ELO 3. John Cougar Mellencamp (sometimes under the alias “Little Bastard”) 4. The Beatles - through Apple Corp. 5. Steven Wilson - Porcupine Tree 6. Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin 7. Alan Parsons Project - Alan Parsons 8. Frank Zappa ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31708 "2014-12-05T14:06:23Z")
Music Acts Known for Producing Themselves 1. Prince 2. Jeff Lynne - ELO 3. John Cougar Mellencamp (sometimes under the alias “Little Bastard”) 4. The Beatles - through Apple Corp. 5. Steven Wilson - Porcupine Tree 6. Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin 7. Alan Parsons Project - Alan Parsons 8. Frank Zappa 9. Marie-Jo Therio ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31709 "2014-12-05T15:25:09Z")
Music Acts Known for Producing Themselves 1. Prince 2. Jeff Lynne - ELO 3. John Cougar Mellencamp (sometimes under the alias “Little Bastard”) 4. The Beatles - through Apple Corp. 5. Steven Wilson - Porcupine Tree 6. Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin 7. Alan Parsons Project - Alan Parsons 8. Frank Zappa 9. Marie-Jo Therio 10. Rush ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31710 "2014-12-05T15:32:32Z")
Music Acts Known for Producing Themselves 1. Prince 2. Jeff Lynne - ELO 3. John Cougar Mellencamp (sometimes under the alias “Little Bastard”) 4. The Beatles - through Apple Corp. 5. Steven Wilson - Porcupine Tree 6. Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin 7. Alan Parsons Project - Alan Parsons 8. Frank Zappa 9. Marie-Jo Therio 10. Rush 11. Bob Dylan (under the pseudonym Jack Frost) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31711 "2014-12-05T16:06:55Z")
Music Acts Known for Producing Themselves 1. Prince 2. Jeff Lynne - ELO 3. John Cougar Mellencamp (sometimes under the alias “Little Bastard”) 4. The Beatles - through Apple Corp. 5. Steven Wilson - Porcupine Tree 6. Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin 7. Alan Parsons Project - Alan Parsons 8. Frank Zappa 9. Marie-Jo Therio 10. Rush 11. Bob Dylan (under the pseudonym Jack Frost) 12. “Weird Al” Yankovic ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31712 "2014-12-05T16:14:39Z")
Music Acts Known for Producing Themselves 1. Prince 2. Jeff Lynne - ELO 3. John Cougar Mellencamp (sometimes under the alias “Little Bastard”) 4. The Beatles - through Apple Corp. 5. Steven Wilson - Porcupine Tree 6. Jimmy Page - Led Zeppelin 7. Alan Parsons Project - Alan Parsons 8. Frank Zappa 9. Marie-Jo Therio 10. Rush 11. Bob Dylan (under the pseudonym Jack Frost) 12. “Weird Al” Yankovic 13. Bob Blecha and the Bouncing Czechs (polka band from Humboldt, Nebraska) Next – First place you slept overnight without a parent/guardian present. 1. Kendrick’s boarding house, Baton Rouge ---
**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 5, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31713 "2014-12-05T16:21:13Z")
Next – First place you slept overnight without a parent/guardian present. 1. Kendrick’s boarding house, Baton Rouge 2. Men’s Residence Center, Indiana University, Bloomington ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31714 "2014-12-05T16:40:02Z")
First place you slept overnight without a parent/guardian present. 1. Kendrick’s boarding house, Baton Rouge 2. Men’s Residence Center, Indiana University, Bloomington 3. A long-forgotten dorm at Columbia College, during orientation week ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31715 "2014-12-05T17:24:46Z")
First place you slept overnight without a parent/guardian present. 1. Kendrick’s boarding house, Baton Rouge 2. Men’s Residence Center, Indiana University, Bloomington 3. A long-forgotten dorm at Columbia College, during orientation week 4. Bouton Hall, SUNY New Paltz, Orientation week, July 1976 ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31716 "2014-12-05T17:25:24Z")
First place you slept overnight without a parent/guardian present. 1. Kendrick’s boarding house, Baton Rouge 2. Men’s Residence Center, Indiana University, Bloomington 3. A long-forgotten dorm at Columbia College, during orientation week 4. Bouton Hall, SUNY New Paltz, Orientation week, July 1976 5. My best friend’s house ---
**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 6, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31717 "2014-12-06T01:10:59Z")
First place you slept overnight without a parent/guardian present. 1. Kendrick’s boarding house, Baton Rouge 2. Men’s Residence Center, Indiana University, Bloomington 3. A long-forgotten dorm at Columbia College, during orientation week 4. Bouton Hall, SUNY New Paltz, Orientation week, July 1976 5. My best friend’s house 6. My best friend John Smith’s house That really was his name. Great guy. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31718 "2014-12-06T15:31:30Z")
First place you slept overnight without a parent/guardian present. 1. Kendrick’s boarding house, Baton Rouge 2. Men’s Residence Center, Indiana University, Bloomington 3. A long-forgotten dorm at Columbia College, during orientation week 4. Bouton Hall, SUNY New Paltz, Orientation week, July 1976 5. My best friend’s house 6. My best friend John Smith’s house 7. My home (alone) sometime in (early) High School ---
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First place you slept overnight without a parent/guardian present. 1. Kendrick’s boarding house, Baton Rouge 2. Men’s Residence Center, Indiana University, Bloomington 3. A long-forgotten dorm at Columbia College, during orientation week 4. Bouton Hall, SUNY New Paltz, Orientation week, July 1976 5. My best friend’s house 6. My best friend John Smith’s house 7. My home (alone) sometime in (early) High School 8. YMCA camp (Mystic Lake, MI), the summer after fifth (I think) grade. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2014, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31720 "2014-12-07T05:46:41Z")
Join Date: Aug 2006 First place you slept overnight without a parent/guardian present. 1. Kendrick’s boarding house, Baton Rouge 2. Men’s Residence Center, Indiana University, Bloomington 3. A long-forgotten dorm at Columbia College, during orientation week 4. Bouton Hall, SUNY New Paltz, Orientation week, July 1976 5. My best friend’s house 6. My best friend John Smith’s house 7. My home (alone) sometime in (early) High School 8. YMCA camp (Mystic Lake, MI), the summer after fifth (I think) grade. 9. On a Continental Trailways bus, heading south out of Memphis. Correcting my entry above on line 1, one day earlier. ---
**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 7, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31721 "2014-12-07T18:06:34Z")
To move this along, I’ll mention another early night away from home for me. First place you slept overnight without a parent/guardian present. 1. Kendrick’s boarding house, Baton Rouge 2. Men’s Residence Center, Indiana University, Bloomington 3. A long-forgotten dorm at Columbia College, during orientation week 4. Bouton Hall, SUNY New Paltz, Orientation week, July 1976 5. My best friend’s house 6. My best friend John Smith’s house 7. My home (alone) sometime in (early) High School 8. YMCA camp (Mystic Lake, MI), the summer after fifth (I think) grade. 9. On a Continental Trailways bus, heading south out of Memphis. 10. At Boy Scout summer camp, June 1976 ---
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To move this along, I’ll mention another early night away from home for me. First place you slept overnight without a parent/guardian present. 1. Kendrick’s boarding house, Baton Rouge 2. Men’s Residence Center, Indiana University, Bloomington 3. A long-forgotten dorm at Columbia College, during orientation week 4. Bouton Hall, SUNY New Paltz, Orientation week, July 1976 5. My best friend’s house 6. My best friend John Smith’s house 7. My home (alone) sometime in (early) High School 8. YMCA camp (Mystic Lake, MI), the summer after fifth (I think) grade. 9. On a Continental Trailways bus, heading south out of Memphis. 10. At Boy Scout summer camp, June 1976 11. Gold Rush Days (school event) camping, 1974 ---
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First place you slept overnight without a parent/guardian present. 1. Kendrick’s boarding house, Baton Rouge 2. Men’s Residence Center, Indiana University, Bloomington 3. A long-forgotten dorm at Columbia College, during orientation week 4. Bouton Hall, SUNY New Paltz, Orientation week, July 1976 5. My best friend’s house 6. My best friend John Smith’s house 7. My home (alone) sometime in (early) High School 8. YMCA camp (Mystic Lake, MI), the summer after fifth (I think) grade. 9. On a Continental Trailways bus, heading south out of Memphis. 10. At Boy Scout summer camp, June 1976 11. Gold Rush Days (school event) camping, 1974 12. Fifth grade overnight (one-nighter) science camp, 1970 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1585) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1587)