# 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\
**Page:** 1805

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**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:** [July 17, 2015, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36084 "2015-07-17T15:23:06Z")

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The first thing you think of when someone says “the 70s”

1. Watergate
2. Disco music
3. OPEC
4. KISS
5. Tacky clothes
6. Richard Nixon
7. Elton John
8. Muscle cars
9. Big cheesy mustaches

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36085 "2015-07-17T15:55:51Z")

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The first thing you think of when someone says “the 70s”

1. Watergate
2. Disco music
3. OPEC
4. KISS
5. Tacky clothes
6. Richard Nixon
7. Elton John
8. Muscle cars
9. Big cheesy mustaches
10. Earth shoes

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36086 "2015-07-17T17:47:57Z")

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The first thing you think of when someone says “the 70s”

1. Watergate
2. Disco music
3. OPEC
4. KISS
5. Tacky clothes
6. Richard Nixon
7. Elton John
8. Muscle cars
9. Big cheesy mustaches
10. Earth shoes
11. The Bicentennial

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36087 "2015-07-17T17:50:40Z")

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The first thing you think of when someone says “the 70s”

1. Watergate
2. Disco music
3. OPEC
4. KISS
5. Tacky clothes
6. Richard Nixon
7. Elton John
8. Muscle cars
9. Big cheesy mustaches
10. Earth shoes
11. The Bicentennial
12. The Last Whole Earth Catalog

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36088 "2015-07-17T17:56:25Z")

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The first thing you think of when someone says “the 70s”

1. Watergate
2. Disco music
3. OPEC
4. KISS
5. Tacky clothes
6. Richard Nixon
7. Elton John
8. Muscle cars
9. Big cheesy mustaches
10. Earth shoes
11. The Bicentennial
12. The Last Whole Earth Catalog
13. Burt Reynolds

Next up:

Songs You Think of When You Remember High School

1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun

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**Author:** ![Nelson\_Pike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Nelson\_Pike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nelson_Pike)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36089 "2015-07-17T18:26:03Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Songs You Think of When You Remember High School

1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
2. A Place in the Sun

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**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:** [July 17, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36090 "2015-07-17T19:01:31Z")

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Songs You Think of When You Remember High School

1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
2. A Place in the Sun
3. Blister in the Sun

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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:** [July 17, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36091 "2015-07-17T19:03:44Z")

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Songs You Think of When You Remember High School

1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
2. A Place in the Sun
3. Blister in the Sun
4. He Ain’t Heavy (He’s My Brother)

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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:** [July 17, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36092 "2015-07-17T19:15:37Z")

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Songs You Think of When You Remember High School

1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
2. A Place in the Sun
3. Blister in the Sun
4. He Ain’t Heavy (He’s My Brother)
5. Philadelphia Freedom

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36093 "2015-07-17T19:17:54Z")

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Songs You Think of When You Remember High School

1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
2. A Place in the Sun
3. Blister in the Sun
4. He Ain’t Heavy (He’s My Brother)
5. Philadelphia Freedom
6. Stairway to Heaven (not my favorite song from my high school days, just the one I heard the most times in high school)

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**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:** [July 17, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36094 "2015-07-17T21:51:56Z")

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Songs You Think of When You Remember High School

1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
2. A Place in the Sun
3. Blister in the Sun
4. He Ain’t Heavy (He’s My Brother)
5. Philadelphia Freedom
6. Stairway to Heaven
7. Pac-Man Fever

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36095 "2015-07-18T00:22:44Z")

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Songs You Think of When You Remember High School

1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
2. A Place in the Sun
3. Blister in the Sun
4. He Ain’t Heavy (He’s My Brother)
5. Philadelphia Freedom
6. Stairway to Heaven
7. Pac-Man Fever
8. Karma Chameleon

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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:** [July 18, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36096 "2015-07-18T02:50:16Z")

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Songs You Think of When You Remember High School

1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
2. A Place in the Sun
3. Blister in the Sun
4. He Ain’t Heavy (He’s My Brother)
5. Philadelphia Freedom
6. Stairway to Heaven
7. Pac-Man Fever
8. Karma Chameleon
9. In A Gadda Da Vida

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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:** [July 18, 2015, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36097 "2015-07-18T03:48:50Z")

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Songs You Think of When You Remember High School

1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
2. A Place in the Sun
3. Blister in the Sun
4. He Ain’t Heavy (He’s My Brother)
5. Philadelphia Freedom
6. Stairway to Heaven
7. Pac-Man Fever
8. Karma Chameleon
9. In A Gadda Da Vida
10. Summer Nights

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**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:** [July 18, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36098 "2015-07-18T03:58:52Z")

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Songs You Think of When You Remember High School

1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
2. A Place in the Sun
3. Blister in the Sun
4. He Ain’t Heavy (He’s My Brother)
5. Philadelphia Freedom
6. Stairway to Heaven
7. Pac-Man Fever
8. Karma Chameleon
9. In A Gadda Da Vida
10. Summer Nights
11. Physical

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**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:** [July 18, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36099 "2015-07-18T03:59:50Z")

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Songs You Think of When You Remember High School

1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
2. A Place in the Sun
3. Blister in the Sun
4. He Ain’t Heavy (He’s My Brother)
5. Philadelphia Freedom
6. Stairway to Heaven
7. Pac-Man Fever
8. Karma Chameleon
9. In A Gadda Da Vida
10. Summer Nights
11. Let the Good Times Roll - The Cars

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36100 "2015-07-18T04:10:57Z")

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Songs You Think of When You Remember High School

1. Girls Just Want To Have Fun
2. A Place in the Sun
3. Blister in the Sun
4. He Ain’t Heavy (He’s My Brother)
5. Philadelphia Freedom
6. Stairway to Heaven
7. Pac-Man Fever
8. Karma Chameleon
9. In A Gadda Da Vida
10. Summer Nights
11. Let the Good Times Roll - The Cars[
12. Swinging- John Anderson  
An awful horrible song but it was everywhere.

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**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:** [July 18, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36101 "2015-07-18T04:14:44Z")

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**Sampiro** , you actually have #13, because **Leaffan** and I simulposted.

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36102 "2015-07-18T05:29:22Z")

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> [@Infovore](#):
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> **Sampiro** , you actually have #13, because **Leaffan** and I simulposted.

Ah…

I started it, so pass.

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**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:** [July 18, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36103 "2015-07-18T05:30:23Z")

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Okay, I’ll go:

Songs You Think of When You Remember College (or your college-age years)

1. Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)

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