# 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:** 1827
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36524 "2015-08-03T17:59:34Z")
Songs about rain: It Can’t Rain All the Time, Jane Siberry Blame it on the Rain, Milli Vanilli Rain, the Beatles ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36525 "2015-08-03T18:04:26Z")
Songs about rain: 1. It Can’t Rain All the Time, Jane Siberry 2. Blame it on the Rain, Milli Vanilli 3. Rain, the Beatles 4. Singin’ in the Rain, Gene Kelly (1952) The classic ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36526 "2015-08-03T18:14:39Z")
Songs about rain: 1. It Can’t Rain All the Time, Jane Siberry 2. Blame it on the Rain, Milli Vanilli 3. Rain, the Beatles 4. Singin’ in the Rain, Gene Kelly (1952) 5. One Hundred Percent Chance of Rain, Gary Morris ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36527 "2015-08-03T18:28:01Z")
Songs about rain: 1. It Can’t Rain All the Time, Jane Siberry 2. Blame it on the Rain, Milli Vanilli 3. Rain, the Beatles 4. Singin’ in the Rain, Gene Kelly (1952) 5. One Hundred Percent Chance of Rain, Gary Morris 6. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on my Head, BJ Thomas ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36528 "2015-08-03T19:09:32Z")
Songs about rain: 1. It Can’t Rain All the Time, Jane Siberry 2. Blame it on the Rain, Milli Vanilli 3. Rain, the Beatles 4. Singin’ in the Rain, Gene Kelly (1952) 5. One Hundred Percent Chance of Rain, Gary Morris 6. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on my Head, BJ Thomas 7. Here Comes The Rain Again, Eurythmics ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36529 "2015-08-03T19:10:46Z")
Songs about rain: 1. It Can’t Rain All the Time, Jane Siberry 2. Blame it on the Rain, Milli Vanilli 3. Rain, the Beatles 4. Singin’ in the Rain, Gene Kelly (1952) 5. One Hundred Percent Chance of Rain, Gary Morris 6. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on my Head, BJ Thomas 7. Here Comes The Rain Again, Eurythmics 8. It’s Raining Men, The Weather Girls ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36530 "2015-08-03T19:13:29Z")
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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:** [August 3, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36531 "2015-08-03T19:15:42Z")
Songs about rain: 1. It Can’t Rain All the Time, Jane Siberry 2. Blame it on the Rain, Milli Vanilli 3. Rain, the Beatles 4. Singin’ in the Rain, Gene Kelly (1952) 5. One Hundred Percent Chance of Rain, Gary Morris 6. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on my Head, BJ Thomas 7. Here Comes The Rain Again, Eurythmics 8. It’s Raining Men, The Weather Girls 9. I Love a Rainy Night, Eddie Rabbitt ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36532 "2015-08-03T19:16:44Z")
Songs about rain: 1. It Can’t Rain All the Time, Jane Siberry 2. Blame it on the Rain, Milli Vanilli 3. Rain, the Beatles 4. Singin’ in the Rain, Gene Kelly (1952) 5. One Hundred Percent Chance of Rain, Gary Morris 6. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on my Head, BJ Thomas 7. Here Comes The Rain Again, Eurythmics 8. It’s Raining Men, The Weather Girls 9. I Love a Rainy Night, Eddie Rabbitt 10. Who’ll Stop the Rain, Creedence Clearwater Revival ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36533 "2015-08-03T19:17:37Z")
A quick interruption to post a link to an index, a table of contents if you will, for the first 19,502 posts in this game - roughly half of the 36,526 posts so far. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18570975#post18570975](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18570975#post18570975) ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36534 "2015-08-03T19:18:46Z")
Songs about rain: 1. It Can’t Rain All the Time, Jane Siberry 2. Blame it on the Rain, Milli Vanilli 3. Rain, the Beatles 4. Singin’ in the Rain, Gene Kelly (1952) 5. One Hundred Percent Chance of Rain, Gary Morris 6. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on my Head, BJ Thomas 7. Here Comes The Rain Again, Eurythmics 8. It’s Raining Men, The Weather Girls 9. I Love a Rainy Night, Eddie Rabbitt 10. Who’ll Stop the Rain, Creedence Clearwater Revival 11. It’s Raining Again, Supertramp ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36535 "2015-08-03T19:27:07Z")
Songs about rain: 1. It Can’t Rain All the Time, Jane Siberry 2. Blame it on the Rain, Milli Vanilli 3. Rain, the Beatles 4. Singin’ in the Rain, Gene Kelly (1952) 5. One Hundred Percent Chance of Rain, Gary Morris 6. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on my Head, BJ Thomas 7. Here Comes The Rain Again, Eurythmics 8. It’s Raining Men, The Weather Girls 9. I Love a Rainy Night, Eddie Rabbitt 10. Who’ll Stop the Rain, Creedence Clearwater Revival 11. It’s Raining Again, Supertramp 12. Wicked Rain, Los Lobos ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36536 "2015-08-03T19:29:39Z")
Songs about rain: 1. It Can’t Rain All the Time, Jane Siberry 2. Blame it on the Rain, Milli Vanilli 3. Rain, the Beatles 4. Singin’ in the Rain, Gene Kelly (1952) 5. One Hundred Percent Chance of Rain, Gary Morris 6. Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on my Head, BJ Thomas 7. Here Comes The Rain Again, Eurythmics 8. It’s Raining Men, The Weather Girls 9. I Love a Rainy Night, Eddie Rabbitt 10. Who’ll Stop the Rain, Creedence Clearwater Revival 11. It’s Raining Again, Supertramp 12. Wicked Rain, Los Lobos 13. Fire and Rain, James Taylor Pass ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36537 "2015-08-03T19:32:47Z")
Next: A favorite relative, and a reason/memory for why 1. My Uncle Rogel (Roger): he’d play chess and table tennis with us kids for seemingly hours on end ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36538 "2015-08-03T20:35:07Z")
A favorite relative, and a reason/memory for why 1. My Uncle Rogel (Roger): he’d play chess and table tennis with us kids for seemingly hours on end 2. My Aunt Anne, who was both a Catholic nun and a medical researcher. She gave me one of her used microscopes for Christmas when I was a kid. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36539 "2015-08-03T20:37:57Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > A quick interruption to post a link to an index, a table of contents if you will, for the first 19,502 posts in this game - roughly half of the 36,526 posts so far. > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18570975#post18570975](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18570975#post18570975) Impressive work - many thanks! A favorite relative, and a reason/memory for why 1. My Uncle Rogel (Roger): he’d play chess and table tennis with us kids for seemingly hours on end 2. My Aunt Anne, who was both a Catholic nun and a medical researcher. She gave me one of her used microscopes for Christmas when I was a kid. 3. My fifth cousin Lis, a cute, freckled, friendly California girl who I had a huge crush on as a kid and with whom I later went to college. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36540 "2015-08-03T21:04:31Z")
A favorite relative, and a reason/memory for why 1. My Uncle Rogel (Roger): he’d play chess and table tennis with us kids for seemingly hours on end 2. My Aunt Anne, who was both a Catholic nun and a medical researcher. She gave me one of her used microscopes for Christmas when I was a kid. 3. My fifth cousin Lis, a cute, freckled, friendly California girl who I had a huge crush on as a kid and with whom I later went to college. 4. My cousin Linda, a former hippie (except for the drugs) 18 years my senior. Very much a free spirit in a rigid Southern family and a talented artist (though she has- to everybody’s frustration- never attempted to sell her art) whose artworks are some of my favorite possessions. ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36541 "2015-08-03T21:16:30Z")
A favorite relative, and a reason/memory for why 1. My Uncle Rogel (Roger): he’d play chess and table tennis with us kids for seemingly hours on end 2. My Aunt Anne, who was both a Catholic nun and a medical researcher. She gave me one of her used microscopes for Christmas when I was a kid. 3. My fifth cousin Lis, a cute, freckled, friendly California girl who I had a huge crush on as a kid and with whom I later went to college. 4. My cousin Linda, a former hippie (except for the drugs) 18 years my senior. Very much a free spirit in a rigid Southern family and a talented artist (though she has- to everybody’s frustration- never attempted to sell her art) whose artworks are some of my favorite possessions. 5. My maternal grandmother, who spoiled me rotten, and taught me to play blackjack and swear in Polish ---
**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:** [August 3, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36542 "2015-08-03T22:21:18Z")
A favorite relative, and a reason/memory for why 1. My Uncle Rogel (Roger): he’d play chess and table tennis with us kids for seemingly hours on end 2. My Aunt Anne, who was both a Catholic nun and a medical researcher. She gave me one of her used microscopes for Christmas when I was a kid. 3. My fifth cousin Lis, a cute, freckled, friendly California girl who I had a huge crush on as a kid and with whom I later went to college. 4. My cousin Linda, a former hippie (except for the drugs) 18 years my senior. Very much a free spirit in a rigid Southern family and a talented artist (though she has- to everybody’s frustration- never attempted to sell her art) whose artworks are some of my favorite possessions. 5. My maternal grandmother, who spoiled me rotten, and taught me to play blackjack and swear in Polish 6. My Uncle Frank, who could crack me up with his stories, shared his Pogo books with me, and who served in WWII in Rome. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36543 "2015-08-04T02:37:58Z")
A favorite relative, and a reason/memory for why 1. My Uncle Rogel (Roger): he’d play chess and table tennis with us kids for seemingly hours on end 2. My Aunt Anne, who was both a Catholic nun and a medical researcher. She gave me one of her used microscopes for Christmas when I was a kid. 3. My fifth cousin Lis, a cute, freckled, friendly California girl who I had a huge crush on as a kid and with whom I later went to college. 4. My cousin Linda, a former hippie (except for the drugs) 18 years my senior. Very much a free spirit in a rigid Southern family and a talented artist (though she has- to everybody’s frustration- never attempted to sell her art) whose artworks are some of my favorite possessions. 5. My maternal grandmother, who spoiled me rotten, and taught me to play blackjack and swear in Polish 6. My Uncle Frank, who could crack me up with his stories, shared his Pogo books with me, and who served in WWII in Rome. 7. My Uncle Jim, who is quiet, always bemused by all the family madness around him, and has the most impressive set of bushy, bristly eyebrows I’ve ever seen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1826) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1828)