# 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:** 1847
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36924 "2015-08-13T02:07:43Z")
Kids’ names you don’t hear much anymore 1. Ethel 2. Edith 3. Ulysses 4. Shecky 5. Grover 6. [Gary](http://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/boy/gary) ---
**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 13, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36925 "2015-08-13T02:25:29Z")
Kids’ names you don’t hear much anymore 1. Ethel 2. Edith 3. Ulysses 4. Shecky 5. Grover 6. Manfred 7. [Gary](http://www.babynamewizard.com/baby-name/boy/gary) 8. Adolf Took a big drop in the forties and never bounced back. ---
**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 13, 2015, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36926 "2015-08-13T02:28:36Z")
Kids’ names you don’t hear much anymore 1. Ethel 2. Edith 3. Ulysses 4. Shecky 5. Grover 6. Manfred 7. Gary 8. Adolf 9. Herman ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36927 "2015-08-13T03:16:41Z")
Kids’ names you don’t hear much anymore 1. Ethel 2. Edith 3. Ulysses 4. Shecky 5. Grover 6. Manfred 7. Gary 8. Adolf 9. Herman 10. Jethro ---
**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 13, 2015, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36928 "2015-08-13T03:18:22Z")
Kids’ names you don’t hear much anymore 1. Ethel 2. Edith 3. Ulysses 4. Shecky 5. Grover 6. Manfred 7. Gary 8. Adolf 9. Herman 10. Jethro 11. Adelbert ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36929 "2015-08-13T09:01:30Z")
Kids’ names you don’t hear much anymore 1. Ethel 2. Edith 3. Ulysses 4. Shecky 5. Grover 6. Manfred 7. Gary 8. Adolf 9. Herman 10. Jethro 11. Adelbert 12.Thelma ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36930 "2015-08-13T10:45:13Z")
Kids’ names you don’t hear much anymore 1. Ethel 2. Edith 3. Ulysses 4. Shecky 5. Grover 6. Manfred 7. Gary 8. Adolf 9. Herman 10. Jethro 11. Adelbert 12.Thelma 12. ALVIN!!! Songs with unintelligible lyrics 1. Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36931 "2015-08-13T10:46:34Z")
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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:** [August 13, 2015, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36932 "2015-08-13T10:49:01Z")
Songs with unintelligible lyrics 1. Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam 2. Close to the Edge (or almost any other song) by Yes ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36933 "2015-08-13T11:14:33Z")
Songs with unintelligible lyrics 1. Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam 2. Close to the Edge (or almost any other song) by Yes 3. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen ---
**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 13, 2015, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36934 "2015-08-13T11:17:58Z")
Songs with unintelligible lyrics 1. Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam 2. Close to the Edge (or almost any other song) by Yes 3. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen 4. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36935 "2015-08-13T11:23:42Z")
Songs with unintelligible lyrics 1. Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam 2. Close to the Edge (or almost any other song) by Yes 3. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen 4. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly 5. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36936 "2015-08-13T12:25:24Z")
Songs with unintelligible lyrics 1. Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam 2. Close to the Edge (or almost any other song) by Yes 3. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen 4. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly 5. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 6. Even Flow - Pearl Jam ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36937 "2015-08-13T12:30:23Z")
Songs with unintelligible lyrics 1. Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam 2. Close to the Edge (or almost any other song) by Yes 3. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen 4. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly 5. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 6. Even Flow - Pearl Jam 7. Informer - Snow ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36938 "2015-08-13T12:33:25Z")
Songs with unintelligible lyrics 1. Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam 2. Close to the Edge (or almost any other song) by Yes 3. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen 4. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly 5. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 6. Even Flow - Pearl Jam 7. Informer - Snow 8. Hammer Smashed Face - Cannibal Corpse ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36939 "2015-08-13T12:51:51Z")
Songs with unintelligible lyrics 1. Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam 2. Close to the Edge (or almost any other song) by Yes 3. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen 4. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly 5. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 6. Even Flow - Pearl Jam 7. Informer - Snow 8. Hammer Smashed Face - Cannibal Corpse 9. Army of Me - Bjork ---
**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 13, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36940 "2015-08-13T14:07:17Z")
Songs with unintelligible lyrics 1. Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam 2. Close to the Edge (or almost any other song) by Yes 3. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen 4. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly 5. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 6. Even Flow - Pearl Jam 7. Informer - Snow 8. Hammer Smashed Face - Cannibal Corpse 9. Army of Me - Bjork 10. Rocks Off - Rolling Stones Just about anything by the Stones, really ---
**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:** [August 13, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36941 "2015-08-13T14:08:37Z")
Songs with unintelligible lyrics 1. Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam 2. Close to the Edge (or almost any other song) by Yes 3. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen 4. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly 5. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 6. Even Flow - Pearl Jam 7. Informer - Snow 8. Hammer Smashed Face - Cannibal Corpse 9. Army of Me - Bjork 10.Immigrant Song–Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36942 "2015-08-13T14:14:10Z")
Songs with unintelligible lyrics 1. Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam 2. Close to the Edge (or almost any other song) by Yes 3. Louie Louie - The Kingsmen 4. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida - Iron Butterfly 5. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana 6. Even Flow - Pearl Jam 7. Informer - Snow 8. Hammer Smashed Face - Cannibal Corpse 9. Army of Me - Bjork 10. Rocks Off - Rolling Stones 11.Immigrant Song–Led Zeppelin 11. Rock the Casbah - The Clash ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36943 "2015-08-13T14:20:39Z")
I don’t see the problem with Immigrant Song and or In-A-Gadda… The lyrics are fairly clear, can someone explain? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1846) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1848)