# 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:** 1856
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37104 "2015-08-18T21:00:23Z")
Kids Today Don’t Believe Me When I Tell Them… 1. “Gas stations used to give us free stuff (plates, glasses, etc.) for filling up!” 2. I used to be able to sneak peeks at Playboy on the magazine rack at the grocery store. 3. MTV used to play music videos. And not much else. 4. You couldn’t record TV shows when I was a kid. 5. Toilet paper used to come in several colors including blue and pink. 6. “A lot of the NFL’s best receivers used to be white.” ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37105 "2015-08-18T21:02:41Z")
Kids Today Don’t Believe Me When I Tell Them… 1. “Gas stations used to give us free stuff (plates, glasses, etc.) for filling up!” 2. I used to be able to sneak peeks at Playboy on the magazine rack at the grocery store. 3. MTV used to play music videos. And not much else. 4. You couldn’t record TV shows when I was a kid. 5. Toilet paper used to come in several colors including blue and pink. 6. “A lot of the NFL’s best receivers used to be white.” 7. One phone line, for everybody. And the phone was attached to the wall with a cord. ---
**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 18, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37106 "2015-08-18T21:24:16Z")
Kids Today Don’t Believe Me When I Tell Them… 1. “Gas stations used to give us free stuff (plates, glasses, etc.) for filling up!” 2. I used to be able to sneak peeks at Playboy on the magazine rack at the grocery store. 3. MTV used to play music videos. And not much else. 4. You couldn’t record TV shows when I was a kid. 5. Toilet paper used to come in several colors including blue and pink. 6. “A lot of the NFL’s best receivers used to be white.” 7. One phone line, for everybody. And the phone was attached to the wall with a cord. 8. Comic books cost a dime, and you could get 2-for-a-penny candy. ---
**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 18, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37107 "2015-08-18T21:44:31Z")
Kids Today Don’t Believe Me When I Tell Them… 1. “Gas stations used to give us free stuff (plates, glasses, etc.) for filling up!” 2. I used to be able to sneak peeks at Playboy on the magazine rack at the grocery store. 3. MTV used to play music videos. And not much else. 4. You couldn’t record TV shows when I was a kid. 5. Toilet paper used to come in several colors including blue and pink. 6. “A lot of the NFL’s best receivers used to be white.” 7. One phone line, for everybody. And the phone was attached to the wall with a cord. 8. Comic books cost a dime, and you could get 2-for-a-penny candy. 9. Milk used to be delivered to your door. IN GLASS BOTTLES! ---
**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 18, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37108 "2015-08-18T22:32:46Z")
Kids Today Don’t Believe Me When I Tell Them… 1. “Gas stations used to give us free stuff (plates, glasses, etc.) for filling up!” 2. I used to be able to sneak peeks at Playboy on the magazine rack at the grocery store. 3. MTV used to play music videos. And not much else. 4. You couldn’t record TV shows when I was a kid. 5. Toilet paper used to come in several colors including blue and pink. 6. “A lot of the NFL’s best receivers used to be white.” 7. One phone line, for everybody. And the phone was attached to the wall with a cord. 8. Comic books cost a dime, and you could get 2-for-a-penny candy. 9. Milk used to be delivered to your door. IN GLASS BOTTLES! 10. It used to be normal for a person to be unreachable by telephone for hours at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37109 "2015-08-18T23:04:23Z")
Kids Today Don’t Believe Me When I Tell Them… 1. “Gas stations used to give us free stuff (plates, glasses, etc.) for filling up!” 2. I used to be able to sneak peeks at Playboy on the magazine rack at the grocery store. 3. MTV used to play music videos. And not much else. 4. You couldn’t record TV shows when I was a kid. 5. Toilet paper used to come in several colors including blue and pink. 6. “A lot of the NFL’s best receivers used to be white.” 7. One phone line, for everybody. And the phone was attached to the wall with a cord. 8. Comic books cost a dime, and you could get 2-for-a-penny candy. 9. Milk used to be delivered to your door. IN GLASS BOTTLES! 10. It used to be normal for a person to be unreachable by telephone for hours at a time. 11. To change the TV channel, we used to have to get up, walk to the TV set, and turn the dial. (And then mess with the rabbit ears and vertical hold until it looked okay.) ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37110 "2015-08-18T23:13:43Z")
Kids Today Don’t Believe Me When I Tell Them… 1. “Gas stations used to give us free stuff (plates, glasses, etc.) for filling up!” 2. I used to be able to sneak peeks at Playboy on the magazine rack at the grocery store. 3. MTV used to play music videos. And not much else. 4. You couldn’t record TV shows when I was a kid. 5. Toilet paper used to come in several colors including blue and pink. 6. “A lot of the NFL’s best receivers used to be white.” 7. One phone line, for everybody. And the phone was attached to the wall with a cord. 8. Comic books cost a dime, and you could get 2-for-a-penny candy. 9. Milk used to be delivered to your door. IN GLASS BOTTLES! 10. It used to be normal for a person to be unreachable by telephone for hours at a time. 11. To change the TV channel, we used to have to get up, walk to the TV set, and turn the dial. (And then mess with the rabbit ears and vertical hold until it looked okay.) 12. To send a letter (pre-cursor to email) to someone far away, one would have to write it on a piece of paper with a pen and put it in a paper envelope on which was written the home address of the person one was sending to. One would then buy another piece of paper, called a stamp, from a shop and affix it to the envelope, which one would then place in a metal box. Several days later, the letter would arrive in the vicinity of where one wanted it to go, usually to a neighbor of the intended recipient. ---
**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 19, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37111 "2015-08-19T01:36:48Z")
Kids Today Don’t Believe Me When I Tell Them… 1. “Gas stations used to give us free stuff (plates, glasses, etc.) for filling up!” 2. I used to be able to sneak peeks at Playboy on the magazine rack at the grocery store. 3. MTV used to play music videos. And not much else. 4. You couldn’t record TV shows when I was a kid. 5. Toilet paper used to come in several colors including blue and pink. 6. “A lot of the NFL’s best receivers used to be white.” 7. One phone line, for everybody. And the phone was attached to the wall with a cord. 8. Comic books cost a dime, and you could get 2-for-a-penny candy. 9. Milk used to be delivered to your door. IN GLASS BOTTLES! 10. It used to be normal for a person to be unreachable by telephone for hours at a time. 11. To change the TV channel, we used to have to get up, walk to the TV set, and turn the dial. (And then mess with the rabbit ears and vertical hold until it looked okay.) 12. To send a letter (pre-cursor to email) to someone far away, one would have to write it on a piece of paper with a pen and put it in a paper envelope on which was written the home address of the person one was sending to. One would then buy another piece of paper, called a stamp, from a shop and affix it to the envelope, which one would then place in a metal box. Several days later, the letter would arrive in the vicinity of where one wanted it to go, usually to a neighbor of the intended recipient. 13. Everyone knew we would never have a black President. Duh. Next category: Worse than the Edsel: car model epic failures 1. Chevy '83 Combustomatic II ---
**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 19, 2015, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37112 "2015-08-19T03:03:00Z")
Worse than the Edsel: car model epic failures 1. Chevy '83 Combustomatic II 2. The '79 Ford Quint, the five-wheeled sedan ---
**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 19, 2015, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37113 "2015-08-19T12:32:46Z")
Worse than the Edsel: car model epic failures 1. Chevy '83 Combustomatic II 2. The '79 Ford Quint, the five-wheeled sedan 3. Olds '34 Icarus: it crashed and burned ---
**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 19, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37114 "2015-08-19T13:17:46Z")
Worse than the Edsel: car model epic failures 1. Chevy '83 Combustomatic II 2. The '79 Ford Quint, the five-wheeled sedan 3. Olds '34 Icarus: it crashed and burned 4. '60 Chevy Corvair: Ralph Nader’s nemesis ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37115 "2015-08-19T13:18:03Z")
Kids Today Don’t Believe Me When I Tell Them… 1. “Gas stations used to give us free stuff (plates, glasses, etc.) for filling up!” 2. I used to be able to sneak peeks at Playboy on the magazine rack at the grocery store. 3. MTV used to play music videos. And not much else. 4. You couldn’t record TV shows when I was a kid. 5. Toilet paper used to come in several colors including blue and pink. 6. “A lot of the NFL’s best receivers used to be white.” 7. One phone line, for everybody. And the phone was attached to the wall with a cord. 8. You actually had to walk up to the TV to turn it on/off, change channels, or adjust the volume. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37116 "2015-08-19T18:16:26Z")
Kids Today Don’t Believe Me When I Tell Them… 1. “Gas stations used to give us free stuff (plates, glasses, etc.) for filling up!” 2. I used to be able to sneak peeks at Playboy on the magazine rack at the grocery store. 3. MTV used to play music videos. And not much else. 4. You couldn’t record TV shows when I was a kid. 5. Toilet paper used to come in several colors including blue and pink. 6. “A lot of the NFL’s best receivers used to be white.” 7. One phone line, for everybody. And the phone was attached to the wall with a cord. 8. You actually had to walk up to the TV to turn it on/off, change channels, or adjust the volume. 9 “My friends and I played in the street and came home when it got dark. Our Moms didn’t know or particularly care where we were.” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37117 "2015-08-19T18:29:20Z")
We already finished the “what we tell kids” topic. Scroll up. You’ll see. We’re on this one now: Worse than the Edsel: car model epic failures 1. Chevy '83 Combustomatic II 2. The '79 Ford Quint, the five-wheeled sedan 3. Olds '34 Icarus: it crashed and burned 4. '60 Chevy Corvair: Ralph Nader’s nemesis ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37118 "2015-08-19T18:36:59Z")
Worse than the Edsel: car model epic failures 1. Chevy '83 Combustomatic II 2. The '79 Ford Quint, the five-wheeled sedan 3. Olds '34 Icarus: it crashed and burned 4. '60 Chevy Corvair: Ralph Nader’s nemesis 5. The AMC Pacer: ugly as sin and handled worse than a tank ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37119 "2015-08-19T18:49:51Z")
Worse than the Edsel: car model epic failures 1. Chevy '83 Combustomatic II 2. The '79 Ford Quint, the five-wheeled sedan 3. Olds '34 Icarus: it crashed and burned 4. '60 Chevy Corvair: Ralph Nader’s nemesis 5. The AMC Pacer: ugly as sin and handled worse than a tank 6. The Pontiac Aztek [How It Happened](http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a6357/bob-lutz-tells-the-inside-story-of-the-pontiac-aztek-debacle/) Also… it’s [Walter White’s ride](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/09/23/article-2429679-182E17A100000578-997_634x303.jpg)! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37120 "2015-08-19T18:55:31Z")
Worse than the Edsel: car model epic failures 1. Chevy '83 Combustomatic II 2. The '79 Ford Quint, the five-wheeled sedan 3. Olds '34 Icarus: it crashed and burned 4. '60 Chevy Corvair: Ralph Nader’s nemesis 5. The AMC Pacer: ugly as sin and handled worse than a tank 6. The Pontiac Aztek 7. Ford Pinto (ka-BOOOM!!!) ---
**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 19, 2015, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37121 "2015-08-19T19:02:16Z")
Worse than the Edsel: car model epic failures 1. Chevy '83 Combustomatic II 2. The '79 Ford Quint, the five-wheeled sedan 3. Olds '34 Icarus: it crashed and burned 4. '60 Chevy Corvair: Ralph Nader’s nemesis 5. The AMC Pacer: ugly as sin and handled worse than a tank 6. The Pontiac Aztek 7. Ford Pinto (ka-BOOOM!!!) 8. Pontiac Fiero AKA the Accident Waiting to Happen ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37122 "2015-08-19T21:06:50Z")
Worse than the Edsel: car model epic failures 1. Chevy '83 Combustomatic II 2. The '79 Ford Quint, the five-wheeled sedan 3. Olds '34 Icarus: it crashed and burned 4. '60 Chevy Corvair: Ralph Nader’s nemesis 5. The AMC Pacer: ugly as sin and handled worse than a tank 6. The Pontiac Aztek 7. Ford Pinto (ka-BOOOM!!!) 8. Pontiac Fiero 9. Suzuki X-90 ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37123 "2015-08-19T21:50:41Z")
1. Chevy '83 Combustomatic II 2. The '79 Ford Quint, the five-wheeled sedan 3. Olds '34 Icarus: it crashed and burned 4. '60 Chevy Corvair: Ralph Nader’s nemesis 5. The AMC Pacer: ugly as sin and handled worse than a tank 6. The Pontiac Aztek 7. Ford Pinto (ka-BOOOM!!!) 8. Pontiac Fiero 9. Suzuki X-90 10. [Trabant](http://driving.ca/volkswagen/beetle/auto-news/news/east-germanys-trabant-crummy-car-and-a-cherished-icon)- it’s toxic when it burns, it’s toxic when it doesn’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1855) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1857)