# 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:** 1859
**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 21, 2015, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37164 "2015-08-21T18:20:39Z")
First election in which you voted, and for whom 1. Ohio Democratic primary, Gary Hart, 1984 2. Local election in my home town, 1977; my dad. 3. Presidential election of 1972, George McGovern ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37165 "2015-08-21T18:48:33Z")
First election in which you voted, and for whom 1. Ohio Democratic primary, Gary Hart, 1984 2. Local election in my home town, 1977; my dad. 3. Presidential election of 1972, George McGovern 4. 1979- no major offices on the ballot in New York that year; my first vote was for local assemblywoman Rosemary Gunning ---
**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 21, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37166 "2015-08-21T19:29:00Z")
1. Ohio Democratic primary, Gary Hart, 1984 2. Local election in my home town, 1977; my dad. 3. Presidential election of 1972, George McGovern 4. 1979- no major offices on the ballot in New York that year; my first vote was for local assemblywoman Rosemary Gunning 5. 1992 Presidential election, George Bush (Sorry. I was thinking of voting for Pat Paulsen) ---
**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 21, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37167 "2015-08-21T19:43:08Z")
1. Ohio Democratic primary, Gary Hart, 1984 2. Local election in my home town, 1977; my dad. 3. Presidential election of 1972, George McGovern 4. 1979- no major offices on the ballot in New York that year; my first vote was for local assemblywoman Rosemary Gunning 5. 1992 Presidential election, George Bush (Sorry. I was thinking of voting for Pat Paulsen) 6. 1980 Presidential election, John Anderson ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37168 "2015-08-21T21:13:57Z")
First election in which you voted, and for whom 1. Ohio Democratic primary, Gary Hart, 1984 2. Local election in my home town, 1977; my dad. 3. Presidential election of 1972, George McGovern 4. 1979- no major offices on the ballot in New York that year; my first vote was for local assemblywoman Rosemary Gunning 5. 1992 Presidential election, George Bush (Sorry. I was thinking of voting for Pat Paulsen) 6. 1980 Presidential election, John Anderson 7. 1988, Dukakis ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37169 "2015-08-21T23:09:27Z")
First election in which you voted, and for whom 1. Ohio Democratic primary, Gary Hart, 1984 2. Local election in my home town, 1977; my dad. 3. Presidential election of 1972, George McGovern 4. 1979- no major offices on the ballot in New York that year; my first vote was for local assemblywoman Rosemary Gunning 5. 1992 Presidential election, George Bush (Sorry. I was thinking of voting for Pat Paulsen) 6. 1980 Presidential election, John Anderson 7. 1988, Dukakis 8. 1972 - Nixon I guess Prof P’s vote and mine cancelled each other… ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37170 "2015-08-22T00:28:01Z")
First election in which you voted, and for whom 1. Ohio Democratic primary, Gary Hart, 1984 2. Local election in my home town, 1977; my dad. 3. Presidential election of 1972, George McGovern 4. 1979- no major offices on the ballot in New York that year; my first vote was for local assemblywoman Rosemary Gunning 5. 1992 Presidential election, George Bush (Sorry. I was thinking of voting for Pat Paulsen) 6. 1980 Presidential election, John Anderson 7. 1988, Dukakis 8. 1972 - Nixon 9. 1992 Presidential election, George Bush ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37171 "2015-08-24T22:28:23Z")
First election in which you voted, and for whom 1. Ohio Democratic primary, Gary Hart, 1984 2. Local election in my home town, 1977; my dad. 3. Presidential election of 1972, George McGovern 4. 1979- no major offices on the ballot in New York that year; my first vote was for local assemblywoman Rosemary Gunning 5. 1992 Presidential election, George Bush (Sorry. I was thinking of voting for Pat Paulsen) 6. 1980 Presidential election, John Anderson 7. 1988, Dukakis 8. 1972 - Nixon 9. 1992 Presidential election, George Bush 10. Oh, forgot… in 1975, voted for Rich Johnson for freshman student senator. (gotta finish this round up!) ---
**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 24, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37172 "2015-08-24T22:32:28Z")
First election in which you voted, and for whom 1. Ohio Democratic primary, Gary Hart, 1984 2. Local election in my home town, 1977; my dad. 3. Presidential election of 1972, George McGovern 4. 1979- no major offices on the ballot in New York that year; my first vote was for local assemblywoman Rosemary Gunning 5. 1992 Presidential election, George Bush (Sorry. I was thinking of voting for Pat Paulsen) 6. 1980 Presidential election, John Anderson 7. 1988, Dukakis 8. 1972 - Nixon 9. 1992 Presidential election, George Bush 10. Oh, forgot… in 1975, voted for Rich Johnson for freshman student senator. (gotta finish this round up!) 11. 1984, Reagan. ---
**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 25, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37173 "2015-08-25T01:08:51Z")
First election in which you voted, and for whom 1. Ohio Democratic primary, Gary Hart, 1984 2. Local election in my home town, 1977; my dad. 3. Presidential election of 1972, George McGovern 4. 1979- no major offices on the ballot in New York that year; my first vote was for local assemblywoman Rosemary Gunning 5. 1992 Presidential election, George Bush (Sorry. I was thinking of voting for Pat Paulsen) 6. 1980 Presidential election, John Anderson 7. 1988, Dukakis 8. 1972 - Nixon 9. 1992 Presidential election, George Bush 10. Oh, forgot… in 1975, voted for Rich Johnson for freshman student senator. (gotta finish this round up!) 11. 1984, Reagan. 12. 1992, Clinton ---
**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 25, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37174 "2015-08-25T02:03:50Z")
To bring this to a close with my first general election vote… First election in which you voted, and for whom 1. Ohio Democratic primary, Gary Hart, 1984 2. Local election in my home town, 1977; my dad. 3. Presidential election of 1972, George McGovern 4. 1979- no major offices on the ballot in New York that year; my first vote was for local assemblywoman Rosemary Gunning 5. 1992 Presidential election, George Bush (Sorry. I was thinking of voting for Pat Paulsen) 6. 1980 Presidential election, John Anderson 7. 1988, Dukakis 8. 1972 - Nixon 9. 1992 Presidential election, George Bush 10. Oh, forgot… in 1975, voted for Rich Johnson for freshman student senator. (gotta finish this round up!) 11. 1984, Reagan. 12. 1992, Clinton 13. November 1984, Walter Mondale Pass. ---
**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 25, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37175 "2015-08-25T02:48:02Z")
New: Songs with controversial lyrics 1. “Darling Nikki” by Prince (inspired Tipper Gore to form the PMRC) ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37176 "2015-08-25T04:16:06Z")
New: Songs with controversial lyrics 1. “Darling Nikki” by Prince (inspired Tipper Gore to form the PMRC) 2. “One in a Million” by Guns N’ Roses (racist and homophobic lyrics) ---
**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 25, 2015, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37177 "2015-08-25T11:57:34Z")
New: Songs with controversial lyrics 1. “Darling Nikki” by Prince (inspired Tipper Gore to form the PMRC) 2. “One in a Million” by Guns N’ Roses (racist and homophobic lyrics) 3. “I Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die Rag” by Country Joe & the Fish (anti-war) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37178 "2015-08-25T12:48:22Z")
New: Songs with controversial lyrics 1. “Darling Nikki” by Prince (inspired Tipper Gore to form the PMRC) 2. “One in a Million” by Guns N’ Roses (racist and homophobic lyrics) 3. “I Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die Rag” by Country Joe & the Fish (anti-war) 4. “Cop Killer” by Ice-T (title says all) ---
**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 25, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37179 "2015-08-25T12:52:20Z")
New: Songs with controversial lyrics 1. “Darling Nikki” by Prince (inspired Tipper Gore to form the PMRC) 2. “One in a Million” by Guns N’ Roses (racist and homophobic lyrics) 3. “I Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die Rag” by Country Joe & the Fish (anti-war) 4. “Cop Killer” by Ice-T (title says all) 5. “Lets Spend the Night Together” by the Rolling Stone Asked to change it to “Lets Spend Some Time Together” when they performed it on TV ---
**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 25, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37180 "2015-08-25T13:08:08Z")
1. “Darling Nikki” by Prince (inspired Tipper Gore to form the PMRC) 2. “One in a Million” by Guns N’ Roses (racist and homophobic lyrics) 3. “I Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die Rag” by Country Joe & the Fish (anti-war) 4. “Cop Killer” by Ice-T (title says all) 5. “Lets Spend the Night Together” by the Rolling Stone 6. “Suicide Solution” by Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne was taken to court by the parents of John McCollum, a depressed teenager who committed suicide while listening to the song. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37181 "2015-08-25T13:46:05Z")
New: Songs with controversial lyrics 1. “Darling Nikki” by Prince (inspired Tipper Gore to form the PMRC) 2. “One in a Million” by Guns N’ Roses (racist and homophobic lyrics) 3. “I Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die Rag” by Country Joe & the Fish (anti-war) 4. “Cop Killer” by Ice-T (title says all) 5. “Lets Spend the Night Together” by the Rolling Stone 6. “Suicide Solution” by Ozzy Osbourne 7. “Better By You, Better Than Me,” by Spooky Tooth, covered by Judas Priest Another PMRC-era gem, this is the one whose “backward masked” messages supposedly influenced two young men to commit suicide. ---
**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 25, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37182 "2015-08-25T14:18:17Z")
Songs with controversial lyrics 1. “Darling Nikki” by Prince (inspired Tipper Gore to form the PMRC) 2. “One in a Million” by Guns N’ Roses (racist and homophobic lyrics) 3. “I Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die Rag” by Country Joe & the Fish (anti-war) 4. “Cop Killer” by Ice-T (title says all) 5. “Lets Spend the Night Together” by the Rolling Stone 6. “Suicide Solution” by Ozzy Osbourne 7. “Better By You, Better Than Me,” by Spooky Tooth, covered by Judas Priest 8. “The Ballad of John and Yoko,” by the Beatles Banned by some radio stations for the line “Christ, you know it ain’t easy.” ---
**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 25, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37183 "2015-08-25T15:27:26Z")
Songs with controversial lyrics 1. “Darling Nikki” by Prince (inspired Tipper Gore to form the PMRC) 2. “One in a Million” by Guns N’ Roses (racist and homophobic lyrics) 3. “I Feel Like I’m Fixing To Die Rag” by Country Joe & the Fish (anti-war) 4. “Cop Killer” by Ice-T (title says all) 5. “Lets Spend the Night Together” by the Rolling Stone 6. “Suicide Solution” by Ozzy Osbourne 7. “Better By You, Better Than Me,” by Spooky Tooth, covered by Judas Priest 8. “The Ballad of John and Yoko,” by the Beatles 9. “Sympathy for the Devil,” by the Rolling Stones [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1858) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1860)