# 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:** 1878
**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:** [September 9, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37544 "2015-09-09T17:27:18Z")
Someone Who Dies in the Bible (And How) 1. Uzzah (Struck dead by God for touching the Ark of the Covenant) 2. Jesus (pretty self-explanatory) 3. Lot’s Wife (Not really named, get’s turned into a pillar of salt for looking back) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37545 "2015-09-09T17:30:22Z")
Someone Who Dies in the Bible (And How) 1. Uzzah (Struck dead by God for touching the Ark of the Covenant) 2. Jesus (pretty self-explanatory) 3. Lot’s Wife (Not really named, get’s turned into a pillar of salt for looking back) 4. Ananias and Sapphira (struck dead for holding out on the boss) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37546 "2015-09-09T17:41:54Z")
Someone Who Dies in the Bible (And How) 1. Uzzah (Struck dead by God for touching the Ark of the Covenant) 2. Jesus (pretty self-explanatory) 3. Lot’s Wife (Not really named, get’s turned into a pillar of salt for looking back) 4. Ananias and Sapphira (struck dead for holding out on the boss) 5. The fig tree (cursed by Jesus for failing to bloom) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37547 "2015-09-09T17:52:49Z")
Someone Who Dies in the Bible (And How) 1. Uzzah (Struck dead by God for touching the Ark of the Covenant) 2. Jesus (pretty self-explanatory) 3. Lot’s Wife (Not really named, get’s turned into a pillar of salt for looking back) 4. Ananias and Sapphira (struck dead for holding out on the boss) 5. Abel -(First human born to die/murdered by his older brother Cain) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37548 "2015-09-09T18:18:29Z")
1. Uzzah (Struck dead by God for touching the Ark of the Covenant) 2. Jesus (pretty self-explanatory) 3. Lot’s Wife (Not really named, get’s turned into a pillar of salt for looking back) 4. Ananias and Sapphira (struck dead for holding out on the boss) 5. Abel -(First human born to die/murdered by his older brother Cain) 6. Onan (Slain by God for not impregnating his dead brother’s wife) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37549 "2015-09-09T18:52:58Z")
Someone Who Dies in the Bible (And How) 1. Uzzah (Struck dead by God for touching the Ark of the Covenant) 2. Jesus (pretty self-explanatory) 3. Lot’s Wife (Not really named, get’s turned into a pillar of salt for looking back) 4. Ananias and Sapphira (struck dead for holding out on the boss) 5. Abel -(First human born to die/murdered by his older brother Cain) 6. Onan (Slain by God for not impregnating his dead brother’s wife) 7. Eutychus (he fell asleep during one of St. Paul’s boring sermons and fell out a window to his death) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37550 "2015-09-09T18:54:56Z")
Someone Who Dies in the Bible (And How) 1. Uzzah (Struck dead by God for touching the Ark of the Covenant) 2. Jesus (pretty self-explanatory) 3. Lot’s Wife (Not really named, get’s turned into a pillar of salt for looking back) 4. Ananias and Sapphira (struck dead for holding out on the boss) 5. Abel -(First human born to die/murdered by his older brother Cain) 6. Onan (Slain by God for not impregnating his dead brother’s wife) 7. Eutychus (he fell asleep during one of St. Paul’s boring sermons and fell out a window to his death) (I hate when that happens!) 8: Judas (either hanged himself, or fell on a rock and his bowels gushed out, depending on which story you believe.) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37551 "2015-09-09T18:55:12Z")
Someone Who Dies in the Bible (And How) 1. Uzzah (Struck dead by God for touching the Ark of the Covenant) 2. Jesus (pretty self-explanatory) 3. Lot’s Wife (Not really named, get’s turned into a pillar of salt for looking back) 4. Ananias and Sapphira (struck dead for holding out on the boss) 5. Abel -(First human born to die/murdered by his older brother Cain) 6. Onan (Slain by God for not impregnating his dead brother’s wife) 7. Eutychus (he fell asleep during one of St. Paul’s boring sermons and fell out a window to his death) 8: Judas (either hanged himself, or fell on a rock and his bowels gushed out, depending on which story you believe.) 8. John the Baptist (beheaded, with his head presented to Salome) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37552 "2015-09-09T19:18:45Z")
Someone Who Dies in the Bible (And How) 1. Uzzah (Struck dead by God for touching the Ark of the Covenant) 2. Jesus (pretty self-explanatory) 3. Lot’s Wife (Not really named, get’s turned into a pillar of salt for looking back) 4. Ananias and Sapphira (struck dead for holding out on the boss) 5. Abel -(First human born to die/murdered by his older brother Cain) 6. Onan (Slain by God for not impregnating his dead brother’s wife) 7. Eutychus (he fell asleep during one of St. Paul’s boring sermons and fell out a window to his death) 8: Judas (either hanged himself, or fell on a rock and his bowels gushed out, depending on which story you believe.) 8. John the Baptist (beheaded, with his head presented to Salome) 9. Methuselah (presumably drowned in the Great Flood, at the tender age of 969) …hey, what happened to my fig tree??? ---
**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:** [September 9, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37553 "2015-09-09T19:21:14Z")
Someone Who Dies in the Bible (And How) 1. Uzzah (Struck dead by God for touching the Ark of the Covenant) 2. Jesus (pretty self-explanatory) 3. Lot’s Wife (Not really named, get’s turned into a pillar of salt for looking back) 4. Ananias and Sapphira (struck dead for holding out on the boss) 5. Abel -(First human born to die/murdered by his older brother Cain) 6. Onan (Slain by God for not impregnating his dead brother’s wife) 7. Eutychus (he fell asleep during one of St. Paul’s boring sermons and fell out a window to his death) 8: Judas (either hanged himself, or fell on a rock and his bowels gushed out, depending on which story you believe.) 8. John the Baptist (beheaded, with his head presented to Salome) 9. Methuselah (presumably drowned in the Great Flood, at the tender age of 969) 10. Absalom (died by arrows or spears entering his body while, when riding away from a losing battle, his hair [and head] got stuck in some thorny branches) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37554 "2015-09-09T20:08:53Z")
Someone Who Dies in the Bible (And How) 1. Uzzah (Struck dead by God for touching the Ark of the Covenant) 2. Jesus (pretty self-explanatory) 3. Lot’s Wife (Not really named, get’s turned into a pillar of salt for looking back) 4. Ananias and Sapphira (struck dead for holding out on the boss) 5. Abel -(First human born to die/murdered by his older brother Cain) 6. Onan (Slain by God for not impregnating his dead brother’s wife) 7. Eutychus (he fell asleep during one of St. Paul’s boring sermons and fell out a window to his death) 8: Judas (either hanged himself, or fell on a rock and his bowels gushed out, depending on which story you believe.) 8. John the Baptist (beheaded, with his head presented to Salome) 9. Methuselah (presumably drowned in the Great Flood, at the tender age of 969) 10. Absalom (died by arrows or spears entering his body while, when riding away from a losing battle, his hair [and head] got stuck in some thorny branches) 11. Goliath (knocked unconscious with a stone from a sling, then beheaded) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37555 "2015-09-09T20:23:27Z")
Someone Who Dies in the Bible (And How) 1. Uzzah (Struck dead by God for touching the Ark of the Covenant) 2. Jesus (pretty self-explanatory) 3. Lot’s Wife (Not really named, get’s turned into a pillar of salt for looking back) 4. Ananias and Sapphira (struck dead for holding out on the boss) 5. Abel -(First human born to die/murdered by his older brother Cain) 6. Onan (Slain by God for not impregnating his dead brother’s wife) 7. Eutychus (he fell asleep during one of St. Paul’s boring sermons and fell out a window to his death) 8: Judas (either hanged himself, or fell on a rock and his bowels gushed out, depending on which story you believe.) 8. John the Baptist (beheaded, with his head presented to Salome) 9. Methuselah (presumably drowned in the Great Flood, at the tender age of 969) 10. Absalom (died by arrows or spears entering his body while, when riding away from a losing battle, his hair [and head] got stuck in some thorny branches) 11. Goliath (knocked unconscious with a stone from a sling, then beheaded) 12. Jacob (died at age 147 after either blessing or cursing, as appropriate, all 12 of his sons at his bedside) Next category: Songs which mention a public official, but not by personal name (and the lyric) 1. “Loves Me Like a Rock,” Paul Simon (“And if I was the President…”) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37556 "2015-09-09T20:25:52Z")
Songs which mention a public official, but not by personal name (and the lyric) 1. “Loves Me Like a Rock,” Paul Simon (“And if I was the President…”) 2. “I Shot The Sheriff”, Eric Clapton, et al. ("…but I did not shoot the Deputy") ---
**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:** [September 9, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37557 "2015-09-09T20:55:25Z")
Songs which mention a public official, but not by personal name (and the lyric) 1. “Loves Me Like a Rock,” Paul Simon (“And if I was the President…”) 2. “I Shot The Sheriff”, Eric Clapton, et al. ("…but I did not shoot the Deputy") 3. “Fortunate Son”, Credence Clearwater Revival (“It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no Senator’s son…”) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37558 "2015-09-09T21:32:16Z")
Songs which mention a public official, but not by personal name (and the lyric) 1. “Loves Me Like a Rock,” Paul Simon (“And if I was the President…”) 2. “I Shot The Sheriff”, Eric Clapton, et al. ("…but I did not shoot the Deputy") 3. “Fortunate Son”, Credence Clearwater Revival (“It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no Senator’s son…”) 4. “I Am The Walrus”, The Beatles (“Mister City Policeman sitting, pretty little policemen in a row…”) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37559 "2015-09-09T21:38:28Z")
Songs which mention a public official, but not by personal name (and the lyric) 1. “Loves Me Like a Rock,” Paul Simon (“And if I was the President…”) 2. “I Shot The Sheriff”, Eric Clapton, et al. ("…but I did not shoot the Deputy") 3. “Fortunate Son”, Credence Clearwater Revival (“It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no Senator’s son…”) 4. “I Am The Walrus”, The Beatles (“Mister City Policeman sitting, pretty little policemen in a row…”) 5. “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd (“In Birmingham, they love the Governor.”) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37560 "2015-09-09T21:39:44Z")
Songs which mention a public official, but not by personal name (and the lyric) 1. “Loves Me Like a Rock,” Paul Simon (“And if I was the President…”) 2. “I Shot The Sheriff”, Eric Clapton, et al. ("…but I did not shoot the Deputy") 3. “Fortunate Son”, Credence Clearwater Revival (“It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no Senator’s son…”) 4. “I Am The Walrus”, The Beatles (“Mister City Policeman sitting, pretty little policemen in a row…”) 5. “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd (“In Birmingham, they love the Governor.”) 6. “Tombstone Blues”, Bob Dylan (“A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits/At the head of the chamber of commerce”). ---
**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:** [September 9, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37561 "2015-09-09T21:44:26Z")
Songs which mention a public official, but not by personal name (and the lyric) 1. “Loves Me Like a Rock,” Paul Simon (“And if I was the President…”) 2. “I Shot The Sheriff”, Eric Clapton, et al. ("…but I did not shoot the Deputy") 3. “Fortunate Son”, Credence Clearwater Revival (“It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no Senator’s son…”) 4. “I Am The Walrus”, The Beatles (“Mister City Policeman sitting, pretty little policemen in a row…”) 5. “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd (“In Birmingham, they love the Governor.”) 6. “Tombstone Blues”, Bob Dylan (“A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits/At the head of the chamber of commerce”). 7. “The Clerks Of Oxenford”, Scottish folk song (“But they hadna been in Billsbury/A twallmonth and a day/Till the twa bonnie clerks of Oxenford/With the mayor’s twa daughters lay”) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2015, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37562 "2015-09-09T21:47:36Z")
[quote=“Walken\_After\_Midnight, post:37560, topic:549173”] Songs which mention a public official, but not by personal name (and the lyric) 1. “Loves Me Like a Rock,” Paul Simon (“And if I was the President…”) 2. “I Shot The Sheriff”, Eric Clapton, et al. ("…but I did not shoot the Deputy") 3. “Fortunate Son”, Credence Clearwater Revival (“It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no Senator’s son…”) 4. “I Am The Walrus”, The Beatles (“Mister City Policeman sitting, pretty little policemen in a row…”) 5. “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd (“In Birmingham, they love the Governor.”) 6. “Tombstone Blues”, Bob Dylan (“A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits/At the head of the chamber of commerce”). 7. “The Clerks Of Oxenford”, Scottish folk song (“But they hadna been in Billsbury/A twallmonth and a day/Till the twa bonnie clerks of Oxenford/With the mayor’s twa daughters lay”) 8. “Band on the Run”, Paul McCartney and Wings (And the county judge, who held a grudge, will search for ever more for the band on the run.") ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37563 "2015-09-10T04:48:13Z")
Songs which mention a public official, but not by personal name (and the lyric) 1. “Loves Me Like a Rock,” Paul Simon (“And if I was the President…”) 2. “I Shot The Sheriff”, Eric Clapton, et al. ("…but I did not shoot the Deputy") 3. “Fortunate Son”, Credence Clearwater Revival (“It ain’t me, it ain’t me, I ain’t no Senator’s son…”) 4. “I Am The Walrus”, The Beatles (“Mister City Policeman sitting, pretty little policemen in a row…”) 5. “Sweet Home Alabama” by Lynyrd Skynyrd (“In Birmingham, they love the Governor.”) 6. “Tombstone Blues”, Bob Dylan (“A bald wig for Jack the Ripper who sits/At the head of the chamber of commerce”). 7. “The Clerks Of Oxenford”, Scottish folk song (“But they hadna been in Billsbury/A twallmonth and a day/Till the twa bonnie clerks of Oxenford/With the mayor’s twa daughters lay”) 8. “Band on the Run”, Paul McCartney and Wings (And the county judge, who held a grudge, will search for ever more for the band on the run.") 9. “Purple Toupee”, They Might Be Giants (“I remember the book depository where they crowned the king of Cuba”) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1877) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1879)