# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 1910

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**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:** [October 1, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38184 "2015-10-01T03:24:45Z")

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[Blank] is the poor man’s [blank].

1. Trader Joe’s —\> Whole Foods
2. Red Lobster —\> Legal Seafoods
3. John Mellencamp —\> Bruce Springsteen
4. Cinemax --\> HBO
5. Hydrox --\> Oreo
6. Mello Yello --\> Mountain Dew
7. Walmart --\> Target
8. Kmart --\> Every other store on the face of the Earth
9. Whitesnake–\> Led Zeppelin
10. Mr. Pibb --\> Dr. Pepper

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38185 "2015-10-01T03:44:32Z")

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[Blank] is the poor man’s [blank].

1. Trader Joe’s —\> Whole Foods
2. Red Lobster —\> Legal Seafoods
3. John Mellencamp —\> Bruce Springsteen
4. Cinemax --\> HBO
5. Hydrox --\> Oreo
6. Mello Yello --\> Mountain Dew
7. Walmart --\> Target
8. Kmart --\> Every other store on the face of the Earth
9. Whitesnake–\> Led Zeppelin
10. Mr. Pibb --\> Dr. Pepper
11. Amazon Fire --\> iPad

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**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:** [October 1, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38186 "2015-10-01T03:49:27Z")

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[Blank] is the poor man’s [blank].

1. Trader Joe’s —\> Whole Foods
2. Red Lobster —\> Legal Seafoods
3. John Mellencamp —\> Bruce Springsteen
4. Cinemax --\> HBO
5. Hydrox --\> Oreo
6. Mello Yello --\> Mountain Dew
7. Walmart --\> Target
8. Kmart --\> Every other store on the face of the Earth
9. Whitesnake–\> Led Zeppelin
10. Mr. Pibb --\> Dr. Pepper
11. Amazon Fire --\> iPad
12. Budweiser --\> Heineken

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38187 "2015-10-01T04:01:42Z")

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[Blank] is the poor man’s [blank].

1. Trader Joe’s —\> Whole Foods
2. Red Lobster —\> Legal Seafoods
3. John Mellencamp —\> Bruce Springsteen
4. Cinemax --\> HBO
5. Hydrox --\> Oreo
6. Mello Yello --\> Mountain Dew
7. Walmart --\> Target
8. Kmart --\> Every other store on the face of the Earth
9. Whitesnake–\> Led Zeppelin
10. Mr. Pibb --\> Dr. Pepper
11. Amazon Fire --\> iPad
12. Budweiser --\> Heineken
13. Segrams --\> Canada Dry

Since I can’t think of a new category, I’ll go with the one **Leo Bloom** suggested, but didn’t get played.

Songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Lollipop - The Chordettes
2. Incense and Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38188 "2015-10-01T07:51:36Z")

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Songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Lollipop - The Chordettes
2. Incense and Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock
3. Savoy Truffle - The Beatles

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38189 "2015-10-01T08:33:38Z")

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Songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Lollipop - The Chordettes
2. Incense and Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock
3. Savoy Truffle - The Beatles
4. Popcorn - Hot Butter

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38190 "2015-10-01T09:01:38Z")

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Songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Lollipop - The Chordettes
2. Incense and Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock
3. Savoy Truffle - The Beatles
4. Popcorn - Hot Butter
5. Cheeseburger in Paradise- Jimmy Buffet

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38191 "2015-10-01T09:07:16Z")

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Songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Lollipop - The Chordettes
2. Incense and Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock
3. Savoy Truffle - The Beatles
4. Popcorn - Hot Butter
5. Cheeseburger in Paradise- Jimmy Buffet
6. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (On the Bedpost Overnight?) - Lonnie Donegan

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38192 "2015-10-01T09:16:04Z")

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> [@Mudshark](#):
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> …
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> Since I can’t think of a new category, I’ll go with the one **Leo Bloom** suggested, but didn’t get played…

I believe this is the default way of handling ninjas.

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38193 "2015-10-01T09:20:00Z")

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Songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Lollipop - The Chordettes
2. Incense and Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock
3. Savoy Truffle - The Beatles
4. Popcorn - Hot Butter
5. Cheeseburger in Paradise- Jimmy Buffet
6. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (On the Bedpost Overnight?) - Lonnie Donegan
7. Jelly Roll - Nina Simone

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38194 "2015-10-01T11:21:28Z")

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Songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Lollipop - The Chordettes
2. Incense and Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock
3. Savoy Truffle - The Beatles
4. Popcorn - Hot Butter
5. Cheeseburger in Paradise- Jimmy Buffet
6. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (On the Bedpost Overnight?) - Lonnie Donegan
7. Jelly Roll - Nina Simone
8. Weinerschnitzel - Descendents

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**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:** [October 1, 2015, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38195 "2015-10-01T11:24:14Z")

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Songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Lollipop - The Chordettes
2. Incense and Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock
3. Savoy Truffle - The Beatles
4. Popcorn - Hot Butter
5. Cheeseburger in Paradise- Jimmy Buffet
6. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (On the Bedpost Overnight?) - Lonnie Donegan
7. Jelly Roll - Nina Simone
8. Weinerschnitzel - Descendents
9. Burgers and Fries - Charley Pride

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**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:** [October 1, 2015, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38196 "2015-10-01T11:44:05Z")

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Songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Lollipop - The Chordettes
2. Incense and Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock
3. Savoy Truffle - The Beatles
4. Popcorn - Hot Butter
5. Cheeseburger in Paradise- Jimmy Buffet
6. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (On the Bedpost Overnight?) - Lonnie Donegan
7. Jelly Roll - Nina Simone
8. Weinerschnitzel - Descendents
9. Burgers and Fries - Charley Pride
10. Green Onions - Booker T. & the M.G.s

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**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:** [October 1, 2015, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38197 "2015-10-01T11:57:22Z")

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Songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Lollipop - The Chordettes
2. Incense and Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock
3. Savoy Truffle - The Beatles
4. Popcorn - Hot Butter
5. Cheeseburger in Paradise- Jimmy Buffet
6. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (On the Bedpost Overnight?) - Lonnie Donegan
7. Jelly Roll - Nina Simone
8. Weinerschnitzel - Descendents
9. Burgers and Fries - Charley Pride
10. Green Onions - Booker T. & the M.G.s
11. Bread And Butter - The Newbeats

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**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:** [October 1, 2015, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38198 "2015-10-01T12:57:23Z")

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Songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Lollipop - The Chordettes
2. Incense and Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock
3. Savoy Truffle - The Beatles
4. Popcorn - Hot Butter
5. Cheeseburger in Paradise- Jimmy Buffet
6. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (On the Bedpost Overnight?) - Lonnie Donegan
7. Jelly Roll - Nina Simone
8. Weinerschnitzel - Descendents
9. Burgers and Fries - Charley Pride
10. Green Onions - Booker T. & the M.G.s
11. Bread And Butter - The Newbeats
12. American Pie - Don McLean

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**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:** [October 1, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38199 "2015-10-01T13:05:50Z")

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Songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Lollipop - The Chordettes
2. Incense and Peppermints - The Strawberry Alarm Clock
3. Savoy Truffle - The Beatles
4. Popcorn - Hot Butter
5. Cheeseburger in Paradise- Jimmy Buffet
6. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor (On the Bedpost Overnight?) - Lonnie Donegan
7. Jelly Roll - Nina Simone
8. Weinerschnitzel - Descendents
9. Burgers and Fries - Charley Pride
10. Green Onions - Booker T. & the M.G.s
11. Bread And Butter - The Newbeats
12. American Pie - Don McLean
13. Hot Dog - Led Zeppelin

Next: More songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Peanuts - The Police

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**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:** [October 1, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38200 "2015-10-01T13:07:00Z")

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Next: More songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Peanuts - The Police
2. Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38201 "2015-10-01T13:27:02Z")

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Next: More songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Peanuts - The Police
2. Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet
3. Grow a Pear - Kesha

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**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:** [October 1, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38202 "2015-10-01T13:28:51Z")

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Next: More songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Peanuts - The Police
2. Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet
3. Grow a Pear - Kesha
4. Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles (16 title before a mention of this classic?)

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38203 "2015-10-01T13:43:37Z")

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Next: More songs with food in title or, if stumped, about food

1. Peanuts - The Police
2. Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffet
3. Grow a Pear - Kesha
4. Strawberry Fields Forever - Beatles (16 title before a mention of this classic?)
5. Sugar Sugar - The Archies

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