# 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:** 1926
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38504 "2015-10-15T04:05:11Z")
1. September Song 2. Forest of October (Opeth) 3. November Rain - Guns N’ Roses 4. December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38505 "2015-10-15T09:49:36Z")
Songs that name months, no repeat, so be creative for one of them. 1. September Song 2. Forest of October (Opeth) 3. November Rain - Guns N’ Roses 4. December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons 5. Chicken Soup With Rice, from Really Rosie. It mentions all twelve, so there’s the creative one out of the way. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38506 "2015-10-15T11:20:49Z")
Songs that name months, no repeat, so be creative for one of them. 1. September Song 2. Forest of October (Opeth) 3. November Rain - Guns N’ Roses 4. December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons 5. Chicken Soup With Rice, from Really Rosie. It mentions all twelve, so there’s the creative one out of the way. 6. 5 Days in May - Blue Rodeo ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38507 "2015-10-15T11:47:16Z")
Songs that name months, no repeat, so be creative for one of them. 1. September Song 2. Forest of October (Opeth) 3. November Rain - Guns N’ Roses 4. December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons 5. Chicken Soup With Rice, from Really Rosie. It mentions all twelve, so there’s the creative one out of the way. 6. 5 Days in May - Blue Rodeo 7. Saturday in the Park (Chicago) “…I think it was the Fourth of Julyyyyyy…” ---
**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 15, 2015, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38508 "2015-10-15T12:11:11Z")
Songs that name months, no repeat, so be creative for one of them. 1. September Song 2. Forest of October (Opeth) 3. November Rain - Guns N’ Roses 4. December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons 5. Chicken Soup With Rice, from Really Rosie. It mentions all twelve, so there’s the creative one out of the way. 6. 5 Days in May - Blue Rodeo 7. Saturday in the Park (Chicago) “…I think it was the Fourth of Julyyyyyy…” 8. March of the Toys (from Babes in Toyland) ---
**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 15, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38509 "2015-10-15T13:13:20Z")
Songs that name months, no repeat, so be creative for one of them. 1. September Song 2. Forest of October (Opeth) 3. November Rain - Guns N’ Roses 4. December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons 5. Chicken Soup With Rice, from Really Rosie. It mentions all twelve, so there’s the creative one out of the way. 6. 5 Days in May - Blue Rodeo 7. Saturday in the Park (Chicago) “…I think it was the Fourth of Julyyyyyy…” 8. March of the Toys (from Babes in Toyland) 9. I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder (no wedding Saturday within the month of June) ---
**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 15, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38510 "2015-10-15T13:28:58Z")
Songs that name months, no repeat, so be creative for one of them. 1. September Song 2. Forest of October (Opeth) 3. November Rain - Guns N’ Roses 4. December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons 5. Chicken Soup With Rice, from Really Rosie. It mentions all twelve, so there’s the creative one out of the way. 6. 5 Days in May - Blue Rodeo 7. Saturday in the Park (Chicago) “…I think it was the Fourth of Julyyyyyy…” 8. March of the Toys (from Babes in Toyland) 9. I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder (no wedding Saturday within the month of June) 10. April, Come She Will - Simon & Garfunkel (also mentions May (she will stay), June (she’ll change her tune), July (she will fly), August (die she must), and September (I’ll remember) ---
**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 15, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38511 "2015-10-15T13:31:33Z")
Songs that name months, no repeat, so be creative for one of them. 1. September Song 2. Forest of October (Opeth) 3. November Rain - Guns N’ Roses 4. December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons 5. Chicken Soup With Rice, from Really Rosie. It mentions all twelve, so there’s the creative one out of the way. 6. 5 Days in May - Blue Rodeo 7. Saturday in the Park (Chicago) “…I think it was the Fourth of Julyyyyyy…” 8. March of the Toys (from Babes in Toyland) 9. I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder (no wedding Saturday within the month of June) 10. April, Come She Will - Simon & Garfunkel (also mentions May (she will stay), June (she’ll change her tune), July (she will fly), August (die she must), and September (I’ll remember) 11. American Pie (But February made me shiver…) ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38512 "2015-10-15T14:18:43Z")
Songs that name months, no repeat, so be creative for one of them. 1. September Song 2. Forest of October (Opeth) 3. November Rain - Guns N’ Roses 4. December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons 5. Chicken Soup With Rice, from Really Rosie. It mentions all twelve, so there’s the creative one out of the way. 6. 5 Days in May - Blue Rodeo 7. Saturday in the Park (Chicago) “…I think it was the Fourth of Julyyyyyy…” 8. March of the Toys (from Babes in Toyland) 9. I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder (no wedding Saturday within the month of June) 10. April, Come She Will - Simon & Garfunkel (also mentions May (she will stay), June (she’ll change her tune), July (she will fly), August (die she must), and September (I’ll remember) 11. American Pie (But February made me shiver…) 12. January 28 - Jermaine ‘J’ Cole ---
**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:** [October 15, 2015, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38513 "2015-10-15T14:38:02Z")
Songs that name months, no repeat, so be creative for one of them. 1. September Song 2. Forest of October (Opeth) 3. November Rain - Guns N’ Roses 4. December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The Four Seasons 5. Chicken Soup With Rice, from Really Rosie. It mentions all twelve, so there’s the creative one out of the way. 6. 5 Days in May - Blue Rodeo 7. Saturday in the Park (Chicago) “…I think it was the Fourth of Julyyyyyy…” 8. March of the Toys (from Babes in Toyland) 9. I Just Called to Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder (no wedding Saturday within the month of June) 10. April, Come She Will - Simon & Garfunkel (also mentions May (she will stay), June (she’ll change her tune), July (she will fly), August (die she must), and September (I’ll remember) 11. American Pie (But February made me shiver…) 12. January 28 - Jermaine ‘J’ Cole 13. “Cold Wind in August” by Van Morrison Celebrities who died in bizarre or unusual ways (with cause of death) 1. Isadora Duncan - strangled by scarf tangled in car wheel ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38514 "2015-10-15T14:52:45Z")
Celebrities who died in bizarre or unusual ways (with cause of death) 1. Isadora Duncan - strangled by scarf tangled in car wheel 2. Sonny Bono - skied right into a 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:** [October 15, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38515 "2015-10-15T14:56:26Z")
Celebrities who died in bizarre or unusual ways (with cause of death) 1. Isadora Duncan - strangled by scarf tangled in car wheel 2. Sonny Bono - skied right into a tree 3. Tennessee Williams - choked to death on a bottlecap from a bottle of eyedrops ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38516 "2015-10-15T14:59:40Z")
Celebrities who died in bizarre or unusual ways (with cause of death) 1. Isadora Duncan - strangled by scarf tangled in car wheel 2. Sonny Bono - skied right into a tree 3. Jon-Erik Hexum - as a joke, shot self in the head with a gun loaded with blanks; didn’t know even a cotton wad could kill when fired at close range ---
**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:** [October 15, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38517 "2015-10-15T15:14:13Z")
Celebrities who died in bizarre or unusual ways (with cause of death) 1. Isadora Duncan - strangled by scarf tangled in car wheel 2. Sonny Bono - skied right into a tree 3. Tennessee Williams - choked to death on a bottlecap from a bottle of eyedrops 4. Jon-Erik Hexum - as a joke, shot self in the head with a gun loaded with blanks; didn’t know even a cotton wad could kill when fired at close range (housekeeping, no new entry) ---
**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 15, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38518 "2015-10-15T15:41:42Z")
Celebrities who died in bizarre or unusual ways (with cause of death) 1. Isadora Duncan - strangled by scarf tangled in car wheel 2. Sonny Bono - skied right into a tree 3. Tennessee Williams - choked to death on a bottlecap from a bottle of eyedrops 4. Jon-Erik Hexum - as a joke, shot self in the head with a gun loaded with blanks; didn’t know even a cotton wad could kill when fired at close range 5 (a-c): John “Stumpy” Pepys - gardening accident; Eric Childs - choking to death on someone else’s vomit; Peter “James” Bond – spontaneous combustion ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38519 "2015-10-15T16:12:11Z")
Celebrities who died in bizarre or unusual ways (with cause of death) 1. Isadora Duncan - strangled by scarf tangled in car wheel 2. Sonny Bono - skied right into a tree 3. Tennessee Williams - choked to death on a bottlecap from a bottle of eyedrops 4. Jon-Erik Hexum - as a joke, shot self in the head with a gun loaded with blanks; didn’t know even a cotton wad could kill when fired at close range 5 (a-c): John “Stumpy” Pepys - gardening accident; Eric Childs - choking to death on someone else’s vomit; Peter “James” Bond – spontaneous combustion [del]6[/del] 8. David Carradine - autoerotic asphyxiation - Since **Leo Bloom** gave 3 answers. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38520 "2015-10-15T16:15:50Z")
Celebrities who died in bizarre or unusual ways (with cause of death) 1. Isadora Duncan - strangled by scarf tangled in car wheel 2. Sonny Bono - skied right into a tree 3. Tennessee Williams - choked to death on a bottlecap from a bottle of eyedrops 4. Jon-Erik Hexum - as a joke, shot self in the head with a gun loaded with blanks; didn’t know even a cotton wad could kill when fired at close range 5-7. John “Stumpy” Pepys - gardening accident; Eric Childs - choking to death on someone else’s vomit; Peter “James” Bond – spontaneous combustion 5. David Carradine - autoerotic asphyxiation 6. Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin - stabbed in heart by stingray tail That he was killed by an animal surprised no one, I’m sure, but I doubt “stingray” would have made the Top 20 in any “guess the agent of Steve Irwin’s death” pool made while he was alive (of which I’m sure there were a few). ---
**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:** [October 15, 2015, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38521 "2015-10-15T16:22:59Z")
Celebrities who died in bizarre or unusual ways (with cause of death) 1. Isadora Duncan - strangled by scarf tangled in car wheel 2. Sonny Bono - skied right into a tree 3. Tennessee Williams - choked to death on a bottlecap from a bottle of eyedrops 4. Jon-Erik Hexum - as a joke, shot self in the head with a gun loaded with blanks; didn’t know even a cotton wad could kill when fired at close range 5. John “Stumpy” Pepys - gardening accident; Eric Childs - choking to death on someone else’s vomit; Peter “James” Bond – spontaneous combustion 6. David Carradine - autoerotic asphyxiation 7. Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” Irwin - stabbed in heart by stingray tail Sorry, 3 answers in a row isn’t really fair. I’m counting all three as one answer, since they’re all Spinal Tap. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38522 "2015-10-15T16:28:47Z")
I knew those names were familiar. Yes, they should count as one. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38523 "2015-10-15T16:42:29Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Yes, they should count as one. :smack: I wasn’t sure, that’s why I made it three but called it out the way I did. [/Hijack] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1925) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1927)