# 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:** 2200
**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:** [May 29, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43986 "2016-05-29T15:31:42Z")
Also, it’s not that hard to just look at a previous entry to get the link to any given song. ---
**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:** [May 29, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43987 "2016-05-29T16:08:25Z")
You kids nowadays, afraid to do a little work. Repurpose a tune as theme music for a famous person (with link) 1. George Washington - [“Orchard House”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJL39_YuUC0) 2. Joseph “The Elephant Man” Merrick - [“I Wanna Be Like You”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr6FBaf03qQ) 3. Dan Quayle - [CCR’s “Fortunate Son”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0XKhAHR5I) 4. Hillary Clinton - [“Rose’s Turn”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOTHRn_o5qE) 5. Neil Patrick Harris [The Last Man in My Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAXVmHACdXw) 6. Cecil Adams - [“It Ain’t Necessarily So”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1jzfaNxxr4) 7. Barack Obama - [“Take this Job and Shove It”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzGoDtmTllg) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43988 "2016-05-29T16:13:52Z")
Owing to the needless expansion of the demands of what is supposed to be a fun, rather than burdensome topic, it is not surprising that there has not been a single compliant response in the past 24 hours. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43989 "2016-05-29T21:54:00Z")
Repurpose a tune as theme music for a famous person (with link) 1. George Washington - [“Orchard House”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJL39_YuUC0) 2. Joseph “The Elephant Man” Merrick - [“I Wanna Be Like You”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr6FBaf03qQ) 3. Dan Quayle - [CCR’s “Fortunate Son”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0XKhAHR5I) 4. Hillary Clinton - [“Rose’s Turn”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOTHRn_o5qE) 5. Neil Patrick Harris [The Last Man in My Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAXVmHACdXw) 6. Cecil Adams - [“It Ain’t Necessarily So”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1jzfaNxxr4) 7. Barack Obama - [“Take this Job and Shove It”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzGoDtmTllg) 8. Donald Trump - You’re So Vain [Carly Simon - You're So Vain - YouTube](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j13oJajXx0M) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43990 "2016-05-30T03:49:21Z")
Repurpose a tune as theme music for a famous person (with link) 1. George Washington - [“Orchard House”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJL39_YuUC0) 2. Joseph “The Elephant Man” Merrick - [“I Wanna Be Like You”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr6FBaf03qQ) 3. Dan Quayle - [CCR’s “Fortunate Son”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0XKhAHR5I) 4. Hillary Clinton - [“Rose’s Turn”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOTHRn_o5qE) 5. Neil Patrick Harris [The Last Man in My Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAXVmHACdXw) 6. Cecil Adams - [“It Ain’t Necessarily So”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1jzfaNxxr4) 7. Barack Obama - [“Take this Job and Shove It”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzGoDtmTllg) 8. Donald Trump - You’re So Vain [Carly Simon - You're So Vain - YouTube](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j13oJajXx0M) [/QUOTE] 9. Johnny Depp- [Hit the Road Jack](http://youtu.be/OY4jondX6tg) (He’s going through what promises to be a nasty divorce.) ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43991 "2016-05-30T04:44:40Z")
Repurpose a tune as theme music for a famous person (with link) 1. George Washington - [“Orchard House”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJL39_YuUC0) 2. Joseph “The Elephant Man” Merrick - [“I Wanna Be Like You”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr6FBaf03qQ) 3. Dan Quayle - [CCR’s “Fortunate Son”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0XKhAHR5I) 4. Hillary Clinton - [“Rose’s Turn”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOTHRn_o5qE) 5. Neil Patrick Harris [The Last Man in My Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAXVmHACdXw) 6. Cecil Adams - [“It Ain’t Necessarily So”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1jzfaNxxr4) 7. Barack Obama - [“Take this Job and Shove It”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzGoDtmTllg) 8. Donald Trump - You’re So Vain [Carly Simon - You're So Vain - YouTube](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j13oJajXx0M) 9. Johnny Depp- [Hit the Road Jack](http://youtu.be/OY4jondX6tg) 10. Bernie Sanders - [Don’t Stop believin’](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1k8craCGpgs) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43992 "2016-05-30T12:17:38Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > 1. Johnny Depp- [Hit the Road Jack](http://youtu.be/OY4jondX6tg) > > (He’s going through what promises to be a nasty divorce.) From whom? His actual wife, or Tim Burton & Helena Bonham Carter? 🆒 ---
**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:** [May 30, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43993 "2016-05-30T16:23:05Z")
Repurpose a tune as theme music for a famous person (with link) 1. George Washington - [“Orchard House”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJL39_YuUC0) 2. Joseph “The Elephant Man” Merrick - [“I Wanna Be Like You”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr6FBaf03qQ) 3. Dan Quayle - [CCR’s “Fortunate Son”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec0XKhAHR5I) 4. Hillary Clinton - [“Rose’s Turn”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOTHRn_o5qE) 5. Neil Patrick Harris [The Last Man in My Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAXVmHACdXw) 6. Cecil Adams - [“It Ain’t Necessarily So”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1jzfaNxxr4) 7. Barack Obama - [“Take this Job and Shove It”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzGoDtmTllg) 8. Donald Trump - You’re So Vain [Carly Simon - You're So Vain - YouTube](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j13oJajXx0M) 9. Johnny Depp- [Hit the Road Jack](http://youtu.be/OY4jondX6tg) 10. Bernie Sanders - [Don’t Stop believin’](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1k8craCGpgs) 11. Sarah Palin - “[Barracuda](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpkitLUbeEg)” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43994 "2016-05-30T17:18:41Z")
Repurpose a tune as theme music for a famous person (with link) 1. George Washington - “Orchard House” 2. Joseph “The Elephant Man” Merrick - “I Wanna Be Like You” 3. Dan Quayle - CCR’s “Fortunate Son” 4. Hillary Clinton - “Rose’s Turn” 5. Neil Patrick Harris The Last Man in My Life 6. Cecil Adams - “It Ain’t Necessarily So” 7. Barack Obama - “Take this Job and Shove It” 8. Donald Trump - You’re So Vain [Carly Simon - You're So Vain - YouTube](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j13oJajXx0M) 9. Johnny Depp- Hit the Road Jack 10. Bernie Sanders - Don’t Stop believin’ 11. Sarah Palin - “Barracuda” 12. Bill Clinton – Toby Kieth’s “That’s my house & that’s my car That’s my dog in my back yard” ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43995 "2016-05-30T17:26:34Z")
]Repurpose a tune as theme music for a famous person (with link) 1. George Washington - “Orchard House” 2. Joseph “The Elephant Man” Merrick - “I Wanna Be Like You” 3. Dan Quayle - CCR’s “Fortunate Son” 4. Hillary Clinton - “Rose’s Turn” 5. Neil Patrick Harris The Last Man in My Life 6. Cecil Adams - “It Ain’t Necessarily So” 7. Barack Obama - “Take this Job and Shove It” 8. Donald Trump - You’re So Vain [Carly Simon - You're So Vain - YouTube](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j13oJajXx0M) 9. Johnny Depp- Hit the Road Jack 10. Bernie Sanders - Don’t Stop believin’ 11. Sarah Palin - “Barracuda” 12. Bill Clinton – Toby Kieth’s “That’s my house & that’s my car That’s my dog in my back yard” 13. Jeb Bush (and other disappointed candidates): Send in the Clowns [Judy Collins - Send In The Clowns - YouTube](http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8L6KGuTr9TI) Because it’s Memorial Day, a great veteran, famous or not 14. Louis Zamperini His story is told in Unbroken, a fine book by Laura Hillenbrand. The book was made into a film which according to reviews was just so-so. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2016, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43996 "2016-05-30T18:39:33Z")
Because it’s Memorial Day, a great veteran, famous or not 1. Louis Zamperini 2. Simo “Simuna” Häyhä Perhaps the world’s greatest sniper, with 505 confirmed kills during the Finland/USSR Winter War. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43997 "2016-05-30T20:16:41Z")
Because it’s Memorial Day, a great veteran, famous or not 1. Louis Zamperini 2. Simo “Simuna” Häyhä 3. Henry Johnson The most distinguished of the “Harlem Hellfighters,” the 369th, an all-black regiment under the command of mostly white officers. On watch in the Argonne Forest on May 14, 1918, Johnson fought off a German raid in hand-to-hand combat, killing multiple German soldiers and rescuing a fellow soldier while experiencing 21 wounds. For this feat he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre in the same year. US military recognition came much later: he was awarded the Purple Heart in 1996, the Distinguished Service Medal in 2003 and the Congressional Medal of Honor in 2015. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43998 "2016-05-30T20:40:07Z")
Because it’s Memorial Day, a great veteran, famous or not 1. Louis Zamperini 2. Simo “Simuna” Häyhä 3. Henry Johnson 4. My Dad ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43999 "2016-05-30T21:47:18Z")
Because it’s Memorial Day, a great veteran, famous or not 1. Louis Zamperini 2. Simo “Simuna” Häyhä 3. Henry Johnson 4. My Dad 5. Esteban Braulio My patriotic Nicaraguan friend, who fought bravely for his country against the foreign-sponsored Contras. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44000 "2016-05-30T21:59:09Z")
Because it’s Memorial Day, a great veteran, famous or not 1. Louis Zamperini 2. Simo “Simuna” Häyhä 3. Henry Johnson 4. My Dad 5. Esteban Braulio 6. Desmond Doss When his company assaulted an enemy position on an escarpment in Okinawa they took heavy fire. Doss stayed in the line of fire, carried each of the 75 wounded to the edge of the cliff, and lowered them in a litter down a rope to safety. In the following week he advanced under fire to positions within 25 feet of the enemy to tend to wounded soldiers and pulling seven of them to safety in three separate incidents. Two weeks later he was wounded while attending to a soldier, dressed his own wounds, and waited five hours until he could be extracted by a litter bearer. Seeing a more gravely wounded soldier he crawled off the litter and instructed the litter bearers to tend to the other man. Doss got shot again for his troubles. And Doss did it all without bearing weapons - except to bind a rifle stock to his own broken arm. He was a Conscientious Objector. And was awarded a Medal of Honor for his actions. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2016, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44001 "2016-05-31T01:28:17Z")
Because it’s Memorial Day, a great veteran, famous or not 1. Louis Zamperini 2. Simo “Simuna” Häyhä 3. Henry Johnson 4. My Dad 5. Esteban Braulio 6. Desmond Doss 7. the Marquis de Lafayette ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44002 "2016-05-31T01:35:23Z")
Because it’s Memorial Day, a great veteran, famous or not 1. Louis Zamperini 2. Simo “Simuna” Häyhä 3. Henry Johnson 4. My Dad 5. Esteban Braulio 6. Desmond Doss 7. the Marquis de Lafayette 8. Edwin Hubble ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44003 "2016-05-31T02:20:45Z")
]Because it’s Memorial Day, a great veteran, famous or not 1. Louis Zamperini 2. Simo “Simuna” Häyhä 3. Henry Johnson 4. My Dad 5. Esteban Braulio 6. Desmond Doss 7. the Marquis de Lafayette 8. Edwin Hubble 9. Audie Murphy ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44004 "2016-05-31T03:34:08Z")
Because it’s Memorial Day, a great veteran, famous or not 1. Louis Zamperini 2. Simo “Simuna” Häyhä 3. Henry Johnson 4. My Dad 5. Esteban Braulio 6. Desmond Doss 7. the Marquis de Lafayette 8. Edwin Hubble 9. Audie Murphy 10. John McCrae Canadian physician and officer, died near the end of World War One, best known for writing the poem “In Flanders Fields”, which (among other things) inspired the remembrance poppy. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44005 "2016-05-31T04:15:37Z")
Because it’s Memorial Day, a great veteran, famous or not 1. Louis Zamperini 2. Simo “Simuna” Häyhä 3. Henry Johnson 4. My Dad 5. Esteban Braulio 6. Desmond Doss 7. the Marquis de Lafayette 8. Edwin Hubble 9. Audie Murphy 10. John McCrae 11. George H. Thomas A Civil War hero of mine. The bicentennial of his birth will be in July: [George Henry Thomas - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henry_Thomas) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2199) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2201)