# 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:** 2205
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44086 "2016-06-03T02:34:12Z")
Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name. 1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King 2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt 3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney) ---
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Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name. 1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King 2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt 3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney) 4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney) Quick poll: should it be the Beatles, or The Beatles? ---
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> [@Leaffan](#): > > Quick poll: should it be the Beatles, or The Beatles? “The Beatles” at the beginning of a sentence, “the Beatles” everywhere else. Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name. 1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King 2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt 3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney) 4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney) 5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer ---
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Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name. 1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King 2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt 3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney) 4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney) 5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer 6." The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell" by The Statler Brothers ---
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Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name. 1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King 2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt 3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney) 4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney) 5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer 6." The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell" by The Statler Brothers 6. David Watts, in “David Watts” by The Kinks ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44091 "2016-06-03T03:44:07Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > “The Beatles” at the beginning of a sentence, “the Beatles” everywhere else. Why? Their name isn’t Beatles; it is actually The Beatles. Never mind: [new thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19376515#post19376515). ---
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Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name. 1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King 2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt 3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney) 4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney) 5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer 6." The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell" by The Statler Brothers 6. David Watts, in “David Watts” by The Kinks 7. Horace Wimp, “The Diary of Horace Wimp,” by the Electric Light Orchestra ---
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Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name. 1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King 2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt 3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney) 4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney) 5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer 6." The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell" by The Statler Brothers 6. David Watts, in “David Watts” by The Kinks 7. Horace Wimp, “The Diary of Horace Wimp,” by the Electric Light Orchestra 8. “Ode to Billie Joe” (McAllister), by Bobby Gentry ---
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Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name. 1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King 2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt 3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney) 4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney) 5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer 6." The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell" by The Statler Brothers 6. David Watts, in “David Watts” by The Kinks 7. Horace Wimp, “The Diary of Horace Wimp,” by the Electric Light Orchestra 8. “Ode to Billie Joe” (McAllister), by Bobby Gentry 9. “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt”, traditional / author unknown ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44095 "2016-06-03T06:46:06Z")
Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name. 1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King 2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt 3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney) 4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney) 5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer 6." The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell" by The Statler Brothers 6. David Watts, in “David Watts” by The Kinks 7. Horace Wimp, “The Diary of Horace Wimp,” by the Electric Light Orchestra 8. “Ode to Billie Joe” (McAllister), by Bobby Gentry 9. “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt”, traditional / author unknown 10. Ellery Sneed & Billingford Bluffer, in “The Perfectionist” by Saga ---
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Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name. 1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King 2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt 3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney) 4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney) 5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer 6." The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell" by The Statler Brothers 6. David Watts, in “David Watts” by The Kinks 7. Horace Wimp, “The Diary of Horace Wimp,” by the Electric Light Orchestra 8. “Ode to Billie Joe” (McAllister), by Bobby Gentry 9. “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt”, traditional / author unknown 10. Ellery Sneed & Billingford Bluffer, in “The Perfectionist” by Saga 11. Barney Google, in “Barney Google” by the Happiness Boys ---
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Fictional people named in song lyrics by first and last name. 1. Clifton Clowers, in “Wolverton Mountain” by Claude King 2. Becky Til Hoppard, in “Becky Til Hoppard”, lyrics by Manly Wade Wellman, music by Joe Bethancourt 3. Maxwell Edison, in “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” by the Beatles (Paul McCartney) 4. Eleanor Rigby, in “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles (Paul McCartney) 5. Jeremy Bender, in “Jeremy Bender” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer 6." The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell" by The Statler Brothers 6. David Watts, in “David Watts” by The Kinks 7. Horace Wimp, “The Diary of Horace Wimp,” by the Electric Light Orchestra 8. “Ode to Billie Joe” (McAllister), by Bobby Gentry 9. “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt”, traditional / author unknown 10. Ellery Sneed & Billingford Bluffer, in “The Perfectionist” by Saga 11. Barney Google, in “Barney Google” by the Happiness Boys 12. Virgil Caine, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” by The Band Pass ---
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28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month. 1. Fortnight ---
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28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month. 1. Fortnight 2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week) ---
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28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month. 1. Fortnight 2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week) 3. Three-Day Weekend ---
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28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month. 1. Fortnight 2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week) 3. Three-Day Weekend 4. A month of Sundays ---
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28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month. 1. Fortnight 2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week) 3. Three-Day Weekend 4. A month of Sundays 5. Bank Holiday ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44103 "2016-06-03T15:02:08Z")
28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month. 1. Fortnight 2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week) 3. Three-Day Weekend 4. A month of Sundays 5. Bank Holiday 6. Triduum (yes, I’m Catholic- does it show?) ---
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28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month. 1. Fortnight 2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week) 3. Three-Day Weekend 4. A month of Sundays 5. Bank Holiday 6. Triduum (yes, I’m Catholic- does it show?) 7. A Lunar month I’ll admit it’s questionable whether you’d call that a colloquial expression. ---
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28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month. 1. Fortnight 2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week) 3. Three-Day Weekend 4. A month of Sundays 5. Bank Holiday 6. Triduum (yes, I’m Catholic- does it show?) 7. A Lunar month 8. long weekend [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2204) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2206)