# 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:** 238
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4741 "2011-04-06T02:46:32Z")
New category: Urban legends involving food (links welcome) 1. Company charges exorbitant amount for recipe 2. Pop rocks and cola are a lethal combination (killed Mikey from Life cereal even) 3. KFC had to change its name because the product it sells no longer legally counts as “chicken.” 4. Most Chinese restaurants have been busted for cooking stray cats and dogs. 5. Twinkies will last 25 years/withstand a nuclear blast. 6. Dr Pepper has prunes in it. 7. The hippies who were baby-sitting, got stoned and cooked the baby 8. Spam is the meat product that tastes most like human flesh 9. Tourists were served their own dog in a foreign restaurant. 10. You can redeem Tootsie Roll Pop wrappers with the ‘indian’ with the bow and arrow and the star for a free Tootsie Roll Pop. 11.[Saving pull tabs will earn free kidney dialysis for needy patients.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/668/will-saving-pull-tabs-earn-free-kidney-dialysis-for-needy-patients) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2011, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4742 "2011-04-06T03:15:45Z")
New category: Urban legends involving food (links welcome) 1. Company charges exorbitant amount for recipe 2. Pop rocks and cola are a lethal combination (killed Mikey from Life cereal even) 3. KFC had to change its name because the product it sells no longer legally counts as “chicken.” 4. Most Chinese restaurants have been busted for cooking stray cats and dogs. 5. Twinkies will last 25 years/withstand a nuclear blast. 6. Dr Pepper has prunes in it. 7. The hippies who were baby-sitting, got stoned and cooked the baby 8. Spam is the meat product that tastes most like human flesh 9. Tourists were served their own dog in a foreign restaurant. 10. You can redeem Tootsie Roll Pop wrappers with the ‘indian’ with the bow and arrow and the star for a free Tootsie Roll Pop. 11.[Saving pull tabs will earn free kidney dialysis for needy patients.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/668/will-saving-pull-tabs-earn-free-kidney-dialysis-for-needy-patients) 11. [Tim Hortons add’s nicotine to their coffee to make it addictive.](http://www.snopes.com/food/ingredient/timhortons.asp) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4743 "2011-04-06T03:54:00Z")
Urban legends involving food (links welcome) 1. Company charges exorbitant amount for recipe 2. Pop rocks and cola are a lethal combination (killed Mikey from Life cereal even) 3. KFC had to change its name because the product it sells no longer legally counts as “chicken.” 4. Most Chinese restaurants have been busted for cooking stray cats and dogs. 5. Twinkies will last 25 years/withstand a nuclear blast. 6. Dr Pepper has prunes in it. 7. The hippies who were baby-sitting, got stoned and cooked the baby 8. Spam is the meat product that tastes most like human flesh 9. Tourists were served their own dog in a foreign restaurant. 10. You can redeem Tootsie Roll Pop wrappers with the ‘indian’ with the bow and arrow and the star for a free Tootsie Roll Pop. 11. Saving pull tabs will earn free kidney dialysis for needy patients. 12. Tim Hortons add’s nicotine to their coffee to make it addictive. 13. Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny, actually hated carrots. > **[Did Mel Blanc hate carrots?](https://www.straightdope.com/21343910/did-mel-blanc-hate-carrots)** > > A STAFF REPORT FROM THE STRAIGHT DOPE SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD Next category: Elvis Presley filmography 1. Change of Habit With Mary Tyler Moore and Ed Asner, just a year before you-know-what!: [Change of Habit - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Change_of_Habit) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4744 "2011-04-06T03:58:06Z")
Elvis Presley filmography 1. Change of Habit 2. Viva Las Vegas ---
**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:** [April 6, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4745 "2011-04-06T05:27:15Z")
Elvis Presley filmography 1. Change of Habit 2. Viva Las Vegas 3. Love Me Tender His 1956 debut ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4746 "2011-04-06T05:43:51Z")
Elvis Presley filmography 1. Change of Habit 2. Viva Las Vegas 3. Love Me Tender 4. Harum Scarum ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4747 "2011-04-06T11:44:37Z")
Elvis Presley filmography 1. Change of Habit 2. Viva Las Vegas 3. Love Me Tender 4. Harum Scarum 5. Speedway ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4748 "2011-04-06T13:04:40Z")
Elvis Presley filmography 1. Change of Habit 2. Viva Las Vegas 3. Love Me Tender 4. Harum Scarum 5. Speedway 6. Blue Hawaii (BH is the one I see most often on TNT…) ---
**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:** [April 6, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4749 "2011-04-06T13:18:27Z")
Elvis Presley filmography 1. Change of Habit 2. Viva Las Vegas 3. Love Me Tender 4. Harum Scarum 5. Speedway 6. Blue Hawaii 7. It Happened at the World’s Fair Kurt Russell’s 1956 screen debut at age 11. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4750 "2011-04-06T13:25:34Z")
Elvis Presley filmography 1. Change of Habit 2. Viva Las Vegas 3. Love Me Tender 4. Harum Scarum 5. Speedway 6. Blue Hawaii 7. It Happened at the World’s Fair 8. Fun in Acapulco I was actually in an Acapulco bar at the cliff divers place, when this came on the TV. Pretty cool at first, until we realized all the footage of Elvis was on a soundstage and he’d never actually been there. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4751 "2011-04-06T13:28:27Z")
Elvis Presley filmography 1. Change of Habit 2. Viva Las Vegas 3. Love Me Tender 4. Harum Scarum 5. Speedway 6. Blue Hawaii 7. It Happened at the World’s Fair 8. Fun in Acapulco 9. Jailhouse Rock ---
**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:** [April 6, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4752 "2011-04-06T15:10:57Z")
Elvis Presley filmography 1. Change of Habit 2. Viva Las Vegas 3. Love Me Tender 4. Harum Scarum 5. Speedway 6. Blue Hawaii 7. It Happened at the World’s Fair 8. Fun in Acapulco 9. Jailhouse Rock 10. Girls! Girls! Girls! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4753 "2011-04-06T16:51:14Z")
Elvis Presley filmography 1. Change of Habit 2. Viva Las Vegas 3. Love Me Tender 4. Harum Scarum 5. Speedway 6. Blue Hawaii 7. It Happened at the World’s Fair 8. Fun in Acapulco 9. Jailhouse Rock 10. Girls! Girls! Girls! 11. Frankie and Johnny ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4754 "2011-04-06T17:30:28Z")
Elvis Presley filmography 1. Change of Habit 2. Viva Las Vegas 3. Love Me Tender 4. Harum Scarum 5. Speedway 6. Blue Hawaii 7. It Happened at the World’s Fair 8. Fun in Acapulco 9. Jailhouse Rock 10. Girls! Girls! Girls! 11. Frankie and Johnny 12. King Creole ---
**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:** [April 6, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4755 "2011-04-06T17:33:12Z")
Elvis Presley filmography 1. Change of Habit 2. Viva Las Vegas 3. Love Me Tender 4. Harum Scarum 5. Speedway 6. Blue Hawaii 7. It Happened at the World’s Fair 8. Fun in Acapulco 9. Jailhouse Rock 10. Girls! Girls! Girls! 11. Frankie and Johnny 12. King Creole 13. G.I. Blues Next up: TV Shows with “Family” in the title 1. Family Feud ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4756 "2011-04-06T17:33:57Z")
Next up: TV Shows with “Family” in the title 1. Family Feud 2. Family Ties ---
**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:** [April 6, 2011, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4757 "2011-04-06T17:37:21Z")
Next up: TV Shows with “Family” in the title 1. Family Feud 2. Family Ties 3. Family Guy ---
**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:** [April 6, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4758 "2011-04-06T17:56:58Z")
Next up: TV Shows with “Family” in the title 1. Family Feud 2. Family Ties 3. Family Guy 4. Mama’s Family ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4759 "2011-04-06T17:58:58Z")
Next up: TV Shows with “Family” in the title 1. Family Feud 2. Family Ties 3. Family Guy 4. Mama’s Family 5. Family Matters ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4760 "2011-04-06T18:00:02Z")
Next up: TV Shows with “Family” in the title 1. Family Feud 2. Family Ties 3. Family Guy 4. Mama’s Family 5. Family Matters 6. All in the Family [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=237) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=239)