# 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:** 2390
**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:** [November 24, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47786 "2016-11-24T01:22:12Z")
Fictitious Liquors and Cocktails 1. Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) 2. Romulan Ale (Star Trek) 3. Flaming Moe/Flaming Homer (The Simpsons) 4. Butterbeer (Harry Potter) 5. Miruvor (The Lord of the Rings) 6. Dharma Initiative beer (Lost) 7. Benden wine (Dragonriders of Pern series) 8. Pawtucket Pat beer (Family Guy) 9. Maple Mead from Vorkosigan’s District (Vorkosiganverse novels) 10. [307 Ale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umHGEn3YbTc)(Tom Smith) 11. Moloko Plus (A Clockwork Orange) 12. Slurm (Futurama) ---
**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:** [November 24, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47787 "2016-11-24T03:55:08Z")
Fictitious Liquors and Cocktails 1. Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) 2. Romulan Ale (Star Trek) 3. Flaming Moe/Flaming Homer (The Simpsons) 4. Butterbeer (Harry Potter) 5. Miruvor (The Lord of the Rings) 6. Dharma Initiative beer (Lost) 7. Benden wine (Dragonriders of Pern series) 8. Pawtucket Pat beer (Family Guy) 9. Maple Mead from Vorkosigan’s District (Vorkosiganverse novels) 10. [307 Ale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umHGEn3YbTc)(Tom Smith) 11. Moloko Plus (A Clockwork Orange) 12. Slurm (Futurama) 13. Strawberry ice cream soma (Brave New World) Next For Thanksgiving: how to say thanks, many thanks or thank you in different languages 1. Salamat po (Tagalog) ---
**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:** [November 24, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47788 "2016-11-24T04:49:13Z")
For Thanksgiving: how to say thanks, many thanks or thank you in different languages 1. Salamat po (Tagalog) 2. Domo arigato (Japanese) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47789 "2016-11-24T04:58:58Z")
For Thanksgiving: how to say thanks, many thanks or thank you in different languages 1. Salamat po (Tagalog) 2. Domo arigato (Japanese) 3. Obrigado (Portuguese) (Curiously similar to Japanese.) ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47790 "2016-11-24T06:12:10Z")
For Thanksgiving: how to say thanks, many thanks or thank you in different languages 1. Salamat po (Tagalog) 2. Domo arigato (Japanese) 3. Obrigado (Portuguese) 4. Spasibo (Russian) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47791 "2016-11-24T06:55:56Z")
For Thanksgiving: how to say thanks, many thanks or thank you in different languages 1. Salamat po (Tagalog) 2. Domo arigato (Japanese) 3. Obrigado (Portuguese) 4. Spasibo (Russian) 5. Grazie (Italian) ---
**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:** [November 24, 2016, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47792 "2016-11-24T08:44:48Z")
For Thanksgiving: how to say thanks, many thanks or thank you in different languages 1. Salamat po (Tagalog) 2. Domo arigato (Japanese) 3. Obrigado (Portuguese) 4. Spasibo (Russian) 5. Grazie (Italian) 6. Toda raba (Hebrew) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47793 "2016-11-24T11:32:51Z")
For Thanksgiving: how to say thanks, many thanks or thank you in different languages 1. Salamat po (Tagalog) 2. Domo arigato (Japanese) 3. Obrigado (Portuguese) 4. Spasibo (Russian) 5. Grazie (Italian) 6. Toda raba (Hebrew) 7. Danke (German) [LINK](http://staticmass.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ferris_3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47794 "2016-11-24T13:45:27Z")
For Thanksgiving: how to say thanks, many thanks or thank you in different languages 1. Salamat po (Tagalog) 2. Domo arigato (Japanese) 3. Obrigado (Portuguese) 4. Spasibo (Russian) 5. Grazie (Italian) 6. Toda raba (Hebrew) 7. Danke (German) LINK 8. Merci (French) ---
**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:** [November 24, 2016, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47795 "2016-11-24T14:01:33Z")
For Thanksgiving: how to say thanks, many thanks or thank you in different languages 1. Salamat po (Tagalog) 2. Domo arigato (Japanese) 3. Obrigado (Portuguese) 4. Spasibo (Russian) 5. Grazie (Italian) 6. Toda raba (Hebrew) 7. Danke (German) LINK 8. Merci (French) 9. ευχαριστώ (Greek) [yoo-kha-ris-tO] ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47796 "2016-11-24T14:05:12Z")
For Thanksgiving: how to say thanks, many thanks or thank you in different languages 1. Salamat po (Tagalog) 2. Domo arigato (Japanese) 3. Obrigado (Portuguese) 4. Spasibo (Russian) 5. Grazie (Italian) 6. Toda raba (Hebrew) 7. Danke (German) LINK 8. Merci (French) 9. ευχαριστώ (Greek) [yoo-kha-ris-tO] 10. Daalụ (Igbo) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47797 "2016-11-24T14:10:14Z")
Thanksgiving: how to say thanks, many thanks or thank you in different languages 1. Salamat po (Tagalog) 2. Domo arigato (Japanese) 3. Obrigado (Portuguese) 4. Spasibo (Russian) 5. Grazie (Italian) 6. Toda raba (Hebrew) 7. Danke (German) LINK 8. Merci (French) 9. ευχαριστώ (Greek) [yoo-kha-ris-tO] 10. Daalụ (Igbo) 11. Mahalo (Hawaiian) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47798 "2016-11-24T15:23:01Z")
Thanksgiving: how to say thanks, many thanks or thank you in different languages 1. Salamat po (Tagalog) 2. Domo arigato (Japanese) 3. Obrigado (Portuguese) 4. Spasibo (Russian) 5. Grazie (Italian) 6. Toda raba (Hebrew) 7. Danke (German) LINK 8. Merci (French) 9. ευχαριστώ (Greek) [yoo-kha-ris-tO] 10. Daalụ (Igbo) 11. Mahalo (Hawaiian) 12. teşekkür ederim (Turkish) ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47799 "2016-11-24T15:27:41Z")
Thanksgiving: how to say thanks, many thanks or thank you in different languages 1. Salamat po (Tagalog) 2. Domo arigato (Japanese) 3. Obrigado (Portuguese) 4. Spasibo (Russian) 5. Grazie (Italian) 6. Toda raba (Hebrew) 7. Danke (German) LINK 8. Merci (French) 9. ευχαριστώ (Greek) [yoo-kha-ris-tO] 10. Daalụ (Igbo) 11. Mahalo (Hawaiian) 12. teşekkür ederim (Turkish) 13. Asante (Swahili) Next: Songs that mention a musical instrument in the lyrics but not in the title (bonus point if instrument not previously mentioned) 1. Ride Sally Ride by Lou Reed – “Sit yourself down, bang out a tune on that grand **piano** …” ---
**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:** [November 24, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47800 "2016-11-24T15:48:00Z")
Songs that mention a musical instrument in the lyrics but not in the title (bonus point if instrument not previously mentioned) 1. ‘Ride Sally Ride’ by Lou Reed – “Sit yourself down, bang out a tune on that grand piano…” 2. ‘4th Time Around’ by Bob Dylan - “I stood there and hummed, I tapped on her **drum** , I asked her how come.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47801 "2016-11-24T16:13:44Z")
Songs that mention a musical instrument in the lyrics but not in the title (bonus point if instrument not previously mentioned) 1. ‘Ride Sally Ride’ by Lou Reed – “Sit yourself down, bang out a tune on that grand piano…” 2. ‘4th Time Around’ by Bob Dylan - “I stood there and hummed, I tapped on her **drum** , I asked her how come.” 3. “Up Around the Bend” by CCR (“Bring a song and a smile for the banjo”) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47802 "2016-11-24T16:20:03Z")
Songs that mention a musical instrument in the lyrics but not in the title (bonus point if instrument not previously mentioned) 1. ‘Ride Sally Ride’ by Lou Reed – “Sit yourself down, bang out a tune on that grand piano…” 2. ‘4th Time Around’ by Bob Dylan - “I stood there and hummed, I tapped on her drum, I asked her how come.” 3. “Up Around the Bend” by CCR (“Bring a song and a smile for the banjo”) 4. “Misty” A thousand violins begin to play ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47803 "2016-11-24T17:48:40Z")
Songs that mention a musical instrument in the lyrics but not in the title (bonus point if instrument not previously mentioned) 1. ‘Ride Sally Ride’ by Lou Reed – “Sit yourself down, bang out a tune on that grand piano…” 2. ‘4th Time Around’ by Bob Dylan - “I stood there and hummed, I tapped on her drum, I asked her how come.” 3. “Up Around the Bend” by CCR (“Bring a song and a smile for the banjo”) 4. “Misty” A thousand violins begin to play 5. “Late in the Evening” by Paul Simon (“Well, I learned to play some lead guitar”) ---
**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:** [November 24, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47804 "2016-11-24T18:41:01Z")
Songs that mention a musical instrument in the lyrics but not in the title (bonus point if instrument not previously mentioned) 1. ‘Ride Sally Ride’ by Lou Reed – “Sit yourself down, bang out a tune on that grand piano…” 2. ‘4th Time Around’ by Bob Dylan - “I stood there and hummed, I tapped on her drum, I asked her how come.” 3. “Up Around the Bend” by CCR (“Bring a song and a smile for the banjo”) 4. “Misty” A thousand violins begin to play 5. “Late in the Evening” by Paul Simon (“Well, I learned to play some lead guitar”) 6. “Tell Me Baby” by Red Hot Chili Peppers (“Three fingers in the honeycomb / You ring just like a xylophone”) ---
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Songs that mention a musical instrument in the lyrics but not in the title (bonus point if instrument not previously mentioned) 1. ‘Ride Sally Ride’ by Lou Reed – “Sit yourself down, bang out a tune on that grand piano…” 2. ‘4th Time Around’ by Bob Dylan - “I stood there and hummed, I tapped on her drum, I asked her how come.” 3. “Up Around the Bend” by CCR (“Bring a song and a smile for the banjo”) 4. “Misty” A thousand violins begin to play 5. “Late in the Evening” by Paul Simon (“Well, I learned to play some lead guitar”) 6. “Tell Me Baby” by Red Hot Chili Peppers (“Three fingers in the honeycomb / You ring just like a xylophone”) 7. “Me and Bobby McGee” by Kris Kristopherson (“I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana.”) “I pulled…” in Janis’s version. Sent from my adequate mobile device using Tapatalk. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2389) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2391)