# 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:** 2466
**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:** [January 30, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49306 "2017-01-30T14:26:15Z")
The earliest home telephone number you can remember your family having. 1. 7-W 2. 739-2693, long before area codes 3. 835-7221 ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49307 "2017-01-30T16:41:49Z")
The earliest home telephone number you can remember your family having. 1. 7-W 2. 739-2693, long before area codes 3. 835-7221 4. 571 (in a tiny village in North East Scotland in the 1980s) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49308 "2017-01-30T17:00:06Z")
The earliest home telephone number you can remember your family having. 1. 7-W 2. 739-2693, long before area codes 3. 835-7221 4. 571 (in a tiny village in North East Scotland in the 1980s) 5. RAvenswood 8 - … (I can’t tell you because my Mom is STILL at that number!) I feel weird and old whenever I start to call her number and think “RA8…” ---
**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:** [January 30, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49309 "2017-01-30T18:31:35Z")
The earliest home telephone number you can remember your family having. 1. 7-W 2. 739-2693, long before area codes 3. 835-7221 4. 571 (in a tiny village in North East Scotland in the 1980s) 5. RAvenswood 8 - … (I can’t tell you because my Mom is STILL at that number!) 6. WYoming 1-3604 (yes, it was a “party line”) ---
**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:** [January 30, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49310 "2017-01-30T18:53:17Z")
The earliest home telephone number you can remember your family having. 1. 7-W 2. 739-2693, long before area codes 3. 835-7221 4. 571 (in a tiny village in North East Scotland in the 1980s) 5. RAvenswood 8 - … (I can’t tell you because my Mom is STILL at that number!) 6. WYoming 1-3604 (yes, it was a “party line”) 7. 385-1135 It’s still my parents’ number, although with a different area code now. My cellphone number is very close to that number. ---
**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:** [January 30, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49311 "2017-01-30T21:10:36Z")
The earliest home telephone number you can remember your family having. 1. 7-W 2. 739-2693, long before area codes 3. 835-7221 4. 571 (in a tiny village in North East Scotland in the 1980s) 5. RAvenswood 8 - … (I can’t tell you because my Mom is STILL at that number!) 6. WYoming 1-3604 (yes, it was a “party line”) 7. 385-1135 8. 797-6892 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2017, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49312 "2017-01-30T23:15:31Z")
The earliest home telephone number you can remember your family having. 1. 7-W 2. 739-2693, long before area codes 3. 835-7221 4. 571 (in a tiny village in North East Scotland in the 1980s) 5. RAvenswood 8 - … (I can’t tell you because my Mom is STILL at that number!) 6. WYoming 1-3604 (yes, it was a “party line”) 7. 385-1135 8. 797-6892 9. 567-6128 double ring (party line- single ring was my grandmother) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49313 "2017-01-31T12:27:43Z")
The earliest home telephone number you can remember your family having. 1. 7-W 2. 739-2693, long before area codes 3. 835-7221 4. 571 (in a tiny village in North East Scotland in the 1980s) 5. RAvenswood 8 - … (I can’t tell you because my Mom is STILL at that number!) 6. WYoming 1-3604 (yes, it was a “party line”) 7. 385-1135 8. 797-6892 9. 567-6128 double ring (party line- single ring was my grandmother) 10. 836-5437 - My parents have had it since 1970 and counting… ---
**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:** [January 31, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49314 "2017-01-31T14:43:04Z")
The earliest home telephone number you can remember your family having. 1. 7-W 2. 739-2693, long before area codes 3. 835-7221 4. 571 (in a tiny village in North East Scotland in the 1980s) 5. RAvenswood 8 - … (I can’t tell you because my Mom is STILL at that number!) 6. WYoming 1-3604 (yes, it was a “party line”) 7. 385-1135 8. 797-6892 9. 567-6128 double ring (party line- single ring was my grandmother) 10. 836-5437 - My parents have had it since 1970 and counting… 11. 639-2743 And we had a sticker on the rotary that said ME9-2743. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49315 "2017-01-31T15:50:05Z")
The earliest home telephone number you can remember your family having. 1. 7-W 2. 739-2693, long before area codes 3. 835-7221 4. 571 (in a tiny village in North East Scotland in the 1980s) 5. RAvenswood 8 - … (I can’t tell you because my Mom is STILL at that number!) 6. WYoming 1-3604 (yes, it was a “party line”) 7. 385-1135 8. 797-6892 9. 567-6128 double ring (party line- single ring was my grandmother) 10. 836-5437 - My parents have had it since 1970 and counting… 11. 639-2743 12. 646-4859 My parents had that number from before I was born until shortly before my dad passed away in 2013. When my mom died in 2011, he cancelled it and took the number that had been mine when I was a teenager. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49316 "2017-01-31T18:19:48Z")
The earliest home telephone number you can remember your family having. 1. 7-W 2. 739-2693, long before area codes 3. 835-7221 4. 571 (in a tiny village in North East Scotland in the 1980s) 5. RAvenswood 8 - … (I can’t tell you because my Mom is STILL at that number!) 6. WYoming 1-3604 (yes, it was a “party line”) 7. 385-1135 8. 797-6892 9. 567-6128 double ring (party line- single ring was my grandmother) 10. 836-5437 - My parents have had it since 1970 and counting… 11. 639-2743 12. 646-4859 13. 272-8915 Actually the second number, but I’d already used the earliest. So for the upcoming Valentine’s Day, a romantic thread: Substitute the word ‘add’ for the word ‘heart’ in a well known song title or lyric. 1. I Left My Ass in San Francisco (Tony Bennett) ---
**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:** [January 31, 2017, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49317 "2017-01-31T18:31:03Z")
Substitute the word ‘ass’ for the word ‘heart’ in a well known song title or lyric. 1. I Left My Ass in San Francisco (Tony Bennett) 2. Ass Of My Ass (The Four Aces) ---
**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:** [January 31, 2017, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49318 "2017-01-31T18:36:32Z")
Substitute the word ‘ass’ for the word ‘heart’ in a well known song title or lyric. 1. I Left My Ass in San Francisco (Tony Bennett) 2. Ass Of My Ass (The Four Aces) 3. Piece of my ass (Janis Joplin) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49319 "2017-01-31T18:44:17Z")
Substitute the word ‘ass’ for the word ‘heart’ in a well known song title or lyric. 1. I Left My Ass in San Francisco (Tony Bennett) 2. Ass Of My Ass (The Four Aces) 3. Piece of my ass (Janis Joplin) 4. You gotta have ass (Eddie Fisher, from Damn Yankees) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2017, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49320 "2017-01-31T18:48:55Z")
Substitute the word ‘ass’ for the word ‘heart’ in a well known song title or lyric. 1. I Left My Ass in San Francisco (Tony Bennett) 2. Ass Of My Ass (The Four Aces) 3. Piece of my ass (Janis Joplin) 4. You gotta have ass (Eddie Fisher, from Damn Yankees) 5. Total Eclipse of the Ass (Bonnie Tyler) ---
**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:** [January 31, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49321 "2017-01-31T19:15:19Z")
Substitute the word ‘ass’ for the word ‘heart’ in a well known song title or lyric. 1. I Left My Ass in San Francisco (Tony Bennett) 2. Ass Of My Ass (The Four Aces) 3. Piece of my ass (Janis Joplin) 4. You gotta have ass (Eddie Fisher, from Damn Yankees) 5. Total Eclipse of the Ass (Bonnie Tyler) 6. Cross My Ass (Bruce Springsteen) ---
**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:** [January 31, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49322 "2017-01-31T19:35:00Z")
Substitute the word ‘ass’ for the word ‘heart’ in a well known song title or lyric. 1. I Left My Ass in San Francisco (Tony Bennett) 2. Ass Of My Ass (The Four Aces) 3. Piece of my ass (Janis Joplin) 4. You gotta have ass (Eddie Fisher, from Damn Yankees) 5. Total Eclipse of the Ass (Bonnie Tyler) 6. Cross My Ass (Bruce Springsteen) 7. Assbreaker (Grand Funk Railroad, Pat Benatar, Mariah Carey, et al.) ---
**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:** [January 31, 2017, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49323 "2017-01-31T20:03:12Z")
Substitute the word ‘ass’ for the word ‘heart’ in a well known song title or lyric. 1. I Left My Ass in San Francisco (Tony Bennett) 2. Ass Of My Ass (The Four Aces) 3. Piece of my ass (Janis Joplin) 4. You gotta have ass (Eddie Fisher, from Damn Yankees) 5. Total Eclipse of the Ass (Bonnie Tyler) 6. Cross My Ass (Bruce Springsteen) 7. Assbreaker (Grand Funk Railroad, Pat Benatar, Mariah Carey, et al.) 8. Ass Of Glass (Blondie) ---
**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:** [January 31, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49324 "2017-01-31T20:10:02Z")
Substitute the word ‘ass’ for the word ‘heart’ in a well known song title or lyric. 1. I Left My Ass in San Francisco (Tony Bennett) 2. Ass Of My Ass (The Four Aces) 3. Piece of my ass (Janis Joplin) 4. You gotta have ass (Eddie Fisher, from Damn Yankees) 5. Total Eclipse of the Ass (Bonnie Tyler) 6. Cross My Ass (Bruce Springsteen) 7. Assbreaker (Grand Funk Railroad, Pat Benatar, Mariah Carey, et al.) 8. Ass Of Glass (Blondie) 9. Wooden Ass (Fred Wise, Bert Kaempfert, Elvis Presley) “Can’t you see, I love you. Please don’t break my ass in two. That’s not hard to do 'Cause I don’t have a wooden ass.” ---
**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:** [January 31, 2017, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49325 "2017-01-31T20:21:58Z")
Substitute the word ‘ass’ for the word ‘heart’ in a well known song title or lyric. 1. I Left My Ass in San Francisco (Tony Bennett) 2. Ass Of My Ass (The Four Aces) 3. Piece of my ass (Janis Joplin) 4. You gotta have ass (Eddie Fisher, from Damn Yankees) 5. Total Eclipse of the Ass (Bonnie Tyler) 6. Cross My Ass (Bruce Springsteen) 7. Assbreaker (Grand Funk Railroad, Pat Benatar, Mariah Carey, et al.) 8. Ass Of Glass (Blondie) 9. Wooden Ass (Fred Wise, Bert Kaempfert, Elvis Presley) 10. Brokenassed (Karmin) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2465) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2467)