# 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:** 2783
**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 2, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55647 "2017-11-02T16:58:46Z")
Statements made by world leaders they later came to rue 1. read my lips no new taxes - George H.W. Bush 2. I am not a crook - Richard M. Nixon 3. “He kept us out of war!” - Woodrow Wilson 1916 campaign slogan 4. “It is our will that this state (the Third Reich) shall endure for a thousand years” - Adolf Hitler 5. “Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars” - FDR ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55648 "2017-11-02T17:03:43Z")
Statements made by world leaders they later came to rue 1. read my lips no new taxes - George H.W. Bush 2. I am not a crook - Richard M. Nixon 3. “He kept us out of war!” - Woodrow Wilson 1916 campaign slogan 4. “It is our will that this state (the Third Reich) shall endure for a thousand years” - Adolf Hitler 5. “Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars” - FDR 6. “The battle in which you are locked today is the mother of all battles…Our rendezvous with victory is very near, God willing.” - Saddam Hussein ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55649 "2017-11-02T17:52:11Z")
Statements made by world leaders they later came to rue 1. read my lips no new taxes - George H.W. Bush 2. I am not a crook - Richard M. Nixon 3. “He kept us out of war!” - Woodrow Wilson 1916 campaign slogan 4. “It is our will that this state (the Third Reich) shall endure for a thousand years” - Adolf Hitler 5. “Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars” - FDR 6. “The battle in which you are locked today is the mother of all battles…Our rendezvous with victory is very near, God willing.” - Saddam Hussein 7. “I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.”- Winston Churchill I mean, he pretty much DID preside over the liquidation of the British Empire ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55650 "2017-11-02T17:57:56Z")
Statements made by world leaders they later came to rue 1. read my lips no new taxes - George H.W. Bush 2. I am not a crook - Richard M. Nixon 3. “He kept us out of war!” - Woodrow Wilson 1916 campaign slogan 4. “It is our will that this state (the Third Reich) shall endure for a thousand years” - Adolf Hitler 5. “Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars” - FDR 6. “The battle in which you are locked today is the mother of all battles…Our rendezvous with victory is very near, God willing.” - Saddam Hussein 7. “I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.”- Winston Churchill 8. “I did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky” - Bill Clinton ---
**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 2, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55651 "2017-11-02T20:32:00Z")
Statements made by world leaders they later came to rue 1. read my lips no new taxes - George H.W. Bush 2. I am not a crook - Richard M. Nixon 3. “He kept us out of war!” - Woodrow Wilson 1916 campaign slogan 4. “It is our will that this state (the Third Reich) shall endure for a thousand years” - Adolf Hitler 5. “Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars” - FDR 6. “The battle in which you are locked today is the mother of all battles…Our rendezvous with victory is very near, God willing.” - Saddam Hussein 7. “I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.”- Winston Churchill 8. “I did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky” - Bill Clinton 9. “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what … who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims. … These are people who pay no income tax. … and so my job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” - Mitt Romney ---
**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 2, 2017, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55652 "2017-11-02T20:32:06Z")
Statements made by world leaders they later came to rue 1. read my lips no new taxes - George H.W. Bush 2. I am not a crook - Richard M. Nixon 3. “He kept us out of war!” - Woodrow Wilson 1916 campaign slogan 4. “It is our will that this state (the Third Reich) shall endure for a thousand years” - Adolf Hitler 5. “Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars” - FDR 6. “The battle in which you are locked today is the mother of all battles…Our rendezvous with victory is very near, God willing.” - Saddam Hussein 7. “I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.”- Winston Churchill 8. “I did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky” - Bill Clinton 9. “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what … who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims. … These are people who pay no income tax. … and so my job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” - Mitt Romney 10. “Under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination” to serve as President - Theodore Roosevelt Said on Election Night 1904, after he’d won the Presidency in his own right after serving most of William McKinley’s second term. T.R. could easily have run and won again in 1908, but didn’t; after four years out of the White House, he ran again in 1912 and lost. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55653 "2017-11-02T22:47:01Z")
Statements made by world leaders they later came to rue 1. read my lips no new taxes - George H.W. Bush 2. I am not a crook - Richard M. Nixon 3. “He kept us out of war!” - Woodrow Wilson 1916 campaign slogan 4. “It is our will that this state (the Third Reich) shall endure for a thousand years” - Adolf Hitler 5. “Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars” - FDR 6. “The battle in which you are locked today is the mother of all battles…Our rendezvous with victory is very near, God willing.” - Saddam Hussein 7. “I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.”- Winston Churchill 8. “I did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky” - Bill Clinton 9. “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what … who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims. … These are people who pay no income tax. … and so my job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” - Mitt Romney 10. “Under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination” to serve as President - Theodore Roosevel 11. Eisenhower’s warning against the military industrial complex. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55654 "2017-11-02T23:22:56Z")
Statements made by world leaders they later came to rue 1. read my lips no new taxes - George H.W. Bush 2. I am not a crook - Richard M. Nixon 3. “He kept us out of war!” - Woodrow Wilson 1916 campaign slogan 4. “It is our will that this state (the Third Reich) shall endure for a thousand years” - Adolf Hitler 5. “Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars” - FDR 6. “The battle in which you are locked today is the mother of all battles…Our rendezvous with victory is very near, God willing.” - Saddam Hussein 7. “I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.”- Winston Churchill 8. “I did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky” - Bill Clinton 9. “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what … who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims. … These are people who pay no income tax. … and so my job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” - Mitt Romney 10. “Under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination” to serve as President - Theodore Roosevel 11. Eisenhower’s warning against the military industrial complex. 12. “If you like the plan you have, you can keep it. If you like the doctor you have, you can keep your doctor, too. The only change you’ll see are falling costs as our reforms take hold.” (and multiple variations thereof) - Barack Obama ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55655 "2017-11-03T05:41:17Z")
Statements made by world leaders they later came to rue 1. read my lips no new taxes - George H.W. Bush 2. I am not a crook - Richard M. Nixon 3. “He kept us out of war!” - Woodrow Wilson 1916 campaign slogan 4. “It is our will that this state (the Third Reich) shall endure for a thousand years” - Adolf Hitler 5. “Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars” - FDR 6. “The battle in which you are locked today is the mother of all battles…Our rendezvous with victory is very near, God willing.” - Saddam Hussein 7. “I have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.”- Winston Churchill 8. “I did not have sex with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky” - Bill Clinton 9. “There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what … who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims. … These are people who pay no income tax. … and so my job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” - Mitt Romney 10. “Under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination” to serve as President - Theodore Roosevel 11. Eisenhower’s warning against the military industrial complex. 12. “If you like the plan you have, you can keep it. If you like the doctor you have, you can keep your doctor, too. The only change you’ll see are falling costs as our reforms take hold.” (and multiple variations thereof) - Barack Obama 13. “There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.” - Gerald Ford Next subject. Singers (both solo and band members) you like not only because of their music but also because you have a bit of crush on: 1. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55656 "2017-11-03T08:12:49Z")
Singers (both solo and band members) you like not only because of their music but also because you have a bit of crush on: 1. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) 2. Melanie Oesch, the Swiss yodeler [Oesch's die Dritten - Jodelmedley - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGexgNKPl0k&index=59&list=PLA34046A4B9425E66) ---
**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 3, 2017, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55657 "2017-11-03T10:50:49Z")
[quote=“jtur88, post:55656, topic:549173”] Singers (both solo and band members) you like not only because of their music but also because you have a bit of crush on: 1. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) 2. Melanie Oesch, the Swiss yodeler 3. Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) [link](http://www.junkiesfan.com/images/Margo/margo_people.jpg) Got to chat with her for a moment and shake her hand, almost got a case of the vapors. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55658 "2017-11-03T11:13:37Z")
Singers (both solo and band members) you like not only because of their music but also because you have a bit of crush on: 1. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) 2. Melanie Oesch, the Swiss yodeler 3. Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) [link](http://www.junkiesfan.com/images/Margo/margo_people.jpg) 4. Susannah Hoffs ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55659 "2017-11-03T13:42:08Z")
Singers (both solo and band members) you like not only because of their music but also because you have a bit of crush on: 1. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) 2. Melanie Oesch, the Swiss yodeler 3. Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) link 4. Susannah Hoffs 5.[Lee Aaron , The Metal Queen!](https://images.vice.com/noisey/content-images/contentimage/83199/unnamed-1.jpg) ---
**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 3, 2017, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55660 "2017-11-03T14:26:31Z")
Singers (both solo and band members) you like not only because of their music but also because you have a bit of crush on: 1. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) 2. Melanie Oesch, the Swiss yodeler 3. Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) link 4. Susannah Hoffs 5. Lee Aaron , The Metal Queen! 6. Shirley Manson > **[310 Shirley Manson most beautiful woman in the world and my favorite singer....](https://www.pinterest.co.uk/via0928/shirley-manson-most-beautiful-woman-in-the-world-a/)** > > Aug 17, 2018 - Explore wayne via's board "Shirley Manson most beautiful woman in the world and my favorite singer.", followed by 178 people on Pinterest. See more ideas about shirley manson, manson, shirley. ---
**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 3, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55661 "2017-11-03T14:43:05Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > Statements made by world leaders they later came to rue > > …11) Eisenhower’s warning against the military industrial complex… I’ve never read that Ike came to rue that statement. How about, 1. Reagan’s policies amount to “voodoo economics” - GHWB, before becoming Reagan’s running mate Singers (both solo and band members) you like not only because of their music but also because you have a bit of crush on: 1. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) 2. Melanie Oesch, the Swiss yodeler 3. Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) link 4. Susannah Hoffs 5. Lee Aaron , The Metal Queen! 6. Shirley Manson 7. Katharine McPhee Le sigh: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6IZPT7rIsw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6IZPT7rIsw) ---
**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 3, 2017, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55662 "2017-11-03T15:04:39Z")
Singers (both solo and band members) you like not only because of their music but also because you have a bit of crush on: 1. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) 2. Melanie Oesch, the Swiss yodeler 3. Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) link 4. Susannah Hoffs 5. Lee Aaron , The Metal Queen! 6. Shirley Manson 7. Katharine McPhee 8. Adele ---
**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 3, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55663 "2017-11-03T15:14:17Z")
Singers (both solo and band members) you like not only because of their music but also because you have a bit of crush on: 1. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) 2. Melanie Oesch, the Swiss yodeler 3. Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) link 4. Susannah Hoffs 5. Lee Aaron , The Metal Queen! 6. Shirley Manson 7. Katharine McPhee 8. Adele 9. [Andy Allo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpIcIZiTOz8) ---
**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 3, 2017, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55664 "2017-11-03T18:19:52Z")
Singers (both solo and band members) you like not only because of their music but also because you have a bit of crush on: 1. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) 2. Melanie Oesch, the Swiss yodeler 3. Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) link 4. Susannah Hoffs 5. Lee Aaron , The Metal Queen! 6. Shirley Manson 7. Katharine McPhee 8. Adele 9. [Andy Allo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpIcIZiTOz8) 10. Josh Groban ---
**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 3, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55665 "2017-11-03T18:34:27Z")
Singers (both solo and band members) you like not only because of their music but also because you have a bit of crush on: 1. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) 2. Melanie Oesch, the Swiss yodeler 3. Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) link 4. Susannah Hoffs 5. Lee Aaron, The Metal Queen! 6. Shirley Manson 7. Katharine McPhee 8. Adele 9. Andy Allo 10. Josh Groban 11. Anneke van Giersbergen ---
**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 3, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55666 "2017-11-03T19:52:07Z")
Singers (both solo and band members) you like not only because of their music but also because you have a bit of crush on: 1. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star) 2. Melanie Oesch, the Swiss yodeler 3. Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) link 4. Susannah Hoffs 5. Lee Aaron, The Metal Queen! 6. Shirley Manson 7. Katharine McPhee 8. Adele 9. Andy Allo 10. Josh Groban 11. Anneke van Giersbergen 12. Belinda Carlisle [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XmdtJWmR9zQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Belinda Carlisle - Mad About You") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmdtJWmR9zQ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2782) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2784)