# 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:** 2939
**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:** [April 30, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58767 "2018-04-30T21:38:38Z")
State Highway 1, and where it goes 1. Louisiana 1, from the beach at Grand Isle to the NW corner 2. California Rte 1, runs along the Pacific coast 3. North Carolina - bisects the state, goes through Raleigh, state capital 4. Delaware, from the Southern Maryland border on the Delmarva peninsula, north along the Atlantic coast, then northwest to I-95 5. Texas Farm-to-Market Road 1, runs 19 miles mostly in Sabine County. 6. Illinois - Runs 325.59 miles from the south side of Chicago to the Ohio River. 7. New Jersey - Runs from Trenton to the Hudson River (George Washington Bridge.) 8. Indiana - bisects the eastern half of the state from Lawrenceburg to Angola. 9. Michigan - M-1 runs 21 miles from Detroit north-northwesterly to Pontiac. 10. Montana - MT 1 (formerly US 10A) is 64 miles long and runs from Drummond to few miles east of Anaconda. ---
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State Highway 1, and where it goes 1. Louisiana 1, from the beach at Grand Isle to the NW corner 2. California Rte 1, runs along the Pacific coast 3. North Carolina - bisects the state, goes through Raleigh, state capital 4. Delaware, from the Southern Maryland border on the Delmarva peninsula, north along the Atlantic coast, then northwest to I-95 5. Texas Farm-to-Market Road 1, runs 19 miles mostly in Sabine County. 6. Illinois - Runs 325.59 miles from the south side of Chicago to the Ohio River. 7. New Jersey - Runs from Trenton to the Hudson River (George Washington Bridge.) 8. Indiana - bisects the eastern half of the state from Lawrenceburg to Angola. 9. Michigan - M-1 runs 21 miles from Detroit north-northwesterly to Pontiac. 10. Montana - MT 1 (formerly US 10A) is 64 miles long and runs from Drummond to few miles east of Anaconda. 11. Kentucky - KY 1 runs 48 miles, from Lawrence County to Greenup, on the Ohio border. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2018, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58769 "2018-05-01T20:42:59Z")
State Highway 1, and where it goes 1. Louisiana 1, from the beach at Grand Isle to the NW corner 2. California Rte 1, runs along the Pacific coast 3. North Carolina - bisects the state, goes through Raleigh, state capital 4. Delaware, from the Southern Maryland border on the Delmarva peninsula, north along the Atlantic coast, then northwest to I-95 5. Texas Farm-to-Market Road 1, runs 19 miles mostly in Sabine County. 6. Illinois - Runs 325.59 miles from the south side of Chicago to the Ohio River. 7. New Jersey - Runs from Trenton to the Hudson River (George Washington Bridge.) 8. Indiana - bisects the eastern half of the state from Lawrenceburg to Angola. 9. Michigan - M-1 runs 21 miles from Detroit north-northwesterly to Pontiac. 10. Montana - MT 1 (formerly US 10A) is 64 miles long and runs from Drummond to few miles east of Anaconda. 11. Kentucky - KY 1 runs 48 miles, from Lawrence County to Greenup, on the Ohio border. 12. New York - US 1 extends 21.54 miles (34.67 km) from the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan to the Connecticut state line at Port Chester. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58770 "2018-05-02T14:51:39Z")
State Highway 1, and where it goes 1. Louisiana 1, from the beach at Grand Isle to the NW corner 2. California Rte 1, runs along the Pacific coast 3. North Carolina - bisects the state, goes through Raleigh, state capital 4. Delaware, from the Southern Maryland border on the Delmarva peninsula, north along the Atlantic coast, then northwest to I-95 5. Texas Farm-to-Market Road 1, runs 19 miles mostly in Sabine County. 6. Illinois - Runs 325.59 miles from the south side of Chicago to the Ohio River. 7. New Jersey - Runs from Trenton to the Hudson River (George Washington Bridge.) 8. Indiana - bisects the eastern half of the state from Lawrenceburg to Angola. 9. Michigan - M-1 runs 21 miles from Detroit north-northwesterly to Pontiac. 10. Montana - MT 1 (formerly US 10A) is 64 miles long and runs from Drummond to few miles east of Anaconda. 11. Kentucky - KY 1 runs 48 miles, from Lawrence County to Greenup, on the Ohio border. 12. New York - US 1 extends 21.54 miles (34.67 km) from the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan to the Connecticut state line at Port Chester. 13. Connecticut - US 1 from the NY state line at Port Chester, 117 miles along the Long Island Sound coast to the RI state line at Westerly. New Titles, lines and quotes referring to the month of May 1. Very Warm for May (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical) ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58771 "2018-05-02T15:00:54Z")
Titles, lines and quotes referring to the month of May 1. Very Warm for May (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical) 2. Seven Days in May - Classic movie with Frederic March, Kirk Douglas, and Burt Lancaster based on the novel of the same name. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58772 "2018-05-02T15:05:22Z")
Titles, lines and quotes referring to the month of May 1. Very Warm for May (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical) 2. Seven Days in May - Classic movie with Frederic March, Kirk Douglas, and Burt Lancaster based on the novel of the same name. 3. The Merry Month of May (Thomas Dekker poem) > **[The Merry Month of May (poem)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Merry_Month_of_May_(poem))** > > "The Merry Month of May" is a poem by Thomas Dekker (c. 1572–1632), an English Elizabethan dramatist and pamphleteer. "The Merry Month of May" is a part of Dekker's play, The Shoemaker's Holiday, first performed in 1599. In Ernest Rhys's 1887 publication of Dekker's work, he titled the poem The First Three-Men's Song. > The poem is included within Act 3 Scene V of the play. > O the month of May, the merry month of May, >     So frolic, so gay, and so green, so green, so green! > O, and then did I unto... ---
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Titles, lines and quotes referring to the month of May 1. Very Warm for May (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical) 2. Seven Days in May - Classic movie with Frederic March, Kirk Douglas, and Burt Lancaster based on the novel of the same name. 3. The Merry Month of May (Thomas Dekker poem) 4. [“The Lusty Month of May”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cg4YrOlAkds) from _Camelot_ ---
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Titles, lines and quotes referring to the month of May 1. Very Warm for May (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical) 2. Seven Days in May - Classic movie with Frederic March, Kirk Douglas, and Burt Lancaster based on the novel of the same name. 3. The Merry Month of May (Thomas Dekker poem) 4. “The Lusty Month of May” 5. “May Day,” short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58775 "2018-05-02T15:51:23Z")
Titles, lines and quotes referring to the month of May 1. Very Warm for May (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical) 2. Seven Days in May - Classic movie with Frederic March, Kirk Douglas, and Burt Lancaster based on the novel of the same name. 3. The Merry Month of May (Thomas Dekker poem) 4. “The Lusty Month of May” 5. “May Day,” short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald 6. “Now is the Month of Maying” [fala 'la-la la, fala 'la-la la-la la!] Thomas Morley [listen, be happy: [Now is the Month of Maying.mp4 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/LJ7VirCScp0)] ---
**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:** [May 2, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58776 "2018-05-02T16:01:35Z")
Titles, lines and quotes referring to the month of May 1. Very Warm for May (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical) 2. Seven Days in May - Classic movie with Frederic March, Kirk Douglas, and Burt Lancaster based on the novel of the same name. 3. The Merry Month of May (Thomas Dekker poem) 4. “The Lusty Month of May” 5. “May Day,” short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald 6. “Now is the Month of Maying” [fala 'la-la la, fala 'la-la la-la la!] Thomas Morley[listen, be happy: [Now is the Month of Maying.mp4 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/LJ7VirCScp0)] 7. “April Showers” performed by Al Jolson (“The April showers that come your way/may bring the flowers that bloom in May”) ---
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Titles, lines and quotes referring to the month of May 1. Very Warm for May (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical) 2. Seven Days in May - Classic movie with Frederic March, Kirk Douglas, and Burt Lancaster based on the novel of the same name. 3. The Merry Month of May (Thomas Dekker poem) 4. “The Lusty Month of May” 5. “May Day,” short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald 6. “Now is the Month of Maying” [fala 'la-la la, fala 'la-la la-la la!] Thomas Morley[listen, be happy: [Now is the Month of Maying.mp4 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/LJ7VirCScp0)] 7. “April Showers” performed by Al Jolson (“The April showers that come your way/may bring the flowers that bloom in May”) 8. When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May (line from “My Girl” by the Temptations) ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58778 "2018-05-02T18:28:46Z")
[cx for #6 above] [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/LJ7VirCScp0/hqdefault.jpg "Now is the Month of Maying.mp4") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ7VirCScp0) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58779 "2018-05-02T19:39:59Z")
Titles, lines and quotes referring to the month of May 1. Very Warm for May (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical) 2. Seven Days in May - Classic movie with Frederic March, Kirk Douglas, and Burt Lancaster based on the novel of the same name. 3. The Merry Month of May (Thomas Dekker poem) 4. “The Lusty Month of May” 5. “May Day,” short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald 6. “Now is the Month of Maying” [fala 'la-la la, fala 'la-la la-la la!] Thomas Morley[listen, be happy: [Now is the Month of Maying.mp4 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/LJ7VirCScp0)] 7. “April Showers” performed by Al Jolson (“The April showers that come your way/may bring the flowers that bloom in May”) 8. When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May (line from “My Girl” by the Temptations) 9. Barbara Allen (“All in the merry month of May, when green buds they were swellin’, Young Jemmy Grove on his death bed lay, for love of Barbara Allen”) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58780 "2018-05-02T19:46:22Z")
Titles, lines and quotes referring to the month of May 1. Very Warm for May (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical) 2. Seven Days in May - Classic movie with Frederic March, Kirk Douglas, and Burt Lancaster based on the novel of the same name. 3. The Merry Month of May (Thomas Dekker poem) 4. “The Lusty Month of May” 5. “May Day,” short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald 6. “Now is the Month of Maying” [fala 'la-la la, fala 'la-la la-la la!] Thomas Morley[listen, be happy: [Now is the Month of Maying.mp4 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/LJ7VirCScp0)] 7. “April Showers” performed by Al Jolson (“The April showers that come your way/may bring the flowers that bloom in May”) 8. When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May (line from “My Girl” by the Temptations) 9. Barbara Allen (“All in the merry month of May, when green buds they were swellin’, Young Jemmy Grove on his death bed lay, for love of Barbara Allen”) 10. “Kentucky is beautiful in April, but there’s no place like Hilton (Illinois) in May.” (Cherry Ames, Mountaineer Nurse by Julie Tatham) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2018, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58781 "2018-05-02T19:52:40Z")
Titles, lines and quotes referring to the month of May 1. Very Warm for May (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical) 2. Seven Days in May - Classic movie with Frederic March, Kirk Douglas, and Burt Lancaster based on the novel of the same name. 3. The Merry Month of May (Thomas Dekker poem) 4. “The Lusty Month of May” 5. “May Day,” short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald 6. “Now is the Month of Maying” [fala 'la-la la, fala 'la-la la-la la!] Thomas Morley[listen, be happy: [Now is the Month of Maying.mp4 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/LJ7VirCScp0)] 7. “April Showers” performed by Al Jolson (“The April showers that come your way/may bring the flowers that bloom in May”) 8. When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May (line from “My Girl” by the Temptations) 9. Barbara Allen (“All in the merry month of May, when green buds they were swellin’, Young Jemmy Grove on his death bed lay, for love of Barbara Allen”) 10. “Kentucky is beautiful in April, but there’s no place like Hilton (Illinois) in May.” (Cherry Ames, Mountaineer Nurse by Julie Tatham) 11. “'Cause it’s the first of May, first of May. Outdoor \*\*\*\*ing starts today.” Jonathan Coulton, “[First of May](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-77ElyvRxI)” (WoW version, NSFW (nude WoW characters doing the nasty, no explicit parts shown)) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58782 "2018-05-02T20:46:33Z")
Titles, lines and quotes referring to the month of May 1. Very Warm for May (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical) 2. Seven Days in May - Classic movie with Frederic March, Kirk Douglas, and Burt Lancaster based on the novel of the same name. 3. The Merry Month of May (Thomas Dekker poem) 4. “The Lusty Month of May” 5. “May Day,” short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald 6. “Now is the Month of Maying” [fala 'la-la la, fala 'la-la la-la la!] Thomas Morley[listen, be happy: [Now is the Month of Maying.mp4 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/LJ7VirCScp0)] 7. “April Showers” performed by Al Jolson (“The April showers that come your way/may bring the flowers that bloom in May”) 8. When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May (line from “My Girl” by the Temptations) 9. Barbara Allen (“All in the merry month of May, when green buds they were swellin’, Young Jemmy Grove on his death bed lay, for love of Barbara Allen”) 10. “Kentucky is beautiful in April, but there’s no place like Hilton (Illinois) in May.” (Cherry Ames, Mountaineer Nurse by Julie Tatham) 11. “'Cause it’s the first of May, first of May. Outdoor \*\*\*\*ing starts today.” Jonathan Coulton, “First of May” (WoW version, NSFW (nude WoW characters doing the nasty, no explicit parts shown)) 12. “April Come She Will” by Simon & Garfunkel (“May, she will stay, resting in my arms again.”) ---
**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:** [May 2, 2018, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58783 "2018-05-02T22:09:10Z")
Titles, lines and quotes referring to the month of May 1. Very Warm for May (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein musical) 2. Seven Days in May - Classic movie with Frederic March, Kirk Douglas, and Burt Lancaster based on the novel of the same name. 3. The Merry Month of May (Thomas Dekker poem) 4. “The Lusty Month of May” 5. “May Day,” short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald 6. “Now is the Month of Maying” [fala 'la-la la, fala 'la-la la-la la!] Thomas Morley[listen, be happy: [Now is the Month of Maying.mp4 - YouTube](https://youtu.be/LJ7VirCScp0)] 7. “April Showers” performed by Al Jolson (“The April showers that come your way/may bring the flowers that bloom in May”) 8. When it’s cold outside, I’ve got the month of May (line from “My Girl” by the Temptations) 9. Barbara Allen (“All in the merry month of May, when green buds they were swellin’, Young Jemmy Grove on his death bed lay, for love of Barbara Allen”) 10. “Kentucky is beautiful in April, but there’s no place like Hilton (Illinois) in May.” (Cherry Ames, Mountaineer Nurse by Julie Tatham) 11. “'Cause it’s the first of May, first of May. Outdoor \*\*\*\*ing starts today.” Jonathan Coulton, “First of May” (WoW version, NSFW (nude WoW characters doing the nasty, no explicit parts shown)) 12. “April Come She Will” by Simon & Garfunkel (“May, she will stay, resting in my arms again.”) 13. March winds bring April showers; April showers bring May flowers. What do May flowers bring? Pilgrims! Next: Popular songs that reference the Fourth of July. 1. Chicago “Saturday in the Park” ---
**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:** [May 2, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58784 "2018-05-02T23:14:11Z")
Popular songs that reference the Fourth of July. 1. Chicago “Saturday in the Park” 2. George M. Cohan, “Yankee Doodle Boy” “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy, A Yankee Doodle, do or die; A real live nephew of my Uncle Sam, Born on the Fourth of July” ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58785 "2018-05-03T00:05:45Z")
Popular songs that reference the Fourth of July. 1. Chicago “Saturday in the Park” 2. George M. Cohan, “Yankee Doodle Boy” 3. Martina McBride, “Independence Day” ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58786 "2018-05-03T00:08:10Z")
Popular songs that reference the Fourth of July. 1. Chicago “Saturday in the Park” 2. George M. Cohan, “Yankee Doodle Boy” 3. Martina McBride, “Independence Day” 4. Schoolhouse Rock, “Fireworks” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2938) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2940)