# 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:** 3220
**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:** [February 21, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64388 "2019-02-21T16:24:49Z")
They were working on changing it years/decades/centuries ago–but there’s still no change or solution yet 1. Abolition of the US Electoral College 2. Equal Rights Amendment 3. Loss of beach sand 4. Great Pacific Garbage Patch 5. cure for Alzheimer’s 6. Cure for Cancer 7. End to bigotry 8. AIDS vaccine 9. world hunger 10. [Censoring Rock Music](https://www.rockhall.com/rock-and-roll-vs-censorship) (good luck with that one) 11. Inner-city poverty 12. US adoption of the metric system as per wiki, "As of 2018 the United States is one of only seven countries, including Myanmar (Burma), Liberia, Palau, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Samoa that have not officially adopted the metric system " ---
**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:** [February 21, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64389 "2019-02-21T17:25:39Z")
They were working on changing it years/decades/centuries ago–but there’s still no change or solution yet 1. Abolition of the US Electoral College 2. Equal Rights Amendment 3. Loss of beach sand 4. Great Pacific Garbage Patch 5. cure for Alzheimer’s 6. Cure for Cancer 7. End to bigotry 8. AIDS vaccine 9. world hunger 10. Censoring Rock Music (good luck with that one) 11. Inner-city poverty 12. US adoption of the metric system 13. Declaring he USA a Christian nation Next up: In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them: 1. I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) ---
**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:** [February 21, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64390 "2019-02-21T17:42:53Z")
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them: 1. I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) 2. “Daydream Believer” (John Stewart) ---
**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:** [February 21, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64391 "2019-02-21T17:53:19Z")
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them: 1. I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) 2. “Daydream Believer” (John Stewart) 3. Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) ---
**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:** [February 21, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64392 "2019-02-21T18:01:41Z")
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them: 1. I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) 2. “Daydream Believer” (John Stewart) 3. Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 4. For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork) ---
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64393 "2019-02-21T19:16:35Z")
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them: 1. I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) 2. “Daydream Believer” (John Stewart) 3. Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 4. For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork) 5. Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin) ---
**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:** [February 21, 2019, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64394 "2019-02-21T19:57:50Z")
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them: 1. I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) 2. “Daydream Believer” (John Stewart) 3. Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 4. For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork) 5. Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin) 6. Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand) ---
**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:** [February 21, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64395 "2019-02-21T20:08:28Z")
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them: 1. I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) 2. Daydream Believer (John Stewart) 3. Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 4. For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork) 5. Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin) 6. Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand) 7. Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64396 "2019-02-21T22:38:47Z")
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them: 1. I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) 2. Daydream Believer (John Stewart) 3. Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 4. For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork) 5. Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin) 6. Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand) 7. Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King) 8. Cuddly Toy (Harry Nilsson) ---
**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:** [February 22, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64397 "2019-02-22T02:21:32Z")
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them: 1. I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) 2. Daydream Believer (John Stewart) 3. Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 4. For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork) 5. Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin) 6. Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand) 7. Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King) 8. Cuddly Toy (Harry Nilsson) 9. I Wanna Be Free (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) ---
**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:** [February 22, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64398 "2019-02-22T03:38:39Z")
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them: 1. I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) 2. “Daydream Believer” (John Stewart) 3. Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 4. For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork) 5. Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin) 6. Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand) 7. Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King) 8. Cuddly Toy (Harry Nilsson) 9. I Wanna Be Free (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) I don’t want to be a pest about it but the correct format for a song title is to place it in quotation marks. I don’t correct everyone else’s post. But please don’t miscorrect mine. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64399 "2019-02-22T12:49:38Z")
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them: 1. I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) 2. “Daydream Believer” (John Stewart) 3. Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 4. For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork) 5. Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin) 6. Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand) 7. Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King) 8. Cuddly Toy (Harry Nilsson) 9. I Wanna Be Free (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 10. “Hey, Hey We’re the Monkees” (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) ---
**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:** [February 22, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64400 "2019-02-22T18:38:45Z")
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them: 1. I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) 2. “Daydream Believer” (John Stewart) 3. Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 4. For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork) 5. Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin) 6. Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand) 7. Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King) 8. Cuddly Toy (Harry Nilsson) 9. I Wanna Be Free (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 10. “Hey, Hey We’re the Monkees” (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 11. “Love Is Only Sleeping” (Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil) ---
**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:** [February 22, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64401 "2019-02-22T19:23:03Z")
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them: 1. I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) 2. “Daydream Believer” (John Stewart) 3. Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 4. For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork) 5. Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin) 6. Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand) 7. Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King) 8. Cuddly Toy (Harry Nilsson) 9. I Wanna Be Free (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 10. “Hey, Hey We’re the Monkees” (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 11. “Love Is Only Sleeping” (Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil) 12. “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone” (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64402 "2019-02-23T05:43:41Z")
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them: 1. I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) 2. “Daydream Believer” (John Stewart) 3. Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 4. For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork) 5. Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin) 6. Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand) 7. Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King) 8. Cuddly Toy (Harry Nilsson) 9. I Wanna Be Free (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 10. “Hey, Hey We’re the Monkees” (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 11. “Love Is Only Sleeping” (Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil) 12. “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone” (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 13. Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky (Peter Tork) Not exactly a song, but it is on the _Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn, and Jones Ltd._ album. And it was written and performed by the subject of this thread himself, which I think makes it appropriate for inclusion in the list. Pass. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2019, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64403 "2019-02-23T05:48:58Z")
In remembrance of Peter Tork’s death, Monkees songs and the people who wrote them: 1. I’m A Believer (Neil Diamond) 2. “Daydream Believer” (John Stewart) 3. Last Train To Clarksville (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 4. For Pete’s Sake (Joseph Richards and Peter Tork) 5. Pleasant Valley Sunday (Carole King and Gerry Goffin) 6. Goin’ Down (Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, Diane Hildebrand) 7. Take a Giant Step (Gerry Goffin and Carole King) 8. Cuddly Toy (Harry Nilsson) 9. I Wanna Be Free (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 10. “Hey, Hey We’re the Monkees” (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 11. “Love Is Only Sleeping” (Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil) 12. “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone” (Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart) 13. “For Pete’s Sake” (Peter Tork, Joey Richards) New Famous people named Peter, in any language 1. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64404 "2019-02-23T05:53:36Z")
Famous people named Peter, in any language 1. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 2. Peter Frampton ---
**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:** [February 23, 2019, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64405 "2019-02-23T11:54:51Z")
Famous people named Peter, in any language 1. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 2. Peter Frampton 3. Tsar Peter the Great ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64406 "2019-02-23T14:03:25Z")
Famous people named Peter, in any language 1. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 2. Peter Frampton 3. Tsar Peter the Great 4. Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man ---
**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:** [February 23, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64407 "2019-02-23T14:43:37Z")
Famous people named Peter, in any language 1. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 2. Peter Frampton 3. Tsar Peter the Great 4. Peter Parker, the original Spider-Man 5. Peter, one of Jesus’s disciples, who denied him three times [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3219) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3221)