# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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\
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**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:** [August 12, 2019, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67288 "2019-08-12T19:36:57Z")

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Old-timey female names that sound cool again for little dudettes.

1. Augusta
2. Daisy
3. Melody
4. Victoria
5. Olive
6. Sophia
7. Ruth
8. Charlotte
9. Louise
10. Eleanor
11. Elaine

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**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:** [August 12, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67289 "2019-08-12T19:44:57Z")

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Old-timey female names that sound cool again for little dudettes.

1. Augusta
2. Daisy
3. Melody
4. Victoria
5. Olive
6. Sophia
7. Ruth
8. Charlotte
9. Louise
10. Eleanor
11. Elaine
12. Martha

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**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:** [August 12, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67290 "2019-08-12T19:50:30Z")

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Old-timey female names that sound cool again for little dudettes.

1. Augusta
2. Daisy
3. Melody
4. Victoria
5. Olive
6. Sophia
7. Ruth
8. Charlotte
9. Louise
10. Eleanor
11. Elaine
12. Martha
13. Mary

(For it was Mary, Mary, plain as any name can be…)

New!

It’s World Elephant Day! Famous elephants of fact and fiction.

1. Dumbo

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**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:** [August 12, 2019, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67291 "2019-08-12T21:10:46Z")

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It’s World Elephant Day! Famous elephants of fact and fiction.

1. Dumbo
2. Jumbo

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**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:** [August 12, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67292 "2019-08-12T21:31:27Z")

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It’s World Elephant Day! Famous elephants of fact and fiction.

1. Dumbo
2. Jumbo
3. Mama Mirabelle (from Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies, a cartoon)

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**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:** [August 12, 2019, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67293 "2019-08-12T21:51:00Z")

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It’s World Elephant Day! Famous elephants of fact and fiction.

1. Dumbo
2. Jumbo
3. Mama Mirabelle (from Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies, a cartoon)
4. Mrs. Jumbo (Dumbo’s mother)

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**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:** [August 12, 2019, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67294 "2019-08-12T22:04:59Z")

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It’s World Elephant Day! Famous elephants of fact and fiction.

1. Dumbo
2. Jumbo
3. Mama Mirabelle (from Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies, a cartoon)
4. Mrs. Jumbo (Dumbo’s mother)
5. Rosie (from Sarah Gruen’s novel Water for Elephants)

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**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:** [August 12, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67295 "2019-08-12T22:37:43Z")

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It’s World Elephant Day! Famous elephants of fact and fiction.

1. Dumbo
2. Jumbo
3. Mama Mirabelle (from Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies, a cartoon)
4. Mrs. Jumbo (Dumbo’s mother)
5. Rosie (from Sarah Gruen’s novel Water for Elephants)
6. Horton

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**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:** [August 12, 2019, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67296 "2019-08-12T22:44:38Z")

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It’s World Elephant Day! Famous elephants of fact and fiction.

1. Dumbo
2. Jumbo
3. Mama Mirabelle (from Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies, a cartoon)
4. Mrs. Jumbo (Dumbo’s mother)
5. Rosie (from Sarah Gruen’s novel Water for Elephants)
6. Horton
7. Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant of Oz

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**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:** [August 12, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67297 "2019-08-12T22:54:42Z")

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It’s World Elephant Day! Famous elephants of fact and fiction.

1. Dumbo
2. Jumbo
3. Mama Mirabelle (from Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies, a cartoon)
4. Mrs. Jumbo (Dumbo’s mother)
5. Rosie (from Sarah Gruen’s novel Water for Elephants)
6. Horton
7. Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant of Oz
8. Snorky (of the Banana Splits)

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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67298 "2019-08-12T22:58:54Z")

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It’s World Elephant Day! Famous elephants of fact and fiction.

1. Dumbo
2. Jumbo
3. Mama Mirabelle (from Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies, a cartoon)
4. Mrs. Jumbo (Dumbo’s mother)
5. Rosie (from Sarah Gruen’s novel Water for Elephants)
6. Horton
7. Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant of Oz
8. Snorky (of the Banana Splits)
9. Babar

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67299 "2019-08-12T23:38:01Z")

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1. Dumbo
2. Jumbo
3. Mama Mirabelle (from Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies, a cartoon)
4. Mrs. Jumbo (Dumbo’s mother)
5. Rosie (from Sarah Gruen’s novel Water for Elephants)
6. Horton
7. Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant of Oz
8. Snorky (of the Banana Splits)
9. Babar
10. The Heffalump (from Winnie the Pooh)

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**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:** [August 12, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67300 "2019-08-12T23:45:39Z")

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It’s World Elephant Day! Famous elephants of fact and fiction.

1. Dumbo
2. Jumbo
3. Mama Mirabelle (from Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies, a cartoon)
4. Mrs. Jumbo (Dumbo’s mother)
5. Rosie (from Sarah Gruen’s novel Water for Elephants)
6. Horton
7. Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant of Oz
8. Snorky (of the Banana Splits)
9. Babar
10. The Heffalump (from Winnie the Pooh)
11. Manny (from _Ice Age_)

Okay, he’s a mammoth. But that’s close enough to count as an elephant.

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**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:** [August 12, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67301 "2019-08-12T23:52:41Z")

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It’s World Elephant Day! Famous elephants of fact and fiction.

1. Dumbo
2. Jumbo
3. Mama Mirabelle (from Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies, a cartoon)
4. Mrs. Jumbo (Dumbo’s mother)
5. Rosie (from Sarah Gruen’s novel Water for Elephants)
6. Horton
7. Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant of Oz
8. Snorky (of the Banana Splits)
9. Babar
10. The Heffalump (from Winnie the Pooh)
11. Manny (from Ice Age)
12. Queen Celeste (Babar’s wife)

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**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:** [August 13, 2019, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67302 "2019-08-13T01:32:31Z")

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It’s World Elephant Day! Famous elephants of fact and fiction.

1. Dumbo
2. Jumbo
3. Mama Mirabelle (from Mama Mirabelle’s Home Movies, a cartoon)
4. Mrs. Jumbo (Dumbo’s mother)
5. Rosie (from Sarah Gruen’s novel Water for Elephants)
6. Horton
7. Kabumpo, the Elegant Elephant of Oz
8. Snorky (of the Banana Splits)
9. Babar
10. The Heffalump (from Winnie the Pooh)
11. Manny (from Ice Age)
12. Queen Celeste (Babar’s wife)
13. Surus

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Song titles that contain a type of food (no repeats on the food)(with link if possible)

1. Delbert McClinton: No Chicken on the Bone [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YmEISX3M4M) (great tune BTW)

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**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:** [August 13, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67303 "2019-08-13T02:04:17Z")

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Song titles that contain a type of food (no repeats on the food)(with link if possible)

1. Delbert McClinton: No Chicken on the Bone [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YmEISX3M4M) (great tune BTW)
2. James Taylor, [Sweet Potato Pie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKiyNWqiroM)

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**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:** [August 13, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67304 "2019-08-13T03:02:28Z")

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Song titles that contain a type of food (no repeats on the food)(with link if possible)

1. Delbert McClinton: No Chicken on the Bone [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YmEISX3M4M) (great tune BTW)
2. James Taylor, [Sweet Potato Pie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKiyNWqiroM)
3. Weird Al, [My Bologna](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxLaFJf9Jk)

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**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:** [August 13, 2019, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67305 "2019-08-13T03:52:02Z")

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Song titles that contain a type of food (no repeats on the food)(with link if possible)

1. Delbert McClinton: No Chicken on the Bone [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YmEISX3M4M) (great tune BTW)
2. James Taylor, [Sweet Potato Pie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKiyNWqiroM)
3. Weird Al, [My Bologna](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxLaFJf9Jk)
4. The Chordettes, [Lollipop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rYoRaxgOE0)

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67306 "2019-08-13T04:14:05Z")

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Song titles that contain a type of food (no repeats on the food)(with link if possible)

1. Delbert McClinton: No Chicken on the Bone [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YmEISX3M4M) (great tune BTW)
2. James Taylor, [Sweet Potato Pie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKiyNWqiroM)
3. Weird Al, [My Bologna](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxLaFJf9Jk)
4. The Chordettes, [Lollipop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rYoRaxgOE0)
5. Dinah Shore, [Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa3IyfLmUOw)

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**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:** [August 13, 2019, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/67307 "2019-08-13T04:57:24Z")

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Song titles that contain a type of food (no repeats on the food)(with link if possible)

1. Delbert McClinton: No Chicken on the Bone [link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YmEISX3M4M) (great tune BTW)
2. James Taylor, [Sweet Potato Pie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKiyNWqiroM)
3. Weird Al, [My Bologna](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hxLaFJf9Jk)
4. The Chordettes, [Lollipop](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rYoRaxgOE0)
5. Dinah Shore, [Shoo Fly Pie And Apple Pan Dowdy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa3IyfLmUOw)
6. Barnes & Barnes, [Fish Heads](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-K2DZojWi0)

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