# 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:** 3423
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68448 "2019-10-17T17:13:54Z")
Big Reads 1. A History of the English Speaking Peoples - Churchill 2. In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68449 "2019-10-17T17:27:39Z")
Big Reads 1. A History of the English Speaking Peoples - Churchill 2. In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust 3. The Masks of God - Joseph Campbell ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68450 "2019-10-17T17:40:11Z")
Big Reads 1. A History of the English Speaking Peoples - Churchill 2. In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust 3. The Masks of God - Joseph Campbell 4. A Study of History - Arnold Toynbee ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68451 "2019-10-17T18:45:48Z")
Big Reads 1. A History of the English Speaking Peoples - Churchill 2. In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust 3. The Masks of God - Joseph Campbell 4. A Study of History - Arnold Toynbee 5. The Stand - Stephen King ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68452 "2019-10-17T18:47:42Z")
Big Reads 1. A History of the English Speaking Peoples - Churchill 2. In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust 3. The Masks of God - Joseph Campbell 4. A Study of History - Arnold Toynbee 5. The Stand - Stephen King 6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68453 "2019-10-17T20:27:44Z")
Big Reads 1. A History of the English Speaking Peoples - Churchill 2. In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust 3. The Masks of God - Joseph Campbell 4. A Study of History - Arnold Toynbee 5. The Stand - Stephen King 6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon 7. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68454 "2019-10-17T20:28:35Z")
Big Reads 1. A History of the English Speaking Peoples - Churchill 2. In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust 3. The Masks of God - Joseph Campbell 4. A Study of History - Arnold Toynbee 5. The Stand - Stephen King 6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon 7. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68455 "2019-10-17T20:59:11Z")
Wow – the rare matching ninja! Big Reads 1. A History of the English Speaking Peoples - Churchill 2. In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust 3. The Masks of God - Joseph Campbell 4. A Study of History - Arnold Toynbee 5. The Stand - Stephen King 6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon 7. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy 8. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien Conceived and written as a single work, though published in three volumes. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68456 "2019-10-17T21:22:02Z")
Big Reads 1. A History of the English Speaking Peoples - Churchill 2. In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust 3. The Masks of God - Joseph Campbell 4. A Study of History - Arnold Toynbee 5. The Stand - Stephen King 6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon 7. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy 8. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien 9. The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night - Sir Richard F. Burton translation ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68457 "2019-10-18T00:02:24Z")
Big Reads 1. A History of the English Speaking Peoples - Churchill 2. In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust 3. The Masks of God - Joseph Campbell 4. A Study of History - Arnold Toynbee 5. The Stand - Stephen King 6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon 7. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy 8. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien 9. The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night - Sir Richard F. Burton translation 10. The Bible - Various ---
**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:** [October 18, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68458 "2019-10-18T00:08:52Z")
Big Reads 1. A History of the English Speaking Peoples - Churchill 2. In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust 3. The Masks of God - Joseph Campbell 4. A Study of History - Arnold Toynbee 5. The Stand - Stephen King 6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon 7. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy 8. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien 9. The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night - Sir Richard F. Burton translation 10. The Bible - Various 11. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68459 "2019-10-18T01:05:37Z")
Big Reads 1. A History of the English Speaking Peoples - Churchill 2. In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust 3. The Masks of God - Joseph Campbell 4. A Study of History - Arnold Toynbee 5. The Stand - Stephen King 6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon 7. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy 8. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien 9. The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night - Sir Richard F. Burton translation 10. The Bible - Various 11. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand 68524 12. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth ---
**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:** [October 18, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68460 "2019-10-18T01:27:44Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > Wow – the rare matching ninja! Not in play: here’s an even stranger matching ninja/simulpost, scroll down to posts 69 and 70: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21546339#post21546339](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=21546339#post21546339) ---
**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:** [October 18, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68461 "2019-10-18T05:08:07Z")
Big Reads 1. A History of the English Speaking Peoples - Churchill 2. In Search of Lost Time - Marcel Proust 3. The Masks of God - Joseph Campbell 4. A Study of History - Arnold Toynbee 5. The Stand - Stephen King 6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Edward Gibbon 7. War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy 8. The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien 9. The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night - Sir Richard F. Burton translation 10. The Bible - Various 11. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand 68524 12. A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth 13. Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace Next subject Songs With Spoken Word Openings (include YouTube link if possible): 1. Don’t You Worry 'Bout a Thing - Stevie Wonder [Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsBc5p-dPU) ---
**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:** [October 18, 2019, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68462 "2019-10-18T05:10:00Z")
Songs With Spoken Word Openings (include YouTube link if possible): 1. Don’t You Worry 'Bout a Thing - Stevie Wonder [Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsBc5p-dPU) 2. Special Streamline - Bukka White [Roots of Blues -- Bukka White „ Special Steamline" - YouTube](https://youtu.be/GHsRrq1i0lo) ---
**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:** [October 18, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68463 "2019-10-18T14:41:40Z")
Songs With Spoken Word Openings (include YouTube link if possible): 1. Don’t You Worry 'Bout a Thing - Stevie Wonder [Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsBc5p-dPU) 2. Special Streamline - Bukka White [Roots of Blues -- Bukka White „ Special Steamline" - YouTube](https://youtu.be/GHsRrq1i0lo) 3. Smooth Operator - Sade [- YouTube](https://youtu.be/7_DEbrmAmKw) ---
**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:** [October 18, 2019, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68464 "2019-10-18T14:56:02Z")
Songs With Spoken Word Openings (include YouTube link if possible): 1. Don’t You Worry 'Bout a Thing - Stevie Wonder [Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsBc5p-dPU) 2. Special Streamline - Bukka White [Roots of Blues -- Bukka White „ Special Steamline" - YouTube](https://youtu.be/GHsRrq1i0lo) 3. Smooth Operator - Sade [- YouTube](https://youtu.be/7_DEbrmAmKw) 4. A Dream Within a Dream - Alan Parsons Project [A Dream within a Dream - Alan Parsons Project - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZyNKrYo9I4) ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68465 "2019-10-18T15:48:43Z")
Songs With Spoken Word Openings (include YouTube link if possible): 1. Don’t You Worry 'Bout a Thing - Stevie Wonder [Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsBc5p-dPU) 2. Special Streamline - Bukka White [Roots of Blues -- Bukka White „ Special Steamline" - YouTube](https://youtu.be/GHsRrq1i0lo) 3. Smooth Operator - Sade [- YouTube](https://youtu.be/7_DEbrmAmKw) 4. A Dream Within a Dream - Alan Parsons Project [A Dream within a Dream - Alan Parsons Project - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZyNKrYo9I4) 5. Gypsies in the Palace - Jimmy Buffett [Gypsies In The Palace - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3iu1tByMH4) ---
**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:** [October 18, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68466 "2019-10-18T16:34:38Z")
Songs With Spoken Word Openings (include YouTube link if possible): 1. Don’t You Worry 'Bout a Thing - Stevie Wonder [Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsBc5p-dPU) 2. Special Streamline - Bukka White [Roots of Blues -- Bukka White „ Special Steamline" - YouTube](https://youtu.be/GHsRrq1i0lo) 3. Smooth Operator - Sade [- YouTube](https://youtu.be/7_DEbrmAmKw) 4. A Dream Within a Dream - Alan Parsons Project [A Dream within a Dream - Alan Parsons Project - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZyNKrYo9I4) 5. Gypsies in the Palace - Jimmy Buffett [Gypsies In The Palace - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3iu1tByMH4) 6. Hello Darlin - Conway Twitty [Conway Twitty -- Hello Darlin' - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGWm6mkqmRo) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68467 "2019-10-18T16:41:05Z")
Songs With Spoken Word Openings (include YouTube link if possible): 1. Don’t You Worry 'Bout a Thing - Stevie Wonder [Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxsBc5p-dPU) 2. Special Streamline - Bukka White [Roots of Blues -- Bukka White „ Special Steamline" - YouTube](https://youtu.be/GHsRrq1i0lo) 3. Smooth Operator - Sade [- YouTube](https://youtu.be/7_DEbrmAmKw) 4. A Dream Within a Dream - Alan Parsons Project [A Dream within a Dream - Alan Parsons Project - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZyNKrYo9I4) 5. Gypsies in the Palace - Jimmy Buffett [Gypsies In The Palace - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3iu1tByMH4) 6. Hello Darlin - Conway Twitty [Conway Twitty -- Hello Darlin' - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGWm6mkqmRo) 7. West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys [Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (Official Video) [HD REMASTERED] - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3j2NYZ8FKs) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3422) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3424)