# 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:** 370
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7382 "2011-09-09T19:19:32Z")
Songs with outer-space themes 1. “Starman” by Bowie 2. “A Space Oddity” also Bowie … hmmm ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7383 "2011-09-09T19:20:58Z")
Songs with outer-space themes 1. “Starman” by Bowie 2. “A Space Oddity” also Bowie … hmmm 3. “Space Truckin’” - Deep Purple ---
**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:** [September 9, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7384 "2011-09-09T19:23:40Z")
Songs with outer-space themes 1. “Starman” by Bowie 2. “A Space Oddity” also Bowie … hmmm 3. “Space Truckin’” - Deep Purple 4. “Major Tom” - Peter Schilling ---
**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:** [September 9, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7385 "2011-09-09T19:40:57Z")
Songs with outer-space themes 1. “Starman” by Bowie 2. “A Space Oddity” also Bowie … hmmm 3. “Space Truckin’” - Deep Purple 4. “Major Tom” - Peter Schilling 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” - Klaatu (covered by the Carpenters) ---
**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:** [September 9, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7386 "2011-09-09T19:42:38Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Upon reflection, Newfoundland (my contribution) shouldn’t count. The island is Newfoundland, but the province is called the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. I’m working on an acceptable substitute. 1. Nagaland ---
**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:** [September 9, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7387 "2011-09-09T20:21:44Z")
Songs with outer-space themes 1. “Starman” by Bowie 2. “A Space Oddity” also Bowie … hmmm 3. “Space Truckin’” - Deep Purple 4. “Major Tom” - Peter Schilling 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” - Klaatu (covered by the Carpenters) 6. Rocketman–Elton John ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7388 "2011-09-09T20:24:02Z")
Songs with outer-space themes 1. “Starman” by Bowie 2. “A Space Oddity” also Bowie … hmmm 3. “Space Truckin’” - Deep Purple 4. “Major Tom” - Peter Schilling 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” - Klaatu (covered by the Carpenters) 6. Rocketman–Elton John 7. “2112” by Rush ---
**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:** [September 9, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7389 "2011-09-09T20:28:52Z")
Songs with outer-space themes 1. “Starman” by Bowie 2. “A Space Oddity” also Bowie … hmmm 3. “Space Truckin’” - Deep Purple 4. “Major Tom” - Peter Schilling 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” - Klaatu (covered by the Carpenters) 6. “Rocketman”–Elton John 7. “2112” by Rush 8. "“Mission: A World Record” - Electric Light Orchestra ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7390 "2011-09-09T20:48:58Z")
> [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](#): > > Upon reflection, Newfoundland (my contribution) shouldn’t count. The island is Newfoundland, but the province is called the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador. I’m working on an acceptable substitute. It used to be just Newfoundland, which is good enough for me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7391 "2011-09-09T22:00:25Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 1. Nagaland or Queensland… I have no idea why it took me so long to come up with that. ---
**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:** [September 9, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7392 "2011-09-09T22:20:50Z")
Songs with outer-space themes 1. “Starman” by Bowie 2. “A Space Oddity” also Bowie … hmmm 3. “Space Truckin’” - Deep Purple 4. “Major Tom” - Peter Schilling 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” - Klaatu (covered by the Carpenters) 6. “Rocketman”–Elton John 7. “2112” by Rush 8. "“Mission: A World Record” - Electric Light Orchestra 9. “Star Rider” - Foreigner ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7393 "2011-09-09T22:43:51Z")
Songs with outer-space themes 1. “Starman” by Bowie 2. “A Space Oddity” also Bowie … hmmm 3. “Space Truckin’” - Deep Purple 4. “Major Tom” - Peter Schilling 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” - Klaatu (covered by the Carpenters) 6. “Rocketman”–Elton John 7. “2112” by Rush 8. "“Mission: A World Record” - Electric Light Orchestra 9. “Star Rider” - Foreigner 10. “Mr. Spaceman” by the Byrds ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7394 "2011-09-09T23:44:42Z")
Songs with outer-space themes 1. “Starman” by Bowie 2. “A Space Oddity” also Bowie … hmmm 3. “Space Truckin’” - Deep Purple 4. “Major Tom” - Peter Schilling 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” - Klaatu (covered by the Carpenters) 6. “Rocketman”–Elton John 7. “2112” by Rush 8. "“Mission: A World Record” - Electric Light Orchestra 9. “Star Rider” - Foreigner 10. “Mr. Spaceman” by the Byrds 11. “[Journey](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOCuTmyCX7s)” - FM, from the album ‘Black Noise’. Fantastic Canadian prog rock band that you’ve probably never heard of. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7395 "2011-09-10T00:04:34Z")
Songs with outer-space themes 1. “Starman” by Bowie 2. “A Space Oddity” also Bowie … hmmm 3. “Space Truckin’” - Deep Purple 4. “Major Tom” - Peter Schilling 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” - Klaatu (covered by the Carpenters) 6. “Rocketman”–Elton John 7. “2112” by Rush 8. "“Mission: A World Record” - Electric Light Orchestra 9. “Star Rider” - Foreigner 10. “Mr. Spaceman” by the Byrds 11. “[Journey](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOCuTmyCX7s)” - FM, from the album ‘Black Noise’. Fantastic Canadian prog rock band that you’ve probably never heard of. 12. “Humans From Earth” - T-Bone Burnett ---
**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:** [September 10, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7396 "2011-09-10T00:52:49Z")
Songs with outer-space themes 1. “Starman” by Bowie 2. “A Space Oddity” also Bowie … hmmm 3. “Space Truckin’” - Deep Purple 4. “Major Tom” - Peter Schilling 5. “Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft” - Klaatu (covered by the Carpenters) 6. “Rocketman”–Elton John 7. “2112” by Rush 8. "“Mission: A World Record” - Electric Light Orchestra 9. “Star Rider” - Foreigner 10. “Mr. Spaceman” by the Byrds 11. “Journey” - FM, from the album ‘Black Noise’. 12. “Humans From Earth” - T-Bone Burnett 13. “Here is the News” - Electric Light Orchestra Next category: Username you’d have if you didn’t have the one you do, and its inspiration 1. **HM Minister of Silly Walks** - Monty Python ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7397 "2011-09-10T01:50:29Z")
Username you’d have if you didn’t have the one you do, and its inspiration 1. **HM Minister of Silly Walks** - Monty Python 2. **Nimrod Wildfire** - a character in an 1831 play based on Davy Crockett Unnecessary info: David (he never went by and didn’t like the nickname Davy) Crockett is known to have seen the play at least once. Later productions may have inspired the coonskin cap, though originally Nimrod Wildfire’s hat was made of a bobcat and i.r.l. Crockett wore conventional felt hats. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7398 "2011-09-10T02:14:03Z")
Username you’d have if you didn’t have the one you do, and its inspiration 1. \*\*HM Minister of Silly Walks \*\*- Monty Python 2. **Nimrod Wildfire** - a character in an 1831 play based on Davy Crockett 3. **Raymond Luxury Yacht** - also MPFC ---
**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:** [September 10, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7399 "2011-09-10T02:14:31Z")
Username you’d have if you didn’t have the one you do, and its inspiration 1. **HM Minister of Silly Walks** - Monty Python 2. **Nimrod Wildfire** - a character in an 1831 play based on Davy Crockett 3. **Raymond Luxury Yacht** - also MPFC 4. **Bug Vomit** - if Ringo hadn’t taken it from me. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7400 "2011-09-10T02:34:39Z")
Username you’d have if you didn’t have the one you do, and its inspiration 1. **HM Minister of Silly Walks** - Monty Python 2. **Nimrod Wildfire** - a character in an 1831 play based on Davy Crockett 3. **Raymond Luxury Yacht** - also MPFC 4. **Bug Vomit** - if Ringo hadn’t taken it from me. 5. **Goa Ska Lice** – recasting of the book title [_Go Ask Alice_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Ask_Alice) ---
**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:** [September 10, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7401 "2011-09-10T04:39:52Z")
Username you’d have if you didn’t have the one you do, and its inspiration 1. **HM Minister of Silly Walks** - Monty Python 2. **Nimrod Wildfire** - a character in an 1831 play based on Davy Crockett 3. **Raymond Luxury Yacht** - also MPFC 4. **Bug Vomit** - if Ringo hadn’t taken it from me. 5. **Goa Ska Lice** – recasting of the book title [_Go Ask Alice_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Ask_Alice) 6. **His Magistry** - which I was once called by a confused litigant [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=369) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=371)