# 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:** 379
**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 16, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7562 "2011-09-16T19:22:24Z")
Songs you hate with the fiery heat of a thousand suns 1. “Cha Cha Slide” by DJ Casper 2. “Under My Thumb” by the Rolling Stones 3. “Numa Numa Song” by Gary Brolsma 4. “My Way” lyrics by Paul Anka, music by Claude François and Jacques Revaux. 5. “Believe” by Cher. 6. “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlisle ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7563 "2011-09-16T19:27:55Z")
Songs you hate with the fiery heat of a thousand suns 1. “Cha Cha Slide” by DJ Casper 2. “Under My Thumb” by the Rolling Stones 3. “Numa Numa Song” by Gary Brolsma 4. “My Way” lyrics by Paul Anka, music by Claude François and Jacques Revaux. 5. “Believe” by Cher. 6. “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlisle 7. “It’s Time for the Perculator” by Curtis “Cajmere” Jones ---
**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 16, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7564 "2011-09-16T20:46:44Z")
Songs you hate with the fiery heat of a thousand suns 1. “Cha Cha Slide” by DJ Casper 2. “Under My Thumb” by the Rolling Stones 3. “Numa Numa Song” by Gary Brolsma 4. “My Way” lyrics by Paul Anka, music by Claude François and Jacques Revaux. 5. “Believe” by Cher. 6. “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlisle 7. “It’s Time for the Perculator” by Curtis “Cajmere” Jones 8. “Panama,” as performed by David Lee Roth/Van Halen ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7565 "2011-09-16T21:31:07Z")
Songs you hate with the fiery heat of a thousand suns 1. “Cha Cha Slide” by DJ Casper 2. “Under My Thumb” by the Rolling Stones 3. “Numa Numa Song” by Gary Brolsma 4. “My Way” lyrics by Paul Anka, music by Claude François and Jacques Revaux. 5. “Believe” by Cher. 6. “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlisle 7. “It’s Time for the Perculator” by Curtis “Cajmere” Jones 8. “Panama,” as performed by David Lee Roth/Van Halen 9. “Cherish” by The Association In addition to being a lounge singer standard the lyrics are somewhere between very awkward and nonsensical. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7566 "2011-09-16T21:46:59Z")
Songs you hate with the fiery heat of a thousand suns 1. “Cha Cha Slide” by DJ Casper 2. “Under My Thumb” by the Rolling Stones 3. “Numa Numa Song” by Gary Brolsma 4. “My Way” lyrics by Paul Anka, music by Claude François and Jacques Revaux. 5. “Believe” by Cher. 6. “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlisle 7. “It’s Time for the Perculator” by Curtis “Cajmere” Jones 8. “Panama,” as performed by David Lee Roth/Van Halen 9. “Cherish” by The Association 10. “Tubthumping” by Chumbawumba ---
**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 16, 2011, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7567 "2011-09-16T22:10:57Z")
Songs you hate with the fiery heat of a thousand suns 1. “Cha Cha Slide” by DJ Casper 2. “Under My Thumb” by the Rolling Stones 3. “Numa Numa Song” by Gary Brolsma 4. “My Way” lyrics by Paul Anka, music by Claude François and Jacques Revaux. 5. “Believe” by Cher. 6. “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlisle 7. “It’s Time for the Perculator” by Curtis “Cajmere” Jones 8. “Panama,” as performed by David Lee Roth/Van Halen 9. “Cherish” by The Association 10. “Tubthumping” by Chumbawumba 11. “Lay Lady Lay” by Bob Dylan This song absolutely annoys the crap out of me. Grrr. We hates it, we hates it so! ---
**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 16, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7568 "2011-09-16T22:29:12Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. “Cherish” by The Association This amuses me, because it was the one I was arguing with myself whether to put for #8 when I finally settled on “Panama” (because everytime DLR does that stupid shrieky thing he does in every damn song he sings, I want to throttle him.) Funny that it ended up as the very next choice. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7569 "2011-09-17T00:14:38Z")
Songs you hate with the fiery heat of a thousand suns 1. “Cha Cha Slide” by DJ Casper 2. “Under My Thumb” by the Rolling Stones 3. “Numa Numa Song” by Gary Brolsma 4. “My Way” lyrics by Paul Anka, music by Claude François and Jacques Revaux. 5. “Believe” by Cher. 6. “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlisle 7. “It’s Time for the Perculator” by Curtis “Cajmere” Jones 8. “Panama,” as performed by David Lee Roth/Van Halen 9. “Cherish” by The Association 10. “Tubthumping” by Chumbawumba 11. “Lay Lady Lay” by Bob Dylan 12. “Friday” by Rebecca Black ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7570 "2011-09-17T00:41:58Z")
Songs you hate with the fiery heat of a thousand suns 1. “Cha Cha Slide” by DJ Casper 2. “Under My Thumb” by the Rolling Stones 3. “Numa Numa Song” by Gary Brolsma 4. “My Way” lyrics by Paul Anka, music by Claude François and Jacques Revaux. 5. “Believe” by Cher. 6. “Butterfly Kisses” by Bob Carlisle 7. “It’s Time for the Perculator” by Curtis “Cajmere” Jones 8. “Panama,” as performed by David Lee Roth/Van Halen 9. “Cherish” by The Association 10. “Tubthumping” by Chumbawumba 11. “Lay Lady Lay” by Bob Dylan 12. “Friday” by Rebecca Black 13. “My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Dion I didn’t hate it originally, but then it started being played at weddings, funerals, memorial services, proms, gymnasiums, on Muzak, you couldn’t escape from it and now it makes me cringe. ---
**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 17, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7571 "2011-09-17T00:44:08Z")
You need to post a new category. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7572 "2011-09-17T00:45:03Z")
Ah, sorry- Next up: Famous sideshow performers, with links to pictures of how they became famous: 1. [Grady “Lobster Boy” Stiles](http://www.altereddimensions.net/people/GradyStilesLobsterBoy.aspx) (and family) Though his greatest fame came from one of the weirdest murder trials in U.S. history. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7573 "2011-09-17T00:57:47Z")
Just to clarify: By “links to pictures of how they became famous” I don’t mean you have to link to a biography of them, just a picture that shows what was different about them: a picture of Lydia the Tattooed Lady for example should make it clear she was tattooed all over. ---
**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 17, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7574 "2011-09-17T01:31:13Z")
Famous sideshow performers, with links to pictures of how they became famous: 1. [Grady “Lobster Boy” Stiles](http://www.altereddimensions.net/people/GradyStilesLobsterBoy.aspx) (and family) 2. [Chang and Eng, the original Siamese Twins](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/ChangandEng.jpg/220px-ChangandEng.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7575 "2011-09-17T02:17:41Z")
[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:7574, topic:549173”] Famous sideshow performers, with links to pictures of how they became famous: 1. [Grady “Lobster Boy” Stiles](http://www.altereddimensions.net/people/GradyStilesLobsterBoy.aspx) (and family) 2. [Chang and Eng, the original Siamese Twins](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/ChangandEng.jpg/220px-ChangandEng.jpg) 3. [Anna Swan and Martin Bates](http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ap/a/a051546.jpg) Accounts vary as to their exact height but both were well over 7’6 feet tall. By all accounts their marriage was as much a love match as a matter of practicality. They had 2 children, both of whom died at birth: one weighed 18 pounds, the other 23. ---
**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 17, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7576 "2011-09-17T02:37:08Z")
Famous sideshow performers, with links to pictures of how they became famous: 1. [Grady “Lobster Boy” Stiles](http://www.altereddimensions.net/people/GradyStilesLobsterBoy.aspx) (and family) 2. [Chang and Eng, the original Siamese Twins](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/ChangandEng.jpg/220px-ChangandEng.jpg) 3. [Anna Swan and Martin Bates](http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ap/a/a051546.jpg)4. [The Enigma](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enigma). ---
**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 17, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7577 "2011-09-17T02:53:45Z")
Famous sideshow performers, with links to pictures of how they became famous: 1. [Grady “Lobster Boy” Stiles](http://www.altereddimensions.net/people/GradyStilesLobsterBoy.aspx) (and family) 2. [Chang and Eng, the original Siamese Twins](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/ChangandEng.jpg/220px-ChangandEng.jpg) 3. [Anna Swan and Martin Bates](http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ap/a/a051546.jpg)4. [The Enigma](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enigma). 4. [Daisy and Violet Hilton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_and_Violet_Hilton) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7578 "2011-09-17T02:55:07Z")
Famous sideshow performers, with links to pictures of how they became famous: 1. [Grady “Lobster Boy” Stiles](http://www.altereddimensions.net/people/GradyStilesLobsterBoy.aspx) (and family) 2. [Chang and Eng, the original Siamese Twins](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/ChangandEng.jpg/220px-ChangandEng.jpg) 3. [Anna Swan and Martin Bates](http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ap/a/a051546.jpg)4. [The Enigma](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enigma). 4. Daisy and Violet Hilton 5. [Emmitt & Percilla Bejano](http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/445percilla.png) Professionally billed as 'Alligator Man & Monkey Girl; another very happily married couple. ([Video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FensBauB144)- she shaved her beard in mourning when he died.) ---
**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 17, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7579 "2011-09-17T04:17:04Z")
Famous sideshow performers, with links to pictures of how they became famous: 1. [Grady “Lobster Boy” Stiles](http://www.altereddimensions.net/people/GradyStilesLobsterBoy.aspx) (and family) 2. [Chang and Eng, the original Siamese Twins](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/ChangandEng.jpg/220px-ChangandEng.jpg) 3. [Anna Swan and Martin Bates](http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ap/a/a051546.jpg)4. [The Enigma](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enigma). 4. Daisy and Violet Hilton 5. [Emmitt & Percilla Bejano](http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/445percilla.png) 6. [Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jojo_the_Dog-faced_Boy) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7580 "2011-09-17T15:12:17Z")
Famous sideshow performers, with links to pictures of how they became famous: 1. [Grady “Lobster Boy” Stiles](http://www.altereddimensions.net/people/GradyStilesLobsterBoy.aspx) (and family) 2. [Chang and Eng, the original Siamese Twins](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/ChangandEng.jpg/220px-ChangandEng.jpg) 3. [Anna Swan and Martin Bates](http://data2.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ap/a/a051546.jpg)4. [The Enigma](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enigma). 4. Daisy and Violet Hilton 5. [Emmitt & Percilla Bejano](http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/445percilla.png) 6. [Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jojo_the_Dog-faced_Boy) 7. Charles S. Stratton, aka [General Tom Thumb](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_W3ntnumB1Z4/TSUX_jdglII/AAAAAAAAABo/9vAW_9ZjFeE/s1600/pt+barnum+%2526+gen+tom+thumb.jpg) Tickets were sold for [his wedding to Lavinia Warren](http://www.damninteresting.net/content/dwarfism.jpg), and later Lincoln attended a reception for the newlyweds in the White House. (The others in the wedding picture are Lavinia’s sister, who was also tiny, and her former suitor whose stage name was Commodore Nutt.) ---
**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 17, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7581 "2011-09-17T15:28:37Z")
Famous sideshow performers, with links to pictures of how they became famous: 1. Grady “Lobster Boy” Stiles (and family) 2. Chang and Eng, the original Siamese Twins 3. Anna Swan and Martin Bates 4. The Enigma. 5. Daisy and Violet Hilton 6. Emmitt & Percilla Bejano 7. Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy 8. Charles S. Stratton, aka General Tom Thumb 9.Octoman [Rudy Santos](http://www.phreeque.com/rudy_santos.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=378) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=380)