# 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:** 585
**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 7, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11682 "2012-08-07T15:13:34Z")
Memorable Olympics: Year, Location, Reason 1. 1972 Munich: The first Olympics I ( **echo7tango** ) can remember 2. 1984 Los Angeles: The rowing events were held in my ( **Infovore’s** ) home town so I got to see them for free and meet a couple of the athletes 3. 1976 Montreal 4. 1980 Lake Placid: Because it was my local Olympics 5. 1996 Atlanta: The Centennial Olympic Park Bombing–I ( **Annie-Xmas** ) knew someone who was there 6. 2012 London: Michael Phelps wins the most medals in an Olympic career 7. 1968 Mexico City: The first Olympics I ( **Little Nemo** ) can remember 8. 1936 Berlin: Jesse Owens sticks it in the Führer’s face 9. 1980 Moscow: the Boycott ---
**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:** [August 7, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11683 "2012-08-07T15:48:05Z")
Memorable Olympics: Year, Location, Reason 1. 1972 Munich: The first Olympics I (echo7tango) can remember 2. 1984 Los Angeles: The rowing events were held in my (Infovore’s) home town so I got to see them for free and meet a couple of the athletes 3. 1976 Montreal 4. 1980 Lake Placid: Because it was my local Olympics 5. 1996 Atlanta: The Centennial Olympic Park Bombing–I (Annie-Xmas) knew someone who was there 6. 2012 London: Michael Phelps wins the most medals in an Olympic career 7. 1968 Mexico City: The first Olympics I (Little Nemo) can remember 8. 1936 Berlin: Jesse Owens sticks it in the Führer’s face 9. 1980 Moscow: the Boycott 10. 1992 Barcelona: **Ponch8** had the summer off and had plenty of free time to watch ---
**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 7, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11684 "2012-08-07T17:33:33Z")
Memorable Olympics: Year, Location, Reason 1. 1972 Munich: The first Olympics I (echo7tango) can remember 2. 1984 Los Angeles: The rowing events were held in my (Infovore’s) home town so I got to see them for free and meet a couple of the athletes 3. 1976 Montreal 4. 1980 Lake Placid: Because it was my local Olympics 5. 1996 Atlanta: The Centennial Olympic Park Bombing–I (Annie-Xmas) knew someone who was there 6. 2012 London: Michael Phelps wins the most medals in an Olympic career 7. 1968 Mexico City: The first Olympics I (Little Nemo) can remember 8. 1936 Berlin: Jesse Owens sticks it in the Führer’s face 9. 1980 Moscow: the Boycott 10. 1992 Barcelona: **Ponch8** had the summer off and had plenty of free time to watch 11. 1896, Athens: the first modern Olympics ---
**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:** [August 7, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11685 "2012-08-07T18:11:45Z")
Memorable Olympics: Year, Location, Reason 1. 1972 Munich: The first Olympics I (echo7tango) can remember 2. 1984 Los Angeles: The rowing events were held in my (Infovore’s) home town so I got to see them for free and meet a couple of the athletes 3. 1976 Montreal 4. 1980 Lake Placid: Because it was my local Olympics 5. 1996 Atlanta: The Centennial Olympic Park Bombing–I (Annie-Xmas) knew someone who was there 6. 2012 London: Michael Phelps wins the most medals in an Olympic career 7. 1968 Mexico City: The first Olympics I (Little Nemo) can remember 8. 1936 Berlin: Jesse Owens sticks it in the Führer’s face 9. 1980 Moscow: the Boycott 10. 1992 Barcelona: **Ponch8** had the summer off and had plenty of free time to watch 11. 1896 Athens: the first modern Olympics 12. 2002 Salt Lake City: Canada men win hockey gold for first time in 50 years. (NHL players were not allowed to participate until 1998.) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11686 "2012-08-07T18:36:08Z")
Memorable Olympics: Year, Location, Reason 1. 1972 Munich: The first Olympics I (echo7tango) can remember 2. 1984 Los Angeles: The rowing events were held in my (Infovore’s) home town so I got to see them for free and meet a couple of the athletes 3. 1976 Montreal 4. 1980 Lake Placid: Because it was my local Olympics 5. 1996 Atlanta: The Centennial Olympic Park Bombing–I (Annie-Xmas) knew someone who was there 6. 2012 London: Michael Phelps wins the most medals in an Olympic career 7. 1968 Mexico City: The first Olympics I (Little Nemo) can remember 8. 1936 Berlin: Jesse Owens sticks it in the Führer’s face 9. 1980 Moscow: the Boycott 10. 1992 Barcelona: Ponch8 had the summer off and had plenty of free time to watch 11. 1896 Athens: the first modern Olympics 12. 2002 Salt Lake City: Canada men win hockey gold for first time in 50 years. (NHL players were not allowed to participate until 1998.) 13. 776 BC: Greece. Because, first. New Category What song is stuck in your mind right now? 1. Meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow … (Meow Mix cat food. In getting the words correct, the word now looks funny.) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11687 "2012-08-07T18:47:16Z")
What song is stuck in your mind right now? 1. Meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow … 2. “I am stuck on Bandaid 'cause Bandaid’s stuck on me!” eta - happens every time I put one on a paper cut or ripped cuticle ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11688 "2012-08-07T18:48:54Z")
What song is stuck in your mind right now? 1. Meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow … 2. “I am stuck on Bandaid 'cause Bandaid’s stuck on me!” 3. Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda … ---
**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:** [August 7, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11689 "2012-08-07T18:50:52Z")
What song is stuck in your mind right now? 1. Meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow … 2. “I am stuck on Bandaid 'cause Bandaid’s stuck on me!” 3. Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda … 4. What Baby Wants, Baby Gets – Alice Cooper and Ke$ha ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11690 "2012-08-07T18:54:03Z")
**Eutychus** - is “boom-dee-yadda” anything like “boom-chicka-wow-wow”? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11691 "2012-08-07T19:10:39Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > **Eutychus** - is “boom-dee-yadda” anything like “boom-chicka-wow-wow”? [So much better](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0). ETA: Obligatory [XKCD](http://xkcd.com/442/)link ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11692 "2012-08-07T19:35:11Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > [So much better](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at_f98qOGY0). > > ETA: Obligatory [XKCD](http://xkcd.com/442/)link The 0:52 mark in the video is the best thing EVAH!!! ---
**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 7, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11693 "2012-08-07T20:36:32Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > Most impressive Olympic feats in history > > …10. Kerri Strug, scoring an impressive 9.712 in her final vault with a badly injured ankle (1996, Atlanta) Didja see this?: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNlHLC3qf9o](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNlHLC3qf9o) What song is stuck in your mind right now? 1. Meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow … 2. “I am stuck on Bandaid 'cause Bandaid’s stuck on me!” 3. Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda … 4. What Baby Wants, Baby Gets – Alice Cooper and Ke$ha 5. “Usher Usher Usher…!” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/C-dvTjK_07c/maxresdefault.jpg "Usher - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (Official Music Video) ft. Pitbull") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-dvTjK_07c) ---
**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:** [August 7, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11694 "2012-08-07T21:18:17Z")
What song is stuck in your mind right now? 1. Meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow … 2. “I am stuck on Bandaid 'cause Bandaid’s stuck on me!” 3. Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda … 4. What Baby Wants, Baby Gets – Alice Cooper and Ke$ha 5. “Usher Usher Usher…!” 6. ONE singular sensation… (RIP, Marvin Hamlish) ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11695 "2012-08-07T21:41:59Z")
What song is stuck in your mind right now? 1. Meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow … 2. “I am stuck on Bandaid 'cause Bandaid’s stuck on me!” 3. Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda … 4. What Baby Wants, Baby Gets – Alice Cooper and Ke$ha 5. “Usher Usher Usher…!” 6. ONE singular sensation… (RIP, Marvin Hamlish) 7. [Candy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn8KYD1Vco0), by Cameo (“Oooww!”) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11696 "2012-08-08T00:17:51Z")
What song is stuck in your mind right now? 1. Meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow … 2. “I am stuck on Bandaid 'cause Bandaid’s stuck on me!” 3. Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda … 4. What Baby Wants, Baby Gets – Alice Cooper and Ke$ha 5. “Usher Usher Usher…!” 6. ONE singular sensation… (RIP, Marvin Hamlish) 7. [Candy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn8KYD1Vco0), by Cameo (“Oooww!”) 8. [Baby’s Got Back, by Sir Mix-a-Lot](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/sirmixalot/babygotback.html) Seriously, and I laugh as I write this. Not 4 minutes ago I passed a tall, slender, attractive lady in a long dress. A real looker. As she passed by I couldn’t help but notice some very nice junk in her trunk. And I’m not a caboose guy. The song’s going through my head, reminiscing about her derriere, and I open the iPad to this category. 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11697 "2012-08-11T12:40:54Z")
What song is stuck in your mind right now? 1. Meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow … 2. “I am stuck on Bandaid 'cause Bandaid’s stuck on me!” 3. Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda … 4. What Baby Wants, Baby Gets – Alice Cooper and Ke$ha 5. “Usher Usher Usher…!” 6. ONE singular sensation… (RIP, Marvin Hamlish) 7. [Candy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn8KYD1Vco0), by Cameo (“Oooww!”) 8. [Baby’s Got Back](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/sirmixalot/babygotback.html), Sir Mix-a-Lot 9. Sara Smile, Hall and Oates ---
**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:** [August 11, 2012, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11698 "2012-08-11T20:36:08Z")
What song is stuck in your mind right now? 1. Meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow … 2. “I am stuck on Bandaid 'cause Bandaid’s stuck on me!” 3. Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda … 4. What Baby Wants, Baby Gets – Alice Cooper and Ke$ha 5. “Usher Usher Usher…!” 6. ONE singular sensation… (RIP, Marvin Hamlish) 7. [Candy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn8KYD1Vco0), by Cameo (“Oooww!”) 8. [Baby’s Got Back](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/sirmixalot/babygotback.html), Sir Mix-a-Lot 9. Sara Smile, Hall and Oates 10. Subdivisions, Rush. (No really, it was when I opened this.) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11699 "2012-08-11T20:37:19Z")
What song is stuck in your mind right now? 1. Meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow … 2. “I am stuck on Bandaid 'cause Bandaid’s stuck on me!” 3. Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda … 4. What Baby Wants, Baby Gets – Alice Cooper and Ke$ha 5. “Usher Usher Usher…!” 6. ONE singular sensation… (RIP, Marvin Hamlish) 7. [Candy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn8KYD1Vco0), by Cameo (“Oooww!”) 8. [Baby’s Got Back](http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/sirmixalot/babygotback.html), Sir Mix-a-Lot 9. Sara Smile, Hall and Oates 10. Subdivisions, Rush. 11. “Pictures of Matchstick Men” ---
**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, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11700 "2012-08-12T01:02:50Z")
What song is stuck in your mind right now? 1. Meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow … 2. “I am stuck on Bandaid 'cause Bandaid’s stuck on me!” 3. Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda … 4. What Baby Wants, Baby Gets – Alice Cooper and Ke$ha 5. “Usher Usher Usher…!” 6. ONE singular sensation… (RIP, Marvin Hamlish) 7. Candy, by Cameo (“Oooww!”) 8. Baby’s Got Back, Sir Mix-a-Lot 9. Sara Smile, Hall and Oates 10. Subdivisions, Rush. 11. “Pictures of Matchstick Men” 12. Olympic Fanfare [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MCqUESCoB1w/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLD_VbXQ1zZl5mLQLa1ArQ0ndorNwA "John Williams: "Olympic Fanfare and Theme"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCqUESCoB1w) ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11701 "2012-08-12T13:28:49Z")
What song is stuck in your mind right now? 1. Meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow; meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow, meow … 2. “I am stuck on Bandaid 'cause Bandaid’s stuck on me!” 3. Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda, Boom dee yadda … 4. What Baby Wants, Baby Gets – Alice Cooper and Ke$ha 5. “Usher Usher Usher…!” 6. ONE singular sensation… (RIP, Marvin Hamlish) 7. Candy, by Cameo (“Oooww!”) 8. Baby’s Got Back, Sir Mix-a-Lot 9. Sara Smile, Hall and Oates 10. Subdivisions, Rush. 11. “Pictures of Matchstick Men” 12. Olympic Fanfare 13. “Paper Airplane” - Ke$ha Dishes whose quality varies widely from restaurant to restaurant 14. fish tacos [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=584) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=586)