# 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:** 725
**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:** [February 25, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14482 "2013-02-25T20:43:32Z")
New topic: Songs In Which Someone Gets Shot 1. “Hey Joe” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience 2. “Copacabana,” Barry Manilow ---
**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:** [February 25, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14483 "2013-02-25T20:57:34Z")
New topic: Songs In Which Someone Gets Shot 1. “Hey Joe” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience 2. “Copacabana,” Barry Manilow 3. “Down by the River” Neil Young and Crazy Horse ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14484 "2013-02-25T20:57:45Z")
New topic: Songs In Which Someone Gets Shot 1. “Hey Joe” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience 2. “Copacabana,” Barry Manilow 3. “Down by the River” Neil Young and Crazy Horse 4. “The Sheriff”, Emerson, Lake and Palmer ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14485 "2013-02-25T21:03:19Z")
New topic: Songs In Which Someone Gets Shot 1. “Hey Joe” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience 2. “Copacabana,” Barry Manilow 3. “Down by the River” Neil Young and Crazy Horse 4. “The Sheriff”, Emerson, Lake and Palmer 5. “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14486 "2013-02-25T21:27:56Z")
Songs In Which Someone Gets Shot 1. “Hey Joe” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience 2. “Copacabana,” Barry Manilow 3. “Down by the River” Neil Young and Crazy Horse 4. “The Sheriff”, Emerson, Lake and Palmer 5. “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen 6. “The Nights the Lights Went Out in Georgia” by Vicki Lawrence ---
**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:** [February 25, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14487 "2013-02-25T21:29:02Z")
Songs In Which Someone Gets Shot 1. “Hey Joe” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience 2. “Copacabana,” Barry Manilow 3. “Down by the River” Neil Young and Crazy Horse 4. “The Sheriff”, Emerson, Lake and Palmer 5. “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen 6. “The Nights the Lights Went Out in Georgia” by Vicki Lawrence 7. “Rocky Raccoon” by the Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14488 "2013-02-25T21:45:37Z")
Songs In Which Someone Gets Shot 1. “Hey Joe” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience 2. “Copacabana,” Barry Manilow 3. “Down by the River” Neil Young and Crazy Horse 4. “The Sheriff”, Emerson, Lake and Palmer 5. “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen 6. “The Nights the Lights Went Out in Georgia” by Vicki Lawrence 7. “Rocky Raccoon” by the Beatles 8. “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” by Sonny Bono Recorded by Cher, Nancy Sinatra, and others. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14489 "2013-02-25T21:52:08Z")
Songs In Which Someone Gets Shot 1. “Hey Joe” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience 2. “Copacabana,” Barry Manilow 3. “Down by the River” Neil Young and Crazy Horse 4. “The Sheriff”, Emerson, Lake and Palmer 5. “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen 6. “The Nights the Lights Went Out in Georgia” by Vicki Lawrence 7. “Rocky Raccoon” by the Beatles 8. “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” by Sonny Bono 9. “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14490 "2013-02-25T21:56:57Z")
Songs In Which Someone Gets Shot 1. “Hey Joe” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience 2. “Copacabana,” Barry Manilow 3. “Down by the River” Neil Young and Crazy Horse 4. “The Sheriff”, Emerson, Lake and Palmer 5. “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen 6. “The Nights the Lights Went Out in Georgia” by Vicki Lawrence 7. “Rocky Raccoon” by the Beatles 8. “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” by Sonny Bono 9. “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash 10. “I Shot the Sheriff” by Bob Marley (or Eric Clapton if you prefer) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14491 "2013-02-25T22:02:12Z")
Songs In Which Someone Gets Shot 1. “Hey Joe” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience 2. “Copacabana,” Barry Manilow 3. “Down by the River” Neil Young and Crazy Horse 4. “The Sheriff”, Emerson, Lake and Palmer 5. “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen 6. “The Nights the Lights Went Out in Georgia” by Vicki Lawrence 7. “Rocky Raccoon” by the Beatles 8. “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” by Sonny Bono 9. “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash 10. “I Shot the Sheriff” by Bob Marley (or Eric Clapton if you prefer) 11. “From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)” by Dave Edmunds (via Bruce Springsteen) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14492 "2013-02-25T22:23:14Z")
Songs In Which Someone Gets Shot 1. “Hey Joe” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience 2. “Copacabana,” Barry Manilow 3. “Down by the River” Neil Young and Crazy Horse 4. “The Sheriff”, Emerson, Lake and Palmer 5. “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen 6. “The Nights the Lights Went Out in Georgia” by Vicki Lawrence 7. “Rocky Raccoon” by the Beatles 8. “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” by Sonny Bono 9. “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash 10. “I Shot the Sheriff” by Bob Marley (or Eric Clapton if you prefer) 11. “From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)” by Dave Edmunds (via Bruce Springsteen) 12. “Big Iron on his Hip” by Marty Robbins ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14493 "2013-02-25T22:31:18Z")
Songs In Which Someone Gets Shot 1. “Hey Joe” by the Jimi Hendrix Experience 2. “Copacabana,” Barry Manilow 3. “Down by the River” Neil Young and Crazy Horse 4. “The Sheriff”, Emerson, Lake and Palmer 5. “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen 6. “The Nights the Lights Went Out in Georgia” by Vicki Lawrence 7. “Rocky Raccoon” by the Beatles 8. “Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)” by Sonny Bono 9. “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash 10. “I Shot the Sheriff” by Bob Marley (or Eric Clapton if you prefer) 11. “From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)” by Dave Edmunds (via Bruce Springsteen) 12. “Big Iron on his Hip” by Marty Robbins 13. “Frankie and Johnnie” (an oldie done by lots of people) New topic: Your Favorite Pet Ever 14. Fletch the lop-eared rabbit ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14494 "2013-02-25T22:31:58Z")
Your Favorite Pet Ever 1. Fletch the lop-eared rabbit 2. Smokey, my 13 y.o. mutt-cat ---
**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:** [February 25, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14495 "2013-02-25T22:34:09Z")
Ignore this post. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14496 "2013-02-25T22:44:09Z")
Your Favorite Pet Ever 1. Fletch the lop-eared rabbit 2. Smokey, my 13 y.o. mutt-cat 3. Ponch (Standard Poodle) ---
**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:** [February 26, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14497 "2013-02-26T04:39:43Z")
Your Favorite Pet Ever 1. Fletch the lop-eared rabbit 2. Smokey, my 13 y.o. mutt-cat 3. Ponch (Standard Poodle) 4. Sal, our very-long-lived black cat Died in September at age 21. He looked a lot like this, but with a little white fur under his chin: [http://blog.oregonlive.com/sellwood/2009/06/medium\_black%20cat.jpg](http://blog.oregonlive.com/sellwood/2009/06/medium_black%20cat.jpg) ---
**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:** [February 26, 2013, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14498 "2013-02-26T06:26:23Z")
Your Favorite Pet Ever 1. Fletch the lop-eared rabbit 2. Smokey, my 13 y.o. mutt-cat 3. Ponch (Standard Poodle) 4. Sal, our very-long-lived black cat 5. Meep, my Russian Blue cat (lost her to lymphoma at age 5 in 2005 :() ---
**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:** [February 26, 2013, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14499 "2013-02-26T10:57:00Z")
Your Favorite Pet Ever 1. Fletch the lop-eared rabbit 2. Smokey, my 13 y.o. mutt-cat 3. Ponch (Standard Poodle) 4. Sal, our very-long-lived black cat 5. Meep, my Russian Blue cat 6. Dusty (Dusty Rose), my 8 y.o. Chesapeake Bay Retriever ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14500 "2013-02-26T13:21:12Z")
Your Favorite Pet Ever 1. Fletch the lop-eared rabbit 2. Smokey, my 13 y.o. mutt-cat 3. Ponch (Standard Poodle) 4. Sal, our very-long-lived black cat 5. Meep, my Russian Blue cat 6. Dusty (Dusty Rose), my 8 y.o. Chesapeake Bay Retriever 7. Ed, my 14 year old grey Tabby cat. Ed was my bachelor cat. When I was single, it was just me and him. I had a tiny bathroom window which was open year round so he came and went as he pleased. We lived downtown beside a little Irish pub that I frequented almost daily and he would either hang out on the patio or would sit on the chair or barstool beside me and my friends. He had a little bit of a temper too, which the other patrons would discover when they tried to pet him. Now I’m married and live in a 5 bedroom house in a quiet neighbourhood with a wife and 3 kids and Ed is now the family cat. He’s settled down alot but I can’t help but laugh at him when my 3 year old daughter tries dress him up as a princess and sit in on her tea parties or my two boys decide he is on the darkside or in league with COBRA. Sometimes, I catch him looking at me with that “What the hell did you get me into” look and I can’t help but feel the same way. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2013, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14501 "2013-02-26T15:13:33Z")
Heh. Our dear black cat Sal, whom I mentioned earlier, liked to sit on my then-pregnant wife’s tummy whenever she was sitting down, and purr, purr, purr. We joked that he was talking to the baby. Then, when our first son was born and could move around enough to grab the cat, Sal seemed to be saying by his expression, “Whoa, _this_ is new!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=724) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=726)