# Bakers Dozen
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173
**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:** 983
### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19643 "2013-09-04T15:24:12Z")
Obscure Peanuts characters
1. Truffles (beloved of Linus)
2. Rerun (Lucy and Linus’s little brother)
3. 5 (Charlie Brown’s friend from camp)
4. Molly Volley (Snoopy’s tennis doubles partner)
5. Shermy (one of the first four characters, not seen after 1969)
6. Faron (Frieda’s boneless cat)
7. Bill, Harriet, Olivier, Raymond, Fred, Roy, Wilson and Conrad (the other birds besides Woodstock)
8. World War 2, the vicious “stupid cat” next door that Snoopy taunts
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19644 "2013-09-04T16:15:21Z")
Obscure Peanuts characters
1. Truffles (beloved of Linus)
2. Rerun (Lucy and Linus’s little brother)
3. 5 (Charlie Brown’s friend from camp)
4. Molly Volley (Snoopy’s tennis doubles partner)
5. Shermy (one of the first four characters, not seen after 1969)
6. Faron (Frieda’s boneless cat)
7. Bill, Harriet, Olivier, Raymond, Fred, Roy, Wilson and Conrad (the other birds besides Woodstock)
8. World War 2, the vicious “stupid cat” next door that Snoopy taunts
9. Olaf, Snoopy’s fat brother
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19645 "2013-09-04T16:28:14Z")
Obscure Peanuts characters
1. Truffles (beloved of Linus)
2. Rerun (Lucy and Linus’s little brother)
3. 5 (Charlie Brown’s friend from camp)
4. Molly Volley (Snoopy’s tennis doubles partner)
5. Shermy (one of the first four characters, not seen after 1969)
6. Faron (Frieda’s boneless cat)
7. Bill, Harriet, Olivier, Raymond, Fred, Roy, Wilson and Conrad (the other birds besides Woodstock)
8. World War 2, the vicious “stupid cat” next door that Snoopy taunts
9. Olaf, Snoopy’s fat brother
10. Lydia, the girl who always asks Linus “Aren’t you kind of old for me?”
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### Author:  [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19646 "2013-09-04T16:36:02Z")
Obscure Peanuts characters
1. Truffles (beloved of Linus)
2. Rerun (Lucy and Linus’s little brother)
3. 5 (Charlie Brown’s friend from camp)
4. Molly Volley (Snoopy’s tennis doubles partner)
5. Shermy (one of the first four characters, not seen after 1969)
6. Faron (Frieda’s boneless cat)
7. Bill, Harriet, Olivier, Raymond, Fred, Roy, Wilson and Conrad (the other birds besides Woodstock)
8. World War 2, the vicious “stupid cat” next door that Snoopy taunts
9. Olaf, Snoopy’s fat brother
10. Lydia, the girl who always asks Linus “Aren’t you kind of old for me?”
11. Miss Othmar, the never-seen teacher of Linus (on whom he had a crush)
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19647 "2013-09-04T16:40:55Z")
Obscure Peanuts characters
1. Truffles (beloved of Linus)
2. Rerun (Lucy and Linus’s little brother)
3. 5 (Charlie Brown’s friend from camp)
4. Molly Volley (Snoopy’s tennis doubles partner)
5. Shermy (one of the first four characters, not seen after 1969)
6. Faron (Frieda’s boneless cat)
7. Bill, Harriet, Olivier, Raymond, Fred, Roy, Wilson and Conrad (the other birds besides Woodstock)
8. World War 2, the vicious “stupid cat” next door that Snoopy taunts
9. Olaf, Snoopy’s fat brother
10. Lydia, the girl who always asks Linus “Aren’t you kind of old for me?”
11. Miss Othmar, the never-seen teacher of Linus (on whom he had a crush)
12. Joe Shlabotnik, Charlie Brown’s favorite baseball player
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19648 "2013-09-04T16:44:51Z")
Obscure Peanuts characters
1. Truffles (beloved of Linus)
2. Rerun (Lucy and Linus’s little brother)
3. 5 (Charlie Brown’s friend from camp)
4. Molly Volley (Snoopy’s tennis doubles partner)
5. Shermy (one of the first four characters, not seen after 1969)
6. Faron (Frieda’s boneless cat)
7. Bill, Harriet, Olivier, Raymond, Fred, Roy, Wilson and Conrad (the other birds besides Woodstock)
8. World War 2, the vicious “stupid cat” next door that Snoopy taunts
9. Olaf, Snoopy’s fat brother
10. Lydia, the girl who always asks Linus “Aren’t you kind of old for me?”
11. Miss Othmar, the never-seen teacher of Linus (on whom he had a crush)
12. Joe Shlabotnik, Charlie Brown’s favorite baseball player
13. Peggy Jean, Charlie Brown’s girlfriend in the 1990’s after he got over his crush on the little red-headed girl.
New! 13 Songs about Autumn
14. Autumn Leaves
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19649 "2013-09-04T16:49:48Z")
New! 13 Songs about Autumn
1. Autumn Leaves
2. When October Goes (Barry Manilow)
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19650 "2013-09-04T16:58:02Z")
New! 13 Songs about Autumn
1. Autumn Leaves
2. When October Goes (Barry Manilow)
3. Harvest Moon (Neil Young)
Not strictly _about_ autumn, but close enough to move the category along.
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### Author:  [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19651 "2013-09-04T17:03:45Z")
New! 13 Songs about Autumn
1. Autumn Leaves
2. When October Goes (Barry Manilow)
3. Harvest Moon (Neil Young)
4. Autumn Almanac (The Kinks)
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### Author:  [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19652 "2013-09-04T17:13:28Z")
13 Songs about Autumn
1. Autumn Leaves
2. When October Goes (Barry Manilow)
3. Harvest Moon (Neil Young)
4. Autumn Almanac (The Kinks)
5. What Falls in the Fall? (Laurie Berkner)
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19653 "2013-09-04T17:17:43Z")
13 Songs about Autumn
1. Autumn Leaves (Nat King Cole)
2. When October Goes (Barry Manilow)
3. Harvest Moon (Neil Young)
4. Autumn Almanac (The Kinks)
5. What Falls in the Fall? (Laurie Berkner)
6. September Song (Frank Sinatra)
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19654 "2013-09-04T18:23:36Z")
13 Songs about Autumn
1. Autumn Leaves (Nat King Cole)
2. When October Goes (Barry Manilow)
3. Harvest Moon (Neil Young)
4. Autumn Almanac (The Kinks)
5. What Falls in the Fall? (Laurie Berkner)
6. September Song (Frank Sinatra)
7. September (Earth, Wind & Fire)
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19655 "2013-09-04T18:37:45Z")
13 Songs about Autumn
1. Autumn Leaves (Nat King Cole)
2. When October Goes (Barry Manilow)
3. Harvest Moon (Neil Young)
4. Autumn Almanac (The Kinks)
5. What Falls in the Fall? (Laurie Berkner)
6. September Song (Frank Sinatra)
7. September (Earth, Wind & Fire)
8. “October” by U2
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19656 "2013-09-04T19:15:52Z")
13 Songs about Autumn
1. Autumn Leaves (Nat King Cole)
2. When October Goes (Barry Manilow)
3. Harvest Moon (Neil Young)
4. Autumn Almanac (The Kinks)
5. What Falls in the Fall? (Laurie Berkner)
6. September Song (Frank Sinatra)
7. September (Earth, Wind & Fire)
8. “October” by U2
9. September in the Rain (Dinah Washington)
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19657 "2013-09-04T19:33:53Z")
13 Songs about Autumn
1. Autumn Leaves (Nat King Cole)
2. When October Goes (Barry Manilow)
3. Harvest Moon (Neil Young)
4. Autumn Almanac (The Kinks)
5. What Falls in the Fall? (Laurie Berkner)
6. September Song (Frank Sinatra)
7. September (Earth, Wind & Fire)
8. “October” by U2
9. September in the Rain (Dinah Washington)
10. Rocky Mountain September (C. W. McCall)
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19658 "2013-09-04T20:28:18Z")
13 Songs about Autumn
1. Autumn Leaves (Nat King Cole)
2. When October Goes (Barry Manilow)
3. Harvest Moon (Neil Young)
4. Autumn Almanac (The Kinks)
5. What Falls in the Fall? (Laurie Berkner)
6. September Song (Frank Sinatra)
7. September (Earth, Wind & Fire)
8. “October” by U2
9. September in the Rain (Dinah Washington)
10. Rocky Mountain September (C. W. McCall)
11. Try to Remember (Cast of The Fantasticks)
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19659 "2013-09-05T02:05:43Z")
13 Songs about Autumn
1. Autumn Leaves (Nat King Cole)
2. When October Goes (Barry Manilow)
3. Harvest Moon (Neil Young)
4. Autumn Almanac (The Kinks)
5. What Falls in the Fall? (Laurie Berkner)
6. September Song (Frank Sinatra)
7. September (Earth, Wind & Fire)
8. “October” by U2
9. September in the Rain (Dinah Washington)
10. Rocky Mountain September (C. W. McCall)
11. Try to Remember (Cast of The Fantasticks)
12. “See You in September” by the Happenings
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19660 "2013-09-05T02:13:55Z")
13 Songs about Autumn
1. Autumn Leaves (Nat King Cole)
2. When October Goes (Barry Manilow)
3. Harvest Moon (Neil Young)
4. Autumn Almanac (The Kinks)
5. What Falls in the Fall? (Laurie Berkner)
6. September Song (Frank Sinatra)
7. September (Earth, Wind & Fire)
8. “October” by U2
9. September in the Rain (Dinah Washington)
10. Rocky Mountain September (C. W. McCall)
11. Try to Remember (Cast of The Fantasticks)
12. “See You in September” by the Happenings
13. “It Was a Very Good Year,” Frank Sinatra
(sung from the perspective of a guy “in the autumn of the years” looking back)
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Predictions for current pop-culture Halloween costumes this year
1. The Duck Dynasty guys
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19661 "2013-09-05T02:24:41Z")
Predictions for current pop-culture Halloween costumes this year
1. The Duck Dynasty guys
2. Grumpy Cat
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [September 5, 2013, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19662 "2013-09-05T02:38:15Z")
Predictions for current pop-culture Halloween costumes this year
1. The Duck Dynasty guys
2. Grumpy Cat
3. Miley Cyrus - I’m remaining optimistic 😉
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