Bakers Dozen

Fictional Boxers

  1. Battlin’ Jack Murdock (Daredevil’s dad)
  2. Michael “Midge” Kelly (Kirk Douglas in Champion)
  3. Rocky
  4. Terry Malloy (“I coulda been a contender.”)
  5. Margaret “Maggie” Fitzgerald
  6. Mickey O’Neil (Brad Pitt in Snatch)
  7. Matilda
  8. Joe Palooka
  9. Hurricane Hank
  10. Butch Coolidge (Bruce Willis in Pulp Fiction)
  11. Clubber Lange
  12. Buddy Briggs
  13. Jack Johnson (The Great White Hope)

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Poetry Mash-Ups

1: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately done decree
He crawled upon the railroad track
The train he could not see.
Oooey Kubla!

Nitpick: Jack Johnson was real- he was the first black heavyweight champ. The movie/play The Great White Hope had a fictionalized version of Johnson, “Jack Jefferson,” as the protagonist.

Poetry Mash-Ups

1: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately done decree
He crawled upon the railroad track
The train he could not see.
Oooey Kubla!

  1. By the shores of Gitche Gumee
    By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
    Stood a while in uffish thought
    And burbled as it came.

Poetry Mash-Ups

1: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately done decree
He crawled upon the railroad track
The train he could not see.
Oooey Kubla!

  1. By the shores of Gitche Gumee
    By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
    Stood a while in uffish thought
    And burbled as it came.

  2. In Blackest Day
    In Darkest Night
    Stand Up Sit Down
    Fight Fight Fight

okay - so it doesn’t strictly fit the category, but it is kind of funny

Poetry Mash-Ups

1: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately done decree
He crawled upon the railroad track
The train he could not see.
Oooey Kubla!

  1. By the shores of Gitche Gumee
    By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
    Stood a while in uffish thought
    And burbled as it came.

  2. In Blackest Day
    In Darkest Night
    Stand Up Sit Down
    Fight Fight Fight

  3. Once upon a midnight dreary
    While I pondered weak and weary
    We looked and we saw him step in on the mat
    We looked and we saw him: The Cat in The Hat.

Poetry Mash-Ups

1: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately done decree
He crawled upon the railroad track
The train he could not see.
Oooey Kubla!

  1. By the shores of Gitche Gumee
    By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
    Stood a while in uffish thought
    And burbled as it came.

  2. In Blackest Day
    In Darkest Night
    Stand Up Sit Down
    Fight Fight Fight

  3. Once upon a midnight dreary
    While I pondered weak and weary
    We looked and we saw him step in on the mat
    We looked and we saw him: The Cat in The Hat.

  4. It is an ancient mariner, he stoppeth one of three:
    “By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
    Wherefore thou stoppest me?”
    15 minutes could save you 15 percent or more
    At Geico.

Poetry Mash-Ups

1: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately done decree
He crawled upon the railroad track
The train he could not see.
Oooey Kubla!

  1. By the shores of Gitche Gumee
    By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
    Stood a while in uffish thought
    And burbled as it came.

  2. In Blackest Day
    In Darkest Night
    Stand Up Sit Down
    Fight Fight Fight

  3. Once upon a midnight dreary
    While I pondered weak and weary
    We looked and we saw him step in on the mat
    We looked and we saw him: The Cat in The Hat.

  4. It is an ancient mariner, he stoppeth one of three:
    “By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
    Wherefore thou stoppest me?”
    15 minutes could save you 15 percent or more
    At Geico.

  5. Because I could not stop for death
    He kindly stopped for me
    But feelin’ good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
    And feelin’ good was good enough for me
    Good enough for me and Bobby McGee

Poetry Mash-Ups

1: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately done decree
He crawled upon the railroad track
The train he could not see.
Oooey Kubla!

  1. By the shores of Gitche Gumee
    By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
    Stood a while in uffish thought
    And burbled as it came.

  2. In Blackest Day
    In Darkest Night
    Stand Up Sit Down
    Fight Fight Fight

  3. Once upon a midnight dreary
    While I pondered weak and weary
    We looked and we saw him step in on the mat
    We looked and we saw him: The Cat in The Hat.

  4. It is an ancient mariner, he stoppeth one of three:
    “By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
    Wherefore thou stoppest me?”
    15 minutes could save you 15 percent or more
    At Geico.

  5. Because I could not stop for death
    He kindly stopped for me
    But feelin’ good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
    And feelin’ good was good enough for me
    Good enough for me and Bobby McGee

  6. Whose wood these are I think I know.
    His house is in the village though;
    A place you can escape the world where the dark lord cannot go,
    Peace of mind and sanctuary by loud water’s flow.

Poetry Mash-Ups

1: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately done decree
He crawled upon the railroad track
The train he could not see.
Oooey Kubla!

  1. By the shores of Gitche Gumee
    By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
    Stood a while in uffish thought
    And burbled as it came.

  2. In Blackest Day
    In Darkest Night
    Stand Up Sit Down
    Fight Fight Fight

  3. Once upon a midnight dreary
    While I pondered weak and weary
    We looked and we saw him step in on the mat
    We looked and we saw him: The Cat in The Hat.

  4. It is an ancient mariner, he stoppeth one of three:
    “By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
    Wherefore thou stoppest me?”
    15 minutes could save you 15 percent or more
    At Geico.

  5. Because I could not stop for death
    He kindly stopped for me
    But feelin’ good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
    And feelin’ good was good enough for me
    Good enough for me and Bobby McGee

  6. Whose wood these are I think I know.
    His house is in the village though;
    A place you can escape the world where the dark lord cannot go,
    Peace of mind and sanctuary by loud water’s flow.

  7. Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote
    The droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote,
    And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
    Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
    I’ve got pieces of April, I keep them in a memory bouquet;
    I’ve got pieces of April, it’s a morning in May.

Poetry Mash-Ups

1: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately done decree
He crawled upon the railroad track
The train he could not see.
Oooey Kubla!

  1. By the shores of Gitche Gumee
    By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
    Stood a while in uffish thought
    And burbled as it came.

  2. In Blackest Day
    In Darkest Night
    Stand Up Sit Down
    Fight Fight Fight

  3. Once upon a midnight dreary
    While I pondered weak and weary
    We looked and we saw him step in on the mat
    We looked and we saw him: The Cat in The Hat.

  4. It is an ancient mariner, he stoppeth one of three:
    “By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
    Wherefore thou stoppest me?”
    15 minutes could save you 15 percent or more
    At Geico.

  5. Because I could not stop for death
    He kindly stopped for me
    But feelin’ good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
    And feelin’ good was good enough for me
    Good enough for me and Bobby McGee

  6. Whose wood these are I think I know.
    His house is in the village though;
    A place you can escape the world where the dark lord cannot go,
    Peace of mind and sanctuary by loud water’s flow.

  7. Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote
    The droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote,
    And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
    Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
    I’ve got pieces of April, I keep them in a memory bouquet;
    I’ve got pieces of April, it’s a morning in May.

  8. “Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
    with silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free;
    and when the broken hearted people
    living in the world agree,
    there will be an answer, let it be.”

Poetry Mash-Ups

1: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately done decree
He crawled upon the railroad track
The train he could not see.
Oooey Kubla!

  1. By the shores of Gitche Gumee
    By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
    Stood a while in uffish thought
    And burbled as it came.

  2. In Blackest Day
    In Darkest Night
    Stand Up Sit Down
    Fight Fight Fight

  3. Once upon a midnight dreary
    While I pondered weak and weary
    We looked and we saw him step in on the mat
    We looked and we saw him: The Cat in The Hat.

  4. It is an ancient mariner, he stoppeth one of three:
    “By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
    Wherefore thou stoppest me?”
    15 minutes could save you 15 percent or more
    At Geico.

  5. Because I could not stop for death
    He kindly stopped for me
    But feelin’ good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
    And feelin’ good was good enough for me
    Good enough for me and Bobby McGee

  6. Whose wood these are I think I know.
    His house is in the village though;
    A place you can escape the world where the dark lord cannot go,
    Peace of mind and sanctuary by loud water’s flow.

  7. Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote
    The droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote,
    And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
    Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
    I’ve got pieces of April, I keep them in a memory bouquet;
    I’ve got pieces of April, it’s a morning in May.

  8. “Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
    with silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free;
    and when the broken hearted people
    living in the world agree,
    there will be an answer, let it be.”

  9. ‘E lifted up my ‘ead,
    An’ ‘e plugged me where I bled,
    An’ ‘e guv me ‘arf-a-pint o’ water—green;
    It was crawlin’ an’ it stunk,
    But of all the drinks I’ve drunk,
    I’m gratefullest to one from Gunga Din.
    He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
    And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
    But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
    “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”

Poetry Mash-Ups

1: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately done decree
He crawled upon the railroad track
The train he could not see.
Oooey Kubla!

  1. By the shores of Gitche Gumee
    By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
    Stood a while in uffish thought
    And burbled as it came.

  2. In Blackest Day
    In Darkest Night
    Stand Up Sit Down
    Fight Fight Fight

  3. Once upon a midnight dreary
    While I pondered weak and weary
    We looked and we saw him step in on the mat
    We looked and we saw him: The Cat in The Hat.

  4. It is an ancient mariner, he stoppeth one of three:
    “By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
    Wherefore thou stoppest me?”
    15 minutes could save you 15 percent or more
    At Geico.

  5. Because I could not stop for death
    He kindly stopped for me
    But feelin’ good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
    And feelin’ good was good enough for me
    Good enough for me and Bobby McGee

  6. Whose wood these are I think I know.
    His house is in the village though;
    A place you can escape the world where the dark lord cannot go,
    Peace of mind and sanctuary by loud water’s flow.

  7. Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote
    The droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote,
    And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
    Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
    I’ve got pieces of April, I keep them in a memory bouquet;
    I’ve got pieces of April, it’s a morning in May.

  8. “Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
    with silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free;
    and when the broken hearted people
    living in the world agree,
    there will be an answer, let it be.”

  9. ‘E lifted up my ‘ead,
    An’ ‘e plugged me where I bled,
    An’ ‘e guv me ‘arf-a-pint o’ water—green;
    It was crawlin’ an’ it stunk,
    But of all the drinks I’ve drunk,
    I’m gratefullest to one from Gunga Din.
    He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
    And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
    But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
    “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”

  10. I saw the best minds of my generation
    Destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked
    Ain’t tryin’ to cause a big sensation,
    Just talkin’ bout my generation.

Poetry Mash-Ups

1: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately done decree
He crawled upon the railroad track
The train he could not see.
Oooey Kubla!

  1. By the shores of Gitche Gumee
    By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
    Stood a while in uffish thought
    And burbled as it came.

  2. In Blackest Day
    In Darkest Night
    Stand Up Sit Down
    Fight Fight Fight

  3. Once upon a midnight dreary
    While I pondered weak and weary
    We looked and we saw him step in on the mat
    We looked and we saw him: The Cat in The Hat.

  4. It is an ancient mariner, he stoppeth one of three:
    “By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
    Wherefore thou stoppest me?”
    15 minutes could save you 15 percent or more
    At Geico.

  5. Because I could not stop for death
    He kindly stopped for me
    But feelin’ good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
    And feelin’ good was good enough for me
    Good enough for me and Bobby McGee

  6. Whose wood these are I think I know.
    His house is in the village though;
    A place you can escape the world where the dark lord cannot go,
    Peace of mind and sanctuary by loud water’s flow.

  7. Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote
    The droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote,
    And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
    Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
    I’ve got pieces of April, I keep them in a memory bouquet;
    I’ve got pieces of April, it’s a morning in May.

  8. “Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
    with silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free;
    and when the broken hearted people
    living in the world agree,
    there will be an answer, let it be.”

  9. ‘E lifted up my ‘ead,
    An’ ‘e plugged me where I bled,
    An’ ‘e guv me ‘arf-a-pint o’ water—green;
    It was crawlin’ an’ it stunk,
    But of all the drinks I’ve drunk,
    I’m gratefullest to one from Gunga Din.
    He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
    And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
    But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
    “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”

  10. I saw the best minds of my generation
    Destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked
    Ain’t tryin’ to cause a big sensation,
    Just talkin’ bout my generation.

  11. There was an old man from Nantucket
    Whose dick was so long he could suck it.
    He said with a grin as he wiped off his chin,
    “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings.
    Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.”

Poetry Mash-Ups

1: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately done decree
He crawled upon the railroad track
The train he could not see.
Oooey Kubla!

  1. By the shores of Gitche Gumee
    By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
    Stood a while in uffish thought
    And burbled as it came.

  2. In Blackest Day
    In Darkest Night
    Stand Up Sit Down
    Fight Fight Fight

  3. Once upon a midnight dreary
    While I pondered weak and weary
    We looked and we saw him step in on the mat
    We looked and we saw him: The Cat in The Hat.

  4. It is an ancient mariner, he stoppeth one of three:
    “By thy long grey beard and glittering eye,
    Wherefore thou stoppest me?”
    15 minutes could save you 15 percent or more
    At Geico.

  5. Because I could not stop for death
    He kindly stopped for me
    But feelin’ good was easy, Lord, when he sang the blues
    And feelin’ good was good enough for me
    Good enough for me and Bobby McGee

  6. Whose wood these are I think I know.
    His house is in the village though;
    A place you can escape the world where the dark lord cannot go,
    Peace of mind and sanctuary by loud water’s flow.

  7. Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote
    The droghte of Marche hath perced to the roote,
    And bathed every veyne in swich licour,
    Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
    I’ve got pieces of April, I keep them in a memory bouquet;
    I’ve got pieces of April, it’s a morning in May.

  8. “Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
    with silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free;
    and when the broken hearted people
    living in the world agree,
    there will be an answer, let it be.”

  9. ‘E lifted up my ‘ead,
    An’ ‘e plugged me where I bled,
    An’ ‘e guv me ‘arf-a-pint o’ water—green;
    It was crawlin’ an’ it stunk,
    But of all the drinks I’ve drunk,
    I’m gratefullest to one from Gunga Din.
    He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
    And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
    But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
    “Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”

  10. I saw the best minds of my generation
    Destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked
    Ain’t tryin’ to cause a big sensation,
    Just talkin’ bout my generation.

  11. There was an old man from Nantucket
    Whose dick was so long he could suck it.
    He said with a grin as he wiped off his chin,
    “My name is Ozymandias, king of kings.
    Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.”

  12. There is a house in New Orleans
    They call the Rising Sun
    And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
    And God I know I’m one.

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me….
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now, I see.

T’was Grace that taught…
my heart to fear.
And Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear…
the hour I first believed.

So mother’s tell your children
Not to do what I have done.
Spend your life in sheer misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Next up: Characters introduced before the Civil War that are still around at the end of Gone With The Wind

  1. Scarlett O’Hara

Characters introduced before the Civil War that are still around at the end of Gone With The Wind

  1. Scarlett O’Hara
  2. Rhett Butler

Are there thirteen? Quite a few characters snuffed it by 1865.

Characters introduced before the Civil War that are still around at the end of Gone With The Wind

  1. Scarlett O’Hara
  2. Rhett Butler
  3. Ashley Wilkes

Characters introduced before the Civil War that are still around at the end of Gone With The Wind

  1. Scarlett O’Hara
  2. Rhett Butler
  3. Ashley Wilkes
  4. Prissy

Characters introduced before the Civil War that are still around at the end of Gone With The Wind

  1. Scarlett O’Hara
  2. Rhett Butler
  3. Ashley Wilkes
  4. Prissy
  5. Mammy (I think… haven’t seen the movie in years)

Characters introduced before the Civil War that are still around at the end of Gone With The Wind

  1. Scarlett O’Hara
  2. Rhett Butler
  3. Ashley Wilkes
  4. Prissy
  5. Mammy
  6. Aunt Pittypat

Characters introduced before the Civil War that are still around at the end of Gone With The Wind

  1. Scarlett O’Hara
  2. Rhett Butler
  3. Ashley Wilkes
  4. Prissy
  5. Mammy
  6. Aunt Pittypat
  7. Pork