# Baker’s Dozen III
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093
**Category:** Thread Games
**Created:** [August 22, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093 "2022-08-22T15:39:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 117
### Author:  [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)
#### Post date: [July 4, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2321 "2023-07-04T22:38:36Z")
**Fireworks!**
1. Bottle rocket
2. Roman candles
3. St. Catherine’s wheel
4. Black Cat firecrackers
5. Any of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton’s marriages
6. [Katy Perry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJuMBdaqIw)
7. Skyrockets
8. Sparklers
9. Texas Giant Pop Rocket
10. Barrage
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2322 "2023-07-05T00:28:27Z")
**Fireworks!**
1. Bottle rocket
2. Roman candles
3. St. Catherine’s wheel
4. Black Cat firecrackers
5. Any of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton’s marriages
6. [Katy Perry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJuMBdaqIw)
7. Skyrockets
8. Sparklers
9. Texas Giant Pop Rocket
10. Barrage
11. Mortars
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### Author:  [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2023, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2323 "2023-07-05T11:18:04Z")
**Fireworks!**
1. Bottle rocket
2. Roman candles
3. St. Catherine’s wheel
4. Black Cat firecrackers
5. Any of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton’s marriages
6. [Katy Perry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJuMBdaqIw)
7. Skyrockets
8. Sparklers
9. Texas Giant Pop Rocket
10. Barrage
11. Mortars
12. Satellites
Disc-shaped device with blades that, when lit, will spin and lift off the ground into the air, spraying sparks. Now made of plastic, they used aluminum for the body back when I was a kid. Frankly, I think these were better, as we had problems with the heat of the sparks deforming the plastic blades, resulting in failure to launch.
_ **-“BB”-** _
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### Author:  [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2023, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2324 "2023-07-05T11:47:14Z")
**Fireworks!**
1. Bottle rocket
2. Roman candles
3. St. Catherine’s wheel
4. Black Cat firecrackers
5. Any of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton’s marriages
6. [Katy Perry](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGJuMBdaqIw)
7. Skyrockets
8. Sparklers
9. Texas Giant Pop Rocket
10. Barrage
11. Mortars
12. Satellites
13. Synchronized with music
**Controversial**
1. Abortion
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### Author:  [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2325 "2023-07-05T13:28:32Z")
**Controversial**
1. Abortion
2. Gay marriage
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### Author:  [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2326 "2023-07-05T13:35:42Z")
**Controversial**
1. Abortion
2. Gay marriage
3. Police brutality
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### Author:  [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2023, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2327 "2023-07-05T13:42:22Z")
**Controversial**
1. Abortion
2. Gay marriage
3. Police brutality
4. [The holding call](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXU353fwRk) at the end of Super Bowl 57
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### Author:  [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2023, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2328 "2023-07-05T13:49:24Z")
**Controversial**
1. Abortion
2. Gay marriage
3. Police brutality
4. [The holding call](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXU353fwRk) at the end of Super Bowl 57
5. Affirmative action
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### Author:  [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2023, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2329 "2023-07-05T14:23:54Z")
**Controversial**
1. Abortion
2. Gay marriage
3. Police brutality
4. [The holding call](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXU353fwRk) at the end of Super Bowl 57
5. Affirmative action
6. Merkle’s Boner
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### Author:  [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2330 "2023-07-05T14:25:21Z")
**Controversial**
1. Abortion
2. Gay marriage
3. Police brutality
4. [The holding call](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXU353fwRk) at the end of Super Bowl 57
5. Affirmative action
6. Merkle’s Boner
7. Brown vs. Board of Education
At the time.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2023, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2331 "2023-07-05T15:23:55Z")
**Controversial**
1. Abortion
2. Gay marriage
3. Police brutality
4. [The holding call](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXU353fwRk) at the end of Super Bowl 57
5. Affirmative action
6. Merkle’s Boner
7. Brown vs. Board of Education
8. Trans athletes
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### Author:  [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2332 "2023-07-05T15:25:23Z")
**Controversial**
1. Abortion
2. Gay marriage
3. Police brutality
4. [The holding call](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXU353fwRk) at the end of Super Bowl 57
5. Affirmative action
6. Merkle’s Boner
7. Brown vs. Board of Education
8. Trans athletes
9. Gun laws
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### Author:  [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2333 "2023-07-05T15:54:00Z")
**Controversial**
1. Abortion
2. Gay marriage
3. Police brutality
4. [The holding call](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXU353fwRk) at the end of Super Bowl 57
5. Affirmative action
6. Merkle’s Boner
7. Brown vs. Board of Education
8. Trans athletes
9. Gun laws
10. Urban camping
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### Author:  [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2334 "2023-07-05T18:28:06Z")
**Controversial**
1. Abortion
2. Gay marriage
3. Police brutality
4. [The holding call](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gXU353fwRk) at the end of Super Bowl 57
5. Affirmative action
6. Merkle’s Boner
7. Brown vs. Board of Education
8. Trans athletes
9. Gun laws
10. Urban camping
11. Recreational drug use
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2335 "2023-07-05T19:15:47Z")
**Controversial**
1. Abortion
2. Gay marriage
3. Police brutality
4. The holding call at the end of Super Bowl 57
5. Affirmative action
6. Merkle’s Boner
7. Brown vs. Board of Education
8. Trans athletes
9. Gun laws
10. Urban camping
11. Recreational drug use
12. The riot at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021
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### Author:  [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2023, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2336 "2023-07-06T00:01:34Z")
**Controversial**
1. Abortion
2. Gay marriage
3. Police brutality
4. The holding call at the end of Super Bowl 57
5. Affirmative action
6. Merkle’s Boner
7. Brown vs. Board of Education
8. Trans athletes
9. Gun laws
10. Urban camping
11. Recreational drug use
12. The riot at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021
13. Fugitive Slave Act
Pass.
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### Author:  [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2337 "2023-07-06T02:50:24Z")
**Things at a picnic**
1. Hot dogs
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### Author:  [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2338 "2023-07-06T02:52:53Z")
**Things at a picnic**
1. Hot dogs
2. Potato salad
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### Author:  [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2339 "2023-07-06T03:41:45Z")
**Things at a picnic**
1. Hot dogs
2. Potato salad
3. Ants
_ **-“BB”-** _
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### Author:  [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2340 "2023-07-06T04:09:12Z")
**Things at a picnic**
1. Hot dogs
2. Potato salad
3. Ants
4. Watermelon
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