# 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:** 139
### Author:  [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2761 "2023-08-09T03:58:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
>
> Almost my birthday! ( **Everyone** should celebrate on Sept. 1)
Are you my mother? I will be celebrating her birthday on Sept. 1.
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2762 "2023-08-09T12:50:37Z")
**Best things about August**
1. New school supplies!
2. Late sunsets
3. Things cooling off a bit
4. Family reunions
5. State Fairs
6. Lots of flowers
7. Weddings
8. The city is empty, so finding parking is easy
9. My birthday! ( **Everyone** should celebrate on the 28th)
10. Almost my birthday! ( **Everyone** should celebrate on Sept. 1)
11. Young women walking about scantily clad
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### Author:  [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2763 "2023-08-09T13:06:03Z")
**Best things about August**
1. New school supplies!
2. Late sunsets
3. Things cooling off a bit
4. Family reunions
5. State Fairs
6. Lots of flowers
7. Weddings
8. The city is empty, so finding parking is easy
9. My birthday! ( **Everyone** should celebrate on the 28th)
10. Almost my birthday! ( **Everyone** should celebrate on Sept. 1)
11. Young women walking about scantily
12. Halloween advertising starts in stores
OK, maybe not _ **quite** _ that early … but it sure seems like it.
_ **-“BB”-** _
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### Author:  [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2764 "2023-08-09T13:57:18Z")
**Best things about August**
1. New school supplies!
2. Late sunsets
3. Things cooling off a bit
4. Family reunions
5. State Fairs
6. Lots of flowers
7. Weddings
8. The city is empty, so finding parking is easy
9. My birthday! ( **Everyone** should celebrate on the 28th)
10. Almost my birthday! ( **Everyone** should celebrate on Sept. 1)
11. Young women walking about scantily
12. Halloween advertising starts in stores
13. Vacation time
**Things that are green**
1. US paper currency
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### Author:  [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2765 "2023-08-09T14:01:54Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> Young women walking about scantily clad
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#):
>
> Young women walking about scantily
Not sure how one walks about scantily.
In play:
**Things that are green**
1. US paper currency
2. Kermit the Frog
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### Author:  [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2766 "2023-08-09T14:05:38Z")
**Things that are green**
1. US paper currency
2. Kermit the Frog
3. Lilly pads
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### Author:  [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2767 "2023-08-09T14:10:29Z")
**Things that are green**
1. US paper currency
2. Kermit the Frog
3. Lilly pads
4. Spinach salad
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2768 "2023-08-09T14:16:44Z")
**Things that are green**
1. US paper currency
2. Kermit the Frog
3. Lilly pads
4. Spinach salad
5. Inexperienced workers
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### Author:  [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2769 "2023-08-09T14:33:33Z")
**Things that are green**
1. US paper currency
2. Kermit the Frog
3. Lilly pads
4. Spinach salad
5. Inexperienced workers
6. Vulcan blood
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### Author:  [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2770 "2023-08-09T15:24:41Z")
**Things that are green**
1. US paper currency
2. Kermit the Frog
3. Lilly pads
4. Spinach salad
5. Inexperienced workers
6. Vulcan blood
7. A still pond
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#):
>
> Best things about August
>
> 1. Halloween advertising starts in stores
Wrong category - that’s among the _ **Worst** _ things about August 🙂
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### Author:  [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2771 "2023-08-09T16:22:04Z")
> [@Bayaker](#):
>
> > [@Bicycle\_Bill](#):
> >
> > Best things about August
> >
> > 1. Halloween advertising starts in stores
>
> Wrong category – that’s among the _ **Worst** _ things about August 🙂
Depends on how you look at it… All that candy to choose from? Sounds like a plus to me!
in play —
**Things that are green**
1. US paper currency
2. Kermit the Frog
3. Lilly pads
4. Spinach salad
5. Inexperienced workers
6. Vulcan blood
7. A still pond
8. Honeydew melons
_ **-“BB”-** _
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2772 "2023-08-09T17:20:08Z")
**Things that are green**
1. US paper currency
2. Kermit the Frog
3. Lilly pads
4. Spinach salad
5. Inexperienced workers
6. Vulcan blood
7. A still pond
8. Honeydew melons
9. [Colorless ideas that sleep furiously](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorless_green_ideas_sleep_furiously)
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### Author:  [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2773 "2023-08-09T17:37:03Z")
**Things that are green**
1. US paper currency
2. Kermit the Frog
3. Lilly pads
4. Spinach salad
5. Inexperienced workers
6. Vulcan blood
7. A still pond
8. Honeydew melons
9. [Colorless ideas that sleep furiously](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorless_green_ideas_sleep_furiously)
10. Granny Smith apples
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### Author:  [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2774 "2023-08-09T18:12:29Z")
**Things that are green**
1. US paper currency
2. Kermit the Frog
3. Lilly pads
4. Spinach salad
5. Inexperienced workers
6. Vulcan blood
7. A still pond
8. Honeydew melons
9. [Colorless ideas that sleep furiously](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorless_green_ideas_sleep_furiously)
10. Granny Smith apples
11. Oxidizing copper
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### Author:  [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2775 "2023-08-09T18:38:43Z")
**Things that are green**
1. US paper currency
2. Kermit the Frog
3. Lilly pads
4. Spinach salad
5. Inexperienced workers
6. Vulcan blood
7. A still pond
8. Honeydew melons
9. [Colorless ideas that sleep furiously](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorless_green_ideas_sleep_furiously)
10. Granny Smith apples
11. Oxidizing copper
12. Traffic lights that mean “go”
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2776 "2023-08-09T20:35:38Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#):
>
> > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
> >
> > Almost my birthday! ( **Everyone** should celebrate on Sept. 1)
>
> Are you my mother? I will be celebrating her birthday on Sept. 1.
As far as I can tell… no. Pretty sure **Spoons** isn’t, either.
**Things that are green**
1. US paper currency
2. Kermit the Frog
3. Lily pads
4. Spinach salad
5. Inexperienced workers
6. Vulcan blood
7. A still pond
8. Honeydew melons
9. Colorless ideas that sleep furiously
10. Granny Smith apples
11. Oxidizing copper
12. Traffic lights that mean “go”
13. Battle flag of the Vermont National Guard
> **[Flag of the Green Mountain Boys](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Green_Mountain_Boys)**
>
> The Green Mountain Boys flag, also known as the Stark flag, is a reconstruction of a regimental flag commonly stated to have been used by the Green Mountain Boys. The Stark flag has also been used as the flag of the Vermont Republic. A remnant of a Green Mountain Boys flag, originally belonging to John Stark, is owned by the Bennington Museum. It still exists as one of the few regimental flags from the American Revolution. Although Stark was at the Battle of Bennington and likely flew th Today th...
Pass.
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### Author:  [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2777 "2023-08-09T21:42:22Z")
**Insults from the playground**
1. You so dumb, you think asphalt is a butt disease!
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### Author:  [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2778 "2023-08-09T22:00:20Z")
**Insults from the playground**
1. You so dumb, you think asphalt is a butt disease!
2. I know you are, but what am I? (RIP Peewee)
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### Author:  [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2779 "2023-08-09T22:10:28Z")
**Insults from the playground**
1. You so dumb, you think asphalt is a butt disease!
2. I know you are, but what am I? (RIP Peewee)
3. If brains were gas, you wouldn’t have enough to power an ant’s motorcycle around the inside of a Cheerio.
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### Author:  [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/2780 "2023-08-10T12:09:24Z")
**Insults from the playground**
1. You so dumb, you think asphalt is a butt disease!
2. I know you are, but what am I? (RIP Peewee)
3. If brains were gas, you wouldn’t have enough to power an ant’s motorcycle around the inside of a Cheerio.
4. I don’t shut up, I grow up, and when I look at you I throw up.
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