# 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:** 184

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3661 "2023-11-15T03:15:26Z")

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**Euphemisms for Having Sex**

1. Giving a girl a green gown
2. A bit of the old in-out, in-out
3. Hanky-panky
4. Shaking the tree

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3662 "2023-11-15T05:27:17Z")

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**Euphemisms for Having Sex**

1. Giving a girl a green gown
2. A bit of the old in-out, in-out
3. Hanky-panky
4. Shaking the tree
5. [Hiking the Appalachian Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sanford_extramarital_affair)

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3663 "2023-11-15T11:56:58Z")

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**Euphemisms for Having Sex**

1. Giving a girl a green gown
2. A bit of the old in-out, in-out
3. Hanky-panky
4. Shaking the tree
5. [Hiking the Appalachian Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sanford_extramarital_affair)
6. The beast with two backs

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3664 "2023-11-15T11:58:39Z")

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**Euphemisms for Having Sex**

1. Giving a girl a green gown
2. A bit of the old in-out, in-out
3. Hanky-panky
4. Shaking the tree
5. [Hiking the Appalachian Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sanford_extramarital_affair)
6. The beast with two backs
7. Getting it on like Donkey Kong

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3665 "2023-11-15T13:10:47Z")

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**Euphemisms for Having Sex**

1. Giving a girl a green gown
2. A bit of the old in-out, in-out
3. Hanky-panky
4. Shaking the tree
5. [Hiking the Appalachian Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sanford_extramarital_affair)
6. The beast with two backs
7. Getting it on like Donkey Kong
8. Get the friction on

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3666 "2023-11-15T14:06:07Z")

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**Euphemisms for Having Sex**

1. Giving a girl a green gown
2. A bit of the old in-out, in-out
3. Hanky-panky
4. Shaking the tree
5. [Hiking the Appalachian Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sanford_extramarital_affair)
6. The beast with two backs
7. Getting it on like Donkey Kong
8. Get the friction on
9. Go a-gaying

Slang from the Gay Nineties. Gay girls were prostitutes.

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3667 "2023-11-15T14:33:48Z")

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**Euphemisms for Having Sex**

1. Giving a girl a green gown
2. A bit of the old in-out, in-out
3. Hanky-panky
4. Shaking the tree
5. [Hiking the Appalachian Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sanford_extramarital_affair)
6. The beast with two backs
7. Getting it on like Donkey Kong
8. Get the friction on
9. Go a-gaying
10. A roll in the hay

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3668 "2023-11-15T15:56:39Z")

</div>

**Euphemisms for Having Sex**

1. Giving a girl a green gown
2. A bit of the old in-out, in-out
3. Hanky-panky
4. Shaking the tree
5. [Hiking the Appalachian Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sanford_extramarital_affair)
6. The beast with two backs
7. Getting it on like Donkey Kong
8. Get the friction on
9. Go a-gaying
10. A roll in the hay
11. Taking the skin boat to tuna town.

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3669 "2023-11-15T16:41:31Z")

</div>

**Euphemisms for Having Sex**

1. Giving a girl a green gown
2. A bit of the old in-out, in-out
3. Hanky-panky
4. Shaking the tree
5. [Hiking the Appalachian Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sanford_extramarital_affair)
6. The beast with two backs
7. Getting it on like Donkey Kong
8. Get the friction on
9. Go a-gaying
10. A roll in the hay
11. Taking the skin boat to tuna town.
12. Feeling the earth move

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**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:** [November 15, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3670 "2023-11-15T19:58:05Z")

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**Euphemisms for Having Sex**

1. Giving a girl a green gown
2. A bit of the old in-out, in-out
3. Hanky-panky
4. Shaking the tree
5. [Hiking the Appalachian Trail](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sanford_extramarital_affair)
6. The beast with two backs
7. Getting it on like Donkey Kong
8. Get the friction on
9. Go a-gaying
10. A roll in the hay
11. Taking the skin boat to Tuna Town.
12. Feeling the earth move
13. Rumpy pumpy

British slang from the Eighties.

Pass.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3671 "2023-11-15T21:14:38Z")

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**Favorite episode titles from various TV shows**

1. “He Shall, From Time to Time…” - _The West Wing_

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**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3672 "2023-11-15T21:17:47Z")

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**Favorite episode titles from various TV shows**

1. “He Shall, From Time to Time…” - _The West Wing_
2. “Time’s Arrow” - _Bojack Horseman_

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**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:** [November 15, 2023, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3673 "2023-11-15T21:35:27Z")

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**Favorite episode titles from various TV shows**

1. “He Shall, From Time to Time…” - _The West Wing_
2. “Time’s Arrow” - _Bojack Horseman_
3. “The City on the Edge of Forever” - _Star Trek: The Original Series_

A great title _and_ a great episode.

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**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3674 "2023-11-15T21:45:27Z")

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**Favorite episode titles from various TV shows**

1. “He Shall, From Time to Time…” - _The West Wing_
2. “Time’s Arrow” - _Bojack Horseman_
3. “The City on the Edge of Forever” - _Star Trek: The Original Series_
4. “Abyssinia, Henry” - _MASH_

(I couldn’t figure out to make MASH, with the asterisks, italicized.)

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**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3675 "2023-11-15T21:46:21Z")

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**Favorite episode titles from various TV shows**

1. “He Shall, From Time to Time…” - _The West Wing_
2. “Time’s Arrow” - _Bojack Horseman_
3. “The City on the Edge of Forever” - _Star Trek: The Original Series_
4. “Abyssinia, Henry” - _MASH_
5. “Atomic Shakespeare” - _Moonlighting_

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3676 "2023-11-15T21:57:45Z")

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**Favorite episode titles from various TV shows**

1. “He Shall, From Time to Time…” - _The West Wing_
2. “Time’s Arrow” - _Bojack Horseman_
3. “The City on the Edge of Forever” - _Star Trek: The Original Series_
4. “Abyssinia, Henry” - _MASH_
5. “Atomic Shakespeare” - _Moonlighting_
6. “The Day the Earth Stood Stupid” - _Futurama_

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3677 "2023-11-15T22:10:56Z")

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**Favorite episode titles from various TV shows**

1. “He Shall, From Time to Time…” - _The West Wing_
2. “Time’s Arrow” - _Bojack Horseman_
3. “The City on the Edge of Forever” - _Star Trek: The Original Series_
4. “Abyssinia, Henry” - _MASH_
5. “Atomic Shakespeare” - _Moonlighting_
6. “The Day the Earth Stood Stupid” - _Futurama_
7. “Clown Without Pity” - _The Simpsons: Treehouse of Terror III_

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3678 "2023-11-15T22:43:14Z")

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**Favorite episode titles from various TV shows**

1. “He Shall, From Time to Time…” - _The West Wing_
2. “Time’s Arrow” - _Bojack Horseman_
3. “The City on the Edge of Forever” - _Star Trek: The Original Series_
4. “Abyssinia, Henry” - _MASH_
5. “Atomic Shakespeare” - _Moonlighting_
6. “The Day the Earth Stood Stupid” - _Futurama_
7. “Clown Without Pity” - _The Simpsons: Treehouse of Terror III_
8. “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges” - _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_

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**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:** [November 16, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3679 "2023-11-16T00:23:56Z")

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**Favorite episode titles from various TV shows**

1. “He Shall, From Time to Time…” - _The West Wing_
2. “Time’s Arrow” - _Bojack Horseman_
3. “The City on the Edge of Forever” - _Star Trek: The Original Series_
4. “Abyssinia, Henry” - _MASH_
5. “Atomic Shakespeare” - _Moonlighting_
6. “The Day the Earth Stood Stupid” - _Futurama_
7. “Clown Without Pity” - _The Simpsons: Treehouse of Terror III_
8. “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges” - _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_
9. “The Whooping Cranes” - _Frasier_

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/3680 "2023-11-16T00:31:51Z")

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**Favorite episode titles from various TV shows**

1. “He Shall, From Time to Time…” - _The West Wing_
2. “Time’s Arrow” - _Bojack Horseman_
3. “The City on the Edge of Forever” - _Star Trek: The Original Series_
4. “Abyssinia, Henry” - _MASH_
5. “Atomic Shakespeare” - _Moonlighting_
6. “The Day the Earth Stood Stupid” - _Futurama_
7. “Clown Without Pity” - _The Simpsons: Treehouse of Terror III_
8. “Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges” - _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_
9. “The Whooping Cranes” - _Frasier_
10. “Felina” - _Breaking Bad_

The series finale (anagram) and the object of Marty Robbins affection in the song “El Paso” which featured prominently.

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