# 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\
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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:** [January 15, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4101 "2024-01-15T16:39:07Z")

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**Ways to stay warm this winter**

1. Wear a hat

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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:** [January 15, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4102 "2024-01-15T16:40:03Z")

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**Ways to stay warm this winter**

1. Wear a hat
2. Space heaters

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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:** [January 15, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4103 "2024-01-15T16:53:42Z")

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**Ways to stay warm this winter**

1. Wear a hat
2. Space heaters
3. Long underwear

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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:** [January 15, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4104 "2024-01-15T17:12:28Z")

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**Ways to stay warm this winter**

1. Wear a hat
2. Space heaters
3. Long underwear
4. Move to Costa Rica

Every year that we get a frost(much less a freeze like this year) it becomes something of a mantra with me that we need to pull up stakes and head for the Caribbean 🙂

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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:** [January 15, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4105 "2024-01-15T19:19:33Z")

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**Ways to stay warm this winter**

1. Wear a hat
2. Space heaters
3. Long underwear
4. Move to Costa Rica
5. Bread bags in your boots.

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4106 "2024-01-15T22:39:51Z")

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**Ways to stay warm this winter**

1. Wear a hat
2. Space heaters
3. Long underwear
4. Move to Costa Rica
5. Bread bags in your boots.
6. Sharing body heat.

… [if you know what I mean](https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/0365a726-a838-48fd-90fa-7834b7849edb) _(wink-wink)_

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4107 "2024-01-15T23:29:39Z")

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**Ways to stay warm this winter**

1. Wear a hat
2. Space heaters
3. Long underwear
4. Move to Costa Rica
5. Bread bags in your boots.
6. Sharing body heat.
7. Stay indoors with the thermastat turned up

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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:** [January 16, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4108 "2024-01-16T03:38:16Z")

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**Ways to stay warm this winter**

1. Wear a hat
2. Space heaters
3. Long underwear
4. Move to Costa Rica
5. Bread bags in your boots.
6. Sharing body heat.
7. Stay indoors with the thermastat turned up
8. Hot toddies

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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:** [January 16, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4109 "2024-01-16T13:59:13Z")

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**Ways to stay warm this winter**

1. Wear a hat
2. Space heaters
3. Long underwear
4. Move to Costa Rica
5. Bread bags in your boots.
6. Sharing body heat.
7. Stay indoors with the thermastat turned up
8. Hot toddies
9. Lots of foods containing capsaicin

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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:** [January 16, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4110 "2024-01-16T14:36:49Z")

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**Ways to stay warm this winter**

1. Wear a hat
2. Space heaters
3. Long underwear
4. Move to Costa Rica
5. Bread bags in your boots.
6. Sharing body heat.
7. Stay indoors with the thermastat turned up
8. Hot toddies
9. Lots of foods containing capsaicin
10. Sitting in front of the fireplace

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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:** [January 16, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4111 "2024-01-16T15:30:04Z")

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**Ways to stay warm this winter**

1. Wear a hat
2. Space heaters
3. Long underwear
4. Move to Costa Rica
5. Bread bags in your boots.
6. Sharing body heat.
7. Stay indoors with the thermastat turned up
8. Hot toddies
9. Lots of foods containing capsaicin
10. Sitting in front of the fireplace
11. Exercise, well layered up

Thanks to hoods, hats, sweaters, coat, gloves, long johns, 2 pairs of socks, sturdy boots, I’ve hiked, biked and skiied in freezing weather. And then come home to a fireplace and hot toddy.

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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:** [January 16, 2024, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4112 "2024-01-16T17:55:12Z")

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**Ways to stay warm this winter**

1. Wear a hat
2. Space heaters
3. Long underwear
4. Move to Costa Rica
5. Bread bags in your boots.
6. Sharing body heat.
7. Stay indoors with the thermastat turned up
8. Hot toddies
9. Lots of foods containing capsaicin
10. Sitting in front of the fireplace
11. Exercise, well layered up
12. Chili in a crockpot

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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:** [January 16, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4113 "2024-01-16T20:14:32Z")

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**Ways to stay warm this winter**

1. Wear a hat
2. Space heaters
3. Long underwear
4. Move to Costa Rica
5. Bread bags in your boots.
6. Sharing body heat.
7. Stay indoors with the thermastat turned up
8. Hot toddies
9. Lots of foods containing capsaicin
10. Sitting in front of the fireplace
11. Exercise, well layered up
12. Chili in a crockpot
13. Thick wool socks

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**Overheard at the Iowa caucuses**

1. “I don’t give a darn about those 91 criminal charges. He’s got such great hair!”

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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:** [January 16, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4114 "2024-01-16T20:18:16Z")

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**Overheard at the Iowa caucuses**

1. “I don’t give a darn about those 91 criminal charges. He’s got such great hair!”
2. “Autocratic tendencies? Hell, William Henry Harrison exhibited autocratic tendencies during his tenure.”

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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:** [January 16, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4115 "2024-01-16T20:22:03Z")

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**Overheard at the Iowa caucuses**

1. “I don’t give a darn about those 91 criminal charges. He’s got such great hair!”
2. “Autocratic tendencies? Hell, William Henry Harrison exhibited autocratic tendencies during his tenure.”
3. “Trump said to come tonight even if it killed me. That’s one of the things I most admire about him: how considerate he is of others.”

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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:** [January 16, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4116 "2024-01-16T20:31:33Z")

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**Overheard at the Iowa caucuses**

1. “I don’t give a darn about those 91 criminal charges. He’s got such great hair!”
2. “Autocratic tendencies? Hell, William Henry Harrison exhibited autocratic tendencies during his tenure.”
3. “Trump said to come tonight even if it killed me. That’s one of the things I most admire about him: how considerate he is of others.”
4. “I don’t care what the mainstream media types say, I watch Newsmax and I know the truth!”

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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:** [January 16, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4117 "2024-01-16T21:40:08Z")

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**Overheard at the Iowa caucuses**

1. “I don’t give a darn about those 91 criminal charges. He’s got such great hair!”
2. “Autocratic tendencies? Hell, William Henry Harrison exhibited autocratic tendencies during his tenure.”
3. “Trump said to come tonight even if it killed me. That’s one of the things I most admire about him: how considerate he is of others.”
4. “I don’t care what the mainstream media types say, I watch Newsmax and I know the truth!”
5. “They say IQs were in the single digits across the state.”

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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:** [January 16, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4118 "2024-01-16T22:24:02Z")

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**Overheard at the Iowa caucuses**

1. “I don’t give a darn about those 91 criminal charges. He’s got such great hair!”
2. “Autocratic tendencies? Hell, William Henry Harrison exhibited autocratic tendencies during his tenure.”
3. “Trump said to come tonight even if it killed me. That’s one of the things I most admire about him: how considerate he is of others.”
4. “I don’t care what the mainstream media types say, I watch Newsmax and I know the truth!”
5. “They say IQs were in the single digits across the state.”
6. “Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I’m willing to make.”

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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:** [January 17, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4119 "2024-01-17T05:55:32Z")

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**Overheard at the Iowa caucuses**

1. “I don’t give a darn about those 91 criminal charges. He’s got such great hair!”
2. “Autocratic tendencies? Hell, William Henry Harrison exhibited autocratic tendencies during his tenure.”
3. “Trump said to come tonight even if it killed me. That’s one of the things I most admire about him: how considerate he is of others.”
4. “I don’t care what the mainstream media types say, I watch Newsmax and I know the truth!”
5. “They say IQs were in the single digits across the state.”
6. “Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I’m willing to make.”
7. “Don’t forget your ‘I Voted’ machete.”

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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:** [January 17, 2024, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4120 "2024-01-17T08:00:10Z")

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**Overheard at the Iowa caucuses**

1. “I don’t give a darn about those 91 criminal charges. He’s got such great hair!”
2. “Autocratic tendencies? Hell, William Henry Harrison exhibited autocratic tendencies during his tenure.”
3. “Trump said to come tonight even if it killed me. That’s one of the things I most admire about him: how considerate he is of others.”
4. “I don’t care what the mainstream media types say, I watch Newsmax and I know the truth!”
5. “They say IQs were in the single digits across the state.”
6. “Some of you may die, but that is a sacrifice I’m willing to make.”
7. “Don’t forget your ‘I Voted’ machete.”
8. “Vivek actually makes a lot of sense, but I just can’t get over his last name, after 9/11.”

(True story.)

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