# Baker’s Dozen III

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**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:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4481 "2024-02-27T08:01:43Z")

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**Famous vessels in science fiction (and where they’re from)**

1. USS _Enterprise_ (_Star Trek_)
2. _Milennium Falcon_ (_Star Wars_)
3. _Serenity_ (_Firefly_)
4. _The Nautilus_ (_20,000 Leagues Under the Sea_)
5. _Red Dwarf_ (_Red Dwarf_)
6. _Columbiad_ (_From the Earth to the Moon_, Jules Verne)
7. USOS _Seaview_ (_Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea_)
8. _seaQuest_ Deep Submergence Vehicle 4600 (_seaQuest DSV_)
9. _The Voyager_ (_Fantastic Voyage_)

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**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4482 "2024-02-27T11:40:56Z")

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**Famous vessels in science fiction (and where they’re from)**

1. USS _Enterprise_ (_Star Trek_)
2. _Milennium Falcon_ (_Star Wars_)
3. _Serenity_ (_Firefly_)
4. _The Nautilus_ (_20,000 Leagues Under the Sea_)
5. _Red Dwarf_ (_Red Dwarf_)
6. _Columbiad_ (_From the Earth to the Moon_, Jules Verne)
7. USOS _Seaview_ (_Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea_
8. Rama (_Rendezvous With Rama_)
9. _seaQuest_ Deep Submergence Vehicle 4600 (_seaQuest DSV_)
10. _The Voyager_ (_Fantastic Voyage_)

Housekeeping

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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:** [February 27, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4483 "2024-02-27T11:41:24Z")

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> [@Skunkdog](#):
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> 1. _The Voyager_ (_Fantastic Voyage_)

Wasn’t the submarine they micro-miniaturized in _Fantastic Voyage_ called the _Proteus_?  
Or was that from the source story and they gave it a different name for the movie?

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [February 27, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4484 "2024-02-27T11:54:33Z")

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**Famous vessels in science fiction (and where they’re from)**

1. USS _Enterprise_ (_Star Trek_)
2. _Milennium Falcon_ (_Star Wars_)
3. _Serenity_ (_Firefly_)
4. _The Nautilus_ (_20,000 Leagues Under the Sea_)
5. _Red Dwarf_ (_Red Dwarf_)
6. _Columbiad_ (_From the Earth to the Moon_, Jules Verne)
7. USOS _Seaview_ (_Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea_
8. Rama (_Rendezvous With Rama_)
9. _seaQuest_ Deep Submergence Vehicle 4600 (_seaQuest DSV_)
10. _The Voyager_ (_Fantastic Voyage_)
11. _The Nostromo_ - (_Alien_)

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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:** [February 27, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4485 "2024-02-27T13:21:55Z")

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**Famous vessels in science fiction (and where they’re from)**

1. USS _Enterprise_ (_Star Trek_)
2. _Milennium Falcon_ (_Star Wars_)
3. _Serenity_ (_Firefly_)
4. _The Nautilus_ (_20,000 Leagues Under the Sea_)
5. _Red Dwarf_ (_Red Dwarf_)
6. _Columbiad_ (_From the Earth to the Moon_, Jules Verne)
7. USOS _Seaview_ (_Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea_
8. Rama (_Rendezvous With Rama_)
9. _seaQuest_ Deep Submergence Vehicle 4600 (_seaQuest DSV_)
10. _The Voyager_ (_Fantastic Voyage_)
11. _The Nostromo_ - (_Alien_)
12. _The Lying Bastard_ (_Ringworld_)

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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:** [February 27, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4486 "2024-02-27T16:25:40Z")

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**Famous vessels in science fiction (and where they’re from)**

1. USS _Enterprise_ (_Star Trek_)
2. _Milennium Falcon_ (_Star Wars_)
3. _Serenity_ (_Firefly_)
4. _The Nautilus_ (_20,000 Leagues Under the Sea_)
5. _Red Dwarf_ (_Red Dwarf_)
6. _Columbiad_ (_From the Earth to the Moon_, Jules Verne)
7. USOS _Seaview_ (_Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea_
8. Rama (_Rendezvous With Rama_)
9. _seaQuest_ Deep Submergence Vehicle 4600 (_seaQuest DSV_)
10. _The Voyager_ (_Fantastic Voyage_)
11. _The Nostromo_ - (_Alien_)
12. _The Lying Bastard_ (_Ringworld_)
13. _Discovery One (2001 A Space Odyssey_

**Things that are generally bad for one’s health**

1. Smoking

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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:** [February 27, 2024, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4487 "2024-02-27T17:26:08Z")

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**Things that are generally bad for one’s health**

1. Smoking
2. Drinking alcohol

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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:** [February 27, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4488 "2024-02-27T17:36:25Z")

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**Things that are generally bad for one’s health**

1. Smoking
2. Drinking alcohol
3. Taking meth

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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:** [February 27, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4489 "2024-02-27T18:13:18Z")

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**Things that are generally bad for one’s health**

1. Smoking
2. Drinking alcohol
3. Taking meth
4. Leading a sedentary lifestyle

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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:** [February 27, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4490 "2024-02-27T18:34:57Z")

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**Things that are generally bad for one’s health**

1. Smoking
2. Drinking alcohol
3. Taking meth
4. Leading a sedentary lifestyle
5. Being born into poverty

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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:** [February 27, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4491 "2024-02-27T19:13:56Z")

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**Things that are generally bad for one’s health**

1. Smoking
2. Drinking alcohol
3. Taking meth
4. Leading a sedentary lifestyle
5. Being born into poverty
6. Being stabbed repeatedly with a dirty knife

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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:** [February 27, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4492 "2024-02-27T20:20:34Z")

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**Things that are generally bad for one’s health**

1. Smoking
2. Drinking alcohol
3. Taking meth
4. Leading a sedentary lifestyle
5. Being born into poverty
6. Being stabbed repeatedly with a dirty knife
7. Being defenestrated

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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:** [February 27, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4493 "2024-02-27T20:25:38Z")

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**Things that are generally bad for one’s health**

1. Smoking
2. Drinking alcohol
3. Taking meth
4. Leading a sedentary lifestyle
5. Being born into poverty
6. Being stabbed repeatedly with a dirty knife
7. Being defenestrated
8. Walking up to members of a street gang and doing your best Pee Wee Herman impersonation

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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:** [February 27, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4494 "2024-02-27T20:26:27Z")

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**Things that are generally bad for one’s health**

1. Smoking
2. Drinking alcohol
3. Taking meth
4. Leading a sedentary lifestyle
5. Being born into poverty
6. Being stabbed repeatedly with a dirty knife
7. Being defenestrated
8. Walking up to members of a street gang and doing your best Pee Wee Herman impersonation
9. Getting blasted with gamma radiation.

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**Post date:** [February 27, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4495 "2024-02-27T21:49:52Z")

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**Things that are generally bad for one’s health**

1. Smoking
2. Drinking alcohol
3. Taking meth
4. Leading a sedentary lifestyle
5. Being born into poverty
6. Being stabbed repeatedly with a dirty knife
7. Being defenestrated
8. Walking up to members of a street gang and doing your best Pee Wee Herman impersonation
9. Getting blasted with gamma radiation
10. Shooting heroin

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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:** [February 27, 2024, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4496 "2024-02-27T22:57:30Z")

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**Things that are generally bad for one’s health**

1. Smoking
2. Drinking alcohol
3. Taking meth
4. Leading a sedentary lifestyle
5. Being born into poverty
6. Being stabbed repeatedly with a dirty knife
7. Being defenestrated
8. Walking up to members of a street gang and doing your best Pee Wee Herman impersonation
9. Getting blasted with gamma radiation
10. Shooting heroin
11. Being gay, trans, an immigrant, or BIPOC in the vicinity of a Trump rally.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [February 27, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4497 "2024-02-27T23:48:15Z")

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That was my thought as well until I found model kits for “The Voyager” from Fantastic Voyage. You may be right on that one. Too many years since I’ve seen the movie.

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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:** [February 27, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4498 "2024-02-27T23:50:20Z")

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**Things that are generally bad for one’s health**

1. Smoking
2. Drinking alcohol
3. Taking meth
4. Leading a sedentary lifestyle
5. Being born into poverty
6. Being stabbed repeatedly with a dirty knife
7. Being defenestrated
8. Walking up to members of a street gang and doing your best Pee Wee Herman impersonation
9. Getting blasted with gamma radiation
10. Shooting heroin
11. Being gay, trans, an immigrant, or BIPOC in the vicinity of a Trump rally.
12. Being the Secret Service agent in charge of walking Commander Biden

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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:** [February 28, 2024, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/4499 "2024-02-28T14:46:06Z")

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**Things that are generally bad for one’s health**

1. Smoking
2. Drinking alcohol
3. Taking meth
4. Leading a sedentary lifestyle
5. Being born into poverty
6. Being stabbed repeatedly with a dirty knife
7. Being defenestrated
8. Walking up to members of a street gang and doing your best Pee Wee Herman impersonation
9. Getting blasted with gamma radiation
10. Shooting heroin
11. Being gay, trans, an immigrant, or BIPOC in the vicinity of a Trump rally.
12. Being the Secret Service agent in charge of walking Commander Biden
13. Too many fast food and eat-all-you-can buffet meals

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