# Baker’s Dozen III **URL:** \ **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:** 260
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5181 "2024-05-08T17:48:03Z")
**Things That Are Smoked** 1. Brisket 2. Kush 3. Hashish 4. Salmon 5. Sausage 6. Signals 7. Basic Training recruits 8. Cigars 9. Pastrami 10. Tobacco 11. Ham 12. Cloves 13. Bacon Pass. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5182 "2024-05-08T21:11:48Z")
**If YOU had your very own talk show, who would you want your first guest to be?** 1. Cecil Adams of course! ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5183 "2024-05-08T21:43:35Z")
**If YOU had your very own talk show, who would you want your first guest to be?** 1. Cecil Adams 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson ---
**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:** [May 8, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5184 "2024-05-08T22:42:39Z")
**If YOU had your very own talk show, who would you want your first guest to be?** 1. Cecil Adams 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson 3. [Homer Flynn](https://meettheresidents.fandom.com/wiki/Homer_Flynn) ---
**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:** [May 9, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5185 "2024-05-09T02:22:24Z")
**If YOU had your very own talk show, who would you want your first guest to be?** 1. Cecil Adams 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson 3. [Homer Flynn](https://meettheresidents.fandom.com/wiki/Homer_Flynn) 4. Heather Cox Richardson ---
**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:** [May 9, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5186 "2024-05-09T03:15:07Z")
**If YOU had your very own talk show, who would you want your first guest to be?** 1. Cecil Adams 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson 3. [Homer Flynn](https://meettheresidents.fandom.com/wiki/Homer_Flynn) 4. Heather Cox Richardson 5. Barack Obama ---
**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:** [May 9, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5187 "2024-05-09T04:33:34Z")
**If YOU had your very own talk show, who would you want your first guest to be?** 1. Cecil Adams 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson 3. [Homer Flynn](https://meettheresidents.fandom.com/wiki/Homer_Flynn) 4. Heather Cox Richardson 5. Barack Obama 6. Banksy Imagine the ratings! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5188 "2024-05-09T04:45:20Z")
**If YOU had your very own talk show, who would you want your first guest to be?** 1. Cecil Adams 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson 3. [Homer Flynn](https://meettheresidents.fandom.com/wiki/Homer_Flynn) 4. Heather Cox Richardson 5. Barack Obama 6. Banksy 7. Stephen King ---
**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:** [May 9, 2024, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5189 "2024-05-09T05:45:01Z")
**If YOU had your very own talk show, who would you want your first guest to be?** 1. Cecil Adams 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson 3. [Homer Flynn](https://meettheresidents.fandom.com/wiki/Homer_Flynn) 4. Heather Cox Richardson 5. Barack Obama 6. Banksy 7. Stephen King 8. [Elena Ferrante](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Ferrante) The Banksy of the literary world; she (if the author is actually female) would be quite a draw. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2024, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5190 "2024-05-09T13:30:22Z")
**If YOU had your very own talk show, who would you want your first guest to be?** 1. Cecil Adams 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson 3. [Homer Flynn](https://meettheresidents.fandom.com/wiki/Homer_Flynn) 4. Heather Cox Richardson 5. Barack Obama 6. Banksy 7. Stephen King 8. [Elena Ferrante](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Ferrante) 9. Alan Parsons ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5191 "2024-05-09T23:06:14Z")
**If YOU had your very own talk show, who would you want your first guest to be?** 1. Cecil Adams 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson 3. [Homer Flynn](https://meettheresidents.fandom.com/wiki/Homer_Flynn) 4. Heather Cox Richardson 5. Barack Obama 6. Banksy 7. Stephen King 8. [Elena Ferrante](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Ferrante) 9. Alan Parsons 10. Oprah Winfrey She actually interviewed me at my school when she was a reporter for WJZ-TV in Baltimore. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2024, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5192 "2024-05-10T13:09:21Z")
**If YOU had your very own talk show, who would you want your first guest to be?** 1. Cecil Adams 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson 3. [Homer Flynn](https://meettheresidents.fandom.com/wiki/Homer_Flynn) 4. Heather Cox Richardson 5. Barack Obama 6. Banksy 7. Stephen King 8. [Elena Ferrante](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Ferrante) 9. Alan Parsons 10. Oprah Winfrey 11. King George III “What the hell were you THINKING? And please don’t tell us it was a moment of passing insanity.” ---
**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:** [May 10, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5193 "2024-05-10T16:33:29Z")
**If YOU had your very own talk show, who would you want your first guest to be?** 1. Cecil Adams 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson 3. [Homer Flynn](https://meettheresidents.fandom.com/wiki/Homer_Flynn) 4. Heather Cox Richardson 5. Barack Obama 6. Banksy 7. Stephen King 8. [Elena Ferrante](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Ferrante) 9. Alan Parsons 10. Oprah Winfrey 11. King George III 12. Alan Moore ---
**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:** [May 15, 2024, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5194 "2024-05-15T22:54:43Z")
**If YOU had your very own talk show, who would you want your first guest to be?** 1. Cecil Adams 2. Neil deGrasse Tyson 3. [Homer Flynn](https://meettheresidents.fandom.com/wiki/Homer_Flynn) 4. Heather Cox Richardson 5. Barack Obama 6. Banksy 7. Stephen King 8. [Elena Ferrante](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Ferrante) 9. Alan Parsons 10. Oprah Winfrey 11. King George III 12. Alan Moore 13. Robin Williams Gone too soon, almost 10 years ago now. Next Following up on a category from earlier this month: **More people of Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Heritage** 1. Tammy Duckworth ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5195 "2024-05-15T23:28:19Z")
**More people of Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Heritage** 1. Tammy Duckworth 2. Nikki Haley ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5196 "2024-05-16T13:40:57Z")
**More people of Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Heritage** 1. Tammy Duckworth 2. Nikki Haley 3. Eugene Coredero ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5197 "2024-05-16T13:43:46Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > **People of Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Heritage** > > 1. Roman Gabriel > 2. Ming-Na Wen > 3. Frank Manumaleuna > 4. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson > 5. George Takei > 6. Raymond Lee > 7. Queen Lili’uokalani > 8. Don Ho > 9. Dat Nguyen > 10. Patsy Mink > 11. Ted Lieu > 12. Israel Kamakawiwoʻole > 13. Kristi Yamaguchi The previously mentioned. **More people of Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Heritage** 1. Tammy Duckworth 2. Nikki Haley 3. Eugene Coredero 4. King Kamehameha I ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5198 "2024-05-16T13:57:57Z")
**More people of Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Heritage** 1. Tammy Duckworth 2. Nikki Haley 3. Eugene Coredero 4. King Kamehameha I 5. Ming Tsai ---
**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:** [May 16, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5199 "2024-05-16T15:00:03Z")
**More people of Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Heritage** 1. Tammy Duckworth 2. Nikki Haley 3. Eugene Coredero 4. King Kamehameha I 5. Ming Tsai 6. Steven Yeun ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5200 "2024-05-17T03:20:40Z")
**More people of Asian American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander Heritage** 1. Tammy Duckworth 2. Nikki Haley 3. Eugene Coredero 4. King Kamehameha I 5. Ming Tsai 6. Steven Yeun 7. Bobby Jindal [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=259) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=261)