# 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:** 277
**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:** [July 19, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5521 "2024-07-19T15:57:34Z")
**Bad habits** 1. Biting your nails 2. Picking your nose 3. Too much Facebook 4. Littering 5. Eating too many sweets 6. “Playing with yourself” _… (I’m not talking Solitaire here…)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5522 "2024-07-19T20:09:18Z")
**Bad habits** 1. Biting your nails 2. Picking your nose 3. Too much Facebook 4. Littering 5. Eating too many sweets 6. “Playing with yourself” 7. Smoking ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5523 "2024-07-19T20:20:18Z")
Bad habits 1. Biting your nails 2. Picking your nose 3. Too much Facebook 4. Littering 5. Eating too many sweets 6. “Playing with yourself” 7. Smoking 8. Drinking alcohol in excess ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5524 "2024-07-19T22:39:08Z")
**Bad habits** 1. Biting your nails 2. Picking your nose 3. Too much Facebook 4. Littering 5. Eating too many sweets 6. “Playing with yourself” 7. Smoking 8. Drinking alcohol in excess 9. Cussing ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5525 "2024-07-20T02:16:45Z")
**Bad habits** 1. Biting your nails 2. Picking your nose 3. Too much Facebook 4. Littering 5. Eating too many sweets 6. “Playing with yourself” 7. Smoking 8. Drinking alcohol in excess 9. Cussing 10. [Farting on elevators](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Ul0qSQgeA) ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5526 "2024-07-20T02:27:57Z")
**Bad habits** 1. Biting your nails 2. Picking your nose 3. Too much Facebook 4. Littering 5. Eating too many sweets 6. “Playing with yourself” 7. Smoking 8. Drinking alcohol in excess 9. Cussing 10. [Farting on elevators](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Ul0qSQgeA) 11. Procrastinating ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5527 "2024-07-20T02:28:38Z")
**Bad habits** 1. Biting your nails 2. Picking your nose 3. Too much Facebook 4. Littering 5. Eating too many sweets 6. “Playing with yourself” 7. Smoking 8. Drinking alcohol in excess 9. Cussing 10. [Farting on elevators](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Ul0qSQgeA) 11. Procrastinating 12. Posting twice in a row 13. And thus finishing a category Pass. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5528 "2024-07-20T02:38:28Z")
Next topic: **College teams with unique nicknames** 1. Kansas Jayhawks 2. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5529 "2024-07-20T02:44:13Z")
**College teams with unique nicknames** 1. Kansas Jayhawks 2. UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5530 "2024-07-20T03:07:24Z")
**College teams with unique nicknames** 1. Kansas Jayhawks 2. UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs 3. North Carolina Tar Heels ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5531 "2024-07-20T03:14:57Z")
**College teams with unique nicknames** 1. Kansas Jayhawks 2. UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs 3. North Carolina Tar Heels 4. Saint Louis Billikens ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5532 "2024-07-20T11:37:17Z")
**College teams with unique nicknames** 1. Kansas Jayhawks 2. UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs 3. North Carolina Tar Heels 4. Saint Louis Billikens 5. Presbyterian Blue Hose ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5533 "2024-07-20T12:12:09Z")
**College teams with unique nicknames** 1. Kansas Jayhawks 2. UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs 3. North Carolina Tar Heels 4. Saint Louis Billikens 5. Presbyterian Blue Hose 6. Delta State Fighting Okra ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5534 "2024-07-20T14:23:23Z")
**College teams with unique nicknames** 1. Kansas Jayhawks 2. UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs 3. North Carolina Tar Heels 4. Saint Louis Billikens 5. Presbyterian Blue Hose 6. Delta State Fighting Okra 7. Manhattan College Jaspers The rival teams’ taunt is “What’s a jasper?” Supposedly he invented the 7th inning stretch. [What’s a Jasper? Student Athletes Discuss Their Unique Mascot](https://mcquad.org/2018/03/04/whats-a-jasper-student-athletes-discuss-their-unique-mascot/) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5535 "2024-07-20T15:41:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **Bad habits** > > 1. [Farting on elevators](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57Ul0qSQgeA) If the elevator is empty, it’s called “fumigating”; if there’s other people inside, it’s called “fogging”. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5536 "2024-07-20T15:43:28Z")
**College teams with unique nicknames** 1. Kansas Jayhawks 2. UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs 3. North Carolina Tar Heels 4. Saint Louis Billikens 5. Presbyterian Blue Hose 6. Delta State Fighting Okra 7. Manhattan College Jaspers 8. Stanford Cardinal Named for the color (red), and is also plural. The university unofficially uses a tree in place of a mascot, as appears on their logo. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5537 "2024-07-20T22:55:07Z")
**College teams with unique nicknames** 1. Kansas Jayhawks 2. UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs 3. North Carolina Tar Heels 4. Saint Louis Billikens 5. Presbyterian Blue Hose 6. Delta State Fighting Okra 7. Manhattan College Jaspers 8. Stanford Cardinal 9. Presbyterian Blue Hose The Presbyterian teams wore blue stockings, which headline writers would shorten to hose. They added in “Blue” to make it sound fiercer. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5538 "2024-07-20T23:55:37Z")
**College teams with unique nicknames** 1. Kansas Jayhawks 2. UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs 3. North Carolina Tar Heels 4. Saint Louis Billikens 5. Presbyterian Blue Hose 6. Delta State Fighting Okra 7. Manhattan College Jaspers 8. Stanford Cardinal 9. Presbyterian Blue Hose Um, @Intergalactic_Gladiator, the Blue Hose have already been used, in slot #5. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5539 "2024-07-21T00:50:53Z")
D’oh! **College teams with unique nicknames** 1. Kansas Jayhawks 2. UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs 3. North Carolina Tar Heels 4. Saint Louis Billikens 5. Presbyterian Blue Hose 6. Delta State Fighting Okra 7. Manhattan College Jaspers 8. Stanford Cardinal 9. Long Beach State Dirtbags ---
**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:** [July 21, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5540 "2024-07-21T00:56:34Z")
**College teams with unique nicknames** 1. Kansas Jayhawks 2. UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs 3. North Carolina Tar Heels 4. Saint Louis Billikens 5. Presbyterian Blue Hose 6. Delta State Fighting Okra 7. Manhattan College Jaspers 8. Stanford Cardinal 9. Long Beach State Dirtbags 10. Wake Forest Demon Deacons [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=276) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=278)