# 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:** 280
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5581 "2024-08-02T03:34:00Z")
You are absolutely right, so the category I introduced should be eliminated; I never claimed to be bright/ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5582 "2024-08-02T05:35:14Z")
**A Favorite Olympic Athlete** 1. Billy Mills 2. Simone Biles 3. Eric Liddell 4. Jordan Chiles 5. Jesse Owens 6. Jim Craig 7. Sugar Ray Leonard 8. Kristi Yamaguchi 9. Kobe Bryant 10. John Stephen Akwhari 11. Kerri Strug That amazing one-legged vault at the 1996 Olympics to clinch the gold medal for the US Women’s Gymnastics team brought tears to my eyes. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5583 "2024-08-02T15:50:57Z")
**A Favorite Olympic Athlete** 1. Billy Mills 2. Simone Biles 3. Eric Liddell 4. Jordan Chiles 5. Jesse Owens 6. Jim Craig 7. Sugar Ray Leonard 8. Kristi Yamaguchi 9. Kobe Bryant 10. John Stephen Akwhari 11. Kerri Strug 12. Yusuf Dikeç ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5584 "2024-08-02T20:09:25Z")
Great story about John Stephen Akwhari - thanks for that, **Baker**! **A Favorite Olympic Athlete** 1. Billy Mills 2. Simone Biles 3. Eric Liddell 4. Jordan Chiles 5. Jesse Owens 6. Jim Craig 7. Sugar Ray Leonard 8. Kristi Yamaguchi 9. Kobe Bryant 10. John Stephen Akwhari 11. Kerri Strug 12. Yusuf Dikeç 13. Michael Phelps An amazing swimmer, and seems to be a nice guy. Next up: **Unlikely to be recognized as Olympic sports anytime soon** 1. Long-distance spitting ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5585 "2024-08-02T20:10:03Z")
**Unlikely to be recognized as Olympic sports anytime soon** 1. Long-distance spitting 2. Ogling ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5586 "2024-08-02T20:17:36Z")
**Unlikely to be recognized as Olympic sports anytime soon** 1. Long-distance spitting 2. Ogling 3. Napping ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5587 "2024-08-02T20:21:42Z")
**Unlikely to be recognized as Olympic sports anytime soon** 1. Long-distance spitting 2. Ogling 3. Napping 4. Parallel parking ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5588 "2024-08-02T20:27:14Z")
**Unlikely to be recognized as Olympic sports anytime soon** 1. Long-distance spitting 2. Ogling 3. Napping 4. Parallel parking 5. Pesto making ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5589 "2024-08-02T20:27:47Z")
**Unlikely to be recognized as Olympic sports anytime soon** 1. Long-distance spitting 2. Ogling 3. Napping 4. Parallel parking 5. Pesto making 6. Hot dog eating ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5590 "2024-08-02T20:28:17Z")
**Unlikely to be recognized as Olympic sports anytime soon** 1. Long-distance spitting 2. Ogling 3. Napping 4. Parallel parking 5. Pesto making 6. Hot dog eating 7. Studiously ignoring national politics ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5591 "2024-08-02T20:28:23Z")
**Unlikely to be recognized as Olympic sports anytime soon** 1. Long-distance spitting 2. Ogling 3. Napping 4. Parallel parking 5. Pesto making 6. Hot dog eating 7. Giving dogs belly rubs 'Cuz those good doggies deserve scritches. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5592 "2024-08-02T21:12:06Z")
**Unlikely to be recognized as Olympic sports anytime soon** 1. Long-distance spitting 2. Ogling 3. Napping 4. Parallel parking 5. Pesto making 6. Hot dog eating 7. Giving dogs belly rubs 8. [Extreme Ironing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_ironing) Though with Break Dancing, Climbing and skateboarding already in, maybe EI will make an appearance in LA 2028. ---
**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:** [August 2, 2024, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5593 "2024-08-02T21:34:33Z")
**Unlikely to be recognized as Olympic sports anytime soon** 1. Long-distance spitting 2. Ogling 3. Napping 4. Parallel parking 5. Pesto making 6. Hot dog eating 7. Giving dogs belly rubs 8. [Extreme Ironing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_ironing) 9. Botticelli ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5594 "2024-08-03T02:20:40Z")
**Unlikely to be recognized as Olympic sports anytime soon** 1. Long-distance spitting 2. Ogling 3. Napping 4. Parallel parking 5. Pesto making 6. Hot dog eating 7. Giving dogs belly rubs 8. Studiously ignoring national politics 9. [Extreme Ironing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_ironing) 10. Botticelli 11. cornhole ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5595 "2024-08-03T02:26:29Z")
**Unlikely to be recognized as Olympic sports anytime soon** 1. Long-distance spitting 2. Ogling 3. Napping 4. Parallel parking 5. Pesto making 6. Hot dog eating 7. Giving dogs belly rubs 8. Studiously ignoring national politics 9. [Extreme Ironing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_ironing) 10. Botticelli 11. cornhole 12. Among Us ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5596 "2024-08-03T02:36:09Z")
**Unlikely to be recognized as Olympic sports anytime soon** 1. Long-distance spitting 2. Ogling 3. Napping 4. Parallel parking 5. Pesto making 6. Hot dog eating 7. Giving dogs belly rubs 8. Studiously ignoring national politics 9. [Extreme Ironing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_ironing) 10. Botticelli 11. cornhole 12. Among Us 13. Beanie baby collecting We now return you to our game already in progress. **Favorite Movie Scene** 1. Singing La Marseillaise in Casablanca 2. Alec Baldwin’s only scene in _Glengarry Glen Ross_ 3. Spock’s death in _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5597 "2024-08-03T03:08:07Z")
**Favorite Movie Scene** 1. Singing La Marseillaise in Casablanca 2. Alec Baldwin’s only scene in _Glengarry Glen Ross_ 3. Spock’s death in _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ 4. Dave deactivates HAL in _2001: A Space Odyssey_ ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5598 "2024-08-03T12:24:05Z")
**Favorite Movie Scene** 1. Singing La Marseillaise in Casablanca 2. Alec Baldwin’s only scene in _Glengarry Glen Ross_ 3. Spock’s death in _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ 4. Dave deactivates HAL in _2001: A Space Odyssey_ 5. John and friends battled the Glove musically in _Yellow Submarine_ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5599 "2024-08-03T12:39:25Z")
**Favorite Movie Scene** 1. Singing La Marseillaise in Casablanca 2. Alec Baldwin’s only scene in _Glengarry Glen Ross_ 3. Spock’s death in _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ 4. Dave deactivates HAL in _2001: A Space Odyssey_ 5. John and friends battled the Glove musically in _Yellow Submarine_ 6. Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor dance, “Moses Supposes” from _Singing in the Rain_ ---
**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:** [August 3, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/5600 "2024-08-03T17:15:38Z")
**Favorite Movie Scene** 1. Singing La Marseillaise in Casablanca 2. Alec Baldwin’s only scene in _Glengarry Glen Ross_ 3. Spock’s death in _Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan_ 4. Dave deactivates HAL in _2001: A Space Odyssey_ 5. John and friends battled the Glove musically in _Yellow Submarine_ 6. Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor dance, “Moses Supposes” from _Singing in the Rain_ 7. Walter Sobchak telling The Dude “I can get you a toe” from _The Big Lebowski_ Mainly because it was a 3D animation assignment for me a few years ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=279) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=281)