# 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:** ![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:** [March 10, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6981 "2025-03-10T10:44:08Z")

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**Favorite movie lines refering to death**

1. You couldn’t even kill him.
2. Hasta La Vista Baby
3. Lady, I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this family restaurant!

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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:** [March 10, 2025, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6982 "2025-03-10T11:56:37Z")

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**Favorite movie lines refering to death**

1. You couldn’t even kill him.
2. Hasta La Vista Baby
3. Lady, I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this family restaurant!
4. Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back.

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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:** [March 10, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6983 "2025-03-10T12:00:25Z")

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**Favorite movie lines refering to death**

1. You couldn’t even kill him.
2. Hasta La Vista Baby
3. Get busy living or get busy dying

Andy Dufresne in “The Shawshank Redemption”

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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:** [March 10, 2025, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6984 "2025-03-10T13:37:31Z")

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**Favorite movie lines referring to death**

1. You couldn’t even kill him.
2. Hasta La Vista Baby
3. Lady, I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this family restaurant!
4. Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back.
5. Get busy living or get busy dying.
6. Being dead does not mean one cannot be helpful.

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [March 10, 2025, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6985 "2025-03-10T13:50:26Z")

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**Favorite movie lines referring to death**

1. You couldn’t even kill him.
2. Hasta La Vista Baby
3. Lady, I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this family restaurant!
4. Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back.
5. Get busy living or get busy dying.
6. Being dead does not mean one cannot be helpful.
7. I’m not dead.

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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:** [March 10, 2025, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6986 "2025-03-10T14:03:14Z")

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**Favorite movie lines referring to death**

1. You couldn’t even kill him.
2. Hasta La Vista Baby
3. Lady, I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this family restaurant!
4. Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back.
5. Get busy living or get busy dying.
6. Being dead does not mean one cannot be helpful.
7. I’m not dead.
8. Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.

There are several other great Princess Bride lines about death, but this is my fave.

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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:** [March 10, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6987 "2025-03-10T15:24:20Z")

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**Favorite movie lines referring to death**

1. You couldn’t even kill him.
2. Hasta La Vista Baby
3. Lady, I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this family restaurant!
4. Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back.
5. Get busy living or get busy dying.
6. Being dead does not mean one cannot be helpful.
7. I’m not dead.
8. Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
9. I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.

Blade Runner

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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:** [March 10, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6988 "2025-03-10T15:47:45Z")

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**Favorite movie lines referring to death**

1. You couldn’t even kill him.
2. Hasta La Vista Baby
3. Lady, I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this family restaurant!
4. Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back.
5. Get busy living or get busy dying.
6. Being dead does not mean one cannot be helpful.
7. I’m not dead.
8. Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
9. I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
10. Can’t you feel time gaining on you? It’s like a predator; it’s stalking you.

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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:** [March 10, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6989 "2025-03-10T17:36:57Z")

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**Favorite movie lines referring to death**

1. You couldn’t even kill him.
2. Hasta La Vista Baby
3. Lady, I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this family restaurant!
4. Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back.
5. Get busy living or get busy dying.
6. Being dead does not mean one cannot be helpful.
7. I’m not dead.
8. Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
9. I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
10. Can’t you feel time gaining on you? It’s like a predator; it’s stalking you.
11. Please don’t disturb my friend. He’s dead tired.

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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:** [March 10, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6990 "2025-03-10T20:24:50Z")

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**Favorite movie lines referring to death**

1. You couldn’t even kill him.
2. Hasta La Vista Baby
3. Lady, I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this family restaurant!
4. Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back.
5. Get busy living or get busy dying.
6. Being dead does not mean one cannot be helpful.
7. I’m not dead.
8. Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
9. I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
10. Can’t you feel time gaining on you? It’s like a predator; it’s stalking you.
11. Please don’t disturb my friend. He’s dead tired.
12. Bring out your dead! (ring ring)

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**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:** [March 10, 2025, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6991 "2025-03-10T20:43:43Z")

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**Favorite movie lines referring to death**

1. You couldn’t even kill him.
2. Hasta La Vista Baby
3. Lady, I got buddies who died face down in the muck so that you and I could enjoy this family restaurant!
4. Death smiles at us all; all a man can do is smile back.
5. Get busy living or get busy dying.
6. Being dead does not mean one cannot be helpful.
7. I’m not dead.
8. Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.
9. I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
10. Can’t you feel time gaining on you? It’s like a predator; it’s stalking you.
11. Please don’t disturb my friend. He’s dead tired.
12. Bring out your dead! (ring ring)
13. Hell I even thought I was dead, till I found out it was just that I was in Nebraska.

Next topic.

**Name a stadium that exists no more.**

1. Polo Grounds

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**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:** [March 10, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6992 "2025-03-10T21:17:26Z")

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**Name a stadium that exists no more.**

1. Polo Grounds
2. Candlestick Park

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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:** [March 10, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6993 "2025-03-10T21:56:34Z")

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**Name a stadium that exists no more.**

1. Polo Grounds
2. Candlestick Park
3. Seals Stadium

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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:** [March 10, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6994 "2025-03-10T22:04:58Z")

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**Name a stadium that exists no more.**

1. Polo Grounds
2. Candlestick Park
3. Seals Stadium
4. Municipal Stadium

Kansas City, once home of the Athletics, Chiefs, and Royals

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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:** [March 10, 2025, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6995 "2025-03-10T22:25:16Z")

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**Name a stadium that exists no more.**

1. Polo Grounds
2. Candlestick Park
3. Seals Stadium
4. Municipal Stadium
5. [Metropolitan Stadium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Stadium) (Bloomington, MN)

one-time home to the Minnesota Twins and the Minnesota Vikings – now the site of the Mall of America

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [March 10, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6996 "2025-03-10T22:51:42Z")

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**Name a stadium that exists no more.**

1. Polo Grounds
2. Candlestick Park
3. Seals Stadium
4. Municipal Stadium
5. [Metropolitan Stadium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Stadium) (Bloomington, MN)
6. Hippodrome of Constantinople

It was in use for about 1,000 years.

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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:** [March 10, 2025, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6997 "2025-03-10T23:09:48Z")

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**Name a stadium that exists no more.**

1. Polo Grounds
2. Candlestick Park
3. Seals Stadium
4. Municipal Stadium
5. [Metropolitan Stadium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Stadium) (Bloomington, MN)
6. Hippodrome of Constantinople
7. Hoosier Dome

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**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:** [March 11, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6998 "2025-03-11T02:13:33Z")

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**Name a stadium that exists no more.**

1. Polo Grounds
2. Candlestick Park
3. Seals Stadium
4. Municipal Stadium
5. [Metropolitan Stadium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Stadium) (Bloomington, MN)
6. Hippodrome of Constantinople
7. Hoosier Dome
8. Exhibition Stadium (Toronto)

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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:** [March 11, 2025, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/6999 "2025-03-11T02:40:04Z")

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**Name a stadium that exists no more.**

1. Polo Grounds
2. Candlestick Park
3. Seals Stadium
4. Municipal Stadium
5. [Metropolitan Stadium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Stadium) (Bloomington, MN)
6. Hippodrome of Constantinople
7. Hoosier Dome
8. Exhibition Stadium (Toronto)
9. Old Yankee Stadium

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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:** [March 11, 2025, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7000 "2025-03-11T03:49:03Z")

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**Name a stadium that exists no more.**

1. Polo Grounds
2. Candlestick Park
3. Seals Stadium
4. Municipal Stadium
5. [Metropolitan Stadium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Stadium) (Bloomington, MN)
6. Hippodrome of Constantinople
7. Hoosier Dome
8. Exhibition Stadium (Toronto)
9. Old Yankee Stadium
10. [Cleveland Stadium](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Stadium)

In use 1931-96: a lot of bad memories from there, but some good.

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