# 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:** 400
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7981 "2025-07-11T05:48:27Z")
**Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional** 1. [Soak your feet in a wading pool](https://share.google/2P6495IP7j5ywRn0X) 2. [Drink a hot beverage](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/drink-hot-drinks-hot-weather-cool-down-faster) 3. [Jump in the lake](https://www.fridaymorningswimclub.com/). 4. [Use a wet towel to cool down](https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-cooling-towels) 5. Stay inside air-conditioned buildings and vehicles as much as possible 6. Take a cold shower 7. Summon Iceman, Killer Frost, Ice, Ice Maiden, Capt. Cold, Mr. Freeze and Coldsnap to play Bridge with you 8. Get out of town and back to nature. 9. Snack on water-rich fruits and vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes, or watermelon. 10. Drink a frozen margarita 11. Have your servant fan you more aggressively with the palm frond 12. Take a trip to northern Alaska or Canada ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7982 "2025-07-11T20:54:47Z")
**Ways to cool off in a heat wave, ordinary or unconventional** 1. [Soak your feet in a wading pool](https://share.google/2P6495IP7j5ywRn0X) 2. [Drink a hot beverage](https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know/drink-hot-drinks-hot-weather-cool-down-faster) 3. [Jump in the lake](https://www.fridaymorningswimclub.com/). 4. [Use a wet towel to cool down](https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/best-cooling-towels) 5. Stay inside air-conditioned buildings and vehicles as much as possible 6. Take a cold shower 7. Summon Iceman, Killer Frost, Ice, Ice Maiden, Capt. Cold, Mr. Freeze and Coldsnap to play Bridge with you 8. Get out of town and back to nature. 9. Snack on water-rich fruits and vegetables like cucumbers, tomatoes, or watermelon. 10. Drink a frozen margarita 11. Have your servant fan you more aggressively with the palm frond 12. Take a trip to northern Alaska or Canada 13. Go wherever Ted Cruz is headed. **Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors** 1. Pistachio Pistachio ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7983 "2025-07-11T20:56:18Z")
**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors** 1. Pistachio Pistachio 2. Phish Food ---
**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 11, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7984 "2025-07-11T21:45:34Z")
**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors** 1. Pistachio Pistachio 2. Phish Food 3. Cherry Garcia ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7985 "2025-07-12T01:33:39Z")
**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors** 1. Pistachio Pistachio 2. Phish Food 3. Cherry Garcia 4. Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7986 "2025-07-12T02:48:28Z")
**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors** 1. Pistachio Pistachio 2. Phish Food 3. Cherry Garcia 4. Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream 5. Cannoli Leave the gun. ---
**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 12, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7987 "2025-07-12T04:18:07Z")
**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors** 1. Pistachio Pistachio 2. Phish Food 3. Cherry Garcia 4. Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream 5. Cannoli 6. Heath Bar Crunch One of my early favorites. Now it’s called Toffee Bar Crunch. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7988 "2025-07-12T04:25:08Z")
**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors** 1. Pistachio Pistachio 2. Phish Food 3. Cherry Garcia 4. Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream 5. Cannoli 6. Heath Bar Crunch 7. Chunky Monkey ---
**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:** [July 12, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7989 "2025-07-12T12:30:41Z")
**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors** 1. Pistachio Pistachio 2. Phish Food 3. Cherry Garcia 4. Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream 5. Cannoli 6. Heath Bar Crunch 7. Chunky Monkey 8. Karamel Sutra ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7990 "2025-07-12T13:08:14Z")
**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors** 1. Pistachio Pistachio 2. Phish Food 3. Cherry Garcia 4. Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream 5. Cannoli 6. Heath Bar Crunch 7. Chunky Monkey 8. Karamel Sutra 9. Half Baked ---
**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 12, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7991 "2025-07-12T19:00:02Z")
**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors** 1. Pistachio Pistachio 2. Phish Food 3. Cherry Garcia 4. Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream 5. Cannoli 6. Heath Bar Crunch 7. Chunky Monkey 8. Karamel Sutra 9. Half Baked 10. Chubby Hubby ---
**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 12, 2025, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7992 "2025-07-12T22:02:36Z")
**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors** 1. Pistachio Pistachio 2. Phish Food 3. Cherry Garcia 4. Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream 5. Cannoli 6. Heath Bar Crunch 7. Chunky Monkey 8. Karamel Sutra 9. Half Baked 10. Chubby Hubby 11. Coffee, Coffee BuzzBuzzBuzz ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7993 "2025-07-12T23:16:03Z")
**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors** 1. Pistachio Pistachio 2. Phish Food 3. Cherry Garcia 4. Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream 5. Cannoli 6. Heath Bar Crunch 7. Chunky Monkey 8. Karamel Sutra 9. Half Baked 10. Chubby Hubby 11. Coffee, Coffee BuzzBuzzBuzz 12. Chocolate Therapy ---
**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 13, 2025, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7994 "2025-07-13T00:31:36Z")
**Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavors** 1. Pistachio Pistachio 2. Phish Food 3. Cherry Garcia 4. Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream 5. Cannoli 6. Heath Bar Crunch 7. Chunky Monkey 8. Karamel Sutra 9. Half Baked 10. Chubby Hubby 11. Coffee, Coffee BuzzBuzzBuzz 12. Chocolate Therapy 13. Creme Brulee Retired in 2012, alas. 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 13, 2025, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7995 "2025-07-13T00:45:26Z")
**A pet you had when you were a kid** 1. Bubbles, a mutt of unknown origin ---
**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:** [July 13, 2025, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7996 "2025-07-13T01:02:57Z")
**A pet you had when you were a kid** 1. Bubbles, a mutt of unknown origin 2. Simba, a very affectionate orange cat ---
**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 13, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7997 "2025-07-13T02:33:21Z")
**A pet you had when you were a kid** 1. Bubbles, a mutt of unknown origin 2. Simba, a very affectionate orange cat 3. Pepper, a shaggy, black-and-gray mutt ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2025, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7998 "2025-07-13T03:33:28Z")
**A pet you had when you were a kid** 1. Bubbles, a mutt of unknown origin 2. Simba, a very affectionate orange cat 3. Pepper, a shaggy, black-and-gray mutt 4. Spanky, a suicidal turtle ---
**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:** [July 13, 2025, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/7999 "2025-07-13T03:36:21Z")
**A pet you had when you were a kid** 1. Bubbles, a mutt of unknown origin 2. Simba, a very affectionate orange cat 3. Pepper, a shaggy, black-and-gray mutt 4. Spanky, a suicidal turtle 5. Minnie, a sweet and friendly tuxedo cat ---
**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 13, 2025, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8000 "2025-07-13T03:39:42Z")
**A pet you had when you were a kid** 1. Bubbles, a mutt of unknown origin 2. Simba, a very affectionate orange cat 3. Pepper, a shaggy, black-and-gray mutt 4. Spanky, a suicidal turtle 5. Minnie, a sweet and friendly tuxedo caty 6. Toby _(shortened from ‘Two-Buck Toby’, referring to his cost)_, a blue-and-white budgie _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=399) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=401)