# 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:** 445
**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:** [December 14, 2025, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8881 "2025-12-14T05:48:24Z")
Simple but fun childhood games you’ve indulged in… **as adults**. 1. Sardines 2. Cat’s cradle 3. Thumb wrestling 4. hotter and colder 5. The alphabet road trip game 6. Twenty questions 7. UNO 8. Bingo 9. Dodgeball 10. Yo-yo 11. Checkers ---
**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:** [December 14, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8882 "2025-12-14T16:05:21Z")
Simple but fun childhood games you’ve indulged in… **as adults**. 1. Sardines 2. Cat’s cradle 3. Thumb wrestling 4. hotter and colder 5. The alphabet road trip game 6. Twenty questions 7. UNO 8. Bingo 9. Dodgeball 10. Yo-yo 11. Checkers 12. Tic-tac-toe But I’m pretty sure my only adult playing of it was to show a kid how to play. I don’t think I’ve engaged in any adult-vs.-adult play. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8883 "2025-12-14T16:41:48Z")
Simple but fun childhood games you’ve indulged in… **as adults**. 1. Sardines 2. Cat’s cradle 3. Thumb wrestling 4. hotter and colder 5. The alphabet road trip game 6. Twenty questions 7. UNO 8. Bingo 9. Dodgeball 10. Yo-yo 11. Checkers 12. Tic-tac-toe 13. Hide-N-Seek **Cigarette brands of the 50s and 60s** 1. Parliament ---
**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:** [December 14, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8884 "2025-12-14T17:54:17Z")
**Cigarette brands of the 50s and 60s** 1. Parliament 2. Lucky Strike ---
**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:** [December 14, 2025, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8885 "2025-12-14T17:57:01Z")
**Cigarette brands of the 50s and 60s** 1. Parliament 2. Lucky Strike 3. Chesterfield probably best remembered for their 101-millimeter length cigarettes, which they advertised as being “a silly millimeter longer” _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [December 14, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8886 "2025-12-14T19:26:32Z")
**Cigarette brands of the 50s and 60s** 1. Parliament 2. Lucky Strike 3. Chesterfield 4. Tareyton I remember the “Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch!” advertising campaign featuring smokers with black eyes ---
**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:** [December 14, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8887 "2025-12-14T20:51:03Z")
**Cigarette brands of the 50s and 60s** 1. Parliament 2. Lucky Strike 3. Chesterfield 4. Tareyton 5. Kent The brand my dad smoked ---
**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:** [December 15, 2025, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8888 "2025-12-15T04:58:52Z")
**Cigarette brands of the '50s and '60s** 1. Parliament 2. Lucky Strike 3. Chesterfield 4. Tareyton 5. Kent 6. Gauloises Mentioned in every book or short story about France back then. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8889 "2025-12-15T06:10:29Z")
**Cigarette brands of the '50s and '60s** 1. Parliament 2. Lucky Strike 3. Chesterfield 4. Tareyton 5. Kent 6. Gauloises 7. Pall Mall ---
**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:** [December 15, 2025, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8890 "2025-12-15T06:58:10Z")
**Cigarette brands of the '50s and '60s** 1. Parliament 2. Lucky Strike 3. Chesterfield 4. Tareyton 5. Kent 6. Gauloises 7. Pall Mall 8. Export “A” Canadian brand. A family friend was the illustrator who painted their mascot, the Macdonald’s Lassie, whose portrait adorned every pack. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8891 "2025-12-15T12:25:52Z")
**Cigarette brands of the '50s and '60s** 1. Parliament 2. Lucky Strike 3. Chesterfield 4. Tareyton 5. Kent 6. Gauloises 7. Pall Mall 8. Export “A” 9. Old Gold “Not a cough in a carload” ---
**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:** [December 15, 2025, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8892 "2025-12-15T16:07:14Z")
**Cigarette brands of the '50s and '60s** 1. Parliament 2. Lucky Strike 3. Chesterfield 4. Tareyton 5. Kent 6. Gauloises 7. Pall Mall 8. Export “A” 9. Old Gold 10. Benson & Hedges 100 ---
**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:** [December 16, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8893 "2025-12-16T17:46:07Z")
**Cigarette brands of the '50s and '60s** 1. Parliament 2. Lucky Strike 3. Chesterfield 4. Tareyton 5. Kent 6. Gauloises 7. Pall Mall 8. Export “A” 9. Old Gold 10. Benson & Hedges 100 11. Camel ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8894 "2025-12-16T17:58:12Z")
**Cigarette brands of the '50s and '60s** 1. Parliament 2. Lucky Strike 3. Chesterfield 4. Tareyton 5. Kent 6. Gauloises 7. Pall Mall 8. Export “A” 9. Old Gold 10. Benson & Hedges 100 11. Camel 12. Woodbine ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8895 "2025-12-16T19:28:54Z")
**Cigarette brands of the '50s and '60s** 1. Parliament 2. Lucky Strike 3. Chesterfield 4. Tareyton 5. Kent 6. Gauloises 7. Pall Mall 8. Export “A” 9. Old Gold 10. Benson & Hedges 100 11. Camel 12. Woodbine 13. L & M pass ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8896 "2025-12-16T20:28:16Z")
**Skills you have that are now obsolete**. 1. Researching obscure information ---
**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:** [December 16, 2025, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8897 "2025-12-16T20:56:18Z")
**Skills you have that are now obsolete**. 1. Researching obscure information 2. Dialing a phone ---
**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:** [December 16, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8898 "2025-12-16T21:36:56Z")
**Skills you have that are now obsolete**. 1. Researching obscure information 2. Dialing a phone 3. Burning a CD ---
**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:** [December 16, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8899 "2025-12-16T21:38:38Z")
**Skills you have that are now obsolete**. 1. Researching obscure information 2. Dialing a phone 3. Burning a CD 4. Programming a VCR ---
**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:** [December 17, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/8900 "2025-12-17T00:32:23Z")
**Skills you have that are now obsolete**. 1. Researching obscure information 2. Dialing a phone 3. Burning a CD 4. Programming a VCR 5. Writing in cursive I work with young people, and the majority of them can’t read it [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=444) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=446)