# 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:** 454
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9061 "2026-01-14T20:10:40Z")
**Books you know you ought to have read, but never have** 1. _Moby-Dick_ 2. _The Handmaid’s Tale_ 3. _The Red Badge of Courage_ 4. _Animal Farm_ 5. _To Kill a Mockingbird_ 6. _Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus_ 7. _The Pickwick Papers_ 8. _Catch-22_ 9. _Crime and Punishment_ 10. _The Confessions of Nat Turner_ 11. _War and Peace_ 12. _Wuthering Heights_ ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9062 "2026-01-14T20:13:07Z")
**Books you know you ought to have read, but never have** 1. _Moby-Dick_ 2. _The Handmaid’s Tale_ 3. _The Red Badge of Courage_ 4. _Animal Farm_ 5. _To Kill a Mockingbird_ 6. _Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus_ 7. _The Pickwick Papers_ 8. _Catch-22_ 9. _Crime and Punishment_ 10. _The Confessions of Nat Turner_ 11. _War and Peace_ 12. _Wuthering Heights_ 13. _Tess of the D’Urbervilles_ **Words with the letters THR appearing consecutively in them.** 1. Bir **thr** ight ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9063 "2026-01-14T20:14:55Z")
**Words with the letters THR appearing consecutively in them.** 1. Bir **thr** ight 2. Ba **thr** oom ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9064 "2026-01-14T20:22:41Z")
**Words with the letters THR appearing consecutively in them.** 1. Bir **thr** ight 2. Ba **thr** oom 3. Coronary **thr** ombosis ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9065 "2026-01-14T20:23:26Z")
**Words with the letters THR appearing consecutively in them.** 1. Bir **thr** ight 2. Ba **thr** oom 3. Coronary **thr** ombosis 4. An **thr** opomorphism ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9066 "2026-01-14T20:25:33Z")
**Words with the letters THR appearing consecutively in them.** 1. Bir **thr** ight 2. Ba **thr** oom 3. Coronary **thr** ombosis 4. An **thr** opomorphism 5. **Thr** eadneedle Street ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9067 "2026-01-14T20:28:47Z")
**Words with the letters THR appearing consecutively in them.** 1. Bir **thr** ight 2. Ba **thr** oom 3. Coronary **thr** ombosis 4. An **thr** opomorphism 5. **Thr** eadneedle Street 6. Osteoar **thr** itis ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9068 "2026-01-14T20:58:21Z")
**Words with the letters THR appearing consecutively in them.** 1. Bir **thr** ight 2. Ba **thr** oom 3. Coronary **thr** ombosis 4. An **thr** opomorphism 5. **Thr** eadneedle Street 6. Osteoar **thr** itis 7. Lycan **thr** ope _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9069 "2026-01-14T21:22:37Z")
**Words with the letters THR appearing consecutively in them.** 1. Bir **thr** ight 2. Ba **thr** oom 3. Coronary **thr** ombosis 4. An **thr** opomorphism 5. **Thr** eadneedle Street 6. Osteoar **thr** itis 7. Lycan **thr** ope 8. **Thr** ice ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9070 "2026-01-14T22:26:49Z")
**Words with the letters THR appearing consecutively in them.** 1. Bir **thr** ight 2. Ba **thr** oom 3. Coronary **thr** ombosis 4. An **thr** opomorphism 5. **Thr** eadneedle Street 6. Osteoar **thr** itis 7. Lycan **thr** ope 8. **Thr** ice 9. p **thr** ead\_create() ---
**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:** [January 14, 2026, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9071 "2026-01-14T22:34:12Z")
**Words with the letters THR appearing consecutively in them.** 1. Bir **thr** ight 2. Ba **thr** oom 3. Coronary **thr** ombosis 4. An **thr** opomorphism 5. **Thr** eadneedle Street 6. Osteoar **thr** itis 7. Lycan **thr** ope 8. **Thr** ice 9. p **thr** ead\_create() 10. Mi **thr** aism ---
**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:** [January 15, 2026, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9072 "2026-01-15T02:05:40Z")
[quote=“bordelond, post:9071, topic:970093, full:true”] **Words with the letters THR appearing consecutively in them.** 1. Bir **thr** ight 2. Ba **thr** oom 3. Coronary **thr** ombosis 4. An **thr** opomorphism 5. **Thr** eadneedle Street 6. Osteoar **thr** itis 7. Lycan **thr** ope 8. **Thr** ice 9. p **thr** ead\_create() 10. Mi **thr** aism 11. Cut **thr** oat ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2026, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9073 "2026-01-15T03:23:44Z")
**Words with the letters THR appearing consecutively in them.** 1. Bir **thr** ight 2. Ba **thr** oom 3. Coronary **thr** ombosis 4. An **thr** opomorphism 5. **Thr** eadneedle Street 6. Osteoar **thr** itis 7. Lycan **thr** ope 8. **Thr** ice 9. p **thr** ead\_create() 10. Mi **thr** aism 11. Cut **thr** oat 12. **Thr** ough ---
**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:** [January 16, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9074 "2026-01-16T05:20:02Z")
**Words with the letters THR appearing consecutively in them.** 1. Bir **thr** ight 2. Ba **thr** oom 3. Coronary **thr** ombosis 4. An **thr** opomorphism 5. **Thr** eadneedle Street 6. Osteoar **thr** itis 7. Lycan **thr** ope 8. **Thr** ice 9. p **thr** ead\_create() 10. Mi **thr** aism 11. Cut **thr** oat 12. **Thr** ough 13. **Thr** eatened Pass. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2026, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9075 "2026-01-16T06:09:07Z")
**Words with the letters THR appearing consecutively in them.** 1. Bir **thr** ight 2. Ba **thr** oom 3. Coronary **thr** ombosis 4. An **thr** opomorphism 5. **Thr** eadneedle Street 6. Osteoar **thr** itis 7. Lycan **thr** ope 8. **Thr** ice 9. p **thr** ead\_create() 10. Mi **thr** aism 11. Cut **thr** oat 12. **Thr** ough 13. Ar **thr** opod Next Words or phrases, positive or negative, your own or quotes, that describe winter weather (where I am right now, in Ontario, it’s 5 F /-19 C and a foot of snow fell in the past day) 1. Life-threatening ---
**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:** [January 16, 2026, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9076 "2026-01-16T15:42:37Z")
**Words or phrases, positive or negative, your own or quotes, that describe winter weather** 1. Life-threatening 2. It’s colder than normal if I can’t wear shorts outside Based on **gkster** ’s comment I’m guessing the list is about the weather where each of us lives, but I would be happy to withdraw my post if I’m wrong. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2026, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9077 "2026-01-16T15:51:32Z")
**Words or phrases, positive or negative, your own or quotes, that describe winter weather** 1. Life-threatening 2. It’s colder than normal if I can’t wear shorts outside 3. It’s colder than a witch’s tits ---
**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:** [January 16, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9078 "2026-01-16T17:18:44Z")
**Words or phrases, positive or negative, your own or quotes, that describe winter weather** 1. Life-threatening 2. It’s colder than normal if I can’t wear shorts outside 3. It’s colder than a witch’s tits 4. I feel sorry for those brass monkeys out there. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9079 "2026-01-16T17:33:22Z")
**Words or phrases, positive or negative, your own or quotes, that describe winter weather** 1. Life-threatening 2. It’s colder than normal if I can’t wear shorts outside 3. It’s colder than a witch’s tits 4. I feel sorry for those brass monkeys out there. 5. ‘Seasonal’ _(this word is extremely common here in Wisconsin)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9080 "2026-01-16T18:44:27Z")
**Words or phrases, positive or negative, your own or quotes, that describe winter weather** 1. Life-threatening 2. It’s colder than normal if I can’t wear shorts outside 3. It’s colder than a witch’s tits 4. I feel sorry for those brass monkeys out there. 5. ’Seasonal’ _(this word is extremely common here in Wisconsin)_ 6. The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=453) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=455)