# 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:** 471
**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 18, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9401 "2026-03-18T17:30:52Z")
**Famous Iranians** 1. Omar Khayyam 2. Shohreh Aghdashloo 3. [Cyrus the Great](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great) 4. Farah Diba Pahlavi 5. Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri aka the Iron Shiek ---
**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 18, 2026, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9402 "2026-03-18T17:32:18Z")
**Famous Persians and Iranians** 1. Omar Khayyam 2. Shohreh Aghdashloo 3. [Cyrus the Great](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great) 4. Farah Diba Pahlavi 5. Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri aka the Iron Shiek 6. Avicenna Good thought, **gkster**! ---
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**Famous Iranians and Persians** 1. Omar Khayyam 2. Shohreh Aghdashloo 3. [Cyrus the Great](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great) 4. Farah Diba Pahlavi 5. Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri aka the Iron Shiek 6. Avicenna 7. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran (and husband of Farah) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9404 "2026-03-18T19:06:37Z")
**Famous Iranians and Persians** 1. Omar Khayyam 2. Shohreh Aghdashloo 3. [Cyrus the Great](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great) 4. Farah Diba Pahlavi 5. Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri aka the Iron Shiek 6. Avicenna 7. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran (and husband of Farah) 8. Xerxes I ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9405 "2026-03-19T03:51:59Z")
**Famous Iranians and Persians** 1. Omar Khayyam 2. Shohreh Aghdashloo 3. [Cyrus the Great](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great) 4. Farah Diba Pahlavi 5. Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri aka the Iron Shiek 6. Avicenna 7. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran (and husband of Farah) 8. Xerxes I 9. Christiane Amanpour ---
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**Famous Iranians and Persians** 1. Omar Khayyam 2. Shohreh Aghdashloo 3. [Cyrus the Great](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great) 4. Farah Diba Pahlavi 5. Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri aka the Iron Shiek 6. Avicenna 7. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran (and husband of Farah) 8. Xerxes I 9. Christiane Amanpour 10. Ayatollah Khomeini ---
**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 19, 2026, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9407 "2026-03-19T10:54:38Z")
**Famous Iranians and Persians** 1. Omar Khayyam 2. Shohreh Aghdashloo 3. [Cyrus the Great](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great) 4. Farah Diba Pahlavi 5. Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri aka the Iron Shiek 6. Avicenna 7. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran (and husband of Farah) 8. Xerxes I 9. Christiane Amanpour 10. Ayatollah Khomeini 11. Zoroaster ---
**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 19, 2026, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9408 "2026-03-19T12:28:54Z")
**Famous Iranians and Persians** 1. Omar Khayyam 2. Shohreh Aghdashloo 3. [Cyrus the Great](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great) 4. Farah Diba Pahlavi 5. Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri aka the Iron Shiek 6. Avicenna 7. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran (and husband of Farah) 8. Xerxes I 9. Christiane Amanpour 10. Ayatollah Khomeini 11. Zoroaster 12. Shirin Ebadi Lawyer and human rights activist, first Iranian and Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9409 "2026-03-21T00:22:17Z")
**Famous Iranians and Persians** 1. Omar Khayyam 2. Shohreh Aghdashloo 3. [Cyrus the Great](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great) 4. Farah Diba Pahlavi 5. Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri aka the Iron Shiek 6. Avicenna 7. Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran (and husband of Farah) 8. Xerxes I 9. Christiane Amanpour 10. Ayatollah Khomeini 11. Zoroaster 12. Shirin Ebadi 13. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad **Your favorite Chuck Norris-isms** 1. Chuck Norris built the hospital he was born in. ---
**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 21, 2026, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9410 "2026-03-21T02:28:16Z")
**Your favorite Chuck Norris-isms** 1. Chuck Norris built the hospital he was born in. 2. The flu gets a Chuck Norris shot every year. ---
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**Your favorite Chuck Norris-isms** 1. Chuck Norris built the hospital he was born in. 2. The flu gets a Chuck Norris shot every year. 3. When Chuck Norris left for college, he shook his dad’s hand, looked him in the eye and said, “You’re the man of the house now." ---
**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 21, 2026, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9412 "2026-03-21T02:45:51Z")
**Your favorite Chuck Norris-isms** 1. Chuck Norris built the hospital he was born in. 2. The flu gets a Chuck Norris shot every year. 3. When Chuck Norris left for college, he shook his dad’s hand, looked him in the eye and said, “You’re the man of the house now." 4. Gravity doesn’t pull Chuck Norris down; he pushes the _Earth_ down ---
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**Your favorite Chuck Norris-isms** 1. Chuck Norris built the hospital he was born in. 2. The flu gets a Chuck Norris shot every year. 3. When Chuck Norris left for college, he shook his dad’s hand, looked him in the eye and said, “You’re the man of the house now." 4. Gravity doesn’t pull Chuck Norris down; he pushes the _Earth_ down 5. Chuck Norris beat the sun in a staring contest. ---
**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 21, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9414 "2026-03-21T13:36:28Z")
**Your favorite Chuck Norris-isms** 1. Chuck Norris built the hospital he was born in. 2. The flu gets a Chuck Norris shot every year. 3. When Chuck Norris left for college, he shook his dad’s hand, looked him in the eye and said, “You’re the man of the house now." 4. Gravity doesn’t pull Chuck Norris down; he pushes the _Earth_ down 5. Chuck Norris beat the sun in a staring contest. 6. When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Chuck Norris. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9415 "2026-03-21T14:13:36Z")
**Your favorite Chuck Norris-isms** 1. Chuck Norris built the hospital he was born in. 2. The flu gets a Chuck Norris shot every year. 3. When Chuck Norris left for college, he shook his dad’s hand, looked him in the eye and said, “You’re the man of the house now." 4. Gravity doesn’t pull Chuck Norris down; he pushes the _Earth_ down 5. Chuck Norris beat the sun in a staring contest. 6. When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Chuck Norris 7. Chuck Norris was once bitten by a cobra. After five days of agonizing pain, the cobra died. ---
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**Your favorite Chuck Norris-isms** 1. Chuck Norris built the hospital he was born in. 2. The flu gets a Chuck Norris shot every year. 3. When Chuck Norris left for college, he shook his dad’s hand, looked him in the eye and said, “You’re the man of the house now." 4. Gravity doesn’t pull Chuck Norris down; he pushes the _Earth_ down 5. Chuck Norris beat the sun in a staring contest. 6. When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Chuck Norris 7. Chuck Norris was once bitten by a cobra. After five days of agonizing pain, the cobra died. 8. Chuck Norris doesn’t own a watch. _ **HE** _ decides what time it is. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 21, 2026, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9417 "2026-03-21T16:40:48Z")
**Your favorite Chuck Norris-isms** 1. Chuck Norris built the hospital he was born in. 2. The flu gets a Chuck Norris shot every year. 3. When Chuck Norris left for college, he shook his dad’s hand, looked him in the eye and said, “You’re the man of the house now." 4. Gravity doesn’t pull Chuck Norris down; he pushes the _Earth_ down 5. Chuck Norris beat the sun in a staring contest. 6. When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Chuck Norris 7. Chuck Norris was once bitten by a cobra. After five days of agonizing pain, the cobra died. 8. Chuck Norris doesn’t own a watch. _ **HE** _ decides what time it is. 9. Chuck Norris can recite the entire value of pi. Backwards. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2026, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093/9418 "2026-03-21T16:44:55Z")
**Your favorite Chuck Norris-isms** 1. Chuck Norris built the hospital he was born in. 2. The flu gets a Chuck Norris shot every year. 3. When Chuck Norris left for college, he shook his dad’s hand, looked him in the eye and said, “You’re the man of the house now." 4. Gravity doesn’t pull Chuck Norris down; he pushes the _Earth_ down 5. Chuck Norris beat the sun in a staring contest. 6. When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Chuck Norris 7. Chuck Norris was once bitten by a cobra. After five days of agonizing pain, the cobra died. 8. Chuck Norris doesn’t own a watch. _ **HE** _ decides what time it is. 9. Chuck Norris can recite the entire value of pi. Backwards. 10. When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, he saw there were two missed calls from Chuck Norris. ---
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**Your favorite Chuck Norris-isms** 1. Chuck Norris built the hospital he was born in. 2. The flu gets a Chuck Norris shot every year. 3. When Chuck Norris left for college, he shook his dad’s hand, looked him in the eye and said, “You’re the man of the house now." 4. Gravity doesn’t pull Chuck Norris down; he pushes the _Earth_ down 5. Chuck Norris beat the sun in a staring contest. 6. When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Chuck Norris 7. Chuck Norris was once bitten by a cobra. After five days of agonizing pain, the cobra died. 8. Chuck Norris doesn’t own a watch. _ **HE** _ decides what time it is. 9. Chuck Norris can recite the entire value of pi. Backwards. 10. When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, he saw there were two missed calls from Chuck Norris. 11. They wanted to put Chuck Norris’s face on Mount Rushmore, but the granite wasn’t hard enough for his beard. According to a NYTimes article, this one was a fave of Norris himself ---
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**Your favorite Chuck Norris-isms** 1. Chuck Norris built the hospital he was born in. 2. The flu gets a Chuck Norris shot every year. 3. When Chuck Norris left for college, he shook his dad’s hand, looked him in the eye and said, “You’re the man of the house now." 4. Gravity doesn’t pull Chuck Norris down; he pushes the _Earth_ down 5. Chuck Norris beat the sun in a staring contest. 6. When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every night he checks his closet for Chuck Norris 7. Chuck Norris was once bitten by a cobra. After five days of agonizing pain, the cobra died. 8. Chuck Norris doesn’t own a watch. _ **HE** _ decides what time it is. 9. Chuck Norris can recite the entire value of pi. Backwards. 10. When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, he saw there were two missed calls from Chuck Norris. 11. They wanted to put Chuck Norris’s face on Mount Rushmore, but the granite wasn’t hard enough for his beard. 12. Chuck Norris makes onions cry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=470) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baker-s-dozen-iii/970093.md?page=472)