# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/221 "2020-01-31T17:36:33Z")
Names you would give/have given a pet, A-M 1.) Archie 2.) Bob 3.) Chatty Catty 4.) Dusty Rose 5) Eddie 6) Fart-O 7) Gopher 8. Herbie 9. Ignatz ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/222 "2020-01-31T18:05:18Z")
Names you would give/have given a pet, A-M 1.) Archie 2.) Bob 3.) Chatty Catty 4.) Dusty Rose 5) Eddie 6) Fart-O 7) Gopher 8. Herbie 9. Ignatz 10 — Justin ---
**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 31, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/223 "2020-01-31T20:00:24Z")
Names you would give/have given a pet, A-M 1.) Archie 2.) Bob 3.) Chatty Catty 4.) Dusty Rose 5) Eddie 6) Fart-O 7) Gopher 8. Herbie 9. Ignatz 10. Justin 11. Killer ---
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/224 "2020-01-31T20:19:53Z")
Names you would give/have given a pet, A-M 1.) Archie 2.) Bob 3.) Chatty Catty 4.) Dusty Rose 5) Eddie 6) Fart-O 7) Gopher 8. Herbie 9. Ignatz 10. Justin 11. Killer 12. Lovemakerd ---
**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 31, 2020, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/225 "2020-01-31T20:41:13Z")
Names you would give/have given a pet, A-M 1.) Archie 2.) Bob 3.) Chatty Catty 4.) Dusty Rose 5) Eddie 6) Fart-O 7) Gopher 8. Herbie 9. Ignatz 10. Justin 11. Killer 12. Lovemakerd 13. Minou Names you would give/have given a pet, N-Z 1. Natasha ---
**Author:** ![backsidejohnny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/backsidejohnny/32/280_2.png) [@backsidejohnny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/backsidejohnny)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/226 "2020-01-31T20:44:35Z")
Names you would give/have given a pet, N-Z 1. Natasha 2. Oranger ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/227 "2020-01-31T21:34:20Z")
Names you would give/have given a pet, N-Z 1. Natasha 2. Oranger 3. Pal ---
**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 31, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/228 "2020-01-31T22:34:47Z")
Names you would give/have given a pet, N-Z 1. Natasha 2. Oranger 3. Pal 4. Qwerty ---
**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 31, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/229 "2020-01-31T22:36:02Z")
Names you would give/have given a pet, N-Z 1. Natasha 2. Oranger 3. Pal 4. Qwerty 5. Radagast ---
**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 31, 2020, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/230 "2020-01-31T23:32:52Z")
Names you would give/have given a pet, N-Z 1. Natasha 2. Oranger 3. Pal 4. Qwerty 5. Radagast 6. Shamrock Or Shammy Sham Shameroo Shamarino Shamalamadingdong for short. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/231 "2020-01-31T23:34:49Z")
Names you would give/have given a pet, N-Z 1. Natasha 2. Oranger 3. Pal 4. Qwerty 5. Radagast 6. Shamrock 7. Tiger ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/232 "2020-02-01T00:32:45Z")
1. Natasha 2. Oranger 3. Pal 4. Qwerty 5. Radagast 6. Shamrock 7. Tiger 8. Underfoot ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/233 "2020-02-01T01:45:27Z")
How come my Q wasn’t carried over in reserve, like D was in the A-M list? ---
**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:** [February 1, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/234 "2020-02-01T02:26:12Z")
An oversight, I suppose. Names you would give/have given a pet, N-Z 1. Natasha 2. Oranger 3. Pal 4. Qwerty 5. Radagast 6. Shamrock 7. Tiger 8. Underfoot 9. Valandil ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/235 "2020-02-01T02:26:27Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > How come my Q wasn’t carried over in reserve, like D was in the A-M list? Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/236 "2020-02-01T02:27:39Z")
Names you would give/have given a pet, N-Z 1. Natasha 2. Oranger 3. Pal 4. Qwerty 5. Radagast 6. Shamrock 7. Tiger 8. Underfoot 9. Valandil 10. Waldo ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/237 "2020-02-01T02:55:41Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > It’s just one of the Baker’s Dozen conventions. Not sure when it started. > > To start an unordered list, you could lead off like so: > > \*Names you would give/have given a pet, A-M > > 1. > 2. > 3. > 4. Dusty Rose\* > > … leaving 1, 2, and 3 to be filled in by others. I don’t recall seeing any lists done this way. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/238 "2020-02-01T03:42:29Z")
Names you would give/have given a pet, N-Z 1. Natasha 2. Oranger 3. Pal 4. Qwerty 5. Radagast 6. Shamrock 7. Tiger 8. Underfoot 9. Valandil 10. Waldo 11. Xavier ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/239 "2020-02-01T03:50:55Z")
1. Natasha 2. Oranger 3. Pal 4. Qwerty 5. Radagast 6. Shamrock 7. Tiger 8. Underfoot 9. Valandil 10. Waldo 11. Xavier 12. Yoyo ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/240 "2020-02-01T07:32:55Z")
Names you would give/have given a pet, N-Z 1. Natasha 2. Oranger 3. Pal 4. Qwerty 5. Radagast 6. Shamrock 7. Tiger 8. Underfoot 9. Valandil 10. Waldo 11. Xavier 12. Yoyo 13. Zach Pass [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=13)