# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938>\
**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:** 144

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**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:** [July 10, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2861 "2020-07-10T13:40:40Z")

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Things to do with an empty bleach bottle

1. Make a bleach bottle pig.
2. Cut top half off and use bottom as popcorn bowl
3. Make a crab trap marker float

The regs.(at least in Texas) don’t allow plastic bottles any more, but you still see a few.

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2862 "2020-07-10T14:21:03Z")

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Things to do with an empty bleach bottle

1. Make a bleach bottle pig.
2. Cut top half off and use bottom as popcorn bowl
3. Make a crab trap marker float
4. Recycle it.

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2863 "2020-07-10T14:29:15Z")

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Things to do with an empty bleach bottle

1. Make a bleach bottle pig.
2. Cut top half off and use bottom as popcorn bowl
3. Make a crab trap marker float
4. Recycle it.
5. Use as a piggy bank

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**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 10, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2864 "2020-07-10T14:49:41Z")

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Things to do with an empty bleach bottle

1. Make a bleach bottle pig.
2. Cut top half off and use bottom as popcorn bowl
3. Make a crab trap marker float
4. Recycle it.
5. Use as a piggy bank
6. Throw it down in the basement with all the others

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**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:** [July 10, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2865 "2020-07-10T15:02:43Z")

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Things to do with an empty bleach bottle

1. Make a bleach bottle pig.
2. Cut top half off and use bottom as popcorn bowl
3. Make a crab trap marker float
4. Recycle it.
5. Use as a piggy bank
6. Throw it down in the basement with all the others
7. Drink it. With a beer chaser. Spoilermaker! 😉

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**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 10, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2866 "2020-07-10T15:04:28Z")

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Things to do with an empty bleach bottle

1. Make a bleach bottle pig.
2. Cut top half off and use bottom as popcorn bowl
3. Make a crab trap marker float
4. Recycle it.
5. Use as a piggy bank
6. Throw it down in the basement with all the others
7. Drink it. With a beer chaser. Spoilermaker! 😉
8. Collect a couple of dozen more, lash them together and make a raft

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2867 "2020-07-10T15:30:30Z")

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Things to do with an empty bleach bottle

1. Make a bleach bottle pig.
2. Cut top half off and use bottom as popcorn bowl
3. Make a crab trap marker float
4. Recycle it.
5. Use as a piggy bank
6. Throw it down in the basement with all the others
7. Drink it. With a beer chaser. Spoilermaker! 😉
8. Collect a couple of dozen more, lash them together and make a raft
9. While fighting off the digestive spasms, gaze at the empty bottle lying upon the ground and reflect that perhaps taking medical advice from the POTUS was not one of your life’s more sound decisions

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**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 10, 2020, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2868 "2020-07-10T15:43:09Z")

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Things to do with an empty bleach bottle

1. Make a bleach bottle pig.
2. Cut top half off and use bottom as popcorn bowl
3. Make a crab trap marker float
4. Recycle it.
5. Use as a piggy bank
6. Throw it down in the basement with all the others
7. Drink it. With a beer chaser. Spoilermaker! 😉
8. Collect a couple of dozen more, lash them together and make a raft
9. While fighting off the digestive spasms, gaze at the empty bottle lying upon the ground and reflect that perhaps taking medical advice from the POTUS was not one of your life’s more sound decisions
10. Wash it out, paint and furnish it as a mouse house

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**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:** [July 10, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2869 "2020-07-10T16:22:37Z")

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Things to do with an empty bleach bottle

1. Make a bleach bottle pig.
2. Cut top half off and use bottom as popcorn bowl
3. Make a crab trap marker float
4. Recycle it.
5. Use as a piggy bank
6. Throw it down in the basement with all the others
7. Drink it. With a beer chaser. Spoilermaker! 😉
8. Collect a couple of dozen more, lash them together and make a raft
9. While fighting off the digestive spasms, gaze at the empty bottle lying upon the ground and reflect that perhaps taking medical advice from the POTUS was not one of your life’s more sound decisions
10. Wash it out, paint and furnish it as a mouse house
11. Cut the bottom off and use it as a large funnel.

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**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:** [July 10, 2020, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2870 "2020-07-10T16:31:27Z")

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(Deleting my #7 – oops)

Things to do with an empty bleach bottle

1. Make a bleach bottle pig.
2. Cut top half off and use bottom as popcorn bowl
3. Make a crab trap marker float
4. Recycle it.
5. Use as a piggy bank
6. Throw it down in the basement with all the others
7. Collect a couple of dozen more, lash them together and make a raft
8. While fighting off the digestive spasms, gaze at the empty bottle lying upon the ground and reflect that perhaps taking medical advice from the POTUS was not one of your life’s more sound decisions
9. Wash it out, paint and furnish it as a mouse house
10. Cut the bottom off and use it as a large funnel.

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**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 10, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2871 "2020-07-10T18:54:54Z")

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Things to do with an empty bleach bottle

1. Make a bleach bottle pig.
2. Cut top half off and use bottom as popcorn bowl
3. Make a crab trap marker float
4. Recycle it.
5. Use as a piggy bank
6. Throw it down in the basement with all the others
7. Collect a couple of dozen more, lash them together and make a raft
8. While fighting off the digestive spasms, gaze at the empty bottle lying upon the ground and reflect that perhaps taking medical advice from the POTUS was not one of your life’s more sound decisions
9. Wash it out, paint and furnish it as a mouse house
10. Cut the bottom off and use it as a large funnel.
11. Drink it. With a beer chaser. Spoilermaker! 😉

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**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 10, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2872 "2020-07-10T19:10:30Z")

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Things to do with an empty bleach bottle

1. Make a bleach bottle pig.
2. Cut top half off and use bottom as popcorn bowl
3. Make a crab trap marker float
4. Recycle it.
5. Use as a piggy bank
6. Throw it down in the basement with all the others
7. Collect a couple of dozen more, lash them together and make a raft
8. While fighting off the digestive spasms, gaze at the empty bottle lying upon the ground and reflect that perhaps taking medical advice from the POTUS was not one of your life’s more sound decisions
9. Wash it out, paint and furnish it as a mouse house
10. Cut the bottom off and use it as a large funnel.
11. Drink it. With a beer chaser. Spoilermaker! 😉
12. Cut the top off, keep it capped, and use it to bail out your boat.

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**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 10, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2873 "2020-07-10T19:13:33Z")

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Things to do with an empty bleach bottle

1. Make a bleach bottle pig.
2. Cut top half off and use bottom as popcorn bowl
3. Make a crab trap marker float
4. Recycle it.
5. Use as a piggy bank
6. Throw it down in the basement with all the others
7. Collect a couple of dozen more, lash them together and make a raft
8. While fighting off the digestive spasms, gaze at the empty bottle lying upon the ground and reflect that perhaps taking medical advice from the POTUS was not one of your life’s more sound decisions
9. Wash it out, paint and furnish it as a mouse house
10. Cut the bottom off and use it as a large funnel.
11. Drink it. With a beer chaser. Spoilermaker! 😉
12. Cut the top off, keep it capped, and use it to bail out your boat.
13. Start a collection and charge people to see it

Next up:

Your weekend plans

1. Book club meeting via Zoom

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**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 10, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2874 "2020-07-10T19:21:07Z")

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[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:2873, topic:846938”]  
Your weekend plans

1. Book club meeting via Zoom
2. Cut the grass.

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**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 10, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2875 "2020-07-10T19:23:40Z")

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Your weekend plans

1. Book club meeting via Zoom
2. Cut the grass.
3. Sleep in

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**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:** [July 10, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2876 "2020-07-10T20:08:22Z")

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Your weekend plans

1. Book club meeting via Zoom
2. Cut the grass.
3. Sleep in
4. A Saturday morning drive in our classic 1960s car with my sweetheart

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2877 "2020-07-10T23:51:47Z")

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Your weekend plans

1. Book club meeting via Zoom
2. Cut the grass.
3. Sleep in
4. A Saturday morning drive in our classic 1960s car with my sweetheart
5. Ice cream from my favorite local ice cream shop

I’m thinking one scoop of caramel praline and one scoop of cantaloupe (their summer specialty)

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**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 10, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2878 "2020-07-10T23:57:27Z")

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Your weekend plans

1. Book club meeting via Zoom
2. Cut the grass.
3. Sleep in
4. A Saturday morning drive in our classic 1960s car with my sweetheart
5. Ice cream from my favorite local ice cream shop
6. Rewatching _Hamilton_

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2879 "2020-07-11T00:04:25Z")

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Your weekend plans

1. Book club meeting via Zoom
2. Cut the grass.
3. Sleep in
4. A Saturday morning drive in our classic 1960s car with my sweetheart
5. Ice cream from my favorite local ice cream shop
6. Rewatching _Hamilton_
7. Stay inside out of the rain

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**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 11, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2880 "2020-07-11T04:00:03Z")

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Your weekend plans

1. Book club meeting via Zoom
2. Cut the grass.
3. Sleep in
4. A Saturday morning drive in our classic 1960s car with my sweetheart
5. Ice cream from my favorite local ice cream shop
6. Rewatching _Hamilton_
7. Stay inside out of the rain
8. mow the lawn

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