# 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:** 256
**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:** [February 26, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5103 "2021-02-26T16:42:38Z")
**Five Letter Words with only One Vowel** 1. brick 2. schwa 3. crank 4. Twist 5. stent 6. plugs 7. frogs 8. bunch 9. glint ---
**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:** [February 26, 2021, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5104 "2021-02-26T16:53:56Z")
**Five Letter Words with only One Vowel** 1. brick 2. schwa 3. crank 4. Twist 5. stent 6. plugs 7. frogs 8. bunch 9. glint 10. angst ---
**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 26, 2021, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5105 "2021-02-26T17:12:48Z")
**Five Letter Words with only One Vowel** 1. brick 2. schwa 3. crank 4. Twist 5. stent 6. plugs 7. frogs 8. bunch 9. glint 10. angst 11. fucks ---
**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:** [February 26, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5106 "2021-02-26T23:54:20Z")
**Five Letter Words with only One Vowel** 1. brick 2. schwa 3. crank 4. Twist 5. stent 6. plugs 7. frogs 8. bunch 9. glint 10. angst 11. fucks 12. wrist _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 27, 2021, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5107 "2021-02-27T02:52:56Z")
**Five Letter Words with only One Vowel** 1. brick 2. schwa 3. crank 4. Twist 5. stent 6. plugs 7. frogs 8. bunch 9. glint 10. angst 11. fucks 12. wrist 13. sucks **Cryptic or quizzical or interesting personalized license plates you’ve seen (but not your own). ALL CAPS please.** 1. 314ZDEC, in Russian it’s a vulgarity. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5108 "2021-02-27T03:59:44Z")
**Cryptic or quizzical or interesting personalized license plates you’ve seen (but not your own). ALL CAPS please.** 1. 314ZDEC, in Russian it’s a vulgarity. 2. POET1C, a gift to a poet friend from her husband ---
**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:** [February 27, 2021, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5109 "2021-02-27T04:05:40Z")
**Cryptic or quizzical or interesting personalized license plates you’ve seen (but not your own). ALL CAPS please.** 1. 314ZDEC, in Russian it’s a vulgarity. 2. POET1C, a gift to a poet friend from her husband 3. DRUGBUG, the Volkswagen Beetle that makes deliveries for a local pharmacy. ---
**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 27, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5110 "2021-02-27T13:39:59Z")
**Cryptic or quizzical or interesting personalized license plates you’ve seen (but not your own). ALL CAPS please.** 1. 314ZDEC, in Russian it’s a vulgarity. 2. POET1C, a gift to a poet friend from her husband 3. DRUGBUG, the Volkswagen Beetle that makes deliveries for a local pharmacy. 4. FEATURE, on a VW Beetle. It’s a SW engineering joke: it’s not a bug, it’s a feature! haha ---
**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 27, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5111 "2021-02-27T13:47:17Z")
**Cryptic or quizzical or interesting personalized license plates you’ve seen (but not your own). ALL CAPS please.** 1. 314ZDEC, in Russian it’s a vulgarity. 2. POET1C, a gift to a poet friend from her husband 3. DRUGBUG, the Volkswagen Beetle that makes deliveries for a local pharmacy. 4. FEATURE, on a VW Beetle. It’s a SW engineering joke: it’s not a bug, it’s a feature! 5. IMLATE, on a white VW Rabbit ---
**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:** [February 27, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5112 "2021-02-27T21:07:39Z")
**Cryptic or quizzical or interesting personalized license plates you’ve seen (but not your own). ALL CAPS please.** 1. 314ZDEC, in Russian it’s a vulgarity. 2. POET1C, a gift to a poet friend from her husband 3. DRUGBUG, the Volkswagen Beetle that makes deliveries for a local pharmacy. 4. FEATURE, on a VW Beetle. It’s a SW engineering joke: it’s not a bug, it’s a feature! 5. IMLATE, on a white VW Rabbit 6. 2FAST4U on my annoying loud neighbor’s Mustang ---
**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:** [February 27, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5113 "2021-02-27T21:51:45Z")
**Cryptic or quizzical or interesting personalized license plates you’ve seen (but not your own). ALL CAPS please.** 1. 314ZDEC, in Russian it’s a vulgarity. 2. POET1C, a gift to a poet friend from her husband 3. DRUGBUG, the Volkswagen Beetle that makes deliveries for a local pharmacy. 4. FEATURE, on a VW Beetle. It’s a SW engineering joke: it’s not a bug, it’s a feature! 5. IMLATE, on a white VW Rabbit 6. 2FAST4U on my annoying loud neighbor’s Mustang 7. BOWVAN (#), on various minivans owned by a local floral company and used for deliveries. _each van has a large fiberglass bow like on a gift package on the roof, hence the name_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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 28, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5114 "2021-02-28T16:55:36Z")
**Cryptic or quizzical or interesting personalized license plates you’ve seen (but not your own). ALL CAPS please.** 1. 314ZDEC, in Russian it’s a vulgarity. 2. POET1C, a gift to a poet friend from her husband 3. DRUGBUG, the Volkswagen Beetle that makes deliveries for a local pharmacy. 4. FEATURE, on a VW Beetle. It’s a SW engineering joke: it’s not a bug, it’s a feature! 5. IMLATE, on a white VW Rabbit 6. 2FAST4U on my annoying loud neighbor’s Mustang 7. BOWVAN (#), on various minivans owned by a local floral company and used for deliveries. 8. EATTHE Kids First > **[DMV not amused by this license plate - Richmond BizSense](https://richmondbizsense.com/2011/01/10/dmv-not-amused-by-this-liscene-plate/)** > > The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles revoked a local resident’s license plate that displayed “EATTHE” on a Kids First license plate. The license plate read “Eat the kids first,” which was meant as a joke, but was considered “offensive” by the... ---
**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 28, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5115 "2021-02-28T22:19:50Z")
**Cryptic or quizzical or interesting personalized license plates you’ve seen (but not your own). ALL CAPS please.** 1. 314ZDEC, in Russian it’s a vulgarity. 2. POET1C, a gift to a poet friend from her husband 3. DRUGBUG, the Volkswagen Beetle that makes deliveries for a local pharmacy. 4. FEATURE, on a VW Beetle. It’s a SW engineering joke: it’s not a bug, it’s a feature! 5. IMLATE, on a white VW Rabbit 6. 2FAST4U on my annoying loud neighbor’s Mustang 7. BOWVAN (#), on various minivans owned by a local floral company and used for deliveries. 8. EATTHE Kids First 9. OZONA TX – reminds me of what I call ‘the longest day of my life’; I think I’ve shared that here, I’ll see if I can find it. Eat the kids first. Love it! Edited: I found that post, here it is – [U.S. Cities named after Chemical Elements - #19 by Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-cities-named-after-chemical-elements/124815/19) ---
**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 28, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5116 "2021-02-28T23:14:22Z")
**Cryptic or quizzical or interesting personalized license plates you’ve seen (but not your own). ALL CAPS please.** 1. 314ZDEC, in Russian it’s a vulgarity. 2. POET1C, a gift to a poet friend from her husband 3. DRUGBUG, the Volkswagen Beetle that makes deliveries for a local pharmacy. 4. FEATURE, on a VW Beetle. It’s a SW engineering joke: it’s not a bug, it’s a feature! 5. IMLATE, on a white VW Rabbit 6. 2FAST4U on my annoying loud neighbor’s Mustang 7. BOWVAN (#), on various minivans owned by a local floral company and used for deliveries. 8. EATTHE Kids First 9. OZONA TX – reminds me of what I call ‘the longest day of my life’; I think I’ve shared that here, I’ll see if I can find it. 10. 12INCHES, on a stealth camper van ---
**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 1, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5117 "2021-03-01T04:58:53Z")
**Cryptic or quizzical or interesting personalized license plates you’ve seen (but not your own). ALL CAPS please.** 1. 314ZDEC, in Russian it’s a vulgarity. 2. POET1C, a gift to a poet friend from her husband 3. DRUGBUG, the Volkswagen Beetle that makes deliveries for a local pharmacy. 4. FEATURE, on a VW Beetle. It’s a SW engineering joke: it’s not a bug, it’s a feature! 5. IMLATE, on a white VW Rabbit 6. 2FAST4U on my annoying loud neighbor’s Mustang 7. BOWVAN (#), on various minivans owned by a local floral company and used for deliveries. 8. EATTHE Kids First 9. OZONA TX – reminds me of what I call ‘the longest day of my life’; I think I’ve shared that here, I’ll see if I can find it. 10. 12INCHES, on a stealth camper van 11. RESQDOG ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5119 "2021-03-02T16:23:51Z")
**Cryptic or quizzical or interesting personalized license plates you’ve seen (but not your own). ALL CAPS please.** 1. 314ZDEC, in Russian it’s a vulgarity. 2. POET1C, a gift to a poet friend from her husband 3. DRUGBUG, the Volkswagen Beetle that makes deliveries for a local pharmacy. 4. FEATURE, on a VW Beetle. It’s a SW engineering joke: it’s not a bug, it’s a feature! 5. IMLATE, on a white VW Rabbit 6. 2FAST4U on my annoying loud neighbor’s Mustang 7. BOWVAN (#), on various minivans owned by a local floral company and used for deliveries. 8. EATTHE Kids First 9. OZONA TX – reminds me of what I call ‘the longest day of my life’; I think I’ve shared that here, I’ll see if I can find it. 10. 12INCHES, on a stealth camper van 11. RESQDOG 12. 314RAT My BIL thought this was so clever! ---
**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:** [March 3, 2021, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5120 "2021-03-03T09:34:17Z")
**Cryptic or quizzical or interesting personalized license plates you’ve seen (but not your own). ALL CAPS please.** 1. 314ZDEC, in Russian it’s a vulgarity. 2. POET1C, a gift to a poet friend from her husband 3. DRUGBUG, the Volkswagen Beetle that makes deliveries for a local pharmacy. 4. FEATURE, on a VW Beetle. It’s a SW engineering joke: it’s not a bug, it’s a feature! 5. IMLATE, on a white VW Rabbit 6. 2FAST4U on my annoying loud neighbor’s Mustang 7. BOWVAN (#), on various minivans owned by a local floral company and used for deliveries. 8. EATTHE Kids First 9. OZONA TX – reminds me of what I call ‘the longest day of my life’; I think I’ve shared that here, I’ll see if I can find it. 10. 12INCHES, on a stealth camper van 11. RESQDOG 12. 314RAT My BIL thought this was so clever! 13. A1 ANA2 – Lawrence Welk’s plates, from long ago… Next up, a baker’s dozen of pics. I don’t believe we’ve ever done an all-picture category. Let’s give it a try, shall we? **A scenic single pic that you took, without you in it, with a brief description. The description should precede your pic.** 1. Swede’s Cut, on the old historic Ridge Route up and over The Grapevine in SoCal, before I-5 bypassed it in the 1970s. [[Album] On the old, historic Ridge Route — Swede’s Cut ![](https://i.imgur.com/Zt7FE2X.jpeg?fb "On the old, historic Ridge Route — Swede’s Cut") ](https://imgur.com/gallery/yfXPDJJ) . Note: to insert a pic, you can post it to imgur (or other free hosting site), copy the url, and then paste that url on its own line, by itself in your ‘play’, on the line after its description. I hope this will work for us as a category. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5121 "2021-03-03T16:44:19Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > - 314ZDEC, in Russian it’s a vulgarity. > - 314RAT My BIL thought this was so clever! All right … I’ve tried to Google these and figure them out on my own. I give … what are the jokes with these? ---
**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 3, 2021, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5122 "2021-03-03T16:49:53Z")
314RAT is PI-Rat or pirate. I dunno about the first one. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5123 "2021-03-03T17:19:23Z")
I didn’t equate “314” with π. OK. The “ZDEC” part is sort of reminiscent of how the Russian work ‘_zdes_’ (English _here_) can be transliterated into Roman letters. Hmmm. Maybe that “Z” is actually a turned “И”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=255) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=257)