# 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:** 285
**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:** [May 1, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5684 "2021-05-01T19:48:28Z")
**Books You Plan To Read This Year** 1. _Infinite Jest_ by David Foster Wallace I’ve heard only good things about it. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5685 "2021-05-01T21:34:51Z")
**Books You Plan To Read This Year** 1. _Infinite Jest_ by David Foster Wallace 2. _Ocean Prey_ by John Sandford ---
**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:** [May 2, 2021, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5686 "2021-05-02T01:41:46Z")
**Books You Plan To Read This Year** 1. _Infinite Jest_ by David Foster Wallace 2. _Ocean Prey_ by John Sandford 3. _The Iliad_ by Homer I read The Odyssey decades ago, but somehow never got around to the precursor. Maybe I’ll get to The Aeneid before I die 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5687 "2021-05-02T01:45:25Z")
**Books You Plan To Read This Year** 1. _Infinite Jest_ by David Foster Wallace 2. _Ocean Prey_ by John Sandford 3. _The Iliad_ by Homer 4. _The Council of Twelve_ by Oliver Pötzsch Last of _The Hangman’s Daughter_ series ---
**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:** [May 2, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5688 "2021-05-02T02:05:56Z")
**Books You Plan To Read This Year** 1. _Infinite Jest_ by David Foster Wallace 2. _Ocean Prey_ by John Sandford 3. _The Iliad_ by Homer 4. _The Council of Twelve_ by Oliver Pötzsch 5. _John Glenn: A Memoir_ by John Glenn ---
**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:** [May 2, 2021, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5689 "2021-05-02T05:18:56Z")
**Books You Plan To Read This Year** 1. _Infinite Jest_ by David Foster Wallace 2. _Ocean Prey_ by John Sandford 3. _The Iliad_ by Homer 4. _The Council of Twelve_ by Oliver Pötzsch 5. _John Glenn: A Memoir_ by John Glenn 6. _The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights_ by Dorothy Wickenden It’s about Harriet Tubman, Frances Seward and Martha Coffin Wright. I heard an interview with the author on NPR and it sounds compelling. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5690 "2021-05-02T05:45:34Z")
**Books You Plan To Read This Year** 1. _Infinite Jest_ by David Foster Wallace 2. _Ocean Prey_ by John Sandford 3. _The Iliad_ by Homer 4. _The Council of Twelve_ by Oliver Pötzsch 5. _John Glenn: A Memoir_ by John Glenn 6. _The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights_ by Dorothy Wickenden 7. _Project Hail Mary_ by Andy Weir It’s being released later this month. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2021, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5691 "2021-05-03T04:34:26Z")
**Books You Plan To Read This Year** 1. _Infinite Jest_ by David Foster Wallace 2. _Ocean Prey_ by John Sandford 3. _The Iliad_ by Homer 4. _The Council of Twelve_ by Oliver Pötzsch 5. _John Glenn: A Memoir_ by John Glenn 6. _The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights_ by Dorothy Wickenden 7. _Project Hail Mary_ by Andy Weir 8. _A Century of Progress_ by Fred Saberhagen ---
**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:** [May 3, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5692 "2021-05-03T20:07:23Z")
Can’t believe I missed the stoat category - d’oh! 🤦‍♂️ **Books You Plan To Read This Year** 1. _Infinite Jest_ by David Foster Wallace 2. _Ocean Prey_ by John Sandford 3. _The Iliad_ by Homer 4. _The Council of Twelve_ by Oliver Pötzsch 5. _John Glenn: A Memoir_ by John Glenn 6. _The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights_ by Dorothy Wickenden 7. _Project Hail Mary_ by Andy Weir 8. _A Century of Progress_ by Fred Saberhagen 9. _Dr. No_ by Ian Fleming The next in the series, as I read my way through all the original James Bond novels. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5693 "2021-05-04T04:45:06Z")
**Books You Plan To Read This Year** 1. _Infinite Jest_ by David Foster Wallace 2. _Ocean Prey_ by John Sandford 3. _The Iliad_ by Homer 4. _The Council of Twelve_ by Oliver Pötzsch 5. _John Glenn: A Memoir_ by John Glenn 6. _The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights_ by Dorothy Wickenden 7. _Project Hail Mary_ by Andy Weir 8. _A Century of Progress_ by Fred Saberhagen 9. _Dr. No_ by Ian Fleming 10. _The Bells of Nagasaki_ by Takashi Nagai A survivor’s account. After reading John Hersey’s _Hiroshima_ I want to read about Nagasaki. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5694 "2021-05-04T14:26:06Z")
**gkster** , in his recent autobiography, Barry Sonnenfeld wrote of a man who survived the bombing of Hiroshima and then walked to Nagasaki seeking refuge. He then survived the bombing of Nagasaki, too. Sonnenfeld asked: was that man unlucky, or very, very lucky? **Books You Plan To Read This Year** 1. _Infinite Jest_ by David Foster Wallace 2. _Ocean Prey_ by John Sandford 3. _The Iliad_ by Homer 4. _The Council of Twelve_ by Oliver Pötzsch 5. _John Glenn: A Memoir_ by John Glenn 6. _The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights_ by Dorothy Wickenden 7. _Project Hail Mary_ by Andy Weir 8. _A Century of Progress_ by Fred Saberhagen 9. _Dr. No_ by Ian Fleming 10. _The Bells of Nagasaki_ by Takashi Nagai 11. _How to Astronaut_ by Terry Virts ---
**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:** [May 4, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5695 "2021-05-04T16:43:14Z")
**Books You Plan To Read This Year** 1. _Infinite Jest_ by David Foster Wallace 2. _Ocean Prey_ by John Sandford 3. _The Iliad_ by Homer 4. _The Council of Twelve_ by Oliver Pötzsch 5. _John Glenn: A Memoir_ by John Glenn 6. _The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights_ by Dorothy Wickenden 7. _Project Hail Mary_ by Andy Weir 8. _A Century of Progress_ by Fred Saberhagen 9. _Dr. No_ by Ian Fleming 10. _The Bells of Nagasaki_ by Takashi Nagai 11. _How to Astronaut_ by Terry Virts 12. _Murder Most Fowl_ by Donna Andrews The 29th Meg Langslow mystery. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2021, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5696 "2021-05-05T03:36:35Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > **gkster** , in his recent autobiography, Barry Sonnenfeld wrote of a man who survived the bombing of Hiroshima and then walked to Nagasaki seeking refuge. He then survived the bombing of Nagasaki, too. Sonnenfeld asked: was that man unlucky, or very, very lucky? I don’t know where Sonnenfeld got his facts, but there are thought to be 70+ “double survivors”. Only one of them was officially recognized by the Japanese government, though. And it’s very doubtful that he could have walked, especially when wounded; it’s a distance of 240 miles. It seems that he missed his train to Nagasaki right before Hiroshima was bombed. Personally I’d say he was lucky considering how many died or were agonizingly wounded in the bombings > **[Tsutomu Yamaguchi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Yamaguchi)** > > Tsutomu Yamaguchi (山口 彊, Yamaguchi Tsutomu) (16 March 1916 – 4 January 2010) was a Japanese marine engineer who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during World War II. Although at least 70 people are known to have been affected by both bombings, he is the only person to have been officially recognized by the government of Japan as surviving both explosions. > A resident of Nagasaki, Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on business for his employer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries when the... ---
**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:** [May 5, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/5697 "2021-05-05T03:37:33Z")
**Books You Plan To Read This Year** 1. _Infinite Jest_ by David Foster Wallace 2. _Ocean Prey_ by John Sandford 3. _The Iliad_ by Homer 4. _The Council of Twelve_ by Oliver Pötzsch 5. _John Glenn: A Memoir_ by John Glenn 6. _The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights_ by Dorothy Wickenden 7. _Project Hail Mary_ by Andy Weir 8. _A Century of Progress_ by Fred Saberhagen 9. _Dr. No_ by Ian Fleming 10. _The Bells of Nagasaki_ by Takashi Nagai 11. _How to Astronaut_ by Terry Virts 12. _Murder Most Fowl_ by Donna Andrews 13. _Crazy for the Storm_ by Norman Ollestad I heard the author tell part of the story on NPR. He was 11 when he survived a Cessna plane crash during a snowstorm in the San Gabriel mountains. New Homonym pairs or trios 1. foul, fowl ---
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Homonym pairs or trios 1. foul, fowl 2. right, wright, rite, write ---
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Homonym pairs or trios 1. foul, fowl 2. right, wright, rite, write 3. sleigh, slay ---
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Homonym pairs or trios 1. foul, fowl 2. right, wright, rite, write 3. sleigh, slay 4. to, too, two ---
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Homophonic pairs or trios 1. foul, fowl 2. right, wright, rite, write 3. sleigh, slay 4. to, too, two 5. night, knight These aren’t homonyms; they’re homophones. ---
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Homophonic pairs or trios, or more 1. foul, fowl 2. right, wright, rite, write 3. sleigh, slay 4. to, too, two 5. night, knight 6. air, heir, e’er, err, ere, Aire, Ayr, Eyre Good catch, @panache45! ---
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Homophonic pairs or trios, or more 1. foul, fowl 2. right, wright, rite, write 3. sleigh, slay 4. to, too, two 5. night, knight 6. air, heir, e’er, err, ere, Aire, Ayr, Eyre 7. boar, bore, boor, Boer [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=284) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=286)