# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

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**Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\
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**Shakespearean insults**

1. “Away, you three-inch fool” ( _Taming of the Shrew_ )
2. “A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality” ( _All’s Well That Ends Well_ )
3. “You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!" ( _Julius Caesar_ )
4. “He has not so much brain as ear-wax.” ( _Troilus and Cressida_ )
5. “Away, you starvelling, you elf-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish!” ( _Henry IV, Part 1_ )
6. “Thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter! . . . I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the walls of a jakes with him.” ( _King Lear_ )
7. “Why, thou clay brained guts, thou knotty pated fool, thou whoreson obscene greasy tallow catch!” ( _Henry IV, Part 1_ )
8. “Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon.” ( _Timon of Athens_ )
9. “His wit’s as thick as a Tewkesbury mustard.” ( _Henry IV, Part 2_ )
10. "This woman’s an easy glove, my lord, she goes off and on at pleasure.” (_All’s Well That Ends Well_)

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6865 "2021-07-21T17:32:31Z")

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**Shakespearean insults**

1. “Away, you three-inch fool” ( _Taming of the Shrew_ )
2. “A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality” ( _All’s Well That Ends Well_ )
3. “You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!" ( _Julius Caesar_ )
4. “He has not so much brain as ear-wax.” ( _Troilus and Cressida_ )
5. “Away, you starvelling, you elf-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish!” ( _Henry IV, Part 1_ )
6. “Thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter! . . . I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the walls of a jakes with him.” ( _King Lear_ )
7. “Why, thou clay brained guts, thou knotty pated fool, thou whoreson obscene greasy tallow catch!” ( _Henry IV, Part 1_ )
8. “Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon.” ( _Timon of Athens_ )
9. “His wit’s as thick as a Tewkesbury mustard.” ( _Henry IV, Part 2_ )
10. "This woman’s an easy glove, my lord, she goes off and on at pleasure.” ( _All’s Well That Ends Well_ )
11. “You scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe!” (_Henry IV, Part 2_)

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**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6866 "2021-07-21T18:20:32Z")

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**Shakespearean insults**

1. “Away, you three-inch fool” ( _Taming of the Shrew_ )
2. “A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality” ( _All’s Well That Ends Well_ )
3. “You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!" ( _Julius Caesar_ )
4. “He has not so much brain as ear-wax.” ( _Troilus and Cressida_ )
5. “Away, you starvelling, you elf-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish!” ( _Henry IV, Part 1_ )
6. “Thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter! . . . I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the walls of a jakes with him.” (_King Lear_ )
7. “Why, thou clay brained guts, thou knotty pated fool, thou whoreson obscene greasy tallow catch!” ( _Henry IV, Part 1_ )
8. “Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon.” ( _Timon of Athens_ )
9. “His wit’s as thick as a Tewkesbury mustard.” ( _Henry IV, Part 2_ )
10. "This woman’s an easy glove, my lord, she goes off and on at pleasure.” (_All’s Well That Ends Well_ )
11. “You scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe!” (_Henry IV, Part 2_ )
12. “The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon! Where got’st thou that goose look?” (_Macbeth_)

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6867 "2021-07-22T13:35:34Z")

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**Shakespearean insults**

1. “Away, you three-inch fool” ( _Taming of the Shrew_ )
2. “A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality” ( _All’s Well That Ends Well_ )
3. “You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!" ( _Julius Caesar_ )
4. “He has not so much brain as ear-wax.” ( _Troilus and Cressida_ )
5. “Away, you starvelling, you elf-skin, you dried neat’s-tongue, bull’s-pizzle, you stock-fish!” ( _Henry IV, Part 1_ )
6. “Thou whoreson zed! thou unnecessary letter! . . . I will tread this unbolted villain into mortar and daub the walls of a jakes with him.” (_King Lear_ )
7. “Why, thou clay brained guts, thou knotty pated fool, thou whoreson obscene greasy tallow catch!” ( _Henry IV, Part 1_ )
8. “Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon.” ( _Timon of Athens_ )
9. “His wit’s as thick as a Tewkesbury mustard.” ( _Henry IV, Part 2_ )
10. "This woman’s an easy glove, my lord, she goes off and on at pleasure.” (_All’s Well That Ends Well_ )
11. “You scullion! You rampallian! You fustilarian! I’ll tickle your catastrophe!” (_Henry IV, Part 2_ )
12. “The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon! Where got’st thou that goose look?” (_Macbeth_)
13. “I’ll beat thee, but I would infect my hands.” (_Timon of Athens_)

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**Fictional horses, owner or most notable rider, and origin**

1. Shadowfax, Gandalf, _The Lord of the Rings_

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6868 "2021-07-22T14:21:23Z")

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**Fictional horses, owner or most notable rider, and origin**

1. Shadowfax, Gandalf, _The Lord of the Rings_
2. Boxer, Mr. Jones, _Animal Farm_

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6869 "2021-07-22T14:27:48Z")

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**Fictional horses, owner or most notable rider, and origin**

1. Shadowfax, Gandalf, _The Lord of the Rings_
2. Boxer, Mr. Jones, _Animal Farm_
3. Flicka, Ken McLaughlin, _My Friend Flicka_

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6870 "2021-07-22T14:28:05Z")

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**Fictional horses, owner or most notable rider, and origin**

1. Shadowfax, Gandalf, _The Lord of the Rings_
2. Boxer, Mr. Jones, _Animal Farm_
3. Mr. Ed, _Mr. Ed the Talking Horse_

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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 22, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6871 "2021-07-22T14:30:28Z")

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**Fictional horses, owner or most notable rider, and origin**

1. Shadowfax, Gandalf, _The Lord of the Rings_
2. Boxer, Mr. Jones, _Animal Farm_
3. Mr. Ed, Wilbur Post, _Mr. Ed the Talking Horse_
4. Misty, Paul and Maureen Beebe, _Misty of Chincoteague_

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6872 "2021-07-22T14:30:57Z")

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**Fictional horses, owner or most notable rider, and origin**

1. Shadowfax, Gandalf, _The Lord of the Rings_
2. Boxer, Mr. Jones, _Animal Farm_
3. Flicka, Ken McLaughlin, _My Friend Flicka_
4. Mr. Ed, _Mr. Ed the Talking Horse_
5. Victor, Dan Reid Jr., _The Lone Ranger_

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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 22, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6873 "2021-07-22T14:33:15Z")

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**Fictional horses, owner or most notable rider, and origin**

1. Shadowfax, Gandalf, _The Lord of the Rings_
2. Boxer, Mr. Jones, _Animal Farm_
3. Flicka, Ken McLaughlin, _My Friend Flicka_
4. Mr. Ed, Wilbur Post, _Mr. Ed the Talking Horse_
5. Victor, Dan Reid Jr., _The Lone Ranger_
6. Misty, Paul and Maureen Beebe, _Misty of Chincoteague_

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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 22, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6874 "2021-07-22T15:02:47Z")

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**Fictional horses, owner or most notable rider, and origin**

1. Shadowfax, Gandalf, _The Lord of the Rings_
2. Boxer, Mr. Jones, _Animal Farm_
3. Flicka, Ken McLaughlin, _My Friend Flicka_
4. Mr. Ed, Wilbur Post, _Mr. Ed the Talking Horse_
5. Victor, Dan Reid Jr., _The Lone Ranger_
6. Misty, Paul and Maureen Beebe, _Misty of Chincoteague_
7. Rafter, Paladin, _Have Gun Will Travel_

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6875 "2021-07-22T15:05:00Z")

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**Fictional horses, owner or most notable rider, and origin**

1. Shadowfax, Gandalf, _The Lord of the Rings_
2. Boxer, Mr. Jones, _Animal Farm_
3. Flicka, Ken McLaughlin, _My Friend Flicka_
4. Mr. Ed, Wilbur Post, _Mr. Ed the Talking Horse_
5. Victor, Dan Reid Jr., _The Lone Ranger_
6. Misty, Paul and Maureen Beebe, _Misty of Chincoteague_
7. Rafter, Paladin, _Have Gun Will Travel_
8. Scout, Tonto, _The Lone Ranger_

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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 22, 2021, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6876 "2021-07-22T15:33:36Z")

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**Fictional horses, owner or most notable rider, and origin**

1. Shadowfax, Gandalf, _The Lord of the Rings_
2. Boxer, Mr. Jones, _Animal Farm_
3. Flicka, Ken McLaughlin, _My Friend Flicka_
4. Mr. Ed, Wilbur Post, _Mr. Ed the Talking Horse_
5. Victor, Dan Reid Jr., _The Lone Ranger_
6. Misty, Paul and Maureen Beebe, _Misty of Chincoteague_
7. Rafter, Paladin, _Have Gun Will Travel_
8. Scout, Tonto, _The Lone Ranger_
9. Scheherazade (Sherry), Paul Revere, _Mr. Revere and I_

A great kid’s book by Robert Lawson, told from the perspective of Revere’s horse.

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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 22, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6877 "2021-07-22T16:58:27Z")

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**Fictional horses, owner or most notable rider, and origin**

1. Shadowfax, Gandalf, _The Lord of the Rings_
2. Boxer, Mr. Jones, _Animal Farm_
3. Flicka, Ken McLaughlin, _My Friend Flicka_
4. Mr. Ed, Wilbur Post, _Mr. Ed the Talking Horse_
5. Victor, Dan Reid Jr., _The Lone Ranger_
6. Misty, Paul and Maureen Beebe, _Misty of Chincoteague_
7. Rafter, Paladin, _Have Gun Will Travel_
8. Scout, Tonto, _The Lone Ranger_
9. Scheherazade (Sherry), Paul Revere, _Mr. Revere and I_
10. Rocinante, Don Quixote de la Mancha, _Don Quixote_

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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 22, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6878 "2021-07-22T17:22:48Z")

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**Fictional horses, owner or most notable rider, and origin**

1. Shadowfax, Gandalf, _The Lord of the Rings_
2. Boxer, Mr. Jones, _Animal Farm_
3. Flicka, Ken McLaughlin, _My Friend Flicka_
4. Mr. Ed, Wilbur Post, _Mr. Ed the Talking Horse_
5. Victor, Dan Reid Jr., _The Lone Ranger_
6. Misty, Paul and Maureen Beebe, _Misty of Chincoteague_
7. Rafter, Paladin, _Have Gun Will Travel_
8. Scout, Tonto, _The Lone Ranger_
9. Scheherazade (Sherry), Paul Revere, _Mr. Revere and I_
10. Rocinante, Don Quixote de la Mancha, _Don Quixote_
11. Black Beauty, Farmer Grey and others, _Black Beauty_

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**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:** [July 22, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6879 "2021-07-22T17:23:44Z")

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**Fictional horses, owner or most notable rider, and origin**

1. Shadowfax, Gandalf, _The Lord of the Rings_
2. Boxer, Mr. Jones, _Animal Farm_
3. Flicka, Ken McLaughlin, _My Friend Flicka_
4. Mr. Ed, Wilbur Post, _Mr. Ed the Talking Horse_
5. Victor, Dan Reid Jr., _The Lone Ranger_
6. Misty, Paul and Maureen Beebe, _Misty of Chincoteague_
7. Rafter, Paladin, _Have Gun Will Travel_
8. Scout, Tonto, _The Lone Ranger_
9. Scheherazade (Sherry), Paul Revere, _Mr. Revere and I_
10. Rocinante, Don Quixote de la Mancha, _Don Quixote_
11. Black Beauty, Farmer Grey and others, _Black Beauty_
12. The Pie, Velvet Brown, _National Velvet_

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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 22, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6880 "2021-07-22T17:24:20Z")

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**Fictional horses, owner or most notable rider, and origin**

1. Shadowfax, Gandalf, _The Lord of the Rings_
2. Boxer, Mr. Jones, _Animal Farm_
3. Flicka, Ken McLaughlin, _My Friend Flicka_
4. Mr. Ed, Wilbur Post, _Mr. Ed the Talking Horse_
5. Victor, Dan Reid Jr., _The Lone Ranger_
6. Misty, Paul and Maureen Beebe, _Misty of Chincoteague_
7. Rafter, Paladin, _Have Gun Will Travel_
8. Scout, Tonto, _The Lone Ranger_
9. Scheherazade (Sherry), Paul Revere, _Mr. Revere and I_
10. Rocinante, Don Quixote de la Mancha, _Don Quixote_
11. The Pie, Velvet Brown, _National Velvet_
12. Black Beauty, Farmer Grey and others, _Black Beauty_
13. Brego, Aragorn, _The Lord of the Rings_

And the actor later bought him: [Viggo Mortensen Bought The Horse He Rode In 'The Lord Of The Rings' - LADbible](https://www.ladbible.com/entertainment/film-and-tv-viggo-mortensen-bought-the-horse-he-rode-in-the-lord-of-the-rings-20180605)

Pass.

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**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:** [July 22, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6881 "2021-07-22T18:07:33Z")

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Elendil’s Heir, looks like we were simulposting. And I don’t know how I forgot _Black Beauty_. I read my abridged version ragged when I was 7.

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**Notable Olympic athletes**

1. Florence Griffith Joyner

RIP, died 1998 age 38

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6882 "2021-07-22T18:12:21Z")

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**Notable Olympic athletes**

1. Florence Griffith Joyner
2. Jim Thorpe

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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 22, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/6883 "2021-07-22T18:27:25Z")

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**Notable Olympic athletes**

1. Florence Griffith Joyner
2. Jim Thorpe
3. Nadia Comaneci

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