# 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:** 414
**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 13, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8264 "2022-01-13T19:04:37Z")
**Authors You Could Never Get Into** 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Hilary Mantel 3. William Faulkner 4. Margaret Atwood I certainly appreciated THe Handmaid’s Tale but I had a tough time reading it. ---
**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 13, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8265 "2022-01-13T19:05:21Z")
**Authors You Could Never Get Into** 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Hilary Mantel 3. William Faulkner 4. Margaret Atwood 5. Thomas Pynchon ---
**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 13, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8266 "2022-01-13T21:43:32Z")
**Authors You Could Never Get Into** 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Hilary Mantel 3. William Faulkner 4. Margaret Atwood 5. Thomas Pynchon 6. Henry James ---
**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:** [January 13, 2022, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8267 "2022-01-13T21:45:30Z")
**Authors You Could Never Get Into** 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Hilary Mantel 3. William Faulkner 4. Margaret Atwood 5. Thomas Pynchon 6. Henry James 7. James Joyce ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8268 "2022-01-13T22:21:44Z")
**Authors You Could Never Get Into** 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Hilary Mantel 3. William Faulkner 4. Margaret Atwood 5. Thomas Pynchon 6. Henry James 7. James Joyce 8. Nathaniel Hawthorne ---
**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:** [January 14, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8269 "2022-01-14T08:26:45Z")
**Authors You Could Never Get Into** 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Hilary Mantel 3. William Faulkner 4. Margaret Atwood 5. Thomas Pynchon 6. Henry James 7. James Joyce 8. Nathaniel Hawthornee 9. Stephen King Just couldn’t – and still can’t – get into stories about telekinetic schoolgirls, possessed automobiles, rabid St. Bernards, zombie pets, or any variant of psychopathic killers/kidnappers/clowns. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [January 14, 2022, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8270 "2022-01-14T08:44:34Z")
**Authors You Could Never Get Into** 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Hilary Mantel 3. William Faulkner 4. Margaret Atwood 5. Thomas Pynchon 6. Henry James 7. James Joyce 8. Nathaniel Hawthorne 9. Stephen King 10. Anne Rice I’ve never quite understood the fascination with vampires. And the only Stephen King story I’ve gotten into is _Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption_ --no supernatural elements and the psychopaths aren’t too prominent ---
**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 14, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8271 "2022-01-14T11:55:24Z")
**Authors You Could Never Get Into** 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Hilary Mantel 3. William Faulkner 4. Margaret Atwood 5. Thomas Pynchon 6. Henry James 7. James Joyce 8. Nathaniel Hawthorne 9. Stephen King 10. Anne Rice 11. Louis L’Amour The rest of my family love his westerns. I just don’t care. ---
**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 14, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8272 "2022-01-14T12:32:51Z")
**Authors You Could Never Get Into** 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Hilary Mantel 3. William Faulkner 4. Margaret Atwood 5. Thomas Pynchon 6. Henry James 7. James Joyce 8. Nathaniel Hawthorne 9. Stephen King 10. Anne Rice 11. Louis L’Amour 12. George Eliot Ever had to read “Silas Marner” in school? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8273 "2022-01-14T14:27:09Z")
**Authors You Could Never Get Into** 1. Ernest Hemingway 2. Hilary Mantel 3. William Faulkner 4. Margaret Atwood 5. Thomas Pynchon 6. Henry James 7. James Joyce 8. Nathaniel Hawthorne 9. Stephen King 10. Anne Rice 11. Louis L’Amour 12. George Eliot 13. Lillian Jackson Braun **crimes** 1. Embezzlement ---
**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:** [January 14, 2022, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8274 "2022-01-14T14:33:10Z")
**crimes** 1. Embezzlement 2. Grand larceny ---
**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 14, 2022, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8275 "2022-01-14T14:38:13Z")
**crimes** 1. Embezzlement 2. Grand larceny 3. Sedition ---
**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 14, 2022, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8276 "2022-01-14T14:46:53Z")
**crimes** 1. Embezzlement 2. Grand larceny 3. Sedition 4. Loitering ---
**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 14, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8277 "2022-01-14T14:52:00Z")
**Crimes** 1. Embezzlement 2. Grand larceny 3. Sedition 4. Loitering 5. Murder ---
**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:** [January 14, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8278 "2022-01-14T15:03:04Z")
**Crimes** 1. Embezzlement 2. Grand larceny 3. Sedition 4. Loitering 5. Murder 6. Fishing without a license ---
**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 14, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8279 "2022-01-14T15:11:29Z")
**Crimes** 1. Embezzlement 2. Grand larceny 3. Sedition 4. Loitering 5. Murder 6. Fishing without a license 7. Treason The only crime actually defined in the U.S. Constitution. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8280 "2022-01-14T19:00:46Z")
**Crimes** 1. Embezzlement 2. Grand larceny 3. Sedition 4. Loitering 5. Murder 6. Fishing without a license 7. Treason 8. Obstruction of justice ---
**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 14, 2022, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8281 "2022-01-14T19:11:08Z")
**Crimes** 1. Embezzlement 2. Grand larceny 3. Sedition 4. Loitering 5. Murder 6. Fishing without a license 7. Treason 8. Obstruction of justice 9. Adultery Still illegal in some American states: [Adultery and fornication: Why are states rushing to get these outdated laws off the books? | Salon.com](https://www.salon.com/2019/05/06/adultery-and-fornication-why-are-states-rushing-to-get-these-outdated-laws-off-the-books/) ---
**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 14, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8282 "2022-01-14T19:20:51Z")
**Crimes** 1. Embezzlement 2. Grand larceny 3. Sedition 4. Loitering 5. Murder 6. Fishing without a license 7. Treason 8. Obstruction of justice 9. Adultery 10. Theft ---
**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 14, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8283 "2022-01-14T19:36:28Z")
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