# 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:** 430
**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 15, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8584 "2022-02-15T17:18:57Z")
**Things to write with** 1. Ball point pen 2. Quill pen 3. Chisel and stone 4. Fountain pen 5. Your own blood 6. Spray paint 7. Crayola crayon 8. #2 pencil 9. Nib pen 10. Sharpie 11. Shoe polish _JUST MARRIED!_ ---
**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 15, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8585 "2022-02-15T17:47:23Z")
**Things to write with** 1. Ball point pen 2. Quill pen 3. Chisel and stone 4. Fountain pen 5. Your own blood 6. Spray paint 7. Crayola crayon 8. #2 pencil 9. Nib pen 10. Sharpie 11. Shoe polish 12. Rapidograph pen ---
**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 15, 2022, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8586 "2022-02-15T17:47:40Z")
**Things to write with** 1. Ball point pen 2. Quill pen 3. Chisel and stone 4. Fountain pen 5. Your own blood 6. Spray paint 7. Crayola crayon 8. #2 pencil 9. Nib pen 10. Sharpie 11. Shoe polish 12. Typewriter ---
**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 15, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8587 "2022-02-15T17:59:58Z")
**Things to write with** 1. Ball point pen 2. Quill pen 3. Chisel and stone 4. Fountain pen 5. Your own blood 6. Spray paint 7. Crayola crayon 8. #2 pencil 9. Nib pen 10. Sharpie 11. Shoe polish 12. Typewriter 13. Bullets > **[Why does Sherlock Holmes write VR (for Victoria Regina) on his wall with...](https://www.quora.com/Why-does-Sherlock-Holmes-write-VR-for-Victoria-Regina-on-his-wall-with-bullet-holes)** > > Answer: For dramatic effect. Holmes use a British Bulldog, if memory serves, which uses a .44 caliber bullet, though nowhere near as powerful as a .44 Magnum. Let us recall, in Victorian days, walls were lath and plaster; Holmes firing such a weapon... Pass. ---
**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 15, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8588 "2022-02-15T18:09:09Z")
**The Last Book You Read** 1. Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8589 "2022-02-15T19:18:59Z")
**The Last Book You Read** 1. Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell. 2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women, by Laurie King ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8590 "2022-02-15T19:19:45Z")
**The Last Book You Read** 1. Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell. 2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women, by Laurie King 3. The Killer Inside Me, by Jim Thompson ---
**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 15, 2022, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8591 "2022-02-15T19:59:38Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > 100,000 railroad cars can’t be wrong Used to be that railroads were quite scrupulous about removing the graffiti from their railcars at first, but they seem to have gottten pretty _laissez faire_ about it over the past couple of decades. I suspect are three factors that have combined to cause this: 1. Graffiti has become more accepted as “urban art”. Who’d have thunk that, using only a rattle-can and some stencils, the creations of a dude named “Banksie” would become works sought after and commanding prices comparable to an undiscovered Rembrandt or Picasso? Although I will admit that some of the work I’ve seen passing by while stopped at the RR crossing in town are quite impressive. 2. It’s a Sisyphean task to try to stay ahead of the v̶a̶n̶d̶a̶l̶s – sorry, ‘artists’ along the thousands of miles of siding and railroad yards, who seem to be able to work with relative impunity anyway. 3. It costs money to clean and repaint the rolling stock, and the railcar is out of service and not producing any revenue during this process. I’m sure that at some board of directors’ meeting, someone pointed out this cost and noted that “if someone else wants to paint our freight cars for us, at their own expense, why not let them?” And the model railroad industry has not ignored this, either. In the interest of realism, several companies are now offering equipment for ones’ personal layout that come ‘weathered’ as if to simulate several years of service and benign neglect, including graffiti artwork. In play: **The Last Book You Read** 1. Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell. 2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women, by Laurie King 3. The Killer Inside Me, by Jim Thompson 4. Raising Steam, by Terry Pratchett His penultimate work, I read it with a bit of a heavy heart, knowing full well that there will be no further additions to the Discworld canon now that Sir Terry has passed over and is hob-nobbing with my friend Katherine. _ **-“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 15, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8592 "2022-02-15T22:51:27Z")
**The Last Book You Read** 1. Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell. 2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women, by Laurie King 3. The Killer Inside Me, by Jim Thompson 4. Raising Steam, by Terry Pratchett 5. The Eagle Has Flown, by Jack Higgins A very disappointing sequel to a much better book, The Eagle Has Landed. ---
**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 16, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8593 "2022-02-16T02:24:03Z")
**The Last Book You Read** 1. Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell. 2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women, by Laurie King 3. The Killer Inside Me, by Jim Thompson 4. Raising Steam, by Terry Pratchett 5. The Eagle Has Flown, by Jack Higgins 6. Last Train to Toronto, by Terry Pindell ---
**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 16, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8594 "2022-02-16T03:36:53Z")
**The Last Book You Read** 1. Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell. 2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women, by Laurie King 3. The Killer Inside Me, by Jim Thompson 4. Raising Steam, by Terry Pratchett 5. The Eagle Has Flown, by Jack Higgins 6. Last Train to Toronto, by Terry Pindell 7. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather ---
**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 16, 2022, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8595 "2022-02-16T06:19:22Z")
**The Last Book You Read** 1. Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell. 2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women, by Laurie King 3. The Killer Inside Me, by Jim Thompson 4. Raising Steam, by Terry Pratchett 5. The Eagle Has Flown, by Jack Higgins 6. Last Train to Toronto, by Terry Pindell 7. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 8. 1984, by George Orwell ---
**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:** [February 16, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8596 "2022-02-16T12:30:02Z")
**The Last Book You Read** 1. Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell. 2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women, by Laurie King 3. The Killer Inside Me, by Jim Thompson 4. Raising Steam, by Terry Pratchett 5. The Eagle Has Flown, by Jack Higgins 6. Last Train to Toronto, by Terry Pindell 7. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 8. 1984, by George Orwell 9. The Complaints, by Ian Rankin ---
**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 16, 2022, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8597 "2022-02-16T18:17:22Z")
**The Last Book You Read** 1. Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell. 2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women, by Laurie King 3. The Killer Inside Me, by Jim Thompson 4. Raising Steam, by Terry Pratchett 5. The Eagle Has Flown, by Jack Higgins 6. Last Train to Toronto, by Terry Pindell 7. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 8. 1984, by George Orwell 9. The Complaints, by Ian Rankin 10. Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey An old favorite. I wanted to look at one scene in it last night but ended up rereading the whole thing. ---
**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 16, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8598 "2022-02-16T20:31:07Z")
**The Last Book You Read** 1. Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell. 2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women, by Laurie King 3. The Killer Inside Me, by Jim Thompson 4. Raising Steam, by Terry Pratchett 5. The Eagle Has Flown, by Jack Higgins 6. Last Train to Toronto, by Terry Pindell 7. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 8. 1984, by George Orwell 9. The Complaints, by Ian Rankin 10. Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey 11. Along Came A Spider by James Patterson ---
**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 16, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8599 "2022-02-16T21:48:36Z")
**The Last Book You Read** 1. Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell. 2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women, by Laurie King 3. The Killer Inside Me, by Jim Thompson 4. Raising Steam, by Terry Pratchett 5. The Eagle Has Flown, by Jack Higgins 6. Last Train to Toronto, by Terry Pindell 7. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 8. 1984, by George Orwell 9. The Complaints, by Ian Rankin 10. Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey 11. Along Came A Spider by James Patterson 12. Omar Rising by Aisha Saeed A brand new YA novel, about educational inequality in Pakistan; I raced through it this morning ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8600 "2022-02-24T23:44:52Z")
**The Last Book You Read** 1. Assassination Vacation, by Sarah Vowell. 2. A Monstrous Regiment of Women, by Laurie King 3. The Killer Inside Me, by Jim Thompson 4. Raising Steam, by Terry Pratchett 5. The Eagle Has Flown, by Jack Higgins 6. Last Train to Toronto, by Terry Pindell 7. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather 8. 1984, by George Orwell 9. The Complaints, by Ian Rankin 10. Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey 11. Along Came A Spider by James Patterson 12. Omar Rising by Aisha Saeed 13. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick **Video games with strong female characters** 1. Beyond Good and Evil - Jade ---
**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 25, 2022, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8601 "2022-02-25T00:05:52Z")
**Video games with strong female characters** 1. Beyond Good and Evil - Jade 2. Ms. Pac-Man – the eponymous dot-muncher _ **-“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:** [February 25, 2022, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8602 "2022-02-25T07:16:45Z")
**Video games with strong female characters** 1. Beyond Good and Evil - Jade 2. Ms. Pac-Man – the eponymous dot-muncher 3. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego - the title character ---
**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 25, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8603 "2022-02-25T09:36:21Z")
**Video games with strong female characters** 1. Beyond Good and Evil - Jade 2. Ms. Pac-Man – the eponymous dot-muncher 3. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego - the title character 4. Street Fighter – Chun Li _ **-“BB”-** _ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=429) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=431)