# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938>\
**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:** 443

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**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:** [March 17, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8844 "2022-03-17T14:04:36Z")

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**Even more ways to leave your lover**

1. Go on the lam, Sam
2. Move back with mom, Tom
3. Tell him he’s gotten too fat, Pat
4. Fake your own death, Seth

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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:** [March 17, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8845 "2022-03-17T14:17:55Z")

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**Even more ways to leave your lover**

1. Go on the lam, Sam
2. Move back with mom, Tom
3. Tell him he’s gotten too fat, Pat
4. Fake your own death, Seth
5. Tell her about your other babe, Abe

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**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:** [March 17, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8846 "2022-03-17T14:19:42Z")

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**Even more ways to leave your lover**

1. Go on the lam, Sam
2. Move back with mom, Tom
3. Tell him he’s gotten too fat, Pat
4. Fake your own death, Seth
5. Tell her about your other babe, Abe
6. Give 'em some horse dewormer, Shermer

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**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:** [March 17, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8847 "2022-03-17T15:38:04Z")

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**Even more ways to leave your lover**

1. Go on the lam, Sam
2. Move back with mom, Tom
3. Tell him he’s gotten too fat, Pat
4. Fake your own death, Seth
5. Tell her about your other babe, Abe
6. Give 'em some horse dewormer, Shermer
7. Tell him he’s a slob, Bob

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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:** [March 17, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8848 "2022-03-17T16:57:04Z")

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**Even more ways to leave your lover**

1. Go on the lam, Sam
2. Move back with mom, Tom
3. Tell him he’s gotten too fat, Pat
4. Fake your own death, Seth
5. Tell her about your other babe, Abe
6. Give 'em some horse dewormer, Shermer
7. Tell him he’s a slob, Bob
8. Slap him in the face, Stace

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**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:** [March 17, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8849 "2022-03-17T17:57:59Z")

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**Even more ways to leave your lover**

1. Go on the lam, Sam
2. Move back with mom, Tom
3. Tell him he’s gotten too fat, Pat
4. Fake your own death, Seth
5. Tell her about your other babe, Abe
6. Give 'em some horse dewormer, Shermer
7. Tell him he’s a slob, Bob
8. Slap him in the face, Stace
9. Take a long trip, Skip

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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:** [March 17, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8850 "2022-03-17T18:30:10Z")

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**Even more ways to leave your lover**

1. Go on the lam, Sam
2. Move back with mom, Tom
3. Tell him he’s gotten too fat, Pat
4. Fake your own death, Seth
5. Tell her about your other babe, Abe
6. Give 'em some horse dewormer, Shermer
7. Tell him he’s a slob, Bob
8. Slap him in the face, Stace
9. Take a long trip, Skip
10. Head out the gate, Nate

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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:** [March 17, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8851 "2022-03-17T21:36:20Z")

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**Even more ways to leave your lover**

1. Go on the lam, Sam
2. Move back with mom, Tom
3. Tell him he’s gotten too fat, Pat
4. Fake your own death, Seth
5. Tell her about your other babe, Abe
6. Give 'em some horse dewormer, Shermer
7. Tell him he’s a slob, Bob
8. Slap him in the face, Stace
9. Take a long trip, Skip
10. Head out the gate, Nate
11. Tell him he’s too hairy, Mary

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**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:** [March 18, 2022, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8852 "2022-03-18T06:34:41Z")

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**Even more ways to leave your lover**

1. Go on the lam, Sam
2. Move back with mom, Tom
3. Tell him he’s gotten too fat, Pat
4. Fake your own death, Seth
5. Tell her about your other babe, Abe
6. Give 'em some horse dewormer, Shermer
7. Tell him he’s a slob, Bob
8. Slap him in the face, Stace
9. Take a long trip, Skip
10. Head out the gate, Nate
11. Tell him he’s too hairy, Mary
12. Cut off their nose, Boze

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**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:** [March 18, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8853 "2022-03-18T10:09:22Z")

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**Even more ways to leave your lover**

1. Go on the lam, Sam
2. Move back with mom, Tom
3. Tell him he’s gotten too fat, Pat
4. Fake your own death, Seth
5. Tell her about your other babe, Abe
6. Give 'em some horse dewormer, Shermer
7. Tell him he’s a slob, Bob
8. Slap him in the face, Stace
9. Take a long trip, Skip
10. Head out the gate, Nate
11. Tell him he’s too hairy, Mary
12. Cut off their nose, Boze
13. Fly off on the jet, Rhett

**Famous Aircraft By Name**  
_(note: not a type name, like B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’, P-47 ‘Thunderbolt’, or F-14 ‘Tomcat’)_

1. The Spirit of St. Louis

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**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:** [March 18, 2022, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8854 "2022-03-18T11:40:52Z")

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**Famous Aircraft By Name**  
_(note: not a type name, like B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’, P-47 ‘Thunderbolt’, or F-14 ‘Tomcat’)_

1. The Spirit of St. Louis
2. The Spruce Goose

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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:** [March 18, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8855 "2022-03-18T13:40:11Z")

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**Famous Aircraft By Name**  
_(note: not a type name, like B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’, P-47 ‘Thunderbolt’, or F-14 ‘Tomcat’)_

1. The Spirit of St. Louis
2. The Spruce Goose
3. Dixie Clipper

First aircraft to carry a POTUS while he was in office: [Air Force One - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Force_One#First_presidential_aircraft)

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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:** [March 18, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8856 "2022-03-18T13:50:34Z")

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**Famous Aircraft By Name**  
_(note: not a type name, like B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’, P-47 ‘Thunderbolt’, or F-14 ‘Tomcat’)_

1. The Spirit of St. Louis
2. The Spruce Goose
3. Dixie Clipper
4. Glamorous Glennis

Chuck Yeager’s plane when he broke the sound barrier. Glennis was his wife’s name.

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**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:** [March 18, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8857 "2022-03-18T13:51:25Z")

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**Famous Aircraft By Name**  
_(note: not a type name, like B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’, P-47 ‘Thunderbolt’, or F-14 ‘Tomcat’)_

1. The Spirit of St. Louis
2. The Spruce Goose
3. Dixie Clipper
4. Glamorous Glennis
5. Memphis Belle

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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:** [March 18, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8858 "2022-03-18T13:53:36Z")

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**Famous Aircraft By Name**  
_(note: not a type name, like B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’, P-47 ‘Thunderbolt’, or F-14 ‘Tomcat’)_

1. The Spirit of St. Louis
2. The Spruce Goose
3. Dixie Clipper
4. Glamorous Glennis
5. Memphis Belle
6. Vin Fiz Flyer

Always thought this would make a great movie - the first flight across America, crash by crash. The pilot, Cal Rodgers, had balls of adamantium: [Vin Fiz Flyer - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Fiz_Flyer)

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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:** [March 18, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8859 "2022-03-18T14:29:56Z")

</div>

**Famous Aircraft By Name**  
_(note: not a type name, like B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’, P-47 ‘Thunderbolt’, or F-14 ‘Tomcat’)_

1. The Spirit of St. Louis
2. The Spruce Goose
3. Dixie Clipper
4. Glamorous Glennis
5. Memphis Belle
6. Vin Fiz Flyer
7. Enola Gay

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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:** [March 18, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8860 "2022-03-18T15:13:12Z")

</div>

**Famous Aircraft By Name**  
_(note: not a type name, like B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’, P-47 ‘Thunderbolt’, or F-14 ‘Tomcat’)_

1. The Spirit of St. Louis
2. The Spruce Goose
3. Dixie Clipper
4. Glamorous Glennis
5. Memphis Belle
6. Vin Fiz Flyer
7. Enola Gay
8. Hindenburg

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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:** [March 18, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8861 "2022-03-18T16:46:08Z")

</div>

**Famous Aircraft By Name**  
_(note: not a type name, like B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’, P-47 ‘Thunderbolt’, or F-14 ‘Tomcat’)_

1. The Spirit of St. Louis
2. The Spruce Goose
3. Dixie Clipper
4. Glamorous Glennis
5. Memphis Belle
6. Vin Fiz Flyer
7. Enola Gay
8. Hindenburg
9. Columbine II

First aircraft to bear the call sign “Air Force One”: [Columbine II - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_II)

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**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:** [March 18, 2022, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8862 "2022-03-18T16:54:00Z")

</div>

**Famous Aircraft By Name**  
_(note: not a type name, like B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’, P-47 ‘Thunderbolt’, or F-14 ‘Tomcat’)_

1. The Spirit of St. Louis
2. The Spruce Goose
3. Dixie Clipper
4. Glamorous Glennis
5. Memphis Belle
6. Vin Fiz Flyer
7. Enola Gay
8. Hindenburg
9. Columbine II
10. Wright Flyer

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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:** [March 18, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/8863 "2022-03-18T16:57:19Z")

</div>

**Famous Aircraft By Name**  
_(note: not a type name, like B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’, P-47 ‘Thunderbolt’, or F-14 ‘Tomcat’)_

1. The Spirit of St. Louis
2. The Spruce Goose
3. Dixie Clipper
4. Glamorous Glennis
5. Memphis Belle
6. Vin Fiz Flyer
7. Enola Gay
8. Hindenburg
9. Columbine II
10. Wright Flyer
11. Boxcar

lesser known B-29 that dropped the second atomic bomb.

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