# 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:** 49

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/961 "2020-03-06T01:24:52Z")

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Board games you played as a child

1. Snakes and Ladders
2. Monopoly
3. Mousetrap
4. Chess
5. Candyland
6. Clue
7. Risk
8. Parcheesi
9. Battleship
10. Masterpiece
11. Scrabble

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/962 "2020-03-06T01:45:05Z")

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Board games you played as a child

1. Snakes and Ladders
2. Monopoly
3. Mousetrap
4. Chess
5. Candyland
6. Clue
7. Risk
8. Parcheesi
9. Battleship
10. Masterpiece
11. Scrabble
12. Othello

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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 6, 2020, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/963 "2020-03-06T02:37:18Z")

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Board games you played as a child

1. Snakes and Ladders
2. Monopoly
3. Mousetrap
4. Chess
5. Candyland
6. Clue
7. Risk
8. Parcheesi
9. Battleship
10. Masterpiece
11. Scrabble
12. Othello
13. The Phantom of the Opera Game

The old silent movie version.

Public Figures you hope do NOT get the Coronavirus.

1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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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 6, 2020, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/964 "2020-03-06T02:48:20Z")

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Public Figures you hope do NOT get the Coronavirus.

1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2. Queen Elizabeth II  
Prof. Pepperwinkle, from your mouth to God’s ears!!!

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/965 "2020-03-06T03:12:35Z")

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Public Figures you hope do NOT get the Coronavirus.

1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2. Queen Elizabeth II
3. Angela Merkel

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/966 "2020-03-06T03:40:43Z")

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Public Figures you hope do NOT get the Coronavirus.

1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2. Queen Elizabeth II
3. Angela Merkel
4. President Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania

Is this list gender-loaded in some way I missed?

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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 6, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/967 "2020-03-06T03:48:04Z")

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Public Figures you hope do NOT get the Coronavirus.

1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2. Queen Elizabeth II
3. Angela Merkel
4. President Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania
5. Pope Francis

the list isn’t gender-based AFAIK?

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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 6, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/968 "2020-03-06T05:43:08Z")

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Public Figures you hope do NOT get the Coronavirus.

1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2. Queen Elizabeth II
3. Angela Merkel
4. President Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania
5. Pope Francis
6. Joe Biden

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/969 "2020-03-06T06:29:12Z")

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Public Figures you hope do NOT get the Coronavirus.

1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2. Queen Elizabeth II
3. Angela Merkel
4. President Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania
5. Pope Francis
6. Joe Biden
7. Larry King

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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 6, 2020, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/970 "2020-03-06T06:34:18Z")

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Public Figures you hope do NOT get the Coronavirus.

1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2. Queen Elizabeth II
3. Angela Merkel
4. President Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania
5. Pope Francis
6. Joe Biden
7. Larry King
8. Nancy Pelosi

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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 6, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/971 "2020-03-06T12:13:18Z")

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Public Figures you hope do NOT get the Coronavirus.

1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2. Queen Elizabeth II
3. Angela Merkel
4. President Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania
5. Pope Francis
6. Joe Biden
7. Larry King
8. Nancy Pelosi
9. Elizabeth Warren

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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 6, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/972 "2020-03-06T12:45:19Z")

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Public Figures you hope do NOT get the Coronavirus.

1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2. Queen Elizabeth II
3. Angela Merkel
4. President Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania
5. Pope Francis
6. Joe Biden
7. Larry King
8. Nancy Pelosi
9. Elizabeth Warren
10. Justin Trudeau

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/973 "2020-03-06T14:09:56Z")

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Public Figures you hope do NOT get the Coronavirus.

1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2. Queen Elizabeth II
3. Angela Merkel
4. President Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania
5. Pope Francis
6. Joe Biden
7. Larry King
8. Nancy Pelosi
9. Elizabeth Warren
10. Justin Trudeau
11. Bruce Springsteen

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/974 "2020-03-06T14:37:28Z")

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Public Figures you hope do NOT get the Coronavirus.

1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2. Queen Elizabeth II
3. Angela Merkel
4. President Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania
5. Pope Francis
6. Joe Biden
7. Larry King
8. Nancy Pelosi
9. Elizabeth Warren
10. Justin Trudeau
11. Bruce Springsteen
12. Anderson Cooper

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/975 "2020-03-06T14:39:54Z")

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Public Figures you hope do NOT get the Coronavirus.

1. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
2. Queen Elizabeth II
3. Angela Merkel
4. President Dalia Grybauskaite of Lithuania
5. Pope Francis
6. Joe Biden
7. Larry King
8. Nancy Pelosi
9. Elizabeth Warren
10. Justin Trudeau
11. Bruce Springsteen
12. Anderson Cooper
13. Harvey Weinstein

Let him stay alive and suffer some more.

Weird ways to avoid the Corona virus

1. Clear your throat every twenty seconds.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/976 "2020-03-06T15:40:45Z")

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Weird ways to avoid the Corona virus

1. Clear your throat every twenty seconds.

We just did “Not so great ways to avoid catching the coronavirus”. New topic probably needed.

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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 6, 2020, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/977 "2020-03-06T16:56:26Z")

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Weird ways to avoid the Corona virus

1. Clear your throat every twenty seconds.
2. Carry a spray bottle of vinegar water with you and spray anyone who tries to talk to you.

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**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:** [March 6, 2020, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/978 "2020-03-06T17:16:33Z")

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Weird ways to avoid the Corona virus

1. Clear your throat every twenty seconds.
2. Carry a spray bottle of vinegar water with you and spray anyone who tries to talk to you.
3. Drink a domestic beer before and after every Corona you drink, to counteract it.

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**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/979 "2020-03-06T17:56:53Z")

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Weird ways to avoid the Corona virus

1. Clear your throat every twenty seconds.
2. Carry a spray bottle of vinegar water with you and spray anyone who tries to talk to you.
3. Drink a domestic beer before and after every Corona you drink, to counteract it.
4. Hold your breath while riding the commuter train.

I swear to God, my wife called me this morning after hearing about the Maryland pandemic (3 people in quarantine :rolleyes:) and \*insisted \*I hold my breath on the VRE train on the way home.

My ride is an hour and 15 minutes.

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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 6, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/980 "2020-03-06T18:10:45Z")

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1. Clear your throat every twenty seconds.
2. Carry a spray bottle of vinegar water with you and spray anyone who tries to talk to you.
3. Drink a domestic beer before and after every Corona you drink, to counteract it.
4. Hold your breath while riding the commuter train.
5. Use bleach in your neti pot.

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