# 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:** 61
**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 14, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1201 "2020-03-14T21:45:36Z")
The U.S. Gummint has been replaced by a Council of 13. Who do we want to direct the U.S. of A. forward? 1. Barack Obama 2. Sally Yates 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 4. Colin Powell 5. Pete Buttigieg 6. George Washington ---
**Author:** ![Bayarea4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Bayarea4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayarea4)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1202 "2020-03-14T22:09:17Z")
The U.S. Gummint has been replaced by a Council of 13. Who do we want to direct the U.S. of A. forward? 1. Barack Obama 2. Sally Yates 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 4. Colin Powell 5. Pete Buttigieg 6. George Washington 7. Adam Schiff ---
**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 14, 2020, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1203 "2020-03-14T22:18:49Z")
The U.S. Gummint has been replaced by a Council of 13. Who do we want to direct the U.S. of A. forward? 1. Barack Obama 2. Sally Yates 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 4. Colin Powell 5. Pete Buttigieg 6. George Washington 7. Adam Schiff 8. Kamala Harris ---
**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 14, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1204 "2020-03-14T23:16:52Z")
The U.S. Gummint has been replaced by a Council of 13. Who do we want to direct the U.S. of A. forward? 1. Barack Obama 2. Sally Yates 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 4. Colin Powell 5. Pete Buttigieg 6. George Washington 7. Adam Schiff 8. Kamala Harris 9. Teddy Roosevelt ---
**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 14, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1205 "2020-03-14T23:37:26Z")
The U.S. Gummint has been replaced by a Council of 13. Who do we want to direct the U.S. of A. forward? 1. Barack Obama 2. Sally Yates 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 4. Colin Powell 5. Pete Buttigieg 6. George Washington 7. Adam Schiff 8. Kamala Harris 9. Teddy Roosevelt 10. Thomas Jefferson ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1206 "2020-03-14T23:37:35Z")
The U.S. Gummint has been replaced by a Council of 13. Who do we want to direct the U.S. of A. forward? 1. Barack Obama 2. Sally Yates 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 4. Colin Powell 5. Pete Buttigieg 6. George Washington 7. Adam Schiff 8. Kamala Harris 9. Josiah Bartlet ---
**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 14, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1207 "2020-03-14T23:53:17Z")
Fixing… The U.S. Gummint has been replaced by a Council of 13. Who do we want to direct the U.S. of A. forward? 1. Barack Obama 2. Sally Yates 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 4. Colin Powell 5. Pete Buttigieg 6. George Washington 7. Adam Schiff 8. Kamala Harris 9. Teddy Roosevelt 10. Thomas Jefferson 11. Josiah Bartlet 12. Thomas Jefferson ---
**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 14, 2020, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1208 "2020-03-14T23:58:31Z")
Two Thomas Jeffersons? ---
**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 15, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1209 "2020-03-15T00:08:37Z")
And why are we including dead people? ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1210 "2020-03-15T00:18:39Z")
Because it’s only a game? The hypothetical is fanciful, why can’t the responses be as well? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1211 "2020-03-15T02:15:41Z")
Fixing… The U.S. Gummint has been replaced by a Council of 13. Who do we want to direct the U.S. of A. forward? 1. Barack Obama 2. Sally Yates 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 4. Colin Powell 5. Pete Buttigieg 6. George Washington 7. Adam Schiff 8. Kamala Harris 9. Teddy Roosevelt 10. Thomas Jefferson 11. Josiah Bartlet 12. Lisa Simpson ---
**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 15, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1212 "2020-03-15T03:02:45Z")
The U.S. Gummint has been replaced by a Council of 13. Who do we want to direct the U.S. of A. forward? 1. Barack Obama 2. Sally Yates 3. Ruth Bader Ginsburg 4. Colin Powell 5. Pete Buttigieg 6. George Washington 7. Adam Schiff 8. Kamala Harris 9. Teddy Roosevelt 10. Thomas Jefferson 11. Josiah Bartlet 12. Lisa Simpson 13. Eleanor Roosevelt Your Events/Plans/Activities Affected by COVID-19 14. My niece’s high school play, Tartuffe, by Molière, cancelled. Tonight was the opener. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1213 "2020-03-15T03:41:45Z")
Your Events/Plans/Activities Affected by COVID-19 1. My niece’s high school play, Tartuffe, by Molière, cancelled. Tonight was the opener. 2. A local sports event I planned to attend in two weeks, has been cancelled. ---
**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 15, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1214 "2020-03-15T03:43:08Z")
Your Events/Plans/Activities Affected by COVID-19 1. My niece’s high school play, Tartuffe, by Molière, cancelled. Tonight was the opener. 2. A local sports event I planned to attend in two weeks, has been cancelled. 3. Church services cancelled ---
**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 15, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1215 "2020-03-15T03:57:35Z")
Your Events/Plans/Activities Affected by COVID-19 1. My niece’s high school play, Tartuffe, by Molière, cancelled. Tonight was the opener. 2. A local sports event I planned to attend in two weeks, has been cancelled. 3. Church services cancelled 4. 5 out of 7 guests aren’t coming to our annual St. Patrick’s Day feast tomorrow 4 of them have health issues and we do understand, but it’s still disappointing ---
**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 15, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1216 "2020-03-15T04:43:04Z")
If I were to replace the dead and fictional people on the Council of 13 (much as I admire George Washington and Josiah Bartlet, for instance), I’d swap in: Dr. Anthony S. Fauci Dr. Howard Dean Bill Nye Sherrod Brown Cory Booker Elizabeth Warren In play: Your Events/Plans/Activities Affected by COVID-19 1. My niece’s high school play, Tartuffe, by Molière, cancelled. Tonight was the opener. 2. A local sports event I planned to attend in two weeks, has been cancelled. 3. Church services cancelled 4. 5 out of 7 guests aren’t coming to our annual St. Patrick’s Day feast tomorrow 5. The local international film festival cancelled A lot of great movies I was looking forward to seeing, and we’d just gotten our @#$%^! tickets, too. ---
**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 15, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1217 "2020-03-15T11:57:08Z")
Your Events/Plans/Activities Affected by COVID-19 1. My niece’s high school play, Tartuffe, by Molière, cancelled. Tonight was the opener. 2. A local sports event I planned to attend in two weeks, has been cancelled. 3. Church services cancelled 4. 5 out of 7 guests aren’t coming to our annual St. Patrick’s Day feast tomorrow 5. The local international film festival cancelled 6. Our spring Gay Men’s Chorus concert has been cancelled. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1218 "2020-03-15T12:57:54Z")
Your Events/Plans/Activities Affected by COVID-19 1. My niece’s high school play, Tartuffe, by Molière, cancelled. Tonight was the opener. 2. A local sports event I planned to attend in two weeks, has been cancelled. 3. Church services cancelled 4. 5 out of 7 guests aren’t coming to our annual St. Patrick’s Day feast tomorrow 5. The local international film festival cancelled 6. Our spring Gay Men’s Chorus concert has been cancelled. 7. Sessions with physiotherapist cancelled TFN. PT works all day at hospiyal. ---
**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 15, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/1219 "2020-03-15T13:26:10Z")
Your Events/Plans/Activities Affected by COVID-19 1. My niece’s high school play, Tartuffe, by Molière, cancelled. Tonight was the opener. 2. A local sports event I planned to attend in two weeks, has been cancelled. 3. Church services cancelled 4. 5 out of 7 guests aren’t coming to our annual St. Patrick’s Day feast tomorrow 5. The local international film festival cancelled 6. Our spring Gay Men’s Chorus concert has been cancelled. 7. Sessions with physiotherapist cancelled TFN. PT works all day at hospiyal. 8. Annual gaming convention cancelled ---
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Your Events/Plans/Activities Affected by COVID-19 1. My niece’s high school play, Tartuffe, by Molière, cancelled. Tonight was the opener. 2. A local sports event I planned to attend in two weeks, has been cancelled. 3. Church services cancelled 4. 5 out of 7 guests aren’t coming to our annual St. Patrick’s Day feast tomorrow 5. The local international film festival cancelled 6. Our spring Gay Men’s Chorus concert has been cancelled. 7. Sessions with physiotherapist cancelled TFN. PT works all day at hospiyal. 8. Annual gaming convention cancelled 9. My wife is now WFH [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=62)