# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1023
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20444 "2013-10-19T16:44:42Z")
Clever Names of Real or Fictional Coffee Houses 1. Cafe Nervosa (Frasier) 2. Coffee of Doom (Questionable Content) 3. Central Perk (from Friends) 4. Daily Grind (used by several businesses) 5. Jitter Bean Coffee Company (small chain in the Eureka, CA area) 6. Cafe Diem (Eureka) 7. Paperman’s (Cayman) 8. Ja-Ja Java Beans and Nice Chianti (Silence of the Lambs) 9. Javawocky, Boston 10. Java Man- a gay coffee bar 11. Brewed Awakening (a coffee shop in Berkeley, California) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20445 "2013-10-19T16:59:26Z")
Clever Names of Real or Fictional Coffee Houses 1. Cafe Nervosa (Frasier) 2. Coffee of Doom (Questionable Content) 3. Central Perk (from Friends) 4. Daily Grind (used by several businesses) 5. Jitter Bean Coffee Company (small chain in the Eureka, CA area) 6. Cafe Diem (Eureka) 7. Paperman’s (Cayman) 8. Ja-Ja Java Beans and Nice Chianti (Silence of the Lambs) 9. Javawocky, Boston 10. Java Man- a gay coffee bar 11. Brewed Awakening (a coffee shop in Berkeley, California) 12. Brew Ha Ha (Phoenix, AZ) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20446 "2013-10-19T20:59:09Z")
Clever Names of Real or Fictional Coffee Houses 1. Cafe Nervosa (Frasier) 2. Coffee of Doom (Questionable Content) 3. Central Perk (from Friends) 4. Daily Grind (used by several businesses) 5. Jitter Bean Coffee Company (small chain in the Eureka, CA area) 6. Cafe Diem (Eureka) 7. Paperman’s (Cayman) 8. Ja-Ja Java Beans and Nice Chianti (Silence of the Lambs) 9. Javawocky, Boston 10. Java Man- a gay coffee bar 11. Brewed Awakening (a coffee shop in Berkeley, California) 12. Brew Ha Ha (Phoenix, AZ) 13. It’s a Grind (San Francisco, Cal.) Next category: Overheard in the House GOP Caucus Room after the U.S. Government shutdown 1. “Does Boehner look a little deeper shade of orange to you today?” ---
**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:** [October 19, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20447 "2013-10-19T21:34:23Z")
Overheard in the House GOP Caucus Room after the U.S. Government shutdown 1. “Does Boehner look a little deeper shade of orange to you today?” 2. “One good thing about the shutdown; it’ll give me time for that family trip to Yellowstone we’ve been planning.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20448 "2013-10-19T23:28:40Z")
Overheard in the House GOP Caucus Room after the U.S. Government shutdown 1. “Does Boehner look a little deeper shade of orange to you today?” 2. “One good thing about the shutdown; it’ll give me time for that family trip to Yellowstone we’ve been planning.” 3. “You get Cruz in the car, I’ll ‘tell him about the bunnies’.” ---
**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:** [October 20, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20449 "2013-10-20T02:46:26Z")
Overheard in the House GOP Caucus Room after the U.S. Government shutdown 1. “Does Boehner look a little deeper shade of orange to you today?” 2. “One good thing about the shutdown; it’ll give me time for that family trip to Yellowstone we’ve been planning.” 3. “You get Cruz in the car, I’ll ‘tell him about the bunnies’.” 4. “You know, in retrospect, listening to a group that named itself after an illegal act of economic destruction may not have been the best idea.” ---
**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:** [October 20, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20450 "2013-10-20T18:03:10Z")
Overheard in the House GOP Caucus Room after the U.S. Government shutdown 1. “Does Boehner look a little deeper shade of orange to you today?” 2. “One good thing about the shutdown; it’ll give me time for that family trip to Yellowstone we’ve been planning.” 3. “You get Cruz in the car, I’ll ‘tell him about the bunnies’.” 4. “You know, in retrospect, listening to a group that named itself after an illegal act of economic destruction may not have been the best idea.” 5. “Work, schmurk. As long as I get paid, who gives a fuck?” ---
**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:** [October 20, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20451 "2013-10-20T18:49:43Z")
Overheard in the House GOP Caucus Room after the U.S. Government shutdown 1. “Does Boehner look a little deeper shade of orange to you today?” 2. “One good thing about the shutdown; it’ll give me time for that family trip to Yellowstone we’ve been planning.” 3. “You get Cruz in the car, I’ll ‘tell him about the bunnies’.” 4. “You know, in retrospect, listening to a group that named itself after an illegal act of economic destruction may not have been the best idea.” 5. “Work, schmurk. As long as I get paid, who gives a fuck?” 6. “Newt told me all about how well this worked out for him in '95, so I figured, why not?” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20452 "2013-10-21T03:47:04Z")
Overheard in the House GOP Caucus Room after the U.S. Government shutdown 1. “Does Boehner look a little deeper shade of orange to you today?” 2. “One good thing about the shutdown; it’ll give me time for that family trip to Yellowstone we’ve been planning.” 3. “You get Cruz in the car, I’ll ‘tell him about the bunnies’.” 4. “You know, in retrospect, listening to a group that named itself after an illegal act of economic destruction may not have been the best idea.” 5. “Work, schmurk. As long as I get paid, who gives a fuck?” 6. “Newt told me all about how well this worked out for him in '95, so I figured, why not?” 7. “Well, at least our DNS attack on [healthcare.gov](http://healthcare.gov) is still working.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20453 "2013-10-21T14:14:40Z")
Overheard in the House GOP Caucus Room after the U.S. Government shutdown 1. “Does Boehner look a little deeper shade of orange to you today?” 2. “One good thing about the shutdown; it’ll give me time for that family trip to Yellowstone we’ve been planning.” 3. “You get Cruz in the car, I’ll ‘tell him about the bunnies’.” 4. “You know, in retrospect, listening to a group that named itself after an illegal act of economic destruction may not have been the best idea.” 5. “Work, schmurk. As long as I get paid, who gives a fuck?” 6. “Newt told me all about how well this worked out for him in '95, so I figured, why not?” 7. “Well, at least our DNS attack on [healthcare.gov](http://healthcare.gov) is still working.” 8. “If you idiots hadn’t shurt down the government, everybody would now be talking about what a complete fiasco Obamacare has turned out to be!” ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20454 "2013-10-21T16:33:32Z")
Overheard in the House GOP Caucus Room after the U.S. Government shutdown 1. “Does Boehner look a little deeper shade of orange to you today?” 2. “One good thing about the shutdown; it’ll give me time for that family trip to Yellowstone we’ve been planning.” 3. “You get Cruz in the car, I’ll ‘tell him about the bunnies’.” 4. “You know, in retrospect, listening to a group that named itself after an illegal act of economic destruction may not have been the best idea.” 5. “Work, schmurk. As long as I get paid, who gives a fuck?” 6. “Newt told me all about how well this worked out for him in '95, so I figured, why not?” 7. “Well, at least our DNS attack on [healthcare.gov](http://healthcare.gov) is still working.” 8. “If you idiots hadn’t shurt down the government, everybody would now be talking about what a complete fiasco Obamacare has turned out to be!” 9. “Wait a minute… that skinny guy in Major League was Wesley Snipes?” ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20455 "2013-10-21T16:41:20Z")
Overheard in the House GOP Caucus Room after the U.S. Government shutdown 1. “Does Boehner look a little deeper shade of orange to you today?” 2. “One good thing about the shutdown; it’ll give me time for that family trip to Yellowstone we’ve been planning.” 3. “You get Cruz in the car, I’ll ‘tell him about the bunnies’.” 4. “You know, in retrospect, listening to a group that named itself after an illegal act of economic destruction may not have been the best idea.” 5. “Work, schmurk. As long as I get paid, who gives a fuck?” 6. “Newt told me all about how well this worked out for him in '95, so I figured, why not?” 7. “Well, at least our DNS attack on [healthcare.gov](http://healthcare.gov) is still working.” 8. “If you idiots hadn’t shurt down the government, everybody would now be talking about what a complete fiasco Obamacare has turned out to be!” 9. “Wait a minute… that skinny guy in Major League was Wesley Snipes?” 10. "Whattya mean, ‘He’s from Canada?!?!’ " ---
**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:** [October 21, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20456 "2013-10-21T16:45:28Z")
Overheard in the House GOP Caucus Room after the U.S. Government shutdown 1. “Does Boehner look a little deeper shade of orange to you today?” 2. “One good thing about the shutdown; it’ll give me time for that family trip to Yellowstone we’ve been planning.” 3. “You get Cruz in the car, I’ll ‘tell him about the bunnies’.” 4. “You know, in retrospect, listening to a group that named itself after an illegal act of economic destruction may not have been the best idea.” 5. “Work, schmurk. As long as I get paid, who gives a fuck?” 6. “Newt told me all about how well this worked out for him in '95, so I figured, why not?” 7. “Well, at least our DNS attack on [healthcare.gov](http://healthcare.gov) is still working.” 8. “If you idiots hadn’t shurt down the government, everybody would now be talking about what a complete fiasco Obamacare has turned out to be!” 9. “Wait a minute… that skinny guy in Major League was Wesley Snipes?” 10. "Whattya mean, ‘He’s from Canada?!?!’ " 11. “What did Fox News say they want us to do next?” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20457 "2013-10-21T16:53:39Z")
Overheard in the House GOP Caucus Room after the U.S. Government shutdown 1. “Does Boehner look a little deeper shade of orange to you today?” 2. “One good thing about the shutdown; it’ll give me time for that family trip to Yellowstone we’ve been planning.” 3. “You get Cruz in the car, I’ll ‘tell him about the bunnies’.” 4. “You know, in retrospect, listening to a group that named itself after an illegal act of economic destruction may not have been the best idea.” 5. “Work, schmurk. As long as I get paid, who gives a fuck?” 6. “Newt told me all about how well this worked out for him in '95, so I figured, why not?” 7. “Well, at least our DNS attack on [healthcare.gov](http://healthcare.gov) is still working.” 8. “If you idiots hadn’t shurt down the government, everybody would now be talking about what a complete fiasco Obamacare has turned out to be!” 9. “Wait a minute… that skinny guy in Major League was Wesley Snipes?” 10. "Whattya mean, ‘He’s from Canada?!?!’ " 11. “What did Fox News say they want us to do next?” 12. “Wait… if the National Parks were all closed down, where were they getting the money for all the rangers keeping people out??” ---
**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:** [October 21, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20458 "2013-10-21T17:20:18Z")
Overheard in the House GOP Caucus Room after the U.S. Government shutdown 1. “Does Boehner look a little deeper shade of orange to you today?” 2. “One good thing about the shutdown; it’ll give me time for that family trip to Yellowstone we’ve been planning.” 3. “You get Cruz in the car, I’ll ‘tell him about the bunnies’.” 4. “You know, in retrospect, listening to a group that named itself after an illegal act of economic destruction may not have been the best idea.” 5. “Work, schmurk. As long as I get paid, who gives a fuck?” 6. “Newt told me all about how well this worked out for him in '95, so I figured, why not?” 7. “Well, at least our DNS attack on [healthcare.gov](http://healthcare.gov) is still working.” 8. “If you idiots hadn’t shurt down the government, everybody would now be talking about what a complete fiasco Obamacare has turned out to be!” 9. “Wait a minute… that skinny guy in Major League was Wesley Snipes?” 10. "Whattya mean, ‘He’s from Canada?!?!’ " 11. “What did Fox News say they want us to do next?” 12. “Wait… if the National Parks were all closed down, where were they getting the money for all the rangers keeping people out??” 13. “So whose up for a drink?” Next up: Things people do to their hair 1. Shampoo 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:** [October 21, 2013, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20459 "2013-10-21T17:24:53Z")
Things people do to their hair 1. Shampoo it. 2. Tease it. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20460 "2013-10-21T17:26:34Z")
Things people do to their hair 1. Shampoo it. 2. Tease it. 3. Donate it to “Locks of Love.” ---
**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:** [October 21, 2013, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20461 "2013-10-21T17:30:23Z")
Things people do to their hair 1. Shampoo it. 2. Tease it. 3. Donate it to “Locks of Love.” 4. [Sing about it](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dyl0j3WU6Y) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20462 "2013-10-21T18:22:01Z")
Things people do to their hair 1. Shampoo it. 2. Tease it. 3. Donate it to “Locks of Love.” 4. Sing about it 5. Shave it all off [![](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/06/07/article-2000431-0C742DA400000578-469_468x286.jpg) ](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/06/07/article-2000431-0C742DA400000578-469_468x286.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 21, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20463 "2013-10-21T18:33:45Z")
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