# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 1048

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20944 "2013-11-18T16:33:31Z")

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Things you really don’t want to hear around your Thanksgiving table

1. “Yeah, the doctors are pretty sure I’m not contagious anymore.”
2. “What are the signs of botulism poison anyways?”
3. “It’s soy turkey.”
4. “Son, your mother and I are getting divorced.”
5. “Have you read how much fecal matter is found in the meat of factory farm-raised turkey?”

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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:** [November 18, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20945 "2013-11-18T16:34:17Z")

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Things you really don’t want to hear around your Thanksgiving table

1. “Yeah, the doctors are pretty sure I’m not contagious anymore.”
2. “What are the signs of botulism poison anyways?”
3. “It’s soy turkey.”
4. “Son, your mother and I are getting divorced.”
5. “Have you read how much fecal matter is found in the meat of factory farm-raised turkey?”
6. “Let me tell you how I found Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior.”

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20946 "2013-11-18T21:09:36Z")

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Things you really don’t want to hear around your Thanksgiving table

1. “Yeah, the doctors are pretty sure I’m not contagious anymore.”
2. “What are the signs of botulism poison anyways?”
3. “It’s soy turkey.”
4. “Son, your mother and I are getting divorced.”
5. “Have you read how much fecal matter is found in the meat of factory farm-raised turkey?”
6. “Let me tell you how I found Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior.”
7. (As they’re getting up) “You don’t expect us to help clear the table/wash the dishes/put away the leftovers, do you? Football’s on!”

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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:** [November 18, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20947 "2013-11-18T21:13:08Z")

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Things you really don’t want to hear around your Thanksgiving table

1. “Yeah, the doctors are pretty sure I’m not contagious anymore.”
2. “What are the signs of botulism poison anyways?”
3. “It’s soy turkey.”
4. “Son, your mother and I are getting divorced.”
5. “Have you read how much fecal matter is found in the meat of factory farm-raised turkey?”
6. “Let me tell you how I found Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior.”
7. (As they’re getting up) “You don’t expect us to help clear the table/wash the dishes/put away the leftovers, do you? Football’s on!”
8. “Hey, wanna hear a dead baby joke?”

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20948 "2013-11-18T21:20:36Z")

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Things you really don’t want to hear around your Thanksgiving table

1. “Yeah, the doctors are pretty sure I’m not contagious anymore.”
2. “What are the signs of botulism poison anyways?”
3. “It’s soy turkey.”
4. “Son, your mother and I are getting divorced.”
5. “Have you read how much fecal matter is found in the meat of factory farm-raised turkey?”
6. “Let me tell you how I found Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior.”
7. (As they’re getting up) “You don’t expect us to help clear the table/wash the dishes/put away the leftovers, do you? Football’s on!”
8. “Hey, wanna hear a dead baby joke?”
9. “It was just so _cute_ how little Johnny sneezed all over the turkey as it was coming out of the oven! Don’t worry, we wiped it off.”

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20949 "2013-11-19T03:27:52Z")

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Things you really don’t want to hear around your Thanksgiving table

1. “Yeah, the doctors are pretty sure I’m not contagious anymore.”
2. “What are the signs of botulism poison anyways?”
3. “It’s soy turkey.”
4. “Son, your mother and I are getting divorced.”
5. “Have you read how much fecal matter is found in the meat of factory farm-raised turkey?”
6. “Let me tell you how I found Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior.”
7. (As they’re getting up) “You don’t expect us to help clear the table/wash the dishes/put away the leftovers, do you? Football’s on!”
8. “Hey, wanna hear a dead baby joke?”
9. “It was just so _cute_ how little Johnny sneezed all over the turkey as it was coming out of the oven! Don’t worry, we wiped it off.”
10. “Now that I have you all here, I’d like to offer you all a chance to join us in getting great deals on your household items and make money at the same time. AMWAY is a …blah,blah, blah”

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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:** [November 19, 2013, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20950 "2013-11-19T03:40:17Z")

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Things you really don’t want to hear around your Thanksgiving table

1. “Yeah, the doctors are pretty sure I’m not contagious anymore.”
2. “What are the signs of botulism poison anyways?”
3. “It’s soy turkey.”
4. “Son, your mother and I are getting divorced.”
5. “Have you read how much fecal matter is found in the meat of factory farm-raised turkey?”
6. “Let me tell you how I found Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior.”
7. (As they’re getting up) “You don’t expect us to help clear the table/wash the dishes/put away the leftovers, do you? Football’s on!”
8. “Hey, wanna hear a dead baby joke?”
9. “It was just so _cute_ how little Johnny sneezed all over the turkey as it was coming out of the oven! Don’t worry, we wiped it off.”
10. “Now that I have you all here, I’d like to offer you all a chance to join us in getting great deals on your household items and make money at the same time. AMWAY is a …blah,blah, blah”
11. “Now that we’ve finished the pie, I have something to announce. One of you seated here at this table, is a murderer!”

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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:** [November 19, 2013, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20951 "2013-11-19T05:05:27Z")

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Things you really don’t want to hear around your Thanksgiving table

1. “Yeah, the doctors are pretty sure I’m not contagious anymore.”
2. “What are the signs of botulism poison anyways?”
3. “It’s soy turkey.”
4. “Son, your mother and I are getting divorced.”
5. “Have you read how much fecal matter is found in the meat of factory farm-raised turkey?”
6. “Let me tell you how I found Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior.”
7. (As they’re getting up) “You don’t expect us to help clear the table/wash the dishes/put away the leftovers, do you? Football’s on!”
8. “Hey, wanna hear a dead baby joke?”
9. “It was just so _cute_ how little Johnny sneezed all over the turkey as it was coming out of the oven! Don’t worry, we wiped it off.”
10. “Now that I have you all here, I’d like to offer you all a chance to join us in getting great deals on your household items and make money at the same time. AMWAY is a …blah,blah, blah”
11. “Now that we’ve finished the pie, I have something to announce. One of you seated here at this table, is a murderer!”
12. “Mom, Dad, everybody - I just have to tell you: I’ve decided to have a sex-change operation.”

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20952 "2013-11-19T16:00:30Z")

</div>

Things you really don’t want to hear around your Thanksgiving table

1. “Yeah, the doctors are pretty sure I’m not contagious anymore.”

2. “What are the signs of botulism poison anyways?”

3. “It’s soy turkey.”

4. “Son, your mother and I are getting divorced.”

5. “Have you read how much fecal matter is found in the meat of factory farm-raised turkey?”

6. “Let me tell you how I found Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior.”

7. (As they’re getting up) “You don’t expect us to help clear the table/wash the dishes/put away the leftovers, do you? Football’s on!”

8. “Hey, wanna hear a dead baby joke?”

9. “It was just so _cute_ how little Johnny sneezed all over the turkey as it was coming out of the oven! Don’t worry, we wiped it off.”

10. “Now that I have you all here, I’d like to offer you all a chance to join us in getting great deals on your household items and make money at the same time. AMWAY is a …blah,blah, blah”

11. “Now that we’ve finished the pie, I have something to announce. One of you seated here at this table, is a murderer!”

12. “Mom, Dad, everybody - I just have to tell you: I’ve decided to have a sex-change operation.”

13. “Oh, by the way, little Tommy just started taking violin lessons. Come on, honey, play for everybody!”  
New topic: Movies that feature a Thanksgiving dinner

14. Avalon

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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:** [November 19, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20953 "2013-11-19T16:03:05Z")

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New topic: Movies that feature a Thanksgiving dinner

1. Avalon
2. For Your Consideration

(It starts off being a Purim dinner in a film-within-the-film, but…)

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**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20954 "2013-11-19T16:21:18Z")

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New topic: Movies that feature a Thanksgiving dinner

1. Avalon
2. For Your Consideration
3. _Spider-Man_ (2002 film)

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**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20955 "2013-11-19T17:35:00Z")

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New topic: Movies that feature a Thanksgiving dinner

1. Avalon
2. For Your Consideration
3. _Spider-Man_ (2002 film)
4. Hannah and Her Sisters

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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:** [November 19, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20956 "2013-11-19T17:40:02Z")

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Movies that feature a Thanksgiving dinner

1. Avalon
2. For Your Consideration
3. Spider-Man (2002 film)
4. Hannah and Her Sisters
5. Alice’s Restaurant

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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:** [November 19, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20957 "2013-11-19T18:11:36Z")

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Movies that feature a Thanksgiving dinner

1. Avalon
2. For Your Consideration
3. Spider-Man (2002 film)
4. Hannah and Her Sisters
5. Alice’s Restaurant
6. Pieces of April

Surprised it wasn’t already mentioned.

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20958 "2013-11-19T18:55:50Z")

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Movies that feature a Thanksgiving dinner

1. Avalon
2. For Your Consideration
3. Spider-Man (2002 film)
4. Hannah and Her Sisters
5. Alice’s Restaurant
6. Pieces of April
7. Home For The Holidays

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**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20959 "2013-11-19T19:21:26Z")

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Movies that feature a Thanksgiving dinner

1. Avalon
2. For Your Consideration
3. Spider-Man (2002 film)
4. Hannah and Her Sisters
5. Alice’s Restaurant
6. Pieces of April
7. Home For The Holidays
8. Pollock

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20960 "2013-11-20T03:52:59Z")

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Movies that feature a Thanksgiving dinner

1. Avalon
2. For Your Consideration
3. Spider-Man (2002 film)
4. Hannah and Her Sisters
5. Alice’s Restaurant
6. Pieces of April
7. Home For The Holidays
8. Pollock
9. A Walton Family Thanksgiving Reunion

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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:** [November 20, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20961 "2013-11-20T17:37:00Z")

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Movies that feature a Thanksgiving dinner

1. Avalon
2. For Your Consideration
3. Spider-Man (2002 film)
4. Hannah and Her Sisters
5. Alice’s Restaurant
6. Pieces of April
7. Home For The Holidays
8. Pollock
9. A Walton Family Thanksgiving Reunion
10. Scent of a Woman

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20962 "2013-11-20T22:12:06Z")

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Movies that feature a Thanksgiving dinner

1. Avalon
2. For Your Consideration
3. Spider-Man (2002 film)
4. Hannah and Her Sisters
5. Alice’s Restaurant
6. Pieces of April
7. Home For The Holidays
8. Pollock
9. A Walton Family Thanksgiving Reunion
10. Scent of a Woman
11. Brokeback Mountain

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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:** [November 21, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/20963 "2013-11-21T13:59:21Z")

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Movies that feature a Thanksgiving dinner

1. Avalon
2. For Your Consideration
3. Spider-Man (2002 film)
4. Hannah and Her Sisters
5. Alice’s Restaurant
6. Pieces of April
7. Home For The Holidays
8. Pollock
9. A Walton Family Thanksgiving Reunion
10. Scent of a Woman
11. Brokeback Mountain
12. Planes, Trains and Automobiles

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