# 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:** 1085
**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:** [December 29, 2013, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21684 "2013-12-29T04:13:17Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Eve 1. Kiss that special someone at midnight 2. Get shitfaced 3. Drink a toast to the late Guy Lombardo, the inventor of New Year’s Eve 4. Sing “Auld Lang Syne” ---
**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:** [December 29, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21685 "2013-12-29T05:13:21Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Eve 1. Kiss that special someone at midnight 2. Get shitfaced 3. Drink a toast to the late Guy Lombardo, the inventor of New Year’s Eve 4. Sing “Auld Lang Syne” 5. Make resolutions for 2014 ---
**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:** [December 29, 2013, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21686 "2013-12-29T05:29:41Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Eve 1. Kiss that special someone at midnight 2. Get shitfaced 3. Drink a toast to the late Guy Lombardo, the inventor of New Year’s Eve 4. Sing “Auld Lang Syne” 5. Make resolutions for 2014 6. Count down the last ten seconds to midnight aloud, then shout “Happy New Year!”, usually in the midst of a crowd of revelers doing likewise ---
**Author:** ![guylevesque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6de8d8/32.png) [@guylevesque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guylevesque)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21687 "2013-12-29T05:39:25Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Eve 1. Kiss that special someone at midnight 2. Get shitfaced 3. Drink a toast to the late Guy Lombardo, the inventor of New Year’s Eve 4. Sing “Auld Lang Syne” 5. Make resolutions for 2014 6. Count down the last ten seconds to midnight aloud, then shout “Happy New Year!”, usually in the midst of a crowd of revelers doing likewise 7. Surf the web in your basement while everyone else is celebrating ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21688 "2013-12-29T06:53:09Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Eve 1. Kiss that special someone at midnight 2. Get shitfaced 3. Drink a toast to the late Guy Lombardo, the inventor of New Year’s Eve 4. Sing “Auld Lang Syne” 5. Make resolutions for 2014 6. Count down the last ten seconds to midnight aloud, then shout “Happy New Year!”, usually in the midst of a crowd of revelers doing likewise 7. Surf the web in your basement while everyone else is celebrating 8. Fire a pistol in the air blissfully ignorant of the notion bullets return to Earth. Was popular in some neighborhoods where I lived over the years. ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21689 "2013-12-29T07:50:34Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Eve 1. Kiss that special someone at midnight 2. Get shitfaced 3. Drink a toast to the late Guy Lombardo, the inventor of New Year’s Eve 4. Sing “Auld Lang Syne” 5. Make resolutions for 2014 6. Count down the last ten seconds to midnight aloud, then shout “Happy New Year!”, usually in the midst of a crowd of revelers doing likewise 7. Surf the web in your basement while everyone else is celebrating 8. Fire a pistol in the air blissfully ignorant of the notion bullets return to Earth. 9. Watch balls drop. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21690 "2013-12-29T10:39:38Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Eve 1. Kiss that special someone at midnight 2. Get shitfaced 3. Drink a toast to the late Guy Lombardo, the inventor of New Year’s Eve 4. Sing “Auld Lang Syne” 5. Make resolutions for 2014 6. Count down the last ten seconds to midnight aloud, then shout “Happy New Year!”, usually in the midst of a crowd of revelers doing likewise 7. Surf the web in your basement while everyone else is celebrating 8. Fire a pistol in the air blissfully ignorant of the notion bullets return to Earth. 9. Watch balls drop. 10. SLEEP ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21691 "2013-12-29T13:47:05Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Eve 1. Kiss that special someone at midnight 2. Get shitfaced 3. Drink a toast to the late Guy Lombardo, the inventor of New Year’s Eve 4. Sing “Auld Lang Syne” 5. Make resolutions for 2014 6. Count down the last ten seconds to midnight aloud, then shout “Happy New Year!”, usually in the midst of a crowd of revelers doing likewise 7. Surf the web in your basement while everyone else is celebrating 8. Fire a pistol in the air blissfully ignorant of the notion bullets return to Earth. 9. Watch balls drop. 10. SLEEP 11. binge eat, because the diet starts in the morning ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21692 "2013-12-29T15:14:51Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Eve 1. Kiss that special someone at midnight 2. Get shitfaced 3. Drink a toast to the late Guy Lombardo, the inventor of New Year’s Eve 4. Sing “Auld Lang Syne” 5. Make resolutions for 2014 6. Count down the last ten seconds to midnight aloud, then shout “Happy New Year!”, usually in the midst of a crowd of revelers doing likewise 7. Surf the web in your basement while everyone else is celebrating 8. Fire a pistol in the air blissfully ignorant of the notion bullets return to Earth. 9. Watch balls drop. 10. SLEEP 11. binge eat, because the diet starts in the morning 12. Double check your roster for the 2014 Straight Dope Celebrity Death Pool. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2013, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21693 "2013-12-29T15:47:48Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Eve 1. Kiss that special someone at midnight 2. Get shitfaced 3. Drink a toast to the late Guy Lombardo, the inventor of New Year’s Eve 4. Sing “Auld Lang Syne” 5. Make resolutions for 2014 6. Count down the last ten seconds to midnight aloud, then shout “Happy New Year!”, usually in the midst of a crowd of revelers doing likewise 7. Surf the web in your basement while everyone else is celebrating 8. Fire a pistol in the air blissfully ignorant of the notion bullets return to Earth. 9. Watch balls drop. 10. SLEEP 11. binge eat, because the diet starts in the morning 12. Double check your roster for the 2014 Straight Dope Celebrity Death Pool. 13. Make love Things to do on New Year’s Day 14. Make love ---
**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:** [December 29, 2013, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21694 "2013-12-29T16:09:35Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Day 1. Make love 2. Make love again ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21695 "2013-12-29T16:26:09Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Day 1. Make love 2. Make love again 3. take some aspirin and go back to bed ---
**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:** [December 29, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21696 "2013-12-29T16:28:25Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Day 1. Make love 2. Make love again 3. Take some aspirin and go back to bed 4. Eat black-eyed peas for luck throughout the coming year ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21697 "2013-12-29T17:18:56Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Day 1. Make love 2. Make love again 3. Take some aspirin and go back to bed 4. Eat black-eyed peas for luck throughout the coming year 5. The same thing we do every day, Pinky. Try to take over the world. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21698 "2013-12-29T17:20:00Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Day 1. Make love 2. Make love again 3. Take some aspirin and go back to bed 4. Eat black-eyed peas for luck throughout the coming year 5. The same thing we do every day, Pinky. Try to take over the world. 6. Watch football, if you’re into that sort of thing. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21699 "2013-12-29T17:34:09Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Day 1. Make love 2. Make love again 3. Take some aspirin and go back to bed 4. Eat black-eyed peas for luck throughout the coming year 5. The same thing we do every day, Pinky. Try to take over the world. 6. Watch football, if you’re into that sort of thing. 7. Watch the Tournament of Roses Parade. Vin Scully’s the Grand Marshall this year. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21700 "2013-12-29T18:40:47Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Day 1. Make love 2. Make love again 3. Take some aspirin and go back to bed 4. Eat black-eyed peas for luck throughout the coming year 5. The same thing we do every day, Pinky. Try to take over the world. 6. Watch football, if you’re into that sort of thing. 7. Watch the Tournament of Roses Parade. 8. Blow a check with the wrong date, or a Czech if it’s a good date. ---
**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:** [December 29, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21701 "2013-12-29T19:02:04Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Day 1. Make love 2. Make love again 3. Take some aspirin and go back to bed 4. Eat black-eyed peas for luck throughout the coming year 5. The same thing we do every day, Pinky. Try to take over the world. 6. Watch football, if you’re into that sort of thing. 7. Watch the Tournament of Roses Parade. 8. Blow a check with the wrong date, or a Czech if it’s a good date. 9. Get started on those resolutions, and then make love again ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2013, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21702 "2013-12-29T20:35:33Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Day 1. Make love 2. Make love again 3. Take some aspirin and go back to bed 4. Eat black-eyed peas for luck throughout the coming year 5. The same thing we do every day, Pinky. Try to take over the world. 6. Watch football, if you’re into that sort of thing. 7. Watch the Tournament of Roses Parade. 8. Blow a check with the wrong date, or a Czech if it’s a good date. 9. Get started on those resolutions, and then make love again 10. Play in a Polar Bear Golf Tourament ---
**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:** [December 30, 2013, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21703 "2013-12-30T03:58:41Z")
Things to do on New Year’s Day 1. Make love 2. Make love again 3. Take some aspirin and go back to bed 4. Eat black-eyed peas for luck throughout the coming year 5. The same thing we do every day, Pinky. Try to take over the world. 6. Watch football, if you’re into that sort of thing. 7. Watch the Tournament of Roses Parade. 8. Blow a check with the wrong date, or a Czech if it’s a good date. 9. Get started on those resolutions, and then make love again 10. Play in a Polar Bear Golf Tourament 11. Write upcoming appointments in your nice new 2014 calendar [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1084) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1086)