# 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:** 1086
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21704 "2013-12-30T05:10:32Z")
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 12. Break New Years Resolutions that were made less than 24 hours before ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21705 "2013-12-30T11:34:33Z")
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 Tournament 11. Write upcoming appointments in your nice new 2014 calendar 12. Break New Years Resolutions that were made less than 24 hours before 13. Floss. New Topic: Despite the Bedknobs and Broomsticks / Mary Poppins thing, 13 reasons why Fenris should no longer be considered an ignorant slut. 1. He keeps a Higgs Boson in his wallet in case CERN needs more pictures. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21706 "2013-12-30T12:50:25Z")
Despite the Bedknobs and Broomsticks / Mary Poppins thing, 13 reasons why Fenris should no longer be considered an ignorant slut. 1. He keeps a Higgs Boson in his wallet in case CERN needs more pictures. 2. He actually knows whether Schrodinger’s cat is alive. ---
**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 30, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21707 "2013-12-30T13:15:30Z")
Despite the Bedknobs and Broomsticks / Mary Poppins thing, 13 reasons why Fenris should no longer be considered an ignorant slut. 1. He keeps a Higgs Boson in his wallet in case CERN needs more pictures. 2. He actually knows whether Schrodinger’s cat is alive. 3. He knows the solution to safe nuclear fusion. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21708 "2013-12-30T13:20:16Z")
Despite the Bedknobs and Broomsticks / Mary Poppins thing, 13 reasons why Fenris should no longer be considered an ignorant slut. 1. He keeps a Higgs Boson in his wallet in case CERN needs more pictures. 2. He actually knows whether Schrodinger’s cat is alive. 3. He knows the solution to safe nuclear fusion. 4. It turns out, he taught the World’s Most Interesting Man everything he knows. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21709 "2013-12-30T13:54:23Z")
Despite the Bedknobs and Broomsticks / Mary Poppins thing, 13 reasons why Fenris should no longer be considered an ignorant slut. 1. He keeps a Higgs Boson in his wallet in case CERN needs more pictures. 2. He actually knows whether Schrodinger’s cat is alive. 3. He knows the solution to safe nuclear fusion. 4. It turns out, he taught the World’s Most Interesting Man everything he knows. 5. He always knew what colitas were. ---
**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, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21710 "2013-12-30T16:53:02Z")
Despite the Bedknobs and Broomsticks / Mary Poppins thing, 13 reasons why Fenris should no longer be considered an ignorant slut. 1. He keeps a Higgs Boson in his wallet in case CERN needs more pictures. 2. He actually knows whether Schrodinger’s cat is alive. 3. He knows the solution to safe nuclear fusion. 4. It turns out, he taught the World’s Most Interesting Man everything he knows. 5. He always knew what colitas were. 6. He only smiles enigmatically if asked about Duran Duran. ---
**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 30, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21711 "2013-12-30T18:27:57Z")
Despite the Bedknobs and Broomsticks / Mary Poppins thing, 13 reasons why Fenris should no longer be considered an ignorant slut. 1. He keeps a Higgs Boson in his wallet in case CERN needs more pictures. 2. He actually knows whether Schrodinger’s cat is alive. 3. He knows the solution to safe nuclear fusion. 4. It turns out, he taught the World’s Most Interesting Man everything he knows. 5. He always knew what colitas were. 6. He only smiles enigmatically if asked about Duran Duran. 7. Widely derided, but he has claimed, whilst deep in his cups, to have deliberately cultivated 14 different types of cancer in his body and eradicated each one of them to the point of literal no-signs-that-they-ever-happened during vacation junkets into the Bermuda “Triangle.” (And yes, he does the “air quotes” thing with his fingers every time he says “triangle” in the phrase, “Bermuda Triangle.”) ---
**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:** [December 30, 2013, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21712 "2013-12-30T18:33:44Z")
Despite the Bedknobs and Broomsticks / Mary Poppins thing, 13 reasons why Fenris should no longer be considered an ignorant slut. 1. He keeps a Higgs Boson in his wallet in case CERN needs more pictures. 2. He actually knows whether Schrodinger’s cat is alive. 3. He knows the solution to safe nuclear fusion. 4. It turns out, he taught the World’s Most Interesting Man everything he knows. 5. He always knew what colitas were. 6. He only smiles enigmatically if asked about Duran Duran. 7. Widely derided, but he has claimed, whilst deep in his cups, to have deliberately cultivated 14 different types of cancer in his body and eradicated each one of them to the point of literal no-signs-that-they-ever-happened during vacation junkets into the Bermuda “Triangle.” (And yes, he does the “air quotes” thing with his fingers every time he says “triangle” in the phrase, “Bermuda Triangle.”) 8. “Slut” is so 1970’s. "Ho’ " is what sluts are called nowadays. And, really, who says “ignorant” any more? I believe the modern term is “dumbass”. So that makes Fenris a… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21713 "2013-12-31T00:26:53Z")
Despite the Bedknobs and Broomsticks / Mary Poppins thing, 13 reasons why Fenris should no longer be considered an ignorant slut. 1. He keeps a Higgs Boson in his wallet in case CERN needs more pictures. 2. He actually knows whether Schrodinger’s cat is alive. 3. He knows the solution to safe nuclear fusion. 4. It turns out, he taught the World’s Most Interesting Man everything he knows. 5. He always knew what colitas were. 6. He only smiles enigmatically if asked about Duran Duran. 7. Widely derided, but he has claimed, whilst deep in his cups, to have deliberately cultivated 14 different types of cancer in his body and eradicated each one of them to the point of literal no-signs-that-they-ever-happened during vacation junkets into the Bermuda “Triangle.” (And yes, he does the “air quotes” thing with his fingers every time he says “triangle” in the phrase, “Bermuda Triangle.”) 8. “Slut” is so 1970’s. "Ho’ " is what sluts are called nowadays. And, really, who says “ignorant” any more? I believe the modern term is “dumbass”. So that makes Fenris a… 9. He knows the correct, resident spelling of “Kentuckie.” Only Yankees spell it with a “Y.” ---
**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 31, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21714 "2013-12-31T02:07:54Z")
You don’t say! [http://governor.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx](http://governor.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx) [http://www.lrc.ky.gov/senate.htm](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/senate.htm) [http://www.lrc.ky.gov/house.htm](http://www.lrc.ky.gov/house.htm) [http://courts.ky.gov/courts/supreme/Pages/supremecourt.aspx](http://courts.ky.gov/courts/supreme/Pages/supremecourt.aspx) > **[Kentucky Historical Society | Adventure Through the Past](https://history.ky.gov/)** > > The Kentucky Historical Society is here to bring Kentucky History to learners and adventurers of all ages. Come explore with us. Despite the Bedknobs and Broomsticks / Mary Poppins thing, 13 reasons why Fenris should no longer be considered an ignorant slut. 1. He keeps a Higgs Boson in his wallet in case CERN needs more pictures. 2. He actually knows whether Schrodinger’s cat is alive. 3. He knows the solution to safe nuclear fusion. 4. It turns out, he taught the World’s Most Interesting Man everything he knows. 5. He always knew what colitas were. 6. He only smiles enigmatically if asked about Duran Duran. 7. Widely derided, but he has claimed, whilst deep in his cups, to have deliberately cultivated 14 different types of cancer in his body and eradicated each one of them to the point of literal no-signs-that-they-ever-happened during vacation junkets into the Bermuda “Triangle.” (And yes, he does the “air quotes” thing with his fingers every time he says “triangle” in the phrase, “Bermuda Triangle.”) 8. “Slut” is so 1970’s. "Ho’ " is what sluts are called nowadays. And, really, who says “ignorant” any more? I believe the modern term is “dumbass”. So that makes Fenris a… 9. He knows the correct, resident spelling of “Kentuckie.” Only Yankees spell it with a “Y.” 10. Deep down, he knows that anyone with any brains actually spells it “Kentucky.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21715 "2013-12-31T05:23:54Z")
Despite the Bedknobs and Broomsticks / Mary Poppins thing, 13 reasons why Fenris should no longer be considered an ignorant slut. 1. He keeps a Higgs Boson in his wallet in case CERN needs more pictures. 2. He actually knows whether Schrodinger’s cat is alive. 3. He knows the solution to safe nuclear fusion. 4. It turns out, he taught the World’s Most Interesting Man everything he knows. 5. He always knew what colitas were. 6. He only smiles enigmatically if asked about Duran Duran. 7. Widely derided, but he has claimed, whilst deep in his cups, to have deliberately cultivated 14 different types of cancer in his body and eradicated each one of them to the point of literal no-signs-that-they-ever-happened during vacation junkets into the Bermuda “Triangle.” (And yes, he does the “air quotes” thing with his fingers every time he says “triangle” in the phrase, “Bermuda Triangle.”) 8. “Slut” is so 1970’s. "Ho’ " is what sluts are called nowadays. And, really, who says “ignorant” any more? I believe the modern term is “dumbass”. So that makes Fenris a… 9. He knows the correct, resident spelling of “Kentuckie.” Only Yankees spell it with a “Y.” 10. Deep down, he knows that anyone with any brains actually spells it “Kentucky.” 11. The Bedknobs/Poppins was a decade ago, and since then the final years of Anna Nicole reformed many an early 21st century ignorant slut into a Honda driving respectability. ---
**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 31, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21716 "2013-12-31T12:08:37Z")
Despite the Bedknobs and Broomsticks / Mary Poppins thing, 13 reasons why Fenris should no longer be considered an ignorant slut. 1. He keeps a Higgs Boson in his wallet in case CERN needs more pictures. 2. He actually knows whether Schrodinger’s cat is alive. 3. He knows the solution to safe nuclear fusion. 4. It turns out, he taught the World’s Most Interesting Man everything he knows. 5. He always knew what colitas were. 6. He only smiles enigmatically if asked about Duran Duran. 7. Widely derided, but he has claimed, whilst deep in his cups, to have deliberately cultivated 14 different types of cancer in his body and eradicated each one of them to the point of literal no-signs-that-they-ever-happened during vacation junkets into the Bermuda “Triangle.” (And yes, he does the “air quotes” thing with his fingers every time he says “triangle” in the phrase, “Bermuda Triangle.”) 8. “Slut” is so 1970’s. "Ho’ " is what sluts are called nowadays. And, really, who says “ignorant” any more? I believe the modern term is “dumbass”. So that makes Fenris a… 9. He knows the correct, resident spelling of “Kentuckie.” Only Yankees spell it with a “Y.” 10. Deep down, he knows that anyone with any brains actually spells it “Kentucky.” 11. The Bedknobs/Poppins was a decade ago, and since then the final years of Anna Nicole reformed many an early 21st century ignorant slut into a Honda driving respectability. 12. Because Jane Curtin is the original ignorant slut. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21717 "2013-12-31T13:06:28Z")
Despite the Bedknobs and Broomsticks / Mary Poppins thing, 13 reasons why Fenris should no longer be considered an ignorant slut. 1. He keeps a Higgs Boson in his wallet in case CERN needs more pictures. 2. He actually knows whether Schrodinger’s cat is alive. 3. He knows the solution to safe nuclear fusion. 4. It turns out, he taught the World’s Most Interesting Man everything he knows. 5. He always knew what colitas were. 6. He only smiles enigmatically if asked about Duran Duran. 7. Widely derided, but he has claimed, whilst deep in his cups, to have deliberately cultivated 14 different types of cancer in his body and eradicated each one of them to the point of literal no-signs-that-they-ever-happened during vacation junkets into the Bermuda “Triangle.” (And yes, he does the “air quotes” thing with his fingers every time he says “triangle” in the phrase, “Bermuda Triangle.”) 8. “Slut” is so 1970’s. "Ho’ " is what sluts are called nowadays. And, really, who says “ignorant” any more? I believe the modern term is “dumbass”. So that makes Fenris a… 9. He knows the correct, resident spelling of “Kentuckie.” Only Yankees spell it with a “Y.” 10. Deep down, he knows that anyone with any brains actually spells it “Kentucky.” 11. The Bedknobs/Poppins was a decade ago, and since then the final years of Anna Nicole reformed many an early 21st century ignorant slut into a Honda driving respectability. 12. Because Jane Curtin is the original ignorant slut. 13. Because David TOmlinson, who ought to know, said \*\*\*Bedknobs \*\*\*IS better than _ **Mary Poppins.** _ New Topic: I pass ---
**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 31, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21718 "2013-12-31T13:52:07Z")
They Died in 2013. May They Rest in Peace 1. Nelson Mandela ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21719 "2013-12-31T14:10:41Z")
They Died in 2013. May They Rest in Peace 1. Nelson Mandela 2. Hugo Chavez (may he rot in hell) ---
**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:** [December 31, 2013, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21720 "2013-12-31T14:12:11Z")
They Died in 2013. May They Rest in Peace 1. Nelson Mandela 2. Hugo Chavez (may he rot in hell) 3. Ariel Castro (ditto) ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21721 "2013-12-31T14:13:18Z")
They Died in 2013. May They Rest in Peace 1. Nelson Mandela 2. Hugo Chavez (may he rot in hell) 3. Jonathan Winters-- and he took Maudie Frickert and Elwood P. Suggins with him. ---
**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 31, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21722 "2013-12-31T14:31:02Z")
They Died in 2013. May They Rest in Peace. 1. Nelson Mandela 2. Hugo Chavez (may he rot in hell) 3. Jonathan Winters-- and he took Maudie Frickert and Elwood P. Suggins with him. 4. Patti Page, singer, at age 85. She died on 1/1/2013. ---
**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:** [December 31, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21723 "2013-12-31T14:34:05Z")
They Died in 2013. May They Rest in Peace 1. Nelson Mandela 2. Hugo Chavez (may he rot in hell) 3. Ariel Castro (ditto) 4. Jonathan Winters-- and he took Maudie Frickert and Elwood P. Suggins with him. 5. Patti Page, singer, at age 85. She died on 1/1/2013. 6. Marcia Wallace [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1085) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1087)