# 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:** 1088

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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:** [December 31, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21744 "2013-12-31T22:49:52Z")

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Movies that made you cry like a “widdle” girl

1. Blow (2001) – oh man, at the end when Johnny Depp imagines his daughter is visiting… waah!
2. Terms of Endearment - I made the mistake of going to see it on the one year anniversary of my sister’s death from cancer
3. Old Yeller

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2013, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21745 "2013-12-31T23:46:10Z")

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Movies that made you cry like a “widdle” girl

1. Blow (2001) – oh man, at the end when Johnny Depp imagines his daughter is visiting… waah!
2. Terms of Endearment - I made the mistake of going to see it on the one year anniversary of my sister’s death from cancer
3. Old Yeller
4. Toy Story 3 - Well, maybe not like a “widdle” girl but it sure choked me up at the end.

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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:** [December 31, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21746 "2013-12-31T23:55:10Z")

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Movies that made you cry like a “widdle” girl

1. Blow (2001) – oh man, at the end when Johnny Depp imagines his daughter is visiting… waah!
2. Terms of Endearment - I made the mistake of going to see it on the one year anniversary of my sister’s death from cancer
3. Old Yeller
4. Toy Story 3 - Well, maybe not like a “widdle” girl but it sure choked me up at the end.
5. Big Fish

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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:** [January 1, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21747 "2014-01-01T00:01:18Z")

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Movies that made you cry like a “widdle” girl

1. Blow (2001) – oh man, at the end when Johnny Depp imagines his daughter is visiting… waah!
2. Terms of Endearment - I made the mistake of going to see it on the one year anniversary of my sister’s death from cancer
3. Old Yeller
4. Toy Story 3 - Well, maybe not like a “widdle” girl but it sure choked me up at the end.
5. Big Fish
6. Up - the first few minutes, which I thought were by far the best part of the movie.

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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:** [January 1, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21748 "2014-01-01T03:38:56Z")

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Movies that made you cry like a “widdle” girl

1. Blow (2001) – oh man, at the end when Johnny Depp imagines his daughter is visiting… waah!
2. Terms of Endearment - I made the mistake of going to see it on the one year anniversary of my sister’s death from cancer
3. Old Yeller
4. Toy Story 3 - Well, maybe not like a “widdle” girl but it sure choked me up at the end.
5. Big Fish
6. Up - the first few minutes, which I thought were by far the best part of the movie.
7. Deliverance

I kid you not - that scene near the end, where the survivors are having dinner with that farmer and his wife, and they offer one of them some mashed potatoes, and he’s so touched by their simple kindness and generosity after his terrible ordeal that he breaks down crying… wow. Really got to me.

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21749 "2014-01-01T05:43:55Z")

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Movies that made you cry like a “widdle” girl

1. Blow (2001) – oh man, at the end when Johnny Depp imagines his daughter is visiting… waah!
2. Terms of Endearment - I made the mistake of going to see it on the one year anniversary of my sister’s death from cancer
3. Old Yeller
4. Toy Story 3 - Well, maybe not like a “widdle” girl but it sure choked me up at the end.
5. Big Fish
6. Up - the first few minutes, which I thought were by far the best part of the movie.
7. Deliverance
8. Les Miserables (2012)

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**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:** [January 1, 2014, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21750 "2014-01-01T05:57:22Z")

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Movies that made you cry like a “widdle” girl

1. Blow (2001) – oh man, at the end when Johnny Depp imagines his daughter is visiting… waah!
2. Terms of Endearment - I made the mistake of going to see it on the one year anniversary of my sister’s death from cancer
3. Old Yeller
4. Toy Story 3 - Well, maybe not like a “widdle” girl but it sure choked me up at the end.
5. Big Fish
6. Up - the first few minutes, which I thought were by far the best part of the movie.
7. Deliverance
8. Les Miserables (2012)
9. Brian’s Song (1971)

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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:** [January 1, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21751 "2014-01-01T15:46:35Z")

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Movies that made you cry like a “widdle” girl

1. Blow (2001) – oh man, at the end when Johnny Depp imagines his daughter is visiting… waah!
2. Terms of Endearment - I made the mistake of going to see it on the one year anniversary of my sister’s death from cancer
3. Old Yeller
4. Toy Story 3 - Well, maybe not like a “widdle” girl but it sure choked me up at the end.
5. Big Fish
6. Up - the first few minutes, which I thought were by far the best part of the movie.
7. Deliverance
8. Les Miserables (2012)
9. Brian’s Song (1971)
10. 1776

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**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:** [January 1, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21752 "2014-01-01T16:36:39Z")

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Movies that made you cry like a “widdle” girl

1. Blow (2001) – oh man, at the end when Johnny Depp imagines his daughter is visiting… waah!
2. Terms of Endearment - I made the mistake of going to see it on the one year anniversary of my sister’s death from cancer
3. Old Yeller
4. Toy Story 3 - Well, maybe not like a “widdle” girl but it sure choked me up at the end.
5. Big Fish
6. Up - the first few minutes, which I thought were by far the best part of the movie.
7. Deliverance
8. Les Miserables (2012)
9. Brian’s Song (1971)
10. 1776
11. Saving Private Ryan  
At the very end, the cemetery scene.

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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:** [January 1, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21753 "2014-01-01T17:58:23Z")

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Movies that made you cry like a “widdle” girl

1. Blow (2001) – oh man, at the end when Johnny Depp imagines his daughter is visiting… waah!
2. Terms of Endearment - I made the mistake of going to see it on the one year anniversary of my sister’s death from cancer
3. Old Yeller
4. Toy Story 3 - Well, maybe not like a “widdle” girl but it sure choked me up at the end.
5. Big Fish
6. Up - the first few minutes, which I thought were by far the best part of the movie.
7. Deliverance
8. Les Miserables (2012)
9. Brian’s Song (1971)
10. 1776
11. Saving Private Ryan
12. Life Is Beautiful

Really punched my emotional buttons at the time; I saw it not long after our first son was born.

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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:** [January 1, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21754 "2014-01-01T19:26:34Z")

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Movies that made you cry like a “widdle” girl

1. Blow (2001) – oh man, at the end when Johnny Depp imagines his daughter is visiting… waah!
2. Terms of Endearment - I made the mistake of going to see it on the one year anniversary of my sister’s death from cancer
3. Old Yeller
4. Toy Story 3 - Well, maybe not like a “widdle” girl but it sure choked me up at the end.
5. Big Fish
6. Up - the first few minutes, which I thought were by far the best part of the movie.
7. Deliverance
8. Les Miserables (2012)
9. Brian’s Song (1971)
10. 1776
11. Saving Private Ryan
12. Life Is Beautiful
13. The Bridge to Teribithia

Surprise, surprise, it wasn’t a story of young people in a magical world of fantasy…  
New Year’s Resolutions You Are Sure You Can Keep

1. I will not invade and conquer Paraguay this year.

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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:** [January 1, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21755 "2014-01-01T20:06:41Z")

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New Year’s Resolutions You Are Sure You Can Keep

1. I will not invade and conquer Paraguay this year.
2. I will not play any football, soccer, or rugby.

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**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:** [January 1, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21756 "2014-01-01T20:08:57Z")

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New Year’s Resolutions You Are Sure You Can Keep

1. I will not invade and conquer Paraguay this year.
2. I will not play any football, soccer, or rugby.
3. I will not summit Mt. Everest. This year.

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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:** [January 1, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21757 "2014-01-01T20:21:55Z")

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New Year’s Resolutions You Are Sure You Can Keep

1. I will not invade and conquer Paraguay this year.
2. I will not play any football, soccer, or rugby.
3. I will not summit Mt. Everest. This year.
4. I will not lead the first manned mission to Pluto. Unless NASA asks VERY nicely.

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**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21758 "2014-01-01T20:24:08Z")

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New Year’s Resolutions You Are Sure You Can Keep

1. I will not invade and conquer Paraguay this year.
2. I will not play any football, soccer, or rugby.
3. I will not summit Mt. Everest. This year.
4. I will not lead the first manned mission to Pluto. Unless NASA asks VERY nicely.  
5.[del] I will not swear like a goddamned sailor[/del] I won’t be late for Sunday Mass.

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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:** [January 1, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21759 "2014-01-01T20:31:27Z")

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New Year’s Resolutions You Are Sure You Can Keep

1. I will not invade and conquer Paraguay this year.
2. I will not play any football, soccer, or rugby.
3. I will not summit Mt. Everest. This year.
4. I will not lead the first manned mission to Pluto. Unless NASA asks VERY nicely.  
5.[del] I will not swear like a goddamned sailor[/del] I won’t be late for Sunday Mass.
5. I will not contribute to global warming by Formula 1 racing.

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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:** [January 1, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21760 "2014-01-01T20:59:16Z")

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New Year’s Resolutions You Are Sure You Can Keep

1. I will not invade and conquer Paraguay this year.
2. I will not play any football, soccer, or rugby.
3. I will not summit Mt. Everest. This year.
4. I will not lead the first manned mission to Pluto. Unless NASA asks VERY nicely.
5. I will not swear like a goddamned sailor I won’t be late for Sunday Mass.
6. I will not contribute to global warming by Formula 1 racing.
7. I will not eat Green Eggs and Ham.

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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:** [January 1, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21761 "2014-01-01T21:18:57Z")

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New Year’s Resolutions You Are Sure You Can Keep

1. I will not invade and conquer Paraguay this year.
2. I will not play any football, soccer, or rugby.
3. I will not summit Mt. Everest. This year.
4. I will not lead the first manned mission to Pluto. Unless NASA asks VERY nicely.
5. I will not swear like a goddamned sailor I won’t be late for Sunday Mass.
6. I will not contribute to global warming by Formula 1 racing.
7. I will not eat Green Eggs and Ham.
8. I will not single-handedly exhaust the world’s supply of chocolate.

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21762 "2014-01-01T22:10:43Z")

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New Year’s Resolutions You Are Sure You Can Keep

1. I will not invade and conquer Paraguay this year.
2. I will not play any football, soccer, or rugby.
3. I will not summit Mt. Everest. This year.
4. I will not lead the first manned mission to Pluto. Unless NASA asks VERY nicely.
5. I will not swear like a goddamned sailor I won’t be late for Sunday Mass.
6. I will not contribute to global warming by Formula 1 racing.
7. I will not eat Green Eggs and Ham.
8. I will not single-handedly exhaust the world’s supply of chocolate.
9. I will not lose weight or start smoking.

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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:** [January 1, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/21763 "2014-01-01T22:13:02Z")

</div>

New Year’s Resolutions You Are Sure You Can Keep

1. I will not invade and conquer Paraguay this year.
2. I will not play any football, soccer, or rugby.
3. I will not summit Mt. Everest. This year.
4. I will not lead the first manned mission to Pluto. Unless NASA asks VERY nicely.
5. [del]I will not swear like a goddamned sailor[/del] I won’t be late for Sunday Mass.
6. I will not contribute to global warming by Formula 1 racing.
7. I will not eat Green Eggs and Ham.
8. I will not single-handedly exhaust the world’s supply of chocolate.
9. I will not lose weight or start smoking.
10. I will not let my kitteh go a whole day without scritches

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