# 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:** 1113
**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 18, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22244 "2014-01-18T01:09:51Z")
Favourite Winter Olympics Sport 1. Curling 2. Women’s Ice Skating 3. 4-man bobsled ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22245 "2014-01-18T02:20:17Z")
Favourite Winter Olympics Sport 1. Curling 2. Women’s Ice Skating 3. 4-man bobsled 4. Men’s Alpine Ski Downhill ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22246 "2014-01-18T02:58:49Z")
Favourite Winter Olympics Sport 1. Curling 2. Women’s Ice Skating 3. 4-man bobsled 4. Men’s Alpine Ski Downhill 5. Biathlon ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22247 "2014-01-18T03:42:23Z")
Favourite Winter Olympics Sport 1. Curling 2. Women’s Ice Skating 3. 4-man bobsled 4. Men’s Alpine Ski Downhill 5. Biathlon 6. Pairs skating ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22248 "2014-01-18T04:08:55Z")
Favourite Winter Olympics Sport 1. Curling 2. Women’s Ice Skating 3. 4-man bobsled 4. Men’s Alpine Ski Downhill 5. Biathlon 6. Pairs skating 7. Speed skiing (though it was only a demonstration sport in Albertville) ---
**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 18, 2014, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22249 "2014-01-18T04:53:26Z")
Favourite Winter Olympics Sport 1. Curling 2. Women’s Ice Skating 3. 4-man bobsled 4. Men’s Alpine Ski Downhill 5. Biathlon 6. Pairs skating 7. Speed skiing (though it was only a demonstration sport in Albertville) 8. Hockey (Duh!) ---
**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 18, 2014, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22250 "2014-01-18T05:03:31Z")
Favourite Winter Olympics Sport 1. Curling 2. Women’s Ice Skating 3. 4-man bobsled 4. Men’s Alpine Ski Downhill 5. Biathlon 6. Pairs skating 7. Speed skiing (though it was only a demonstration sport in Albertville) 8. Hockey (Duh!) 9. Luge ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22251 "2014-01-18T15:14:48Z")
Favourite Winter Olympics Sport 1. Curling 2. Women’s Ice Skating 3. 4-man bobsled 4. Men’s Alpine Ski Downhill 5. Biathlon 6. Pairs skating 7. Speed skiing (though it was only a demonstration sport in Albertville) 8. Hockey (Duh!) 9. Luge 10. Ski jumping (though 2-man luge is HILARIOUS!!!) ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22252 "2014-01-18T15:46:36Z")
Favourite Winter Olympics Sport 1. Curling 2. Women’s Ice Skating 3. 4-man bobsled 4. Men’s Alpine Ski Downhill 5. Biathlon 6. Pairs skating 7. Speed skiing (though it was only a demonstration sport in Albertville) 8. Hockey (Duh!) 9. Luge 10. Ski jumping (though 2-man luge is HILARIOUS!!!) 11. Short Track Speed Skating According to [olympic.org](http://olympic.org) there are only 15 winter olympics sports: [Olympics Sports List](http://www.olympic.org/sports). ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22253 "2014-01-18T15:57:08Z")
Favourite Winter Olympics Sport 1. Curling 2. Women’s Ice Skating 3. 4-man bobsled 4. Men’s Alpine Ski Downhill 5. Biathlon 6. Pairs skating 7. Speed skiing (though it was only a demonstration sport in Albertville) 8. Hockey (Duh!) 9. Luge 10. Ski jumping (though 2-man luge is HILARIOUS!!!) 11. Short Track Speed Skating 12. Men’s figure skating ---
**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 18, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22254 "2014-01-18T16:05:40Z")
Favourite Winter Olympics Sport 1. Curling 2. Women’s Ice Skating 3. 4-man bobsled 4. Men’s Alpine Ski Downhill 5. Biathlon 6. Pairs skating 7. Speed skiing (though it was only a demonstration sport in Albertville) 8. Hockey (Duh!) 9. Luge 10. Ski jumping (though 2-man luge is HILARIOUS!!!) 11. Short Track Speed Skating 12. Men’s figure skating 13. Snowboard Attractive Olympic Medal-Winning Female Figure Skaters, with picture link (don’t embed the link, so the rest of us can C&P instead of forcing us to use the Quote button) 14. Katarina Witt, [http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0305/oly\_a\_witt2\_200.jpg](http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0305/oly_a_witt2_200.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 18, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22255 "2014-01-18T16:10:03Z")
With all due modesty, my wife looks like Katarina Witt. ---
**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 18, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22256 "2014-01-18T16:14:50Z")
I like her already, John. ---
**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 18, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22257 "2014-01-18T19:01:45Z")
Attractive Olympic Medal-Winning Female Figure Skaters, with picture link (don’t embed the link, so the rest of us can C&P instead of forcing us to use the Quote button) 1. Katarina Witt, [http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0305/oly\_a\_witt2\_200.jpg](http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0305/oly_a_witt2_200.jpg) 2. Michelle Kwan [http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2013/gallery/michelle-kwan-wedding/michelle-kwan-1-435.jpg](http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2013/gallery/michelle-kwan-wedding/michelle-kwan-1-435.jpg) ---
**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 18, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22258 "2014-01-18T19:42:58Z")
Attractive Olympic Medal-Winning Female Figure Skaters, with picture link (don’t embed the link, so the rest of us can C&P instead of forcing us to use the Quote button) 1. Katarina Witt, [http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0305/oly\_a\_witt2\_200.jpg](http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0305/oly_a_witt2_200.jpg) 2. Michelle Kwan, [http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2013/gallery/michelle-kwan-wedding/michelle-kwan-1-435.jpg](http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2013/gallery/michelle-kwan-wedding/michelle-kwan-1-435.jpg) 3. Ekaterina Gordeeva, [http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/nwitimes.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/d7/fd70f269-f5de-5e8a-a9cd-86ef69d85f93/4f58f61cd4502.preview-620.jpg](http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/nwitimes.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/d7/fd70f269-f5de-5e8a-a9cd-86ef69d85f93/4f58f61cd4502.preview-620.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22259 "2014-01-18T20:49:32Z")
[Hijack- not intended for play] Coincidence? [Me in this thread, January 6.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=16990472&postcount=21844) [McSweeney’s this week.](http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/highlights-from-the-real-housewives-of-yoknapatawpha-county) (And people ask why I don’t post much anymore…) [/Hijack- not intended for play] ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22260 "2014-01-18T20:57:47Z")
Attractive Olympic Medal-Winning Female Figure Skaters, with picture link (don’t embed the link, so the rest of us can C&P instead of forcing us to use the Quote button) 1. Katarina Witt, [http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0305/oly\_a\_witt2\_200.jpg](http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0305/oly_a_witt2_200.jpg) 2. Michelle Kwan, [http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2013/gallery/michelle-kwan-wedding/michelle-kwan-1-435.jpg](http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/2013/gallery/michelle-kwan-wedding/michelle-kwan-1-435.jpg) 3. Ekaterina Gordeeva, [http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/nwitimes.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/d7/fd70f269-f5de-5e8a-a9cd-86ef69d85f93/4f58f61cd4502.preview-620.jpg](http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/nwitimes.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/f/d7/fd70f269-f5de-5e8a-a9cd-86ef69d85f93/4f58f61cd4502.preview-620.jpg) 4. Kim Yu Na [http://www.koreanbeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/kim-yu-na-1.jpeg](http://www.koreanbeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/kim-yu-na-1.jpeg) ---
**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 18, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22261 "2014-01-18T21:49:17Z")
Attractive Olympic Medal-Winning Female Figure Skaters, with picture link (don’t embed the link, so the rest of us can C&P instead of forcing us to use the Quote button) 1. Katarina Witt, [http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0305](http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0305)…\_witt2\_200.jpg 2. Michelle Kwan, [http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/201...kwan-1-435.jpg](http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/201...kwan-1-435.jpg) 3. Ekaterina Gordeeva, [http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townn](http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townn)…review-620.jpg 4. Kim Yu Na [http://www.koreanbeacon.com/wp-conte...m-yu-na-1.jpeg](http://www.koreanbeacon.com/wp-conte...m-yu-na-1.jpeg) 5. Kristi Yamaguchi, [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/\_\_CT3HJT5Xb4/TI7WMckexKI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/tnZbI9g07w8/s1600/kristiyamaguchi.jpeg](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__CT3HJT5Xb4/TI7WMckexKI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/tnZbI9g07w8/s1600/kristiyamaguchi.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22262 "2014-01-19T00:25:59Z")
Attractive Olympic Medal-Winning Female Figure Skaters, with picture link (don’t embed the link, so the rest of us can C&P instead of forcing us to use the Quote button) 1. Katarina Witt, [http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0305](http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0305)…\_witt2\_200.jpg 2. Michelle Kwan, [http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/201...kwan-1-435.jpg](http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/201...kwan-1-435.jpg) 3. Ekaterina Gordeeva, [http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townn](http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townn)…review-620.jpg 4. Kim Yu Na [http://www.koreanbeacon.com/wp-conte...m-yu-na-1.jpeg](http://www.koreanbeacon.com/wp-conte...m-yu-na-1.jpeg) 5. Kristi Yamaguchi, [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/\_\_CT3HJT5Xb4/TI7WMckexKI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/tnZbI9g07w8/s1600/kristiyamaguchi.jpeg](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__CT3HJT5Xb4/TI7WMckexKI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/tnZbI9g07w8/s1600/kristiyamaguchi.jpeg) 6. Sonja Henie [http://www.latimes.com/includes/projects/hollywood/portraits/sonja\_henie.jpg](http://www.latimes.com/includes/projects/hollywood/portraits/sonja_henie.jpg) Liberace’s beard of choice- he called her the love of his life in his memoirs. Like him, she was incredibly wealth, leaving an estate worth tens of millions, much of it from buying the rights to the Zamboni. ---
**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 19, 2014, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22263 "2014-01-19T01:58:36Z")
Attractive Olympic Medal-Winning Female Figure Skaters, with picture link (don’t embed the link, so the rest of us can C&P instead of forcing us to use the Quote button) 1. Katarina Witt, [http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0305](http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2008/0305)…\_witt2\_200.jpg 2. Michelle Kwan, [http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/201...kwan-1-435.jpg](http://img2.timeinc.net/people/i/201...kwan-1-435.jpg) 3. Ekaterina Gordeeva, [http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townn](http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townn)…review-620.jpg 4. Kim Yu Na [http://www.koreanbeacon.com/wp-conte...m-yu-na-1.jpeg](http://www.koreanbeacon.com/wp-conte...m-yu-na-1.jpeg) 5. Kristi Yamaguchi, [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/\_\_CT3HJT5Xb4/TI7WMckexKI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/tnZbI9g07w8/s1600/kristiyamaguchi.jpeg](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__CT3HJT5Xb4/TI7WMckexKI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/tnZbI9g07w8/s1600/kristiyamaguchi.jpeg) 6. Sonja Henie [http://www.latimes.com/includes/projects/hollywood/portraits/sonja\_henie.jpg](http://www.latimes.com/includes/projects/hollywood/portraits/sonja_henie.jpg) 7. Peggy Fleming, [http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo\_gallery/0810/womens.covers.1960s/images/680219.jpg](http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/0810/womens.covers.1960s/images/680219.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1114)