# 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:** 1130
**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 31, 2014, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22584 "2014-01-31T05:58:50Z")
Fictional Characters Who Played a Sport 1. Charlie Brown (Baseball) 2. Harry Potter (Quidditch) 3. Tank McNamara (Football) 4. Ty Webb (Golf, in Caddyshack) 5. Jackie Moon (Basketball, Semi-Pro) 6. The Hansen Brothers (Hockey, “Slap Shot”) 7. B.D. (football, Doonesbury) 8. Tasha Yar (Parrises Squares, ST:TNG) 9. Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn (baseball, Major League) 10. Forrest Gump (Table Tennis) 11. Ricky Bobby (NASCAR Racing, Talladega Nights) 12. Chazz Michael Michaels (figure skating, Blades of Glory) 13. Frazz, triathlon (Frazz) Current comic strips that have been around longer than 20 years 1. Luann ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22585 "2014-01-31T06:08:46Z")
Current comic strips that have been around longer than 20 years 1. Luann 2. Mother Goose & Grimm ---
**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 31, 2014, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22586 "2014-01-31T06:24:25Z")
Current comic strips that have been around longer than 20 years 1. Luann 2. Mother Goose & Grimm 3. Doonesbury ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22587 "2014-01-31T06:37:14Z")
Current comic strips that have been around longer than 20 years 1. Luann 2. Mother Goose & Grimm 3. Doonesbury 4. Gasoline Alley Turns 96 this year. ---
**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 31, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22588 "2014-01-31T13:06:47Z")
Current comic strips that have been around longer than 20 years 1. Luann 2. Mother Goose & Grimm 3. Doonesbury 4. Gasoline Alley 5. Hi and Lois ---
**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:** [January 31, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22589 "2014-01-31T13:13:12Z")
Current comic strips that have been around longer than 20 years 1. Luann 2. Mother Goose & Grimm 3. Doonesbury 4. Gasoline Alley 5. Hi and Lois 6. Garfield ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22590 "2014-01-31T13:29:25Z")
Current comic strips that have been around longer than 20 years 1. Luann 2. Mother Goose & Grimm 3. Doonesbury 4. Gasoline Alley 5. Hi and Lois 6. Garfield 7. Blondie ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22591 "2014-01-31T14:03:49Z")
Current comic strips that have been around longer than 20 years 1. Luann 2. Mother Goose & Grimm 3. Doonesbury 4. Gasoline Alley 5. Hi and Lois 6. Garfield 7. Blondie 8. Rose is Rose ---
**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 31, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22592 "2014-01-31T14:14:44Z")
Current comic strips that have been around longer than 20 years 1. Luann 2. Mother Goose & Grimm 3. Doonesbury 4. Gasoline Alley 5. Hi and Lois 6. Garfield 7. Blondie 8. Rose is Rose 9. The Wizard of Id ---
**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 31, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22593 "2014-01-31T14:29:51Z")
Current comic strips that have been around longer than 20 years 1. Luann 2. Mother Goose & Grimm 3. Doonesbury 4. Gasoline Alley 5. Hi and Lois 6. Garfield 7. Blondie 8. Rose is Rose 9. The Wizard of Id 10. Barney Google and Snuffy Smith ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22594 "2014-01-31T14:47:42Z")
Current comic strips that have been around longer than 20 years 1. Luann 2. Mother Goose & Grimm 3. Doonesbury 4. Gasoline Alley 5. Hi and Lois 6. Garfield 7. Blondie 8. Rose is Rose 9. The Wizard of Id 10. Barney Google and Snuffy Smith 11. Dilbert ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22595 "2014-01-31T16:05:59Z")
Current comic strips that have been around longer than 20 years 1. Luann 2. Mother Goose & Grimm 3. Doonesbury 4. Gasoline Alley 5. Hi and Lois 6. Garfield 7. Blondie 8. Rose is Rose 9. The Wizard of Id 10. Barney Google and Snuffy Smith 11. Dilbert 12. Marmaduke ---
**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 31, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22596 "2014-01-31T16:16:36Z")
Current comic strips that have been around longer than 20 years 1. Luann 2. Mother Goose & Grimm 3. Doonesbury 4. Gasoline Alley 5. Hi and Lois 6. Garfield 7. Blondie 8. Rose is Rose 9. The Wizard of Id 10. Barney Google and Snuffy Smith 11. Dilbert 12. Marmaduke 13. Beetle Bailey New category: Doonesbury characters 1. Zonker ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22597 "2014-01-31T16:22:44Z")
New category: Doonesbury characters 1. Zonker 2. Joan Caucus, the worst mother of all time (think about it- her two kids both grew up to be self-absorbed jerks, didn’t they?) ---
**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 31, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22598 "2014-01-31T16:23:59Z")
New category: Doonesbury characters 1. Zonker 2. Joan Caucus, the worst mother of all time (think about it- her two kids both grew up to be self-absorbed jerks, didn’t they?) 3. Rufus (Thor) Jackson ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22599 "2014-01-31T16:29:47Z")
Doonesbury characters 1. Zonker 2. Joan Caucus, the worst mother of all time (think about it- her two kids both grew up to be self-absorbed jerks, didn’t they?) 3. Rufus (Thor) Jackson 4. Mike ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22600 "2014-01-31T16:31:21Z")
Doonesbury characters 1. Zonker 2. Joan Caucus, the worst mother of all time (think about it- her two kids both grew up to be self-absorbed jerks, didn’t they?) 3. Rufus (Thor) Jackson 4. Mike 5. Alice P. Schwarzman, the homeless lady who miraculously won the lottery and disappeared once Clinton was elected (the moral: homelessness is only a problem during Republican admoinistrations) ---
**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 31, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22601 "2014-01-31T16:37:23Z")
Doonesbury characters 1. Zonker 2. Joan Caucus 3. Rufus (Thor) Jackson 4. Mike 5. Alice P. Schwarzman 6. Duke ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22602 "2014-01-31T16:47:06Z")
Doonesbury characters 1. Zonker 2. Joan Caucus 3. Rufus (Thor) Jackson 4. Mike 5. Alice P. Schwarzman 6. Duke 7. Mark Slackmeyer ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22603 "2014-01-31T17:52:43Z")
Doonesbury characters 1. Zonker 2. Joan Caucus 3. Rufus (Thor) Jackson 4. Mike 5. Alice P. Schwarzman 6. Duke 7. Mark Slackmeyer 8. Saliva “Sal” Putrid (aka Ben Doonesburry), Mike punk rock brother (a character that showed how completely out to lunch Trudeau was about Seventies rock culture) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1129) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1131)