# 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:** 1142
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22824 "2014-02-13T17:34:21Z")
Noted American painters 1. Grant Wood 2. Andrew Wyeth 3. Mary Cassatt 4. Gilbert Stuart 5. Albert Bierstadt 6. Georgia O’Keeffe 7. Grandma Moses 8. John Singer Sargent 9. Winslow Homer 10. Norman Rockwell 11. Jackson Pollock ---
**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:** [February 13, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22825 "2014-02-13T17:42:10Z")
Noted American painters 1. Grant Wood 2. Andrew Wyeth 3. Mary Cassatt 4. Gilbert Stuart 5. Albert Bierstadt 6. Georgia O’Keeffe 7. Grandma Moses 8. John Singer Sargent 9. Winslow Homer 10. Norman Rockwell 11. Jackson Pollock 12. Frank Gutierrez (On Storage Wars, one of the contestants [found $300k of his art in a storage locker that he paid $3,600 for](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/19/storage-wars-biggest-payout-ever-video_n_2328407.html).) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22826 "2014-02-13T17:46:30Z")
Noted American painters 1. Grant Wood 2. Andrew Wyeth 3. Mary Cassatt 4. Gilbert Stuart 5. Albert Bierstadt 6. Georgia O’Keeffe 7. Grandma Moses 8. John Singer Sargent 9. Winslow Homer 10. Norman Rockwell 11. Jackson Pollock 12. Frank Gutierrez 13. James McNeil Whistler Next: One of Your Favorite Short Stories: 14. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor ---
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22827 "2014-02-13T17:58:49Z")
One of Your Favorite Short Stories: 1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor 2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov I love it because The whole thing is a set up for one bad pun ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22828 "2014-02-13T18:30:24Z")
One of Your Favorite Short Stories: 1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor 2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov 3. “The Kugelmass Episode” by Woody Allen ---
**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:** [February 13, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22829 "2014-02-13T18:30:39Z")
One of Your Favorite Short Stories: 1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor 2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov 3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen 4. “Tobermory” by Saki Or just about anything else he wrote. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22830 "2014-02-13T18:37:45Z")
One of Your Favorite Short Stories: 1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor 2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov 3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen 4. “Tobermory” by Saki 5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison ---
**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:** [February 13, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22831 "2014-02-13T18:40:26Z")
One of Your Favorite Short Stories: 1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor 2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov 3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen 4. “Tobermory” by Saki 5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison 6. “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance A wonderful tale of a masked, ritualistic, musical alien society and the difficulty an Earth diplomat has in figuring it all out. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22832 "2014-02-13T22:08:11Z")
One of Your Favorite Short Stories: 1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor 2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov 3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen 4. “Tobermory” by Saki 5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison 6. “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance 7. “The Horla” by Guy de Maupassant ---
**Author:** ![WheatCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@WheatCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WheatCat)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22833 "2014-02-13T22:18:26Z")
One of Your Favorite Short Stories: 1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor 2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov 3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen 4. “Tobermory” by Saki 5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison 6. “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance 7. “The Horla” by Guy de Maupassant 8. “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22834 "2014-02-13T22:24:41Z")
One of Your Favorite Short Stories: 1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor 2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov 3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen 4. “Tobermory” by Saki 5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison 6. “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance 7. “The Horla” by Guy de Maupassant 8. “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor 9. “The Gift of the Magi” O Henry (The classics are always the best.) ---
**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:** [February 13, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22835 "2014-02-13T22:51:10Z")
One of Your Favorite Short Stories: 1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor 2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov 3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen 4. “Tobermory” by Saki 5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison 6. “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance 7. “The Horla” by Guy de Maupassant 8. “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor 9. “The Gift of the Magi” O Henry 10. “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” by Leo Tolstoy ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22836 "2014-02-13T22:57:30Z")
One of Your Favorite Short Stories: 1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor 2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov 3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen 4. “Tobermory” by Saki 5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison 6. “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance 7. “The Horla” by Guy de Maupassant 8. “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor 9. “The Gift of the Magi” O Henry 10. “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” by Leo Tolstoy 11. “The Jaunt” by Stephen King ---
**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:** [February 13, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22837 "2014-02-13T23:15:47Z")
One of Your Favorite Short Stories: 1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor 2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov 3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen 4. “Tobermory” by Saki 5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison 6. “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance 7. “The Horla” by Guy de Maupassant 8. “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor 9. “The Gift of the Magi” O Henry 10. “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” by Leo Tolstoy 11. “The Jaunt” by Stephen King 12. [“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”](http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1939/03/18/390318fi_fiction_thurber?currentPage=all) by James Thurber It’ll probably never work as a movie but it’s a great short story ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22838 "2014-02-13T23:28:57Z")
One of Your Favorite Short Stories: 1. “Christmas Morning” by Frank O’Connor 2. “Death of a Foy” by Isaac Asimov 3. “The Kugelmass Episode” Woody Allen 4. “Tobermory” by Saki 5. “Hitler Painted Roses” Harlan Ellison 6. “The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance 7. “The Horla” by Guy de Maupassant 8. “Good Country People” Flannery O’Connor 9. “The Gift of the Magi” O Henry 10. “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” by Leo Tolstoy 11. “The Jaunt” by Stephen King 12. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber 13. “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs (astorian–I was going to say “The Jaunt” but chickened out at the last second. Thank you for having guts.) Next: John Williams scores ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22839 "2014-02-13T23:37:26Z")
John Williams scores 1. Jaws (I’ve been at this too long today :rolleyes:) ---
**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:** [February 14, 2014, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22840 "2014-02-14T00:56:51Z")
John Williams scores 1. Jaws 2. [_Superman_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BkkTu5Dayw) ---
**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:** [February 14, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22841 "2014-02-14T01:19:47Z")
John Williams scores 1. Jaws 2. [_Superman_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BkkTu5Dayw) 3. Star Wars ---
**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:** [February 14, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22842 "2014-02-14T01:20:30Z")
John Williams scores 1. Jaws 2. Superman 3. Star Wars 4. Lincoln One of my favorites of his: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WWA3-2NtsM) ---
**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:** [February 14, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/22843 "2014-02-14T02:39:26Z")
John Williams scores 1. Jaws 2. Superman 3. Star Wars 4. Lincoln 5. [_Hook_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xekV12yTKOQ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1141) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1143)