# 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:** 1171
**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:** [March 6, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23404 "2014-03-06T21:25:34Z")
Franchise restaurants (fast food or otherwise) that you like but don’t exist where you live 1. Port of Subs 2. Sonic 3. Cracker Barrel 4. White Castle 5. Steak ‘n’ Shake 6. Hardee’s 7. Waffle House 8. Jack in the Box 9. Rubio’s (fish tacos) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23405 "2014-03-06T23:24:00Z")
Franchise restaurants (fast food or otherwise) that you like but don’t exist where you live 1. Port of Subs 2. Sonic 3. Cracker Barrel 4. White Castle 5. Steak ‘n’ Shake 6. Hardee’s 7. Waffle House 8. Jack in the Box 9. Rubio’s (fish tacos) 10. [Wimpy (UK burger chain)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wimpy_%28restaurant%29) ---
**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:** [March 6, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23406 "2014-03-06T23:28:35Z")
Franchise restaurants (fast food or otherwise) that you like but don’t exist where you live 1. Port of Subs 2. Sonic 3. Cracker Barrel 4. White Castle 5. Steak ‘n’ Shake 6. Hardee’s 7. Waffle House 8. Jack in the Box 9. Rubio’s (fish tacos) 10. Wimpy (UK burger chain) 11. [Henry’s Hamburgers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry's_Hamburgers) ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23407 "2014-03-07T00:37:52Z")
Franchise restaurants (fast food or otherwise) that you like but don’t exist where you live 1. Port of Subs 2. Sonic 3. Cracker Barrel 4. White Castle 5. Steak ‘n’ Shake 6. Hardee’s 7. Waffle House 8. Jack in the Box 9. Rubio’s (fish tacos) 10. Wimpy (UK burger chain) 11. Henry’s Hamburgers 12. Sizzler (steakhouse) ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23408 "2014-03-07T00:48:31Z")
Franchise restaurants (fast food or otherwise) that you like but don’t exist where you live 1. Port of Subs 2. Sonic 3. Cracker Barrel 4. White Castle 5. Steak ‘n’ Shake 6. Hardee’s 7. Waffle House 8. Jack in the Box 9. Rubio’s (fish tacos) 10. Wimpy (UK burger chain) 11. Henry’s Hamburgers 12. Sizzler (steakhouse) 13. Whataburger I’ll pass. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23409 "2014-03-07T00:55:19Z")
Irwin Allen productions (movies, TV, directing, whatever) 1. Five Weeks In A Balloon ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23410 "2014-03-07T01:10:58Z")
Irwin Allen productions (movies, TV, directing, whatever) 1. Five Weeks In A Balloon 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23411 "2014-03-07T01:17:23Z")
Irwin Allen productions (movies, TV, directing, whatever) 1. Five Weeks In A Balloon 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Sea Around Us A 1953 documentary for which he won the Oscar! ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23412 "2014-03-07T02:32:13Z")
Irwin Allen productions (movies, TV, directing, whatever) 1. Five Weeks In A Balloon 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Sea Around Us 4. The Towering Inferno A movie that was shockingly nominated for a Best Picture Oscar - in a year in which Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Blazing Saddles, Conrack, Death Wish, The Front Page, The Great Gatsby, Harry and Tonto, Murder on the Orient Express, The Night Porter, The Parallax View, Report to the Commissioner, The Sugarland Express, Swept Away, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Thieves Like Us, Where the Lilies Bloom, A Woman Under the Influence, and Young Frankenstein were not nominated. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23413 "2014-03-07T04:05:04Z")
Irwin Allen productions (movies, TV, directing, whatever) 1. Five Weeks In A Balloon 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Sea Around Us 4. The Towering Inferno 5. The Time Tunnel ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23414 "2014-03-07T05:14:32Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 1. The Towering Inferno > > A movie that was shockingly nominated for a Best Picture Oscar - in a year in which Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Blazing Saddles, Conrack, Death Wish, The Front Page, The Great Gatsby, Harry and Tonto, Murder on the Orient Express, The Night Porter, The Parallax View, Report to the Commissioner, The Sugarland Express, Swept Away, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Thieves Like Us, Where the Lilies Bloom, A Woman Under the Influence, and Young Frankenstein were not nominated. After 40 years, still carrying a grudge, are we? ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23415 "2014-03-07T05:46:37Z")
Irwin Allen productions (movies, TV, directing, whatever) 1. Five Weeks In A Balloon 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Sea Around Us 4. The Towering Inferno 5. The Time Tunnel 6. Swiss Family Robinson ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23416 "2014-03-07T06:03:34Z")
Irwin Allen productions (movies, TV, directing, whatever) 1. Five Weeks In A Balloon 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Sea Around Us 4. The Towering Inferno 5. The Time Tunnel 6. Swiss Family Robinson 7. The Swarm Too young for the theatrical run, but it scared the piss out of me when I saw it on TV a couple years later. Hideous, awful, terrible movie. Still scares the piss out of me. . ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23417 "2014-03-07T12:02:18Z")
Irwin Allen productions (movies, TV, directing, whatever) 1. Five Weeks In A Balloon 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Sea Around Us 4. The Towering Inferno 5. The Time Tunnel 6. Swiss Family Robinson 7. The Swarm 8. _ **When Time Ran Out** _ (a movie that deserved MST3K treatment; one of the absolute worst movies ever made!) ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23418 "2014-03-07T14:19:53Z")
Irwin Allen productions (movies, TV, directing, whatever) 1. Five Weeks In A Balloon 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Sea Around Us 4. The Towering Inferno 5. The Time Tunnel 6. Swiss Family Robinson 7. The Swarm 8. _ **When Time Ran Out** _ (a movie that deserved MST3K treatment; one of the absolute worst movies ever made!) 9. The Poseidon Adventure ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23419 "2014-03-07T14:26:30Z")
Irwin Allen productions (movies, TV, directing, whatever) 1. Five Weeks In A Balloon 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Sea Around Us 4. The Towering Inferno 5. The Time Tunnel 6. Swiss Family Robinson 7. The Swarm 8. When Time Ran Out (a movie that deserved MST3K treatment; one of the absolute worst movies ever made!) 9. The Poseidon Adventure 10. Land of the Giants ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23420 "2014-03-07T14:29:28Z")
Irwin Allen productions (movies, TV, directing, whatever) 1. Five Weeks In A Balloon 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Sea Around Us 4. The Towering Inferno 5. The Time Tunnel 6. Swiss Family Robinson 7. The Swarm 8. When Time Ran Out (a movie that deserved MST3K treatment; one of the absolute worst movies ever made!) 9. The Poseidon Adventure 10. Land of the Giants 11. _ **Cave-In!** _ ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23421 "2014-03-07T15:14:14Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > _ **When Time Ran Out** _ (a movie that deserved MST3K treatment; one of the absolute worst movies ever made!) Hey, even MST3K has its standards. BIP: Irwin Allen productions (movies, TV, directing, whatever) 1. Five Weeks In A Balloon 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Sea Around Us 4. The Towering Inferno 5. The Time Tunnel 6. Swiss Family Robinson 7. The Swarm 8. When Time Ran Out (a movie that deserved MST3K treatment; one of the absolute worst movies ever made!) 9. The Poseidon Adventure 10. Land of the Giants 11. Cave-In! 12. Lost In Space ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23422 "2014-03-07T15:37:59Z")
BIP: Irwin Allen productions (movies, TV, directing, whatever) 1. Five Weeks In A Balloon 2. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 3. The Sea Around Us 4. The Towering Inferno 5. The Time Tunnel 6. Swiss Family Robinson 7. The Swarm 8. When Time Ran Out (a movie that deserved MST3K treatment; one of the absolute worst movies ever made!) 9. The Poseidon Adventure 10. Land of the Giants 11. Cave-In! 12. Lost In Space 13. The Night the Bridge Collapsed New: Fictional Characters Who Eavesdrop: 1. Clementine Tipton, The Liberation of Clementine Tipton by Jane Flory ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23423 "2014-03-07T15:40:46Z")
Fictional Characters Who Eavesdrop: 1. Clementine Tipton, The Liberation of Clementine Tipton by Jane Flory 2. Jack Tripper, _Three’s Company_ (Technically, we could fill this list up with 3Co characters who eavesdropped - “misunderstood things heard while eavesdropping” was a staple joke of the show and I think every character eavesdropped at one time or another. Or, uh, so I heard. :o ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1170) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1172)