# 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:** 1184
**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 14, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23664 "2014-03-14T14:02:20Z")
Sentences made of letters (e.g., C D B = See the bee. Compound words get hyphens. Longer sentences get more points. ) 1. D B S A B-Z B (The bee is a busy bee) 2. O I C U R N N-M-E (Oh, I see you are an enemy) 3. O U 8 1 2 (Oh, you ate one too) 4. K-T S X-M-N-N D N-6 (Katie is examining the insects) 5. D 2-M-R S B-9 (The tumor is benign) 6. L-N D-J-N-R-S 1 N M-E (Ellen DeGeneres won an Emmy) 7. R-2 D-2 S O-K 4 U N I (Artoo Deetoo is OK for you and I) 8. I-C-U-R-A-Q-T (I see you are a cutie.) 9. O-I-C-U-R-P-N, 11-U-B. (Oh I see you are peein’, I leavin’ you be.) 10. U 8 D B-F N I 8 D V-L. (You ate the beef and I ate the veal.) 11. YY U R, YY U B, I C U R YY 4 ME! (Too wise you are, too wise you be, I see you are too wise for me!) 12. O O, I C A Q; O, Y A Q B-4 I P? (Oh oh, I see a queue; Oh, why a queue before I pee?) Just correcting the numbers. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23665 "2014-03-14T16:55:06Z")
Sentences made of letters (e.g., C D B = See the bee. Compound words get hyphens. Longer sentences get more points. ) 1. D B S A B-Z B (The bee is a busy bee) 2. O I C U R N N-M-E (Oh, I see you are an enemy) 3. O U 8 1 2 (Oh, you ate one too) 4. K-T S X-M-N-N D N-6 (Katie is examining the insects) 5. D 2-M-R S B-9 (The tumor is benign) 6. L-N D-J-N-R-S 1 N M-E (Ellen DeGeneres won an Emmy) 7. R-2 D-2 S O-K 4 U N I (Artoo Deetoo is OK for you and I) 8. I-C-U-R-A-Q-T (I see you are a cutie.) 9. O-I-C-U-R-P-N, 11-U-B. (Oh I see you are peein’, I leavin’ you be.) 10. U 8 D B-F N I 8 D V-L. (You ate the beef and I ate the veal.) 11. YY U R, YY U B, I C U R YY 4 ME! (Too wise you are, too wise you be, I see you are too wise for me!) 12. O O, I C A Q; O, Y A Q B-4 I P? (Oh oh, I see a queue; Oh, why a queue before I pee?) 13 “F U N E M?” “S V F M” “F U N E X?” “S V F X” “O K L F M N X.” (Stolen from _ **The Two Ronnies** _; it’s a conversation between a Swedish diner and a Swedish waiter. “Have you any ham?” “yes, we have ham.” “Have you any eggs?” “Yes, we have eggs.” “Okay, I’ll have ham and eggs.”" New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize: 1. James Joyce ---
**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 14, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23666 "2014-03-14T17:07:29Z")
New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize: 1. James Joyce 2. Tennessee Williams ---
**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 14, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23667 "2014-03-14T17:07:39Z")
New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize: 1. James Joyce 2. Tennessee Williams 3. Marcel Proust ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23668 "2014-03-14T17:23:23Z")
New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize: 1. James Joyce 2. Tennessee Williams 3. Marcel Proust 4. Milan Kundera ---
**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 14, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23669 "2014-03-14T18:15:18Z")
New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize: 1. James Joyce 2. Tennessee Williams 3. Marcel Proust 4. Milan Kundera 5. J.R.R. Tolkien ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23670 "2014-03-14T18:20:43Z")
New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize: 1. James Joyce 2. Tennessee Williams 3. Marcel Proust 4. Milan Kundera 5. J.R.R. Tolkien 6. Arthur Miller (I’m not a big fan, but he was a guy I always expected to win eventually) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23671 "2014-03-14T18:39:38Z")
New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize: 1. James Joyce 2. Tennessee Williams 3. Marcel Proust 4. Milan Kundera 5. J.R.R. Tolkien 6. Arthur Miller 7. Carlos Fuentes ---
**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 14, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23672 "2014-03-14T18:45:10Z")
New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize: 1. James Joyce 2. Tennessee Williams 3. Marcel Proust 4. Milan Kundera 5. J.R.R. Tolkien 6. Arthur Miller 7. Carlos Fuentes 8. Jorge Luis Borges ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23673 "2014-03-14T19:23:24Z")
New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize: 1. James Joyce 2. Tennessee Williams 3. Marcel Proust 4. Milan Kundera 5. J.R.R. Tolkien 6. Arthur Miller 7. Carlos Fuentes 8. Jorge Luis Borges 9. Graham Greene ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23674 "2014-03-14T19:27:25Z")
New topic: 20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize: 1. James Joyce 2. Tennessee Williams 3. Marcel Proust 4. Milan Kundera 5. J.R.R. Tolkien 6. Arthur Miller 7. Carlos Fuentes 8. Jorge Luis Borges 9. Graham Greene 10. Joseph Conrad ---
**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 14, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23675 "2014-03-14T20:08:25Z")
20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize: 1. James Joyce 2. Tennessee Williams 3. Marcel Proust 4. Milan Kundera 5. J.R.R. Tolkien 6. Arthur Miller 7. Carlos Fuentes 8. Jorge Luis Borges 9. Graham Greene 10. Joseph Conrad 11. Edward Albee ---
**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 14, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23676 "2014-03-14T21:35:45Z")
20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize: 1. James Joyce 2. Tennessee Williams 3. Marcel Proust 4. Milan Kundera 5. J.R.R. Tolkien 6. Arthur Miller 7. Carlos Fuentes 8. Jorge Luis Borges 9. Graham Greene 10. Joseph Conrad 11. Edward Albee 12. Vladimir Nabokov ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23677 "2014-03-14T21:48:34Z")
20th century authors you’re surprised never won the Nobel Prize: 1. James Joyce 2. Tennessee Williams 3. Marcel Proust 4. Milan Kundera 5. J.R.R. Tolkien 6. Arthur Miller 7. Carlos Fuentes 8. Jorge Luis Borges 9. Graham Greene 10. Joseph Conrad 11. Edward Albee 12. Vladimir Nabokov 13. Theodore Dreiser New topic: Actors/Actresses You’re Surprised Never Won an Oscar (Lifetime achievement doesn’t count) 14. Cary Grant ---
**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 14, 2014, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23678 "2014-03-14T22:14:16Z")
New topic: Actors/Actresses You’re Surprised Never Won an Oscar (Lifetime achievement doesn’t count) 1. Cary Grant 2. Leonardo di Caprio ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23679 "2014-03-14T22:29:01Z")
New topic: Actors/Actresses You’re Surprised Never Won an Oscar (Lifetime achievement doesn’t count) 1. Cary Grant 2. Leonardo di Caprio 3. Claude Rains ---
**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:** [March 14, 2014, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23680 "2014-03-14T23:05:21Z")
Actors/Actresses You’re Surprised Never Won an Oscar (Lifetime achievement doesn’t count) 1. Cary Grant 2. Leonardo di Caprio 3. Claude Rains 4. Peter O’Toole ---
**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:** [March 14, 2014, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23681 "2014-03-14T23:27:17Z")
Actors/Actresses You’re Surprised Never Won an Oscar (Lifetime achievement doesn’t count) 1. Cary Grant 2. Leonardo di Caprio 3. Claude Rains 4. Peter O’Toole 5. Gary Oldman ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23682 "2014-03-15T00:21:06Z")
Actors/Actresses You’re Surprised Never Won an Oscar (Lifetime achievement doesn’t count) 1. Cary Grant 2. Leonardo di Caprio 3. Claude Rains 4. Peter O’Toole 5. Gary Oldman 6. Richard Burton He was nominated 7 times. ---
**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 15, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23683 "2014-03-15T00:31:47Z")
Actors/Actresses You’re Surprised Never Won an Oscar (Lifetime achievement doesn’t count) 1. Cary Grant 2. Leonardo di Caprio 3. Claude Rains 4. Peter O’Toole 5. Gary Oldman 6. Richard Burton 7. Donald Sutherland He’s never even been nominated. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1183) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1185)