# 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:** 1190
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23784 "2014-03-18T18:22:03Z")
Things that are Orange. 1. Oranges. 2. University of Tennessee school colors 3. Fall foliage 4. Oompa-Loompas 5. George Hamilton 6. Pumpkins 7. Road Construction Barrels/Pylons 8. Sweet potatoes ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23785 "2014-03-18T18:23:34Z")
Things that are Orange. 1. Oranges. 2. University of Tennessee school colors 3. Fall foliage 4. Oompa-Loompas 5. George Hamilton 6. Pumpkins 7. Road Construction Barrels/Pylons 8. Sweet Potatoes 9. Deer-Hunting apparel ---
**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 18, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23786 "2014-03-18T18:26:48Z")
Things that are Orange. 1. Oranges. 2. University of Tennessee school colors 3. Fall foliage 4. Oompa-Loompas 5. George Hamilton 6. Pumpkins 7. Road Construction Barrels/Pylons 8. Sweet Potatoes 9. Deer-Hunting apparel 10. [John Kerry](https://www.google.com/search?q=john+kerry+orange&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=r3K&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&imgil=35URjM0XpN6m0M%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcSMuDkZWBZeiSFHMjb0AcHjk-EF8p-Wmx4slfJzJ9Qnlm2TmX14%253B472%253B270%253BYXAyq9kbZdXuFM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.usatoday.com%25252Fnews%25252Fworld%25252F2009-04-21-kerry_N.htm%25253FPOE%2525253Dclick-refer&source=iu&usg=__6xCPX1l9DzK1sKUFS0Hr5_EPxic%3D&sa=X&ei=xI8oU6vKOofzoAS6qIKwBA&ved=0CEcQ9QEwBA#facrc=_&imgrc=35URjM0XpN6m0M%253A%3BYXAyq9kbZdXuFM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi.usatoday.net%252Fnews%252F_photos%252F2009%252F04%252F21%252Fjohnkerryx-medium.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.usatoday.com%252Fnews%252Fworld%252F2009-04-21-kerry_N.htm%253FPOE%253Dclick-refer%3B472%3B270) ---
**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 18, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23787 "2014-03-18T18:30:00Z")
Things that are Orange. 1. Oranges. 2. University of Tennessee school colors 3. Fall foliage 4. Oompa-Loompas 5. George Hamilton 6. Pumpkins 7. Road Construction Barrels/Pylons 8. Sweet Potatoes 9. Deer-Hunting apparel 10. [John Kerry](https://www.google.com/search?q=john+kerry+orange&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=r3K&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&imgil=35URjM0XpN6m0M%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcSMuDkZWBZeiSFHMjb0AcHjk-EF8p-Wmx4slfJzJ9Qnlm2TmX14%253B472%253B270%253BYXAyq9kbZdXuFM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.usatoday.com%25252Fnews%25252Fworld%25252F2009-04-21-kerry_N.htm%25253FPOE%2525253Dclick-refer&source=iu&usg=__6xCPX1l9DzK1sKUFS0Hr5_EPxic%3D&sa=X&ei=xI8oU6vKOofzoAS6qIKwBA&ved=0CEcQ9QEwBA#facrc=_&imgrc=35URjM0XpN6m0M%253A%3BYXAyq9kbZdXuFM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi.usatoday.net%252Fnews%252F_photos%252F2009%252F04%252F21%252Fjohnkerryx-medium.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.usatoday.com%252Fnews%252Fworld%252F2009-04-21-kerry_N.htm%253FPOE%253Dclick-refer%3B472%3B270) 11. John Boehner ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23788 "2014-03-18T18:53:58Z")
Things that are Orange. 1. Oranges. 2. University of Tennessee school colors 3. Fall foliage 4. Oompa-Loompas 5. George Hamilton 6. Pumpkins 7. Road Construction Barrels/Pylons 8. Sweet Potatoes 9. Deer-Hunting apparel 10. John Kerry 11. John Boehner 12. The Tampa Bay Bucs’ original jerseys ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23789 "2014-03-18T18:55:02Z")
Things that are Orange. 1. Oranges. 2. University of Tennessee school colors 3. Fall foliage 4. Oompa-Loompas 5. George Hamilton 6. Pumpkins 7. Road Construction Barrels/Pylons 8. Sweet Potatoes 9. Deer-Hunting apparel 10. John Kerry 11. John Boehner 12. The Tampa Bay Bucs’ original jerseys 13. Cheetos New topic: Cyclical works (works that end at the same place they began) 1: Wagner’s Ring Cycle. ---
**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 18, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23790 "2014-03-18T20:19:21Z")
Cyclical works (works that end at the same place they began) 1: Wagner’s Ring Cycle. 2. The “Dark Tower” series ---
**Author:** ![WheatCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@WheatCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WheatCat)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23791 "2014-03-18T20:23:47Z")
Cyclical works (works that end at the same place they began) 1: Wagner’s Ring Cycle. 2. The “Dark Tower” series 3. _A la Recherche du Temps Perdu_ ---
**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 18, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23792 "2014-03-18T20:34:53Z")
Cyclical works (works that end at the same place they began) 1: Wagner’s Ring Cycle. 2. The “Dark Tower” series 3. _A la Recherche du Temps Perdu_ 4. _Finnegans Wake_ It’s last sentence is completed by its first sentence. ---
**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 18, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23793 "2014-03-18T21:09:24Z")
Cyclical works (works that end at the same place they began) 1: Wagner’s Ring Cycle. 2. The “Dark Tower” series 3. _A la Recherche du Temps Perdu_ 4. _Finnegans Wake_ 5. Pink Floyd’s _The Wall_ _(“Is this where…we started?”)_ ---
**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 18, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23794 "2014-03-18T21:54:13Z")
Cyclical works (works that end at the same place they began) 1: Wagner’s Ring Cycle. 2. The “Dark Tower” series 3. _A la Recherche du Temps Perdu_ 4. _Finnegans Wake_ 5. Pink Floyd’s _The Wall_ 6. _“There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza…”_ ---
**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:** [March 19, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23795 "2014-03-19T02:23:49Z")
Cyclical works (works that end at the same place they began) 1: Wagner’s Ring Cycle. 2. The “Dark Tower” series 3. A la Recherche du Temps Perdu 4. Finnegans Wake 5. Pink Floyd’s The Wall 6. “There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza…” 7. _The Ring Ouroboros_, by Eric Rucker Eddison (if you ignore the prologue) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23796 "2014-03-19T03:19:03Z")
Cyclical works (works that end at the same place they began) 1: Wagner’s Ring Cycle. 2. The “Dark Tower” series 3. A la Recherche du Temps Perdu 4. Finnegans Wake 5. Pink Floyd’s The Wall 6. “There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza…” 7. The Ring Ouroboros, by Eric Rucker Eddison (if you ignore the prologue) 8. “A Christmas Carol” (begins and ends in Scrooge’s office) ---
**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 19, 2014, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23797 "2014-03-19T03:19:47Z")
Cyclical works (works that end at the same place they began) 1: Wagner’s Ring Cycle. 2. The “Dark Tower” series 3. A la Recherche du Temps Perdu 4. Finnegans Wake 5. Pink Floyd’s The Wall 6. “There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza…” 7. The Ring Ouroboros, by Eric Rucker Eddison (if you ignore the prologue) 8. “A Christmas Carol” (begins and ends in Scrooge’s office) 9. Pulp Fiction ---
**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 19, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23798 "2014-03-19T04:10:10Z")
Cyclical works (works that end at the same place they began) 1: Wagner’s Ring Cycle. 2. The “Dark Tower” series 3. A la Recherche du Temps Perdu 4. Finnegans Wake 5. Pink Floyd’s The Wall 6. “There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza…” 7. The Ring Ouroboros, by Eric Rucker Eddison (if you ignore the prologue) 8. “A Christmas Carol” (begins and ends in Scrooge’s office) 9. Pulp Fiction 10. The Lord of the Rings (begins and ends in Hobbiton) ---
**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 19, 2014, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23799 "2014-03-19T04:46:02Z")
Cyclical works (works that end at the same place they began) 1: Wagner’s Ring Cycle. 2. The “Dark Tower” series 3. A la Recherche du Temps Perdu 4. Finnegans Wake 5. Pink Floyd’s The Wall 6. “There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza…” 7. The Ring Ouroboros, by Eric Rucker Eddison (if you ignore the prologue) 8. “A Christmas Carol” (begins and ends in Scrooge’s office) 9. Pulp Fiction 10. The Lord of the Rings (begins and ends in Hobbiton) 11. The Hobbit (begins and ends at Bilbo’s house) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23800 "2014-03-19T11:09:36Z")
Cyclical works (works that end at the same place they began) 1: Wagner’s Ring Cycle. 2. The “Dark Tower” series 3. A la Recherche du Temps Perdu 4. Finnegans Wake 5. Pink Floyd’s The Wall 6. “There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza…” 7. The Ring Ouroboros, by Eric Rucker Eddison (if you ignore the prologue) 8. “A Christmas Carol” (begins and ends in Scrooge’s office) 9. Pulp Fiction 10. The Lord of the Rings (begins and ends in Hobbiton) 11. The Hobbit (begins and ends at Bilbo’s house) 12. The Bible (begins with the creation of heaven and earth, ends with the creation of a new heaven and a new earth.) ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23801 "2014-03-19T12:08:53Z")
Cyclical works (works that end at the same place they began) 1: Wagner’s Ring Cycle. 2. The “Dark Tower” series 3. A la Recherche du Temps Perdu 4. Finnegans Wake 5. Pink Floyd’s The Wall 6. “There’s a hole in my bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza…” 7. The Ring Ouroboros, by Eric Rucker Eddison (if you ignore the prologue) 8. “A Christmas Carol” (begins and ends in Scrooge’s office) 9. Pulp Fiction 10. The Lord of the Rings (begins and ends in Hobbiton) 11. The Hobbit (begins and ends at Bilbo’s house) 12. The Bible (begins with the creation of heaven and earth, ends with the creation of a new heaven and a new earth.) 13. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Beatles album that begin and ends with title song) New Category: TV shows about a single-parent family 1. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23802 "2014-03-19T12:15:06Z")
TV shows about a single-parent family 1. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 2. Julia ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23803 "2014-03-19T12:24:33Z")
TV shows about a single-parent family 1. The Courtship of Eddie’s Father 2. Julia 3. The Partridge Family [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1189) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1191)