# 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:** 1195
**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 20, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23884 "2014-03-20T22:40:17Z")
Fiction involving taxes (paying or even discussing) 1. Have Space Suit, Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein 2. The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You by Harry Harrison 3. Death and Taxes by David Dodge 4. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 5. Stranger Than Fiction, Movie with main character(played by Will Ferrell) an IRS auditor. 6. The Pale King by David Foster Wallace 7. John Grisham’s The Firm (all about tax lawyer Mitch McDeere) 8. Seven Pounds (Will Smith plays an IRS agent) 9. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand ---
**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 21, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23885 "2014-03-21T02:15:26Z")
Fiction involving taxes (paying or even discussing) 1. Have Space Suit, Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein 2. The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You by Harry Harrison 3. Death and Taxes by David Dodge 4. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 5. Stranger Than Fiction, Movie with main character(played by Will Ferrell) an IRS auditor. 6. The Pale King by David Foster Wallace 7. John Grisham’s The Firm (all about tax lawyer Mitch McDeere) 8. Seven Pounds (Will Smith plays an IRS agent) 9. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 10. The Untouchables - Al Capone is convicted of tax evasion ---
**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 21, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23886 "2014-03-21T02:18:56Z")
Fiction involving taxes (paying or even discussing) 1. Have Space Suit, Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein 2. The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You by Harry Harrison 3. Death and Taxes by David Dodge 4. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 5. Stranger Than Fiction, Movie with main character(played by Will Ferrell) an IRS auditor. 6. The Pale King by David Foster Wallace 7. John Grisham’s The Firm (all about tax lawyer Mitch McDeere) 8. Seven Pounds (Will Smith plays an IRS agent) 9. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 10. The Untouchables - Al Capone is convicted of tax evasion 11. Taxman - Beatles song ---
**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 21, 2014, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23887 "2014-03-21T02:19:27Z")
Fiction involving taxes (paying or even discussing) 1. Have Space Suit, Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein 2. The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You by Harry Harrison 3. Death and Taxes by David Dodge 4. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 5. Stranger Than Fiction, Movie with main character(played by Will Ferrell) an IRS auditor. 6. The Pale King by David Foster Wallace 7. John Grisham’s The Firm (all about tax lawyer Mitch McDeere) 8. Seven Pounds (Will Smith plays an IRS agent) 9. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 10. The Untouchables - Al Capone is convicted of tax evasion 11. Taxman - Beatles Song 12. Robin Hood, any version The Sheriff of Nottingham collects taxes that bankrupt the peasants… ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23888 "2014-03-21T03:18:34Z")
Fiction involving taxes (paying or even discussing) 1. Have Space Suit, Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein 2. The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You by Harry Harrison 3. Death and Taxes by David Dodge 4. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 5. Stranger Than Fiction, Movie with main character(played by Will Ferrell) an IRS auditor. 6. The Pale King by David Foster Wallace 7. John Grisham’s The Firm (all about tax lawyer Mitch McDeere) 8. Seven Pounds (Will Smith plays an IRS agent) 9. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 10. The Untouchables - Al Capone is convicted of tax evasion 11. Taxman - Beatles Song 12. Robin Hood, any version 13. Happy Gilmore Happy is trying to pay the taxes on Grandma’s House Next Topic: Parlaying on the success of SHARKNADO, what other SHARK movies could the SYFY channel produce. 1. SharkSquatch - Evil scientists successfully mate Shark and Mysterious Ape Creature ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23889 "2014-03-21T03:31:05Z")
Parlaying on the success of SHARKNADO, what other SHARK movies could the SYFY channel produce. 1. SharkSquatch - Evil scientists successfully mate Shark and Mysterious Ape Creature 2. Sharktanic - a cargo ship full of sardines crashes into an giant ice blue shark ---
**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 21, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23890 "2014-03-21T03:35:55Z")
Parlaying on the success of SHARKNADO, what other SHARK movies could the SYFY channel produce. 1. SharkSquatch - Evil scientists successfully mate Shark and Mysterious Ape Creature 2. Sharktanic - a cargo ship full of sardines crashes into an giant ice blue shark 3. Sharkzilla - a nuclear accident fuses a shark with a giant dinosaur creature, which proceeds to wreak havoc on the Tokyo Aquarium ---
**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 21, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23891 "2014-03-21T03:52:01Z")
Parlaying on the success of SHARKNADO, what other SHARK movies could the SYFY channel produce. 1. SharkSquatch - Evil scientists successfully mate Shark and Mysterious Ape Creature 2. Sharktanic - a cargo ship full of sardines crashes into an giant ice blue shark 3. Sharkzilla - a nuclear accident fuses a shark with a giant dinosaur creature, which proceeds to wreak havoc on the Tokyo Aquarium 4. Stanley Cup Champions - the San Jose Sharks finally win it all! (OK, fiction, maybe not sci fi) ---
**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 21, 2014, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23892 "2014-03-21T04:16:43Z")
Parlaying on the success of SHARKNADO, what other SHARK movies could the SYFY channel produce. 1. SharkSquatch - Evil scientists successfully mate Shark and Mysterious Ape Creature 2. Sharktanic - a cargo ship full of sardines crashes into an giant ice blue shark 3. Sharkzilla - a nuclear accident fuses a shark with a giant dinosaur creature, which proceeds to wreak havoc on the Tokyo Aquarium 4. Stanley Cup Champions - the San Jose Sharks finally win it all! (OK, fiction, maybe not sci fi) 5. Sharkbo: First Blood – a Landshark war veteran gets pushed too far. ---
**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 21, 2014, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23893 "2014-03-21T12:38:41Z")
Parlaying on the success of SHARKNADO, what other SHARK movies could the SYFY channel produce. 1. SharkSquatch - Evil scientists successfully mate Shark and Mysterious Ape Creature 2. Sharktanic - a cargo ship full of sardines crashes into an giant ice blue shark 3. Sharkzilla - a nuclear accident fuses a shark with a giant dinosaur creature, which proceeds to wreak havoc on the Tokyo Aquarium 4. Stanley Cup Champions - the San Jose Sharks finally win it all! (OK, fiction, maybe not sci fi) 5. Sharkbo: First Blood – a Landshark war veteran gets pushed too far. 6. _SHARK TREK_ - Captain KirkFin leads the USS EnterJaws on a 5-year mission, where no shark has gone before ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23894 "2014-03-21T13:04:30Z")
Parlaying on the success of SHARKNADO, what other SHARK movies could the SYFY channel produce. 1. SharkSquatch - Evil scientists successfully mate Shark and Mysterious Ape Creature 2. Sharktanic - a cargo ship full of sardines crashes into an giant ice blue shark 3. Sharkzilla - a nuclear accident fuses a shark with a giant dinosaur creature, which proceeds to wreak havoc on the Tokyo Aquarium 4. Stanley Cup Champions - the San Jose Sharks finally win it all! (OK, fiction, maybe not sci fi) 5. Sharkbo: First Blood – a Landshark war veteran gets pushed too far. 6. SHARK TREK - Captain KirkFin leads the USS EnterJaws on a 5-year mission, where no shark has gone before 7. SharkFaucet- great white sharks get into the reservoir, and every time people take a bath or get a drink of water, sharks pour out of the tap. ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23895 "2014-03-21T13:08:31Z")
Parlaying on the success of SHARKNADO, what other SHARK movies could the SYFY channel produce. 1. SharkSquatch - Evil scientists successfully mate Shark and Mysterious Ape Creature 2. Sharktanic - a cargo ship full of sardines crashes into an giant ice blue shark 3. Sharkzilla - a nuclear accident fuses a shark with a giant dinosaur creature, which proceeds to wreak havoc on the Tokyo Aquarium 4. Stanley Cup Champions - the San Jose Sharks finally win it all! (OK, fiction, maybe not sci fi) 5. Sharkbo: First Blood – a Landshark war veteran gets pushed too far. 6. SHARK TREK - Captain KirkFin leads the USS EnterJaws on a 5-year mission, where no shark has gone before 7. SharkFaucet- great white sharks get into the reservoir, and every time people take a bath or get a drink of water, sharks pour out of the tap. 8. SHARKWatch - David Hasseloff returns as Mitch, trying deter a Great White that preys on nubile, busty women wearing red swimsuits. (No cleavage was harmed during the making of this motion picture.) ---
**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 21, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23896 "2014-03-21T13:13:55Z")
Parlaying on the success of SHARKNADO, what other SHARK movies could the SYFY channel produce. 1. SharkSquatch - Evil scientists successfully mate Shark and Mysterious Ape Creature 2. Sharktanic - a cargo ship full of sardines crashes into an giant ice blue shark 3. Sharkzilla - a nuclear accident fuses a shark with a giant dinosaur creature, which proceeds to wreak havoc on the Tokyo Aquarium 4. Stanley Cup Champions - the San Jose Sharks finally win it all! (OK, fiction, maybe not sci fi) 5. Sharkbo: First Blood – a Landshark war veteran gets pushed too far. 6. _ **SHARK TREK** _ - Captain KirkFin leads the USS EnterJaws on a 5-year mission, where no shark has gone before 7. SharkFaucet- great white sharks get into the reservoir, and every time people take a bath or get a drink of water, sharks pour out of the tap. 8. SHARKWatch - David Hasseloff returns as Mitch, trying deter a Great White that preys on nubile, busty women wearing red swimsuits. (No cleavage was harmed during the making of this motion picture.) 9. CPO Sharkey - Don Rickles returns as a shark, his humor better cutting than ever ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23897 "2014-03-21T13:30:44Z")
Parlaying on the success of SHARKNADO, what other SHARK movies could the SYFY channel produce. 1. SharkSquatch - Evil scientists successfully mate Shark and Mysterious Ape Creature 2. Sharktanic - a cargo ship full of sardines crashes into an giant ice blue shark 3. Sharkzilla - a nuclear accident fuses a shark with a giant dinosaur creature, which proceeds to wreak havoc on the Tokyo Aquarium 4. Stanley Cup Champions - the San Jose Sharks finally win it all! (OK, fiction, maybe not sci fi) 5. Sharkbo: First Blood – a Landshark war veteran gets pushed too far. 6. SHARK TREK - Captain KirkFin leads the USS EnterJaws on a 5-year mission, where no shark has gone before 7. SharkFaucet- great white sharks get into the reservoir, and every time people take a bath or get a drink of water, sharks pour out of the tap. 8. SHARKWatch - David Hasseloff returns as Mitch, trying deter a Great White that preys on nubile, busty women wearing red swimsuits. (No cleavage was harmed during the making of this motion picture.) 9. CPO Sharkey - Don Rickles returns as a shark, his humor better cutting than ever 10. Jersey Shore:Shark Attack - The gang’s summer fun is threatened by a Great White until they feed Snooki to the shark and it dies from food poisoning. ---
**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 21, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23898 "2014-03-21T14:16:43Z")
Parlaying on the success of SHARKNADO, what other SHARK movies could the SYFY channel produce. 1. SharkSquatch - Evil scientists successfully mate Shark and Mysterious Ape Creature 2. Sharktanic - a cargo ship full of sardines crashes into an giant ice blue shark 3. Sharkzilla - a nuclear accident fuses a shark with a giant dinosaur creature, which proceeds to wreak havoc on the Tokyo Aquarium 4. Stanley Cup Champions - the San Jose Sharks finally win it all! (OK, fiction, maybe not sci fi) 5. Sharkbo: First Blood – a Landshark war veteran gets pushed too far. 6. SHARK TREK - Captain KirkFin leads the USS EnterJaws on a 5-year mission, where no shark has gone before 7. SharkFaucet- great white sharks get into the reservoir, and every time people take a bath or get a drink of water, sharks pour out of the tap. 8. SHARKWatch - David Hasseloff returns as Mitch, trying deter a Great White that preys on nubile, busty women wearing red swimsuits. (No cleavage was harmed during the making of this motion picture.) 9. CPO Sharkey - Don Rickles returns as a shark, his humor better cutting than ever 10. Jersey Shore:Shark Attack - The gang’s summer fun is threatened by a Great White until they feed Snooki to the shark and it dies from food poisoning. 11. Sharkception - A shark within a shark. ---
**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 21, 2014, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23899 "2014-03-21T14:29:02Z")
Parlaying on the success of SHARKNADO, what other SHARK movies could the SYFY channel produce. 1. SharkSquatch - Evil scientists successfully mate Shark and Mysterious Ape Creature 2. Sharktanic - a cargo ship full of sardines crashes into an giant ice blue shark 3. Sharkzilla - a nuclear accident fuses a shark with a giant dinosaur creature, which proceeds to wreak havoc on the Tokyo Aquarium 4. Stanley Cup Champions - the San Jose Sharks finally win it all! (OK, fiction, maybe not sci fi) 5. Sharkbo: First Blood – a Landshark war veteran gets pushed too far. 6. SHARK TREK - Captain KirkFin leads the USS EnterJaws on a 5-year mission, where no shark has gone before 7. SharkFaucet- great white sharks get into the reservoir, and every time people take a bath or get a drink of water, sharks pour out of the tap. 8. SHARKWatch - David Hasseloff returns as Mitch, trying deter a Great White that preys on nubile, busty women wearing red swimsuits. (No cleavage was harmed during the making of this motion picture.) 9. CPO Sharkey - Don Rickles returns as a shark, his humor better cutting than ever 10. Jersey Shore:Shark Attack - The gang’s summer fun is threatened by a Great White until they feed Snooki to the shark and it dies from food poisoning. 11. Sharkception - A shark within a shark. 12. The Phantom of the Sharkera - Mysterious masked landshark threatens operahouse with faux Candygrams. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23900 "2014-03-21T14:30:42Z")
Parlaying on the success of SHARKNADO, what other SHARK movies could the SYFY channel produce. 1. SharkSquatch - Evil scientists successfully mate Shark and Mysterious Ape Creature 2. Sharktanic - a cargo ship full of sardines crashes into an giant ice blue shark 3. Sharkzilla - a nuclear accident fuses a shark with a giant dinosaur creature, which proceeds to wreak havoc on the Tokyo Aquarium 4. Stanley Cup Champions - the San Jose Sharks finally win it all! (OK, fiction, maybe not sci fi) 5. Sharkbo: First Blood – a Landshark war veteran gets pushed too far. 6. SHARK TREK - Captain KirkFin leads the USS EnterJaws on a 5-year mission, where no shark has gone before 7. SharkFaucet- great white sharks get into the reservoir, and every time people take a bath or get a drink of water, sharks pour out of the tap. 8. SHARKWatch - David Hasseloff returns as Mitch, trying deter a Great White that preys on nubile, busty women wearing red swimsuits. (No cleavage was harmed during the making of this motion picture.) 9. CPO Sharkey - Don Rickles returns as a shark, his humor better cutting than ever 10. Jersey Shore:Shark Attack - The gang’s summer fun is threatened by a Great White until they feed Snooki to the shark and it dies from food poisoning. 11. Sharkception - A shark within a shark. 12. SharkPhone - unsuspecting people hear the phone ring, pick it up, and are devoured by sharks who emerge from the receiver. ---
**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 21, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23901 "2014-03-21T14:53:26Z")
Parlaying on the success of SHARKNADO, what other SHARK movies could the SYFY channel produce. 1. SharkSquatch - Evil scientists successfully mate Shark and Mysterious Ape Creature 2. Sharktanic - a cargo ship full of sardines crashes into an giant ice blue shark 3. Sharkzilla - a nuclear accident fuses a shark with a giant dinosaur creature, which proceeds to wreak havoc on the Tokyo Aquarium 4. Stanley Cup Champions - the San Jose Sharks finally win it all! (OK, fiction, maybe not sci fi) 5. Sharkbo: First Blood – a Landshark war veteran gets pushed too far. 6. SHARK TREK - Captain KirkFin leads the USS EnterJaws on a 5-year mission, where no shark has gone before 7. SharkFaucet- great white sharks get into the reservoir, and every time people take a bath or get a drink of water, sharks pour out of the tap. 8. SHARKWatch - David Hasseloff returns as Mitch, trying deter a Great White that preys on nubile, busty women wearing red swimsuits. (No cleavage was harmed during the making of this motion picture.) 9. CPO Sharkey - Don Rickles returns as a shark, his humor better cutting than ever 10. Jersey Shore:Shark Attack - The gang’s summer fun is threatened by a Great White until they feed Snooki to the shark and it dies from food poisoning. 11. Sharkception - A shark within a shark. 12. SharkPhone - unsuspecting people hear the phone ring, pick it up, and are devoured by sharks who emerge from the receiver. 13. Sharkula - A mysterious foreigner takes up residence in Victorian England. As people begin dying, the locals begin to suspect that the stranger is secretly a shark. I’ll pass. ---
**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 21, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23902 "2014-03-21T15:00:49Z")
New: Fiction that takes place at least partly at Mount Rushmore 1. Flat Stanley: The Mount Rushmore Calamity ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/23903 "2014-03-21T15:03:53Z")
New: Fiction that takes place at least partly at Mount Rushmore 1. Flat Stanley: The Mount Rushmore Calamity 2. North by Northwest, Hitchcock Film (1959) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1194) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1196)