# 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:** 1214
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24264 "2014-03-29T15:30:41Z")
Yeah, you’re right. Hmm. Must’ve reloaded, or gotten out of the window, or something, while I was cerebrating. For some reason it showed on my screen looked like a swift, surprising, silent, and lethal ninja, like the best of them. Apologies. ---
**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 29, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24265 "2014-03-29T15:31:16Z")
Newscasters, past and present 1. Walter Winchell 2. Robin Meade ([_hubba hubba_](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=648&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=49M2U8O8I-fo2gXrn4GQDw&q=Robin+Meade+hot&oq=Robin+Meade+hot&gs_l=img.3...3128.8363.0.8937.4.4.0.0.0.0.432.982.0j2j1j0j1.4.0....0...1c.1.38.img..2.2.421.302pIpJllps)) 3. Edward R. Morrow 4. Jon Stewart 5. Chet Huntley 6. David Brinkley 7. Walter Cronkite 8, Linda Ellerbee 8. Gigi Stone ETA: I missed that whole exchange during my post. Glad I didn’t get ninja’d. ---
**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 29, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24266 "2014-03-29T15:40:55Z")
Newscasters, past and present 1. Walter Winchell 2. Robin Meade ([_hubba hubba_](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=648&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=49M2U8O8I-fo2gXrn4GQDw&q=Robin+Meade+hot&oq=Robin+Meade+hot&gs_l=img.3...3128.8363.0.8937.4.4.0.0.0.0.432.982.0j2j1j0j1.4.0....0...1c.1.38.img..2.2.421.302pIpJllps)) 3. Edward R. Morrow 4. Jon Stewart 5. Chet Huntley 6. David Brinkley 7. Walter Cronkite 8, Linda Ellerbee 8. Gigi Stone 9. Kent Brockman ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24267 "2014-03-29T15:43:30Z")
Newscasters, past and present 1. Walter Winchell 2. Robin Meade (hubba hubba) 3. Edward R. Morrow 4. Jon Stewart 5. Chet Huntley 6. David Brinkley 7. Walter Cronkite 8, Linda Ellerbee 8. Gigi Stone 9. Kent Brockman 10. Some guy, Joris, and Dirck ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24268 "2014-03-29T15:49:00Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > … > > ETA: I missed that whole exchange during my post. Glad I didn’t get ninja’d. It’s no fun, believe you me, but you shake it off. ---
**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 29, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24269 "2014-03-29T15:49:25Z")
Newscasters, past and present 1. Walter Winchell 2. Robin Meade ([_hubba hubba_](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=648&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=49M2U8O8I-fo2gXrn4GQDw&q=Robin+Meade+hot&oq=Robin+Meade+hot&gs_l=img.3...3128.8363.0.8937.4.4.0.0.0.0.432.982.0j2j1j0j1.4.0....0...1c.1.38.img..2.2.421.302pIpJllps)) 3. Edward R. Morrow 4. Jon Stewart 5. Chet Huntley 6. David Brinkley 7. Walter Cronkite 8, Linda Ellerbee 8. Gigi Stone 9. Kent Brockman 10. Some guy, Joris, and Dirck 11. Jenna Lee Your turn , Leo - go quick! ---
**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 29, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24270 "2014-03-29T15:50:46Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > It’s no fun, believe you me, but you shake it off. You’re tough, that’s good. This is The Dope, where we don’t get mad, we get even! 😃 ---
**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 29, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24271 "2014-03-29T16:13:41Z")
Alright, I’ll do it. Newscasters, past and present 1. Walter Winchell 2. Robin Meade ([_hubba hubba_](https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en&biw=1024&bih=648&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=49M2U8O8I-fo2gXrn4GQDw&q=Robin+Meade+hot&oq=Robin+Meade+hot&gs_l=img.3...3128.8363.0.8937.4.4.0.0.0.0.432.982.0j2j1j0j1.4.0....0...1c.1.38.img..2.2.421.302pIpJllps)) 3. Edward R. Morrow 4. Jon Stewart 5. Chet Huntley 6. David Brinkley 7. Walter Cronkite 8, Linda Ellerbee 8. Gigi Stone 9. Kent Brockman 10. Some guy, Joris, and Dirck 11. Jenna Lee 12. Giselle Blondet ([\*hubba hubba \ ***HUBBA**](http://www.rantlifestyle.com/wp-content/slideshow/2013/12/hot-news-reporters-and-anchors/medium/Giselle_Blondet.jpg)) For **Leo Bloom** : People who’d look silly without their beards 13. Santa Claus ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24272 "2014-03-29T16:14:36Z")
People who’d look silly without their beards 1. Santa Claus 2. Dumbledore ---
**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 29, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24273 "2014-03-29T16:50:08Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > ::)amn, you ninjas are cold. My feelings are hurt.:: Don’t feel so bad…I’m depressed to see that my #7 submission for the previous topic (“Someone you wish you had dated”) was not only passed over, but nobody went back in time to rescue her. ☹ But I guess that’s okay; still have her photo and the letter she wrote from her new hometown. BIP: People who’d look silly without their beards 1. Santa Claus 2. Dumbledore 3. My father ---
**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 29, 2014, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24274 "2014-03-29T17:08:05Z")
People who’d look silly without their beards 1. Santa Claus 2. Dumbledore 3. My father 4. Yukon Cornelius ---
**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 29, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24275 "2014-03-29T17:09:28Z")
People who’d look silly without their beards 1. Santa Claus 2. Dumbledore 3. My father 4. Yukon Cornelius 5. Prof. Pepperwinkle ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24276 "2014-03-29T17:14:47Z")
People who’d look silly without their beards 1. Santa Claus 2. Dumbledore 3. My father 4. Yukon Cornelius 5. Prof. Pepperwinkle 6. Yosemite Sam ---
**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 29, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24277 "2014-03-29T17:19:05Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. Prof. Pepperwinkle Without pictures, we can’t confirm that. 😃 People who’d look silly without their beards 1. Santa Claus 2. Dumbledore 3. My father 4. Yukon Cornelius 5. Prof. Pepperwinkle 6. Yosemite Sam 7. Thorin ---
**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 29, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24278 "2014-03-29T17:25:04Z")
(Trust me. Madame Pepperwinkle had me shave it off when we first married, and her immediate response was: “Agh! Put it back!”) People who’d look silly without their beards 1. Santa Claus 2. Dumbledore 3. My father 4. Yukon Cornelius 5. Prof. Pepperwinkle 6. Yosemite Sam 7. Thorin 8. Fidel Castro ---
**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 29, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24279 "2014-03-29T17:30:47Z")
People who’d look silly without their beards 1. Santa Claus 2. Dumbledore 3. My father 4. Yukon Cornelius 5. Prof. Pepperwinkle 6. Yosemite Sam 7. Thorin 8. Fidel Castro 9. ZZ Top (except for Frank Beard, who has none) ---
**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 29, 2014, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24280 "2014-03-29T17:32:13Z")
People who’d look silly without their beards 1. Santa Claus 2. Dumbledore 3. My father 4. Yukon Cornelius 5. Prof. Pepperwinkle 6. Yosemite Sam 7. Thorin 8. Fidel Castro 9. ZZ Top (except for Frank Beard, who has none) Ironic, huh? 1. Gandalf ---
**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 29, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24281 "2014-03-29T17:39:32Z")
People who’d look silly without their beards 1. Santa Claus 2. Dumbledore 3. My father 4. Yukon Cornelius 5. Prof. Pepperwinkle 6. Yosemite Sam 7. Thorin 8. Fidel Castro 9. ZZ Top (except for Frank Beard, who has none) 10. Gandalf 11. Jesus ---
**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 29, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24282 "2014-03-29T17:45:35Z")
People who’d look silly without their beards 1. Santa Claus 2. Dumbledore 3. My father 4. Yukon Cornelius 5. Prof. Pepperwinkle 6. Yosemite Sam 7. Thorin 8. Fidel Castro 9. ZZ Top (except for Frank Beard, who has none) 10. Gandalf 11. Jesus 12. Obi-Wan Kenobi ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24283 "2014-03-29T18:47:13Z")
People who’d look silly without their beards 1. Santa Claus 2. Dumbledore 3. My father 4. Yukon Cornelius 5. Prof. Pepperwinkle 6. Yosemite Sam 7. Thorin 8. Fidel Castro 9. ZZ Top (except for Frank Beard, who has none) 10. Gandalf 11. Jesus 12. Obi-Wan Kenobi 13. Tom Cruise (sorry, couldn’t resist) New Category: Fictional(ized) movies or shows about cooking/restaurants 1. Big Night (1996) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1213) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1215)