# 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:** 1220
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24384 "2014-03-31T15:16:41Z")
Historical Sites you’ve been to more than once. 1. Sturbridge Village 2. Gettysburg battlefield 3. President Benjamin Harrison home 4. Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia 5. Ellis Island 6. The Alamo ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24385 "2014-03-31T15:21:49Z")
Historical Sites you’ve been to more than once. 1. Sturbridge Village 2. Gettysburg battlefield 3. President Benjamin Harrison home 4. Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia 5. Ellis Island 6. The Alamo 7. The Old North Bridge, Concord, MA ---
**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 31, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24386 "2014-03-31T15:30:32Z")
Historical Sites you’ve been to more than once. 1. Sturbridge Village 2. Gettysburg battlefield 3. President Benjamin Harrison home 4. Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia 5. Ellis Island 6. The Alamo 7. The Old North Bridge, Concord, MA 8. Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD ---
**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 31, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24387 "2014-03-31T15:41:17Z")
Historical Sites you’ve been to more than once. 1. Sturbridge Village 2. Gettysburg battlefield 3. President Benjamin Harrison home 4. Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia 5. Ellis Island 6. The Alamo 7. The Old North Bridge, Concord, MA 8. Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD 9. Abraham Lincoln’s tomb ---
**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 31, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24388 "2014-03-31T15:44:53Z")
Historical Sites you’ve been to more than once. 1. Sturbridge Village 2. Gettysburg battlefield 3. President Benjamin Harrison home 4. Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia 5. Ellis Island 6. The Alamo 7. The Old North Bridge, Concord, MA 8. Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD 9. Abraham Lincoln’s tomb 10. Harry S. Truman Presidential Library ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24389 "2014-03-31T15:51:40Z")
Historical Sites you’ve been to more than once. 1. Sturbridge Village 2. Gettysburg battlefield 3. President Benjamin Harrison home 4. Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia 5. Ellis Island 6. The Alamo 7. The Old North Bridge, Concord, MA 8. Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD 9. Abraham Lincoln’s tomb 10. Harry S Truman Presidential Library 11. “This Is The Place” park, Salt Lake City ---
**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 31, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24390 "2014-03-31T16:07:24Z")
Historical Sites you’ve been to more than once. 1. Sturbridge Village 2. Gettysburg battlefield 3. President Benjamin Harrison home 4. Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia 5. Ellis Island 6. The Alamo 7. The Old North Bridge, Concord, MA 8. Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD 9. Abraham Lincoln’s tomb 10. Harry S Truman Presidential Library 11. “This Is The Place” park, Salt Lake City 12. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier @ Arlington Cemetery, VA ---
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24391 "2014-03-31T16:07:33Z")
Historical Sites you’ve been to more than once. 1. Sturbridge Village 2. Gettysburg battlefield 3. President Benjamin Harrison home 4. Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia 5. Ellis Island 6. The Alamo 7. The Old North Bridge, Concord, MA 8. Fort McHenry, Baltimore, MD 9. Abraham Lincoln’s tomb 10. Harry S Truman Presidential Library 11. “This Is The Place” park, Salt Lake City 12.Tomb of the Unknown Soldier @ Arlington Cemetery, VA 12. River Raisin National Battlefield Park, Monroe MI Things that are Purple 1. Barney ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24392 "2014-03-31T16:09:52Z")
Things that are Purple 1. Barney 2. plums ---
**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 31, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24393 "2014-03-31T16:10:53Z")
Things that are Purple 1. Barney 2. plums 3. That fingernail I hit with a hammer. ---
**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 31, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24394 "2014-03-31T16:16:25Z")
Things that are Purple 1. Barney 2. plums 3. That fingernail I hit with a hammer. 4. The cloth bag containing Crown Royal whiskey. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24395 "2014-03-31T16:18:32Z")
Things that are Purple 1. Barney 2. plums 3. That fingernail I hit with a hammer. 4. The cloth bag containing Crown Royal whiskey. 5. The route line on my GPS (noticed yesterday and wondered why) ---
**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 31, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24396 "2014-03-31T16:24:03Z")
Things that are Purple 1. Barney 2. plums 3. That fingernail I hit with a hammer. 4. The cloth bag containing Crown Royal whiskey. 5. The route line on my GPS (noticed yesterday and wondered why) 6. Band-tailed Pigeon (beautiful plumage) ---
**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 31, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24397 "2014-03-31T16:27:05Z")
Argh, I got ninja’ed again in the Historical Sites topic. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24398 "2014-03-31T16:33:02Z")
Things that are Purple 1. Barney 2. plums 3. That fingernail I hit with a hammer. 4. The cloth bag containing Crown Royal whiskey. 5. The route line on my GPS (noticed yesterday and wondered why) 6. Band-tailed Pigeon (beautiful plumage) 7. Nurples ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24399 "2014-03-31T16:39:29Z")
Things that are Purple 1. Barney 2. plums 3. That fingernail I hit with a hammer. 4. The cloth bag containing Crown Royal whiskey. 5. The route line on my GPS (noticed yesterday and wondered why) 6. Band-tailed Pigeon (beautiful plumage) 7. Nurples 8. One-eyed, one-horned Flyin’ People Eaters ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24400 "2014-03-31T16:43:26Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Things that are Purple > > 1. One-eyed, one-horned Flyin’ People Eaters I’m not sure this one is good. In the song it’s specifically mentioned that the name refers to the fact that he eats purple people, not that he himself is purple. So perhaps the better answer would be One-eye, one-horned Flying People Eaters’ food. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24401 "2014-03-31T16:45:10Z")
Things that are Purple 1. Barney 2. plums 3. That fingernail I hit with a hammer. 4. The cloth bag containing Crown Royal whiskey. 5. The route line on my GPS (noticed yesterday and wondered why) 6. Band-tailed Pigeon (beautiful plumage) 7. Nurples 8. One-eyed, one-horned Flyin’ People Eaters 9. Deep ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24402 "2014-03-31T16:59:01Z")
Things that are Purple 1. Barney 2. plums 3. That fingernail I hit with a hammer. 4. The cloth bag containing Crown Royal whiskey. 5. The route line on my GPS (noticed yesterday and wondered why) 6. Band-tailed Pigeon (beautiful plumage) 7. Nurples 8. One-eyed, one-horned Flyin’ People Eaters 9. Deep 10. The late Johnny Cochran’s “closing argument” suit ---
**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 31, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24403 "2014-03-31T17:01:09Z")
Things that are Purple 1. Barney 2. plums 3. That fingernail I hit with a hammer. 4. The cloth bag containing Crown Royal whiskey. 5. The route line on my GPS (noticed yesterday and wondered why) 6. Band-tailed Pigeon (beautiful plumage) 7. Nurples 8. One-eyed, one-horned Flyin’ People Eaters 9. Deep 10. The late Johnny Cochran’s “closing argument” suit 11. Rain (at least according to Prince. For that matter, Prince.) 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1219) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1221)