# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 1232

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24624 "2014-04-08T01:30:54Z")

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13 movies where the guy doesn’t get the girl.

1. Casablanca
2. Against All Odds
3. Jurassic Park
4. Breaker Morant
5. Little Manhattan
6. Titanic
7. The Last American Virgin
8. Broadcast News
9. Gone With The Wind

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24625 "2014-04-08T02:05:56Z")

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13 movies where the guy doesn’t get the girl.

1. Casablanca
2. Against All Odds
3. Jurassic Park
4. Breaker Morant
5. Little Manhattan
6. Titanic
7. The Last American Virgin
8. Broadcast News
9. Gone With The Wind
10. The Electric Horseman

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24626 "2014-04-08T07:23:09Z")

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13 movies where the guy doesn’t get the girl.

1. Casablanca
2. Against All Odds
3. Jurassic Park
4. Breaker Morant
5. Little Manhattan
6. Titanic
7. The Last American Virgin
8. Broadcast News
9. Gone With The Wind
10. The Electric Horseman
11. The King and I

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24627 "2014-04-08T10:31:07Z")

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:: I Quibble with 6. Doesn’t he nail her in the car? Anyway, they do that flying thing, which is sex. The Guy Dying After Getting the Girl is different.

Quibble is a funny word. ::

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24628 "2014-04-08T13:53:58Z")

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13 movies where the guy doesn’t get the girl.

1. Casablanca
2. Against All Odds
3. Jurassic Park
4. Breaker Morant
5. Little Manhattan
6. Titanic
7. The Last American Virgin
8. Broadcast News
9. Gone With The Wind
10. The Electric Horseman
11. The King and I  
12.\*\*\* Cast Away \*\*\*(Well, A guy gets the girl, but it’s not the hero, Tom Hanks. Helen Hunt stays with her husband.)

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24629 "2014-04-08T13:54:19Z")

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24630 "2014-04-08T15:24:13Z")

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13 movies where the guy doesn’t get the girl.

1. Casablanca
2. Against All Odds
3. Jurassic Park
4. Breaker Morant
5. Little Manhattan
6. Titanic
7. The Last American Virgin
8. Broadcast News
9. Gone With The Wind
10. The Electric Horseman
11. The King and I
12. Cast Away
13. Requiem for a Dream

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Famous people with alliterative names

1. Keira Knightley

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24631 "2014-04-08T15:24:34Z")

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Famous people with alliterative names

1. Keira Knightley
2. Gilbert Gottfried

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24632 "2014-04-08T15:41:14Z")

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Famous people with alliterative names

1. Keira Knightley
2. Gilbert Gottfried
3. Bruce Babbitt

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24633 "2014-04-08T15:43:43Z")

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Famous people with alliterative names

1. Keira Knightley
2. Gilbert Gottfried
3. Bruce Babbitt
4. Hank Hill

_Dammit, Bobby! I tell ya, that boy ain’t right…_

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24634 "2014-04-08T15:49:40Z")

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Famous people with alliterative names

1. Keira Knightley
2. Gilbert Gottfried
3. Bruce Babbitt
4. Hank Hill
5. Bobby Bare

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24635 "2014-04-08T15:50:19Z")

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Famous people with alliterative names

1. Keira Knightley
2. Gilbert Gottfried
3. Bruce Babbitt
4. Hank Hill
5. Tommy Tutone
6. Chevy Chase

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24636 "2014-04-08T16:10:21Z")

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Famous people with alliterative names

1. Keira Knightley
2. Gilbert Gottfried
3. Bruce Babbitt
4. Hank Hill
5. Bobby Bare
6. Chevy Chase
7. Hubert H Humphrey

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24637 "2014-04-08T16:13:40Z")

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Famous people with alliterative names

1. Keira Knightley
2. Gilbert Gottfried
3. Bruce Babbitt
4. Hank Hill
5. Bobby Bare
6. Chevy Chase
7. Hubert H Humphrey
8. Jack Johnson (the boxer or the singer, take your pick)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24638 "2014-04-08T16:14:44Z")

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Famous people with alliterative names

1. Keira Knightley
2. Gilbert Gottfried
3. Bruce Babbitt
4. Hank Hill
5. Bobby Bare
6. Chevy Chase
7. Hubert H Humphrey
8. Federico Fellini
9. Jack Johnson
10. Pablo Picasso

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24639 "2014-04-08T16:22:01Z")

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Famous people with alliterative names

1. Keira Knightley
2. Gilbert Gottfried
3. Bruce Babbitt
4. Hank Hill
5. Bobby Bare
6. Chevy Chase
7. Hubert H Humphrey
8. Federico Fellini
9. Jack Johnson
10. Pablo Picasso
11. Richard Ramirez

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24640 "2014-04-08T16:54:38Z")

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Famous people with alliterative names

1. Keira Knightley
2. Gilbert Gottfried
3. Bruce Babbitt
4. Hank Hill
5. Bobby Bare
6. Chevy Chase
7. Hubert H Humphrey
8. Federico Fellini
9. Jack Johnson
10. Pablo Picasso
11. Richard Ramirez
12. Alan Alda

How is Keira Knightley alliterative?

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24641 "2014-04-08T17:07:46Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> How is Keira Knightley alliterative?

Because her name’s actually pronounced “Ka-niggit-lee,” duh. 🙂

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24642 "2014-04-08T17:10:39Z")

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Famous people with alliterative names

1. Keira Knightley
2. Gilbert Gottfried
3. Bruce Babbitt
4. Hank Hill
5. Bobby Bare
6. Chevy Chase
7. Hubert H Humphrey
8. Federico Fellini
9. Jack Johnson
10. Pablo Picasso
11. Richard Ramirez
12. Alan Alda
13. Matthew McConaughey

_Don’t get between Elendil’s Heir and his Ms. Keira K. It’s a thing 😃_.

**Next: Worst Sequels Ever**

1. Son of the Mask

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**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:** [April 8, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24643 "2014-04-08T17:12:56Z")

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**Next: Worst Sequels Ever**

1. Son of the Mask
2. The Lost World (Jurassic Park 2)

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