# 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:** 1235

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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 9, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24684 "2014-04-09T15:21:53Z")

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Gods from Ancient Mythology (pre-Common Era)

1. Poseidon/Neptune
2. Enlil
3. Kali
4. Ra
5. Ahura Mazda
6. Eru

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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 9, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24685 "2014-04-09T15:26:33Z")

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Gods from Ancient Mythology (pre-Common Era)

1. Poseidon/Neptune
2. Enlil
3. Kali
4. Ra
5. Ahura Mazda
6. Eru
7. Summanus

Roman god of night thunder.

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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 9, 2014, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24686 "2014-04-09T15:38:47Z")

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Gods from Ancient Mythology (pre-Common Era)

1. Poseidon/Neptune
2. Enlil
3. Kali
4. Ra
5. Ahura Mazda
6. Eru
7. Summanus
8. The Jade Emperor

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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 9, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24687 "2014-04-09T15:52:55Z")

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Gods from Ancient Mythology (pre-Common Era)

1. Poseidon/Neptune
2. Enlil
3. Kali
4. Ra
5. Ahura Mazda
6. Eru
7. Summanus
8. The Jade Emperor
9. Ba’al

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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 9, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24688 "2014-04-09T15:53:51Z")

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Gods from Ancient Mythology (pre-Common Era)

1. Poseidon/Neptune
2. Enlil
3. Kali
4. Ra
5. Ahura Mazda
6. Eru
7. Summanus
8. The Jade Emperor
9. Ba’al
10. Yahweh

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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 9, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24689 "2014-04-09T16:18:22Z")

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Gods from Ancient Mythology (pre-Common Era)

1. Poseidon/Neptune
2. Enlil
3. Kali
4. Ra
5. Ahura Mazda
6. Eru
7. Summanus
8. The Jade Emperor
9. Ba’al
10. Yahweh
11. Odin

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**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:** [April 9, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24690 "2014-04-09T17:15:54Z")

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Gods from Ancient Mythology (pre-Common Era)

1. Poseidon/Neptune
2. Enlil
3. Kali
4. Ra
5. Ahura Mazda
6. Eru
7. Summanus
8. The Jade Emperor
9. Ba’al
10. Yahweh
11. Odin
12. Zeus/Jupiter

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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 9, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24691 "2014-04-09T17:19:08Z")

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Gods from Ancient Mythology (pre-Common Era)

1. Poseidon/Neptune
2. Enlil
3. Kali
4. Ra
5. Ahura Mazda
6. Eru
7. Summanus
8. The Jade Emperor
9. Ba’al
10. Yahweh
11. Odin
12. Zeus/Jupiter
13. Pazuzu

**Next: Famous People Missing a Body Part** _(that they should otherwise have; women missing penises or men missing clitorises aren’t the point here)_

1. Vincent van Gogh

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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 9, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24692 "2014-04-09T17:23:02Z")

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let’s note the parts, shall we?

Famous People Missing a Body Part  
(that they should otherwise have; women missing penises or men missing clitorises aren’t the point here)

1. Vincent van Gogh (ear)
2. Sammy Davis Jr. (eye)

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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 9, 2014, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24693 "2014-04-09T17:26:30Z")

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Famous People Missing a Body Part

1. Vincent van Gogh (ear)
2. Sammy Davis Jr. (eye)
3. Oscar Pistorius (both legs below the knee)

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24694 "2014-04-09T17:29:47Z")

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Famous People Missing a Body Part

1. Vincent van Gogh (ear)
2. Sammy Davis Jr. (eye)
3. Oscar Pistorius (both legs below the knee)
4. John Bobbitt (penis)

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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 9, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24695 "2014-04-09T18:09:56Z")

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Famous People Missing a Body Part

1. Vincent van Gogh (ear)
2. Sammy Davis Jr. (eye)
3. Oscar Pistorius (both legs below the knee)
4. John Bobbitt (penis)
5. James Doohan (finger)

(apparently Sandy Duncan really _doesn’t_ have a fake eye! Who knew?)

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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 9, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24696 "2014-04-09T18:09:59Z")

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> [@notfrommensa](#):
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> 1. John Bobbitt (penis)

Wasn’t it sewn back on?

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24697 "2014-04-09T18:26:18Z")

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Famous People Missing a Body Part

1. Vincent van Gogh (ear)
2. Sammy Davis Jr. (eye)
3. Oscar Pistorius (both legs below the knee)
4. James Doohan (finger)
5. Heather Mills (leg)

(apparently Sandy Duncan really _doesn’t_ have a fake eye! Who knew?)  
Wow, I always thought she had a glass eye too!

\*removed John Bobbit since they sewed his Johnson back on and it is probably more famous than he is anyway.

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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 9, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24698 "2014-04-09T18:32:59Z")

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Famous People Missing a Body Part

1. Vincent van Gogh (ear)
2. Sammy Davis Jr. (eye)
3. Oscar Pistorius (both legs below the knee)
4. James Doohan (finger)
5. Heather Mills (leg)
6. Al Capp (leg)

The creator of _Li’l Abner_ lost his left leg in an accident when he was 11.

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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 9, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24699 "2014-04-09T19:00:23Z")

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Famous People Missing a Body Part

1. Vincent van Gogh (ear)
2. Sammy Davis Jr. (eye)
3. Oscar Pistorius (both legs below the knee)
4. James Doohan (finger)
5. Heather Mills (leg)
6. Al Capp (leg)
7. George Washington (teeth)

Except for one that was used to anchor his famous dentures.

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**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:** [April 9, 2014, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24700 "2014-04-09T19:14:41Z")

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Famous People Missing a Body Part

1. Vincent van Gogh (ear)
2. Sammy Davis Jr. (eye)
3. Oscar Pistorius (both legs below the knee)
4. James Doohan (finger)
5. Heather Mills (leg)
6. Al Capp (leg)
7. George Washington (teeth)
8. Tycho Brahe (nose)

A 16th century astronomer, Brahe lost his nose in a duel instigated by a quarrel over a mathematical formula. He wore a prosthetic metal nose thereafter.

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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 9, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24701 "2014-04-09T19:15:11Z")

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Famous People Missing a Body Part

1. Vincent van Gogh (ear)
2. Sammy Davis Jr. (eye)
3. Oscar Pistorius (both legs below the knee)
4. James Doohan (finger)
5. Heather Mills (leg)
6. Al Capp (leg)
7. George Washington (teeth)
8. Tycho Brahe (nose)
9. Guy who played Radar in M_A_S\*H, both movie & TV (finger)

always showed him w/clipboard

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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 9, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24702 "2014-04-09T19:37:04Z")

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Famous People Missing a Body Part

1. Vincent van Gogh (ear)
2. Sammy Davis Jr. (eye)
3. Oscar Pistorius (both legs below the knee)
4. James Doohan (finger)
5. Heather Mills (leg)
6. Al Capp (leg)
7. George Washington (teeth)
8. Tycho Brahe (nose)
9. Guy who played Radar in M_A_S\*H, both movie & TV (finger)
10. Rick Allen, drummer of Def Leppard (left arm)

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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 9, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24703 "2014-04-09T21:18:19Z")

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Famous People Missing a Body Part

1. Vincent van Gogh (ear)
2. Sammy Davis Jr. (eye)
3. Oscar Pistorius (both legs below the knee)
4. James Doohan (finger)
5. Heather Mills (leg)
6. Al Capp (leg)
7. George Washington (teeth)
8. Tycho Brahe (nose)
9. Guy who played Radar in M_A_S\*H, both movie & TV (finger)
10. Rick Allen, drummer of Def Leppard (left arm)
11. Django Reinhardt , guitarist (fingers)

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