# 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:** 1237
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24724 "2014-04-10T15:13:59Z")
Famous people who legally changed their names 1. Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight) 2. Mohammad Ali (né Cassiuis Clay) 3. Bill Clinton (né William Blythe) 4. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib) 5. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman) 6. King George V (from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor) 7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24725 "2014-04-10T15:17:14Z")
Famous people who legally changed their names 1. Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight) 2. Mohammad Ali (né Cassiuis Clay) 3. Bill Clinton (né William Blythe) 4. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib) 5. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman) 6. King George V (from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor) 7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.) 8. Gerald Ford (born Leslie King) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24726 "2014-04-10T15:22:31Z")
Famous people who legally changed their names 1. Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight) 2. Mohammad Ali (né Cassiuis Clay) 3. Bill Clinton (né William Blythe) 4. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib) 5. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman) 6. King George V (from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor) 7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.) 8. Gerald Ford (born Leslie King) 9. Warrior (AKA “The Ultimate Warrior,” born James Hellwig, RIP) _Side note: I’m all for doing what makes you happy, but if I’d been born with as ridiculously cool a name as Cassius Marcellus Clay or Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor Jr., no way in hell I’d change it._ ---
**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 10, 2014, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24727 "2014-04-10T15:27:16Z")
Famous people who legally changed their names 1. Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight) 2. Mohammad Ali (né Cassiuis Clay) 3. Bill Clinton (né William Blythe) 4. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib) 5. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman) 6. King George V (from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor) 7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.) 8. Gerald Ford (born Leslie King) 9. Warrior (AKA “The Ultimate Warrior,” born James Hellwig, RIP) 10. Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) ---
**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 10, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24728 "2014-04-10T16:01:12Z")
Famous people who legally changed their names 1. Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight) 2. Mohammad Ali (né Cassiuis Clay) 3. Bill Clinton (né William Blythe) 4. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib) 5. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman) 6. King George V (from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor) 7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.) 8. Gerald Ford (born Leslie King) 9. Warrior (AKA “The Ultimate Warrior,” born James Hellwig, RIP) 10. Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) 11. Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller) Had his first and middle names legally removed and now has only a single name. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24729 "2014-04-10T18:25:12Z")
Famous people who legally changed their names 1. Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight) 2. Mohammad Ali (né Cassiuis Clay) 3. Bill Clinton (né William Blythe) 4. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib) 5. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman) 6. King George V (from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor) 7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.) 8. Gerald Ford (born Leslie King) 9. Warrior (AKA “The Ultimate Warrior,” born James Hellwig, RIP) 10. Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) 11. Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller) 12. Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier) ---
**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 10, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24730 "2014-04-10T18:36:23Z")
Famous people who legally changed their names 1. Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight) 2. Mohammad Ali (né Cassiuis Clay) 3. Bill Clinton (né William Blythe) 4. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib) 5. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman) 6. King George V (from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor) 7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.) 8. Gerald Ford (born Leslie King) 9. Warrior (AKA “The Ultimate Warrior,” born James Hellwig, RIP) 10. Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) 11. Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller) 12. Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier) 13. [strikethrough]Any random Jewish performer in Hollywood[/strikethrough]Woody Allen, born Allan Stewart Konigsberg Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse 1. Keeping her bread knife (from a previous marriage) or keeping mine ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24731 "2014-04-10T18:39:04Z")
Famous people who legally changed their names 1. Elton John (né Reginald Kenneth Dwight) 2. Mohammad Ali (né Cassiuis Clay) 3. Bill Clinton (né William Blythe) 4. Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib) 5. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman) 6. King George V (from Saxe-Coburg and Gotha to Windsor) 7. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.) 8. Gerald Ford (born Leslie King) 9. Warrior (AKA “The Ultimate Warrior,” born James Hellwig, RIP) 10. Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) 11. Teller (born Raymond Joseph Teller) 12. Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier) 13. [del]Any random Jewish performer in Hollywood[/del]Woody Allen, born Alan Stewart Konigsberg Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse 1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine 2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag ---
**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 10, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24732 "2014-04-10T18:42:59Z")
:: 😕 “milkbag”? Eta: thanks for format fix! :: ---
**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 10, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24733 "2014-04-10T19:02:27Z")
Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse 1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine 2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag 3. What brand of bread to buy ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24734 "2014-04-10T19:09:41Z")
Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse 1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine 2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag 3. What brand of bread to buy 4. Chores ---
**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 10, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24735 "2014-04-10T19:18:56Z")
Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse 1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine 2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag 3. What brand of bread to buy 4. Chores 5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show (re: milkbags: it’s a Canadian thing, I think. Their milk comes in bags instead of cartons) ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24736 "2014-04-10T19:21:00Z")
Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse 1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine 2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag 3. What brand of bread to buy 4. Chores 5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show 6. How many sets of fireplace tools we should own ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24737 "2014-04-10T19:53:49Z")
Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse 1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine 2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag 3. What brand of bread to buy 4. Chores 5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show 6. How many sets of fireplace tools we should own 7. Whether the skin of a potato is highly nutritious (Cecil was on my side, but even so, I was stupid not to just let the topic drop- one of my worst traits is a compulsion to be right) ---
**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 10, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24738 "2014-04-10T20:00:58Z")
Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse 1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine 2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag 3. What brand of bread to buy 4. Chores 5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show 6. How many sets of fireplace tools we should own 7. Whether the skin of a potato is highly nutritious (Cecil was on my side, but even so, I was stupid not to just let the topic drop- one of my worst traits is a compulsion to be right) 8. Whether or not to put the cover down on the toilet (not the seat, the cover) ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24739 "2014-04-10T23:06:48Z")
Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse 1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine 2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag 3. What brand of bread to buy 4. Chores 5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show 6. How many sets of fireplace tools we should own 7. Whether the skin of a potato is highly nutritious (Cecil was on my side, but even so, I was stupid not to just let the topic drop- one of my worst traits is a compulsion to be right) 8. Whether or not to put the cover down on the toilet (not the seat, the cover) 9. Snoring ---
**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 10, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24740 "2014-04-10T23:14:00Z")
Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse 1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine 2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag 3. What brand of bread to buy 4. Chores 5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show 6. How many sets of fireplace tools we should own 7. Whether the skin of a potato is highly nutritious (Cecil was on my side, but even so, I was stupid not to just let the topic drop- one of my worst traits is a compulsion to be right) 8. Whether or not to put the cover down on the toilet (not the seat, the cover) 9. Snoring 10. How much food her mother makes for us to take home :: NB: “mother” is a giveaway :: ---
**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 11, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24741 "2014-04-11T00:05:44Z")
Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse 1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine 2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag 3. What brand of bread to buy 4. Chores 5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show 6. How many sets of fireplace tools we should own 7. Whether the skin of a potato is highly nutritious (Cecil was on my side, but even so, I was stupid not to just let the topic drop- one of my worst traits is a compulsion to be right) 8. Whether or not to put the cover down on the toilet (not the seat, the cover) 9. Snoring 10. How much food her mother makes for us to take home :: NB: “mother” is a giveaway :: 11. How she has a near-religious objection to emptying the lint trap on the dryer Not a “bitter fight,” as such, but recurring low-level skirmishing. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24742 "2014-04-11T00:33:03Z")
Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse 1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine 2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag 3. What brand of bread to buy 4. Chores 5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show 6. How many sets of fireplace tools we should own 7. Whether the skin of a potato is highly nutritious (Cecil was on my side, but even so, I was stupid not to just let the topic drop- one of my worst traits is a compulsion to be right) 8. Whether or not to put the cover down on the toilet (not the seat, the cover) 9. Snoring 10. How much food her mother makes for us to take home :: NB: “mother” is a giveaway :: 11. How she has a near-religious objection to emptying the lint trap on the dryer 12. What goes in the dishwasher / how to load the dishwasher. Can we do this for another three dozen topics or so? Seriously. It’s no wonder I’m separated now. Unbelievably weird disagreements about the most trivial of things. Constantly. Maybe I should start a thread. Continue. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24743 "2014-04-11T01:29:55Z")
Stupid Things/Situations about Which You’ve Had Bitter Fights w/ Your Spouse 1. Keeping her bread knife from a previous marriage or keeping mine 2. Cutting 2 holes in milkbag 3. What brand of bread to buy 4. Chores 5. Whether to turn off my computer while leaving the room to watch a TV show 6. How many sets of fireplace tools we should own 7. Whether the skin of a potato is highly nutritious (Cecil was on my side, but even so, I was stupid not to just let the topic drop- one of my worst traits is a compulsion to be right) 8. Whether or not to put the cover down on the toilet (not the seat, the cover) 9. Snoring 10. How much food her mother makes for us to take home :: NB: “mother” is a giveaway :: 11. How she has a near-religious objection to emptying the lint trap on the dryer 12. What goes in the dishwasher / how to load the dishwasher. 13. What year a particular Cure album came out (we were someplace that we couldn’t easily verify the right answer) :smack: **Next: Things That Conspiracy Theorists Claim** 1. Jet contrails are actually “chemtrails” with which we are being intentionally poisoned. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1236) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1238)