# 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:** 1240
**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 14, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24784 "2014-04-14T01:40:51Z")
Famous Fingers 1. Badfinger 2. Rollie Fingers 3. Goldfinger 4. Tom Thumb 5. Butterfinger 6. Galileo’s fingers [Museo Galileo - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_Galileo) ---
**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 14, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24785 "2014-04-14T02:05:25Z")
Famous Fingers 1. Badfinger 2. Rollie Fingers 3. Goldfinger 4. Tom Thumb 5. Butterfinger 6. Galileo’s fingers [Museo Galileo - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_Galileo) 7. The Bird ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24786 "2014-04-14T02:23:31Z")
Famous Fingers 1. Badfinger 2. Rollie Fingers 3. Goldfinger 4. Tom Thumb 5. Butterfinger 6. Galileo’s fingers [Museo Galileo - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_Galileo) 7. The Bird 8. [Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Brown) ---
**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 14, 2014, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24787 "2014-04-14T02:25:36Z")
Famous Fingers 1. Badfinger 2. Rollie Fingers 3. Goldfinger 4. Tom Thumb 5. Butterfinger 6. Galileo’s fingers [Museo Galileo - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_Galileo) 7. The Bird 8. [Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Brown) 9. [Littlefinger](http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Petyr_Baelish) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24788 "2014-04-14T02:33:37Z")
Famous Fingers 1. Badfinger 2. Rollie Fingers 3. Goldfinger 4. Tom Thumb 5. Butterfinger 6. Galileo’s fingers [Museo Galileo - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_Galileo) 7. The Bird 8. [Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordecai_Brown) 9. [Littlefinger](http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Petyr_Baelish) 10. The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T. ---
**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 14, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24789 "2014-04-14T02:53:54Z")
Famous Fingers 1. Badfinger 2. Rollie Fingers 3. Goldfinger 4. Tom Thumb 5. Butterfinger 6. Galileo’s fingers [Museo Galileo - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_Galileo) 7. The Bird 8. Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown 9. Littlefinger 10. The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T. 11. [Five Fingers of Death](http://http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070800/?ref_=nv_sr_2) ---
**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 14, 2014, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24790 "2014-04-14T02:58:41Z")
Famous Fingers 1. Badfinger 2. Rollie Fingers 3. Goldfinger 4. Tom Thumb 5. Butterfinger 6. Galileo’s fingers [Museo Galileo - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_Galileo) 7. The Bird 8. Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown 9. Littlefinger 10. The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T. 11. [Five Fingers of Death](http://http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070800/?ref_=nv_sr_2) 12. [Chicken Fingers](http://www.raisingcanes.com/our-menu) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24791 "2014-04-14T03:20:14Z")
Famous Fingers 1. Badfinger 2. Rollie Fingers 3. Goldfinger 4. Tom Thumb 5. Butterfinger 6. Galileo’s fingers [Museo Galileo - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museo_Galileo) 7. The Bird 8. Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown 9. Littlefinger 10. The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T. 11. [Five Fingers of Death](http://http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070800/?ref_=nv_sr_2) 12. [Chicken Fingers](http://www.raisingcanes.com/our-menu) 13. [Fish Fingers and Custard](http://www.picgifs.com/reaction-gifs/reaction-gifs/doctor-who/picgifs-doctor-who-9815903.gif) Commercials that annoy the beejeebus out of you 1. the Dove Candy Bar one that’s evocative of _Roman Holiday_ but plays music from _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ ---
**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 14, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24792 "2014-04-14T03:30:06Z")
Commercials that annoy the beejeebus out of you 1. the Dove Candy Bar one that’s evocative of _Roman Holiday_ but plays music from _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ 2. all those cartoon bears selling toilet paper ---
**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 14, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24793 "2014-04-14T04:39:18Z")
Commercials that annoy the beejeebus out of you 1. the Dove Candy Bar one that’s evocative of _Roman Holiday_ but plays music from _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ 2. all those cartoon bears selling toilet paper 3. Those stupid Maxwell the Pig commercials for Geico (the first one was cute, but they’ve been getting increasingly creepy) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24794 "2014-04-14T06:33:28Z")
Commercials that annoy the beejeebus out of you 1. the Dove Candy Bar one that’s evocative of _Roman Holiday_ but plays music from _Breakfast at Tiffany’s_ 2. all those cartoon bears selling toilet paper 3. Those stupid Maxwell the Pig commercials for Geico (the first one was cute, but they’ve been getting increasingly creepy) 4. "Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. " My vote for worst major ad campaign ever. So bad that I think they changed the name of the product mainly to distance themselves from the ad. ---
**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 14, 2014, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24795 "2014-04-14T13:26:01Z")
Commercials that annoy the beejeebus out of you 1. the Dove Candy Bar one that’s evocative of Roman Holiday but plays music from Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. all those cartoon bears selling toilet paper 3. Those stupid Maxwell the Pig commercials for Geico (the first one was cute, but they’ve been getting increasingly creepy) 4. "Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. " 5. “Make Seven-Up Yours” Older campaign that nearly destroyed a soda brand. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24796 "2014-04-14T13:57:13Z")
Commercials that annoy the beejeebus out of you 1. the Dove Candy Bar one that’s evocative of Roman Holiday but plays music from Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. all those cartoon bears selling toilet paper 3. Those stupid Maxwell the Pig commercials for Geico (the first one was cute, but they’ve been getting increasingly creepy) 4. "Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. " 5. “Make Seven-Up Yours” 6. Tony Siragusa telling the world to “Protect Your Manhood” ---
**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:** [April 14, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24797 "2014-04-14T15:29:41Z")
Commercials that annoy the beejeebus out of you 1. the Dove Candy Bar one that’s evocative of Roman Holiday but plays music from Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. all those cartoon bears selling toilet paper 3. Those stupid Maxwell the Pig commercials for Geico (the first one was cute, but they’ve been getting increasingly creepy) 4. "Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. " 5. “Make Seven-Up Yours” 6. Tony Siragusa telling the world to “Protect Your Manhood” 7. Any erectile dysfunction ads, but most esp. Smilin’ Bob Enzyte. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24798 "2014-04-14T15:56:14Z")
Commercials that annoy the beejeebus out of you 1. the Dove Candy Bar one that’s evocative of Roman Holiday but plays music from Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. all those cartoon bears selling toilet paper 3. Those stupid Maxwell the Pig commercials for Geico (the first one was cute, but they’ve been getting increasingly creepy) 4. "Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. " 5. “Make Seven-Up Yours” 6. Tony Siragusa telling the world to “Protect Your Manhood” 7. Any erectile dysfunction ads, but most esp. Smilin’ Bob Enzyte. 8. The smug-as-fuck corn growers’ lobby ads that tried to say that HFCS was indistinguishable by your body from cane sugar ---
**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 14, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24799 "2014-04-14T16:22:19Z")
Commercials that annoy the beejeebus out of you 1. the Dove Candy Bar one that’s evocative of Roman Holiday but plays music from Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. all those cartoon bears selling toilet paper 3. Those stupid Maxwell the Pig commercials for Geico (the first one was cute, but they’ve been getting increasingly creepy) 4. "Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. " 5. “Make Seven-Up Yours” 6. Tony Siragusa telling the world to “Protect Your Manhood” 7. Any erectile dysfunction ads, but most esp. Smilin’ Bob Enzyte. 8. The smug-as-fuck corn growers’ lobby ads that tried to say that HFCS was indistinguishable by your body from cane sugar 9. “Sit 'n Sleep will match any advertised price or your mattress is FREEEEE!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24800 "2014-04-14T16:52:20Z")
Commercials that annoy the beejeebus out of you 1. the Dove Candy Bar one that’s evocative of Roman Holiday but plays music from Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. all those cartoon bears selling toilet paper 3. Those stupid Maxwell the Pig commercials for Geico (the first one was cute, but they’ve been getting increasingly creepy) 4. "Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. " 5. “Make Seven-Up Yours” 6. Tony Siragusa telling the world to “Protect Your Manhood” 7. Any erectile dysfunction ads, but most esp. Smilin’ Bob Enzyte. 8. The smug-as-fuck corn growers’ lobby ads that tried to say that HFCS was indistinguishable by your body from cane sugar 9. “Sit 'n Sleep will match any advertised price or your mattress is FREEEEE!!!” 10. The Zaxby’s ad with Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson. It isn’t his dads homophobic comments or any political or religious reason at all, it is the fact that this guy has an MBA and was clean-shaven before he decided to take his family national as a brand. It’s such total kayfabe, yet folks here eat it up. ---
**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 14, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24801 "2014-04-14T18:37:00Z")
Commercials that annoy the beejeebus out of you 1. the Dove Candy Bar one that’s evocative of Roman Holiday but plays music from Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. all those cartoon bears selling toilet paper 3. Those stupid Maxwell the Pig commercials for Geico (the first one was cute, but they’ve been getting increasingly creepy) 4. "Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. " 5. “Make Seven-Up Yours” 6. Tony Siragusa telling the world to “Protect Your Manhood” 7. Any erectile dysfunction ads, but most esp. Smilin’ Bob Enzyte. 8. The smug-as-fuck corn growers’ lobby ads that tried to say that HFCS was indistinguishable by your body from cane sugar 9. “Sit 'n Sleep will match any advertised price or your mattress is FREEEEE!!!” 10. The Zaxby’s ad with Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson. 11. 25 year old feminine hygiene product ad: “Look for the box with the dots!” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24802 "2014-04-15T01:36:57Z")
Commercials that annoy the beejeebus out of you 1. the Dove Candy Bar one that’s evocative of Roman Holiday but plays music from Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. all those cartoon bears selling toilet paper 3. Those stupid Maxwell the Pig commercials for Geico (the first one was cute, but they’ve been getting increasingly creepy) 4. "Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. " 5. “Make Seven-Up Yours” 6. Tony Siragusa telling the world to “Protect Your Manhood” 7. Any erectile dysfunction ads, but most esp. Smilin’ Bob Enzyte. 8. The smug-as-fuck corn growers’ lobby ads that tried to say that HFCS was indistinguishable by your body from cane sugar 9. “Sit 'n Sleep will match any advertised price or your mattress is FREEEEE!!!” 10. The Zaxby’s ad with Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson. 11. 25 year old feminine hygiene product ad: “Look for the box with the dots!” 12. Any Robert Vaughn, William Shatner, or other celebrity wraparound commercials for local ambulance chasers. At least Vaughn I can understand; he hasn’t had that many career highs in the past few decades. Surely Shatner, though, has enough money he doesn’t have to do that. ---
**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 15, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/24803 "2014-04-15T01:47:50Z")
Commercials that annoy the beejeebus out of you 1. the Dove Candy Bar one that’s evocative of Roman Holiday but plays music from Breakfast at Tiffany’s 2. all those cartoon bears selling toilet paper 3. Those stupid Maxwell the Pig commercials for Geico (the first one was cute, but they’ve been getting increasingly creepy) 4. "Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. Head On: Apply directly to the forehead. " 5. “Make Seven-Up Yours” 6. Tony Siragusa telling the world to “Protect Your Manhood” 7. Any erectile dysfunction ads, but most esp. Smilin’ Bob Enzyte. 8. The smug-as-fuck corn growers’ lobby ads that tried to say that HFCS was indistinguishable by your body from cane sugar 9. “Sit 'n Sleep will match any advertised price or your mattress is FREEEEE!!!” 10. The Zaxby’s ad with Duck Dynasty’s Willie Robertson. 11. 25 year old feminine hygiene product ad: “Look for the box with the dots!” 12. Any Robert Vaughn, William Shatner, or other celebrity wraparound commercials for local ambulance chasers. 13. Local used-car dealers who shout at me Next category: Countries that still have a monarchy 1. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1239) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1241)