# 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:** 1282
**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:** [May 14, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25624 "2014-05-14T16:21:19Z")
Fictional places from a particular artist’s universe 1. Derry, ME (Stephen King) 2. Sunnydale, California (Joss Whedon) 3. Vulcan (Gene Roddenberry) 4. Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Douglas Adams) 5. Middle-earth (J.R.R. Tolkien) 6. Miskatonic University (H.P. Lovecraft) 7. Mote Prime (Niven and Pournelle) 8. The Drones Club, Bertie Wooster’s hangout in P.G. Wodehouse stories 9. Tatooine (George Lucas) 10. Hogsmeade (J. K. Rowling) 11. Arrakis (Frank Herbert) 12. The Bazaar (Robert Asprin, MythAdventures) 13. Yoknapatawpha County (William Faulkner) I’ll pass ---
**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:** [May 14, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25625 "2014-05-14T16:24:22Z")
Fictional places from a particular artist’s universe 1. Derry, ME (Stephen King) 2. Sunnydale, California (Joss Whedon) 3. Vulcan (Gene Roddenberry) 4. Milliways, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Douglas Adams) 5. Middle-earth (J.R.R. Tolkien) 6. Miskatonic University (H.P. Lovecraft) 7. Mote Prime (Niven and Pournelle) 8. The Drones Club, Bertie Wooster’s hangout in P.G. Wodehouse stories 9. Tatooine (George Lucas) 10. Hogsmeade (J. K. Rowling) 11. Arrakis (Frank Herbert) 12. The Bazaar (Robert Asprin, MythAdventures) 13. Yoknapatawpha County (William Faulkner) [bonus] 14. Planet Y (Arjen Anthony Lucassen’s “Ayreon” project) I should’ve woken up sooner. 😛 Next: A medication you can’t live without (or makes life much easier) 1. Ativan ---
**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:** [May 14, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25626 "2014-05-14T16:55:01Z")
Next: A medication you can’t live without (or makes life much easier) 1. Ativan 2. X-Forge (Hypertension medicine) ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25627 "2014-05-14T16:56:36Z")
Next: A medication you can’t live without (or makes life much easier) 1. Ativan 2. X-Forge (Hypertension medicine) 3. Caffeine ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25628 "2014-05-14T17:27:52Z")
A medication you can’t live without (or makes life much easier) 1. Ativan 2. X-Forge (Hypertension medicine) 3. Caffeine 4. Methylprednisolone (cortical steroids - no bulking, just reduced inflammation) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25629 "2014-05-14T17:30:34Z")
A medication you can’t live without (or makes life much easier) 1. Ativan 2. X-Forge (Hypertension medicine) 3. Caffeine 4. Methylprednisolone (cortical steroids - no bulking, just reduced inflammation) 5. aspirin (occasional headaches) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25630 "2014-05-14T17:31:05Z")
A medication you can’t live without (or makes life much easier) 1. Ativan 2. X-Forge (Hypertension medicine) 3. Caffeine 4. Methylprednisolone (cortical steroids - no bulking, just reduced inflammation) 5. aspirin 6. Cetirizine/Zyrtec, (allergies, at least for the next month or three) _My answer to this question a year ago would have involved three heart medications, but I lost a bunch of weight last summer and have been Rx-free since October. Yay me._ ---
**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:** [May 14, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25631 "2014-05-14T17:45:58Z")
A medication you can’t live without (or makes life much easier) 1. Ativan 2. X-Forge (Hypertension medicine) 3. Caffeine 4. Methylprednisolone (cortical steroids - no bulking, just reduced inflammation) 5. aspirin 6. Cetirizine/Zyrtec, (allergies, at least for the next month or three) 7. Lisinopril (for high blood pressure) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25632 "2014-05-14T17:57:37Z")
A medication you can’t live without (or makes life much easier) 1. Ativan 2. X-Forge (Hypertension medicine) 3. Caffeine 4. Methylprednisolone (cortical steroids - no bulking, just reduced inflammation) 5. aspirin 6. Cetirizine/Zyrtec, (allergies, at least for the next month or three) 7. Lisinopril (for high blood pressure) 8. Ibuprofen ---
**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:** [May 14, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25633 "2014-05-14T19:46:50Z")
A medication you can’t live without (or makes life much easier) 1. Ativan 2. X-Forge (Hypertension medicine) 3. Caffeine 4. Methylprednisolone (cortical steroids - no bulking, just reduced inflammation) 5. aspirin 6. Cetirizine/Zyrtec, (allergies, at least for the next month or three) 7. Lisinopril (for high blood pressure) 8. Ibuprofen 9. Symbicort (for COPD) ---
**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:** [May 14, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25634 "2014-05-14T23:10:14Z")
A medication you can’t live without (or makes life much easier) 1. Ativan 2. X-Forge (Hypertension medicine) 3. Caffeine 4. Methylprednisolone (cortical steroids - no bulking, just reduced inflammation) 5. aspirin 6. Cetirizine/Zyrtec, (allergies, at least for the next month or three) 7. Lisinopril (for high blood pressure) 8. Ibuprofen 9. Symbicort (for COPD) 10. Dymista (sinuses) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25635 "2014-05-14T23:34:28Z")
A medication you can’t live without or makes life much easier) 1. Ativan 2. X-Forge (Hypertension medicine) 3. Caffeine 4. Methylprednisolone (cortical steroids - no bulking, just reduced inflammation) 5. aspirin 6. Cetirizine/Zyrtec, (allergies, at least for the next month or three) 7. Lisinopril (for high blood pressure) 8. Ibuprofen 9. Symbicort (for COPD) 10. Dymista (sinuses) 11. Antidepressants The exact brand changes sometimes, and I probably _could_ live without them, but prefer not to. In fact sometimes I don’t even put the cap back on the bottle. I would love to market a line of antidepressant dispensers of famous depressives ala Pez, starting with Lincoln perhaps. ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25636 "2014-05-15T00:03:21Z")
A medication you can’t live without or makes life much easier) 1. Ativan 2. X-Forge (Hypertension medicine) 3. Caffeine 4. Methylprednisolone (cortical steroids - no bulking, just reduced inflammation) 5. aspirin 6. Cetirizine/Zyrtec, (allergies, at least for the next month or three) 7. Lisinopril (for high blood pressure) 8. Ibuprofen 9. Symbicort (for COPD) 10. Dymista (sinuses) 11. Antidepressants 12. Claritin (allergy relief) ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25637 "2014-05-15T01:44:33Z")
A medication you can’t live without (or makes life much easier) 1. Ativan 2. X-Forge (Hypertension medicine) 3. Caffeine 4. Methylprednisolone (cortical steroids - no bulking, just reduced inflammation) 5. aspirin 6. Cetirizine/Zyrtec, (allergies, at least for the next month or three) 7. Lisinopril (for high blood pressure) 8. Ibuprofen 9. Symbicort (for COPD) 10. Dymista (sinuses) 11. Antidepressants 12. Claritin (allergy relief) 13. Tums Next: Famous "Linda"s 14. Linda Ronstadt ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25638 "2014-05-15T01:46:31Z")
Famous "Linda"s 1. Linda Ronstadt 2. Lynda Carter ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25639 "2014-05-15T01:52:10Z")
Famous "Linda"s 1. Linda Ronstadt 2. Lynda Carter 3. Linda McCartney ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25640 "2014-05-15T02:06:57Z")
Famous "Linda"s 1. Linda Ronstadt 2. Lynda Carter 3. Linda McCartney 4. Linda Lovelace ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25641 "2014-05-15T02:09:26Z")
Famous "Linda"s 1. Linda Ronstadt 2. Lynda Carter 3. Linda McCartney 4. Linda Lovelace 5. Linda Hamilton ---
**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:** [May 15, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25642 "2014-05-15T02:10:20Z")
Famous "Linda"s 1. Linda Ronstadt 2. Lynda Carter 3. Linda McCartney 4. Linda Lovelace 5. Linda Hamilton 6. Linda Lee (Supergirl) Danvers ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25643 "2014-05-15T02:55:03Z")
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