# 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:** 1287
**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 16, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25724 "2014-05-16T03:00:01Z")
Fictional Uncles 1. Uncle Buck 2. Uncle Sam 3. Uncle Fester 4. Uncle Ben 5. Uncle Jed (Beverly Hillbillies) 6. the other Uncle Ben (I don’t know if buddha\_david had comic books or rice in mind) 7. Uncle Albert 8. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 9. Uncle Bill (“Family Affair”) ---
**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 16, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25725 "2014-05-16T03:03:39Z")
Fictional Uncles 1. Uncle Buck 2. Uncle Sam 3. Uncle Fester 4. Uncle Ben 5. Uncle Jed (Beverly Hillbillies) 6. the other Uncle Ben (I don’t know if buddha\_david had comic books or rice in mind) 7. Uncle Albert 8. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 9. Uncle Bill (“Family Affair”) 10. Uncle Junior ---
**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 16, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25726 "2014-05-16T03:03:47Z")
Fictional Uncles 1. Uncle Buck 2. Uncle Sam 3. Uncle Fester 4. Uncle Ben 5. Uncle Jed (Beverly Hillbillies) 6. the other Uncle Ben (I don’t know if buddha\_david had comic books or rice in mind) 7. Uncle Albert 8. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 9. Uncle Bill (“Family Affair”) 10. Uncle Tom ---
**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 16, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25727 "2014-05-16T03:15:08Z")
Fictional Uncles 1. Uncle Buck 2. Uncle Sam 3. Uncle Fester 4. Uncle Ben 5. Uncle Jed (Beverly Hillbillies) 6. the other Uncle Ben (I don’t know if buddha\_david had comic books or rice in mind) 7. Uncle Albert 8. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 9. Uncle Bill (“Family Affair”) 10. Uncle Junior 11. Uncle Tom 12. Bob (from the saying, “Bob’s your uncle.”) ---
**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 16, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25728 "2014-05-16T03:46:04Z")
Fictional Uncles 1. Uncle Buck 2. Uncle Sam 3. Uncle Fester 4. Uncle Ben 5. Uncle Jed (Beverly Hillbillies) 6. the other Uncle Ben (I don’t know if buddha\_david had comic books or rice in mind) 7. Uncle Albert 8. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 9. Uncle Bill (“Family Affair”) 10. Uncle Junior 11. Uncle Tom 12. Bob (from the saying, “Bob’s your uncle.”) 13. Uncle Drosselmeyer (The Nutcracker) Next: Names of space ships (real or fictional) 14. Jupiter 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:** [May 16, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25729 "2014-05-16T03:57:46Z")
Names of space ships (real or fictional) 1. Jupiter 2 2. Rocinante - the spaceship in Rush’s “Cygnus X-1” (Books I & II) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25730 "2014-05-16T04:29:25Z")
Names of space ships (real or fictional) 1. Jupiter 2 2. Rocinante - the spaceship in Rush’s “Cygnus X-1” (Books I & II) 3. Kobayashi Maru (a fictional ship within the Star Trek universe) ---
**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 16, 2014, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25731 "2014-05-16T05:11:10Z")
Names of space ships (real or fictional) 1. Jupiter 2 2. Rocinante - the spaceship in Rush’s “Cygnus X-1” (Books I & II) 3. Kobayashi Maru (a fictional ship within the Star Trek universe) 4. The Spaceship of the Imagination (“Cosmos”) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25732 "2014-05-16T11:13:35Z")
Names of space ships (real or fictional) 1. Jupiter 2 2. Rocinante - the spaceship in Rush’s “Cygnus X-1” (Books I & II) 3. Kobayashi Maru (a fictional ship within the Star Trek universe) 4. The Spaceship of the Imagination (“Cosmos”) 5. Serenity, a Firefly class cargo ship ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25733 "2014-05-16T11:40:17Z")
Names of space ships (real or fictional) 1. Jupiter 2 2. Rocinante - the spaceship in Rush’s “Cygnus X-1” (Books I & II) 3. Kobayashi Maru (a fictional ship within the Star Trek universe) 4. The Spaceship of the Imagination (“Cosmos”) 5. Serenity, a Firefly class cargo ship 6. Cassini-Huygens, the unmanned probe that has been sending us truly awe-inspiring photos of Saturn ---
**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 16, 2014, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25734 "2014-05-16T11:52:00Z")
Names of space ships (real or fictional) 1. Jupiter 2 2. Rocinante - the spaceship in Rush’s “Cygnus X-1” (Books I & II) 3. Kobayashi Maru (a fictional ship within the Star Trek universe) 4. The Spaceship of the Imagination (“Cosmos”) 5. Serenity, a Firefly class cargo ship 6. Cassini-Huygens, the unmanned probe that has been sending us truly awe-inspiring photos of Saturn 7. Battlestar Galactica ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25735 "2014-05-16T13:07:49Z")
Names of space ships (real or fictional) 1. Jupiter 2 2. Rocinante - the spaceship in Rush’s “Cygnus X-1” (Books I & II) 3. Kobayashi Maru (a fictional ship within the Star Trek universe) 4. The Spaceship of the Imagination (“Cosmos”) 5. Serenity, a Firefly class cargo ship 6. Cassini-Huygens, the unmanned probe that has been sending us truly awe-inspiring photos of Saturn 7. Battlestar Galactica 8. Space Shuttle Enterprise ---
**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:** [May 16, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25736 "2014-05-16T13:45:28Z")
Names of space ships (real or fictional) 1. Jupiter 2 2. Rocinante - the spaceship in Rush’s “Cygnus X-1” (Books I & II) 3. Kobayashi Maru (a fictional ship within the Star Trek universe) 4. The Spaceship of the Imagination (“Cosmos”) 5. Serenity, a Firefly class cargo ship 6. Cassini-Huygens, the unmanned probe that has been sending us truly awe-inspiring photos of Saturn 7. Battlestar Galactica 8. Space Shuttle Enterprise 9. Voyager ---
**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 16, 2014, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25737 "2014-05-16T14:01:33Z")
Names of space ships (real or fictional) 1. Jupiter 2 2. Rocinante - the spaceship in Rush’s “Cygnus X-1” (Books I & II) 3. Kobayashi Maru (a fictional ship within the Star Trek universe) 4. The Spaceship of the Imagination (“Cosmos”) 5. Serenity, a Firefly class cargo ship 6. Cassini-Huygens, the unmanned probe that has been sending us truly awe-inspiring photos of Saturn 7. Battlestar Galactica 8. Space Shuttle Enterprise 9. Voyager 10. Nostromo ---
**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 16, 2014, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25738 "2014-05-16T14:35:34Z")
Names of space ships (real or fictional) 1. Jupiter 2 2. Rocinante - the spaceship in Rush’s “Cygnus X-1” (Books I & II) 3. Kobayashi Maru (a fictional ship within the Star Trek universe) 4. The Spaceship of the Imagination (“Cosmos”) 5. Serenity, a Firefly class cargo ship 6. Cassini-Huygens, the unmanned probe that has been sending us truly awe-inspiring photos of Saturn 7. Battlestar Galactica 8. Space Shuttle Enterprise 9. Voyager 10. Nostromo 11. The TARDIS (it travels in space as well as time) ---
**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:** [May 16, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25739 "2014-05-16T14:49:00Z")
Names of space ships (real or fictional) 1. Jupiter 2 2. Rocinante - the spaceship in Rush’s “Cygnus X-1” (Books I & II) 3. Kobayashi Maru (a fictional ship within the Star Trek universe) 4. The Spaceship of the Imagination (“Cosmos”) 5. Serenity, a Firefly class cargo ship 6. Cassini-Huygens, the unmanned probe that has been sending us truly awe-inspiring photos of Saturn 7. Battlestar Galactica 8. Space Shuttle Enterprise 9. Voyager 10. Nostromo 11. The TARDIS (it travels in space as well as time) 12. Apollo 11 ---
**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 16, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25740 "2014-05-16T15:16:12Z")
Names of space ships (real or fictional) 1. Jupiter 2 2. Rocinante - the spaceship in Rush’s “Cygnus X-1” (Books I & II) 3. Kobayashi Maru (a fictional ship within the Star Trek universe) 4. The Spaceship of the Imagination (“Cosmos”) 5. Serenity, a Firefly class cargo ship 6. Cassini-Huygens, the unmanned probe that has been sending us truly awe-inspiring photos of Saturn 7. Battlestar Galactica 8. Space Shuttle Enterprise 9. Voyager 10. Nostromo 11. The TARDIS (it travels in space as well as time) 12. Apollo 11 13. The Star Ship Enterprise NCC-1701 New! Songs about food. 1. The Spam Song - _Monty Python’s Flying Circus_ ---
**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 16, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25741 "2014-05-16T15:19:04Z")
Songs about food. 1. The Spam Song - Monty Python’s Flying Circus 2. Know Your Chicken - Cibo Matto (actually any song off their first album) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25742 "2014-05-16T16:02:38Z")
Songs about food. 1. The Spam Song - Monty Python’s Flying Circus 2. Know Your Chicken - Cibo Matto (actually any song off their first album) 3. Food, Glorious Food! - from _Oliver!_ ---
**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:** [May 16, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25743 "2014-05-16T16:11:01Z")
Songs about food. 1. The Spam Song - Monty Python’s Flying Circus 2. Know Your Chicken - Cibo Matto (actually any song off their first album) 3. Food, Glorious Food! - from Oliver! 4. “Addicted To Spuds”, Weird Al Yankovic [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1286) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1288)