# 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:** 1290
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25784 "2014-05-17T14:34:57Z")
Movies in Which Chess Is Played 1. The Seventh Seal 2. Searching for Bobby Fischer 3. Mr. Holland’s Opus 4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 5. Blade Runner 6. Silverado 7. Superman II (when Lex Luthor and Otis project an image of themselves in their prison cell when they’re really escaping) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25785 "2014-05-17T16:02:51Z")
Movies in Which Chess Is Played 1. The Seventh Seal 2. Searching for Bobby Fischer 3. Mr. Holland’s Opus 4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 5. Blade Runner 6. Silverado 7. Superman II (when Lex Luthor and Otis project an image of themselves in their prison cell when they’re really escaping) 8. Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey ---
**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 17, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25786 "2014-05-17T16:39:33Z")
Movies in Which Chess Is Played 1. The Seventh Seal 2. Searching for Bobby Fischer 3. Mr. Holland’s Opus 4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 5. Blade Runner 6. Silverado 7. Superman II (when Lex Luthor and Otis project an image of themselves in their prison cell when they’re really escaping) 8. Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey 9. Fresh ---
**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 17, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25787 "2014-05-17T17:40:40Z")
Movies in Which Chess Is Played 1. The Seventh Seal 2. Searching for Bobby Fischer 3. Mr. Holland’s Opus 4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 5. Blade Runner 6. Silverado 7. Superman II (when Lex Luthor and Otis project an image of themselves in their prison cell when they’re really escaping) 8. Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey 9. Fresh 10. Blazing Saddles “Well, Jim, since you are my guest and I am your host, what’s your pleasure? What do you like to do?” “Oh, I don’t know. Play chess… screw…” “Well, let’s play chess.” ---
**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 17, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25788 "2014-05-17T18:22:29Z")
Movies in Which Chess Is Played 1. The Seventh Seal 2. Searching for Bobby Fischer 3. Mr. Holland’s Opus 4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 5. Blade Runner 6. Silverado 7. Superman II (when Lex Luthor and Otis project an image of themselves in their prison cell when they’re really escaping) 8. Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey 9. Fresh 10. Blazing Saddles 11. From Russia, With Love ---
**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 17, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25789 "2014-05-17T22:37:51Z")
Movies in Which Chess Is Played 1. The Seventh Seal 2. Searching for Bobby Fischer 3. Mr. Holland’s Opus 4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 5. Blade Runner 6. Silverado 7. Superman II (when Lex Luthor and Otis project an image of themselves in their prison cell when they’re really escaping) 8. Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey 9. Fresh 10. Blazing Saddles 11. From Russia, With Love 12. My Cousin Vinny (Judge Haller is seen playing chess against himself) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25790 "2014-05-18T00:12:08Z")
Movies in Which Chess Is Played 1. The Seventh Seal 2. Searching for Bobby Fischer 3. Mr. Holland’s Opus 4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone 5. Blade Runner 6. Silverado 7. Superman II (when Lex Luthor and Otis project an image of themselves in their prison cell when they’re really escaping) 8. Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey 9. Fresh 10. Blazing Saddles 11. From Russia, With Love 12. My Cousin Vinny (Judge Haller is seen playing chess against himself) 13. Knights of the South Bronx Next: **Occupations that were killed, or at least radically redefined, by the advent of the internet** 1. Travel agent ---
**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 18, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25791 "2014-05-18T00:21:43Z")
**Occupations that were killed, or at least radically redefined, by the advent of the internet** 1. Travel agent 2. Mom & Pop booksellers ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25792 "2014-05-18T00:30:10Z")
Occupations that were killed, or at least radically redefined, by the advent of the internet 1. Travel agent 2. Mom & Pop booksellers 3. Customer Service a lot of what reps used to do is now self serve on the company’s website ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25793 "2014-05-18T01:40:25Z")
Occupations that were killed, or at least radically redefined, by the advent of the internet 1. Travel agent 2. Mom & Pop booksellers 3. Customer Service 4. Newspapers ---
**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 18, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25794 "2014-05-18T01:53:58Z")
Occupations that were killed, or at least radically redefined, by the advent of the internet 1. Travel agent 2. Mom & Pop booksellers 3. Customer Service 4. Newspapers 5. Librarian ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25795 "2014-05-18T04:29:32Z")
Occupations that were killed, or at least radically redefined, by the advent of the internet 1. Travel agent 2. Mom & Pop booksellers 3. Customer Service 4. Newspapers 5. Librarian 6. Record stores ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25796 "2014-05-18T04:30:38Z")
Occupations that were killed, or at least radically redefined, by the advent of the internet 1. Travel agent 2. Mom & Pop booksellers 3. Customer Service 4. Newspapers 5. Librarian 6. Record stores 7. Bank teller _I deposited a check yesterday by taking a picture of it with my phone. How dope is that?_ ---
**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 18, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25797 "2014-05-18T04:33:31Z")
Occupations that were killed, or at least radically redefined, by the advent of the internet 1. Travel agent 2. Mom & Pop booksellers 3. Customer Service 4. Newspapers 5. Librarian 6. Record stores 7. Bank teller 8. Mailman ---
**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 18, 2014, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25798 "2014-05-18T04:42:05Z")
Occupations that were killed, or at least radically redefined, by the advent of the internet 1. Travel agent 2. Mom & Pop booksellers 3. Customer Service 4. Newspapers 5. Librarian 6. Record stores 7. Bank teller 8. Mailman 9. Video store clerk ---
**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 18, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25799 "2014-05-18T04:52:07Z")
Occupations that were killed, or at least radically redefined, by the advent of the internet 1. Travel agent 2. Mom & Pop booksellers 3. Customer Service 4. Newspapers 5. Librarian 6. Record stores 7. Bank teller 8. Mailman 9. Video store clerk 10. X-rated theaters ---
**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 18, 2014, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25800 "2014-05-18T06:58:41Z")
Occupations that were killed, or at least radically redefined, by the advent of the internet 1. Travel agent 2. Mom & Pop booksellers 3. Customer Service 4. Newspapers 5. Librarian 6. Record stores 7. Bank teller 8. Mailman 9. Video store clerk 10. X-rated theaters 11. Encyclopedia salesman ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25801 "2014-05-18T09:08:01Z")
Occupations that were killed, or at least radically redefined, by the advent of the internet 1. Travel agent 2. Mom & Pop booksellers 3. Customer Service 4. Newspapers 5. Librarian 6. Record stores 7. Bank teller 8. Mailman 9. Video store clerk 10. X-rated theaters 11. Encyclopedia salesman 12. Almanac editors ---
**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 18, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25802 "2014-05-18T15:37:26Z")
Occupations that were killed, or at least radically redefined, by the advent of the internet 1. Travel agent 2. Mom & Pop booksellers 3. Customer Service 4. Newspapers 5. Librarian 6. Record stores 7. Bank teller 8. Mailman 9. Video store clerk 10. X-rated theaters 11. Encyclopedia salesman 12. Almanac editors 13. Big chain booksellers New! Biographical films. 14. Chaplin ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25803 "2014-05-18T16:16:08Z")
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