# 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:** 1303
**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 23, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26044 "2014-05-23T03:30:38Z")
Card games, other than poker and its variants, that are played with a standard deck. 1. Blackjack 2. Go Fish 3. Hearts 4. Oh Hell 5. Gin Rummy 6. Cribbage ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26045 "2014-05-23T03:35:10Z")
Card games, other than poker and its variants, that are played with a standard deck. 1. Blackjack 2. Go Fish 3. Hearts 4. Oh Hell 5. Gin Rummy 6. Cribbage 7. Whist ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26046 "2014-05-23T03:40:46Z")
Card games, other than poker and its variants, that are played with a standard deck. 1. Blackjack 2. Go Fish 3. Hearts 4. Oh Hell 5. Gin Rummy 6. Cribbage 7. Whist 8. Bourre (or Boo-Ray) ---
**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 23, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26047 "2014-05-23T03:53:12Z")
Card games, other than poker and its variants, that are played with a standard deck. 1. Blackjack 2. Go Fish 3. Hearts 4. Oh Hell 5. Gin Rummy 6. Cribbage 7. Whist 8. Bourre (or Boo-Ray) 9. Bridge ---
**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 23, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26048 "2014-05-23T04:26:20Z")
Card games, other than poker and its variants, that are played with a standard deck. 1. Blackjack 2. Go Fish 3. Hearts 4. Oh Hell 5. Gin Rummy 6. Cribbage 7. Whist 8. Bourre (or Boo-Ray) 9. Bridge 10. Spades ---
**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 23, 2014, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26049 "2014-05-23T10:59:49Z")
Card games, other than poker and its variants, that are played with a standard deck. 1. Blackjack 2. Go Fish 3. Hearts 4. Oh Hell 5. Gin Rummy 6. Cribbage 7. Whist 8. Bourre (or Boo-Ray) 9. Bridge 10. Spades 11. Scat ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26050 "2014-05-23T11:46:02Z")
Card games, other than poker and its variants, that are played with a standard deck. 1. Blackjack 2. Go Fish 3. Hearts 4. Oh Hell 5. Gin Rummy 6. Cribbage 7. Whist 8. Bourre (or Boo-Ray) 9. Bridge 10. Spades 11. Scat 12. War ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26051 "2014-05-23T12:02:44Z")
Card games, other than poker and its variants, that are played with a standard deck. 1. Blackjack 2. Go Fish 3. Hearts 4. Oh Hell 5. Gin Rummy 6. Cribbage 7. Whist 8. Bourre (or Boo-Ray) 9. Bridge 10. Spades 11. Scat 12. War 13. Tonk Things you will do this (USA) Holiday Weekend (or wish you could do) 1. Proudly watch my 92 yr old father March in his hometown Memorial Day Parade ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26052 "2014-05-23T12:45:37Z")
Things you will do this (USA) Holiday Weekend (or wish you could do) 1. Proudly watch my 92 yr old father March in his hometown Memorial Day Parade 2. Grill everything in sight. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26053 "2014-05-23T13:02:47Z")
Things you will do this (USA) Holiday Weekend (or wish you could do) 1. Proudly watch my 92 yr old father March in his hometown Memorial Day Parade 2. Grill everything in sight. 3. Watch my son showing off what he’s learned at his horse riding lessons. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26054 "2014-05-23T13:40:50Z")
Things you will do this (USA) Holiday Weekend (or wish you could do) 1. Proudly watch my 92 yr old father March in his hometown Memorial Day Parade 2. Grill everything in sight. 3. Watch my son showing off what he’s learned at his horse riding lessons. 4. Work Sunday and Monday in a town that has a street fair over the holiday weekend. ---
**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 23, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26055 "2014-05-23T14:15:34Z")
Things you will do this (USA) Holiday Weekend (or wish you could do) 1. Proudly watch my 92 yr old father March in his hometown Memorial Day Parade 2. Grill everything in sight. 3. Watch my son showing off what he’s learned at his horse riding lessons. 4. Work Sunday and Monday in a town that has a street fair over the holiday weekend. 5. Dungeon Master a game of D&D for my grandson and his friends. ---
**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 23, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26056 "2014-05-23T14:39:29Z")
Things you will do this (USA) Holiday Weekend (or wish you could do) 1. Proudly watch my 92 yr old father March in his hometown Memorial Day Parade 2. Grill everything in sight. 3. Watch my son showing off what he’s learned at his horse riding lessons. 4. Work Sunday and Monday in a town that has a street fair over the holiday weekend. 5. Dungeon Master a game of D&D for my grandson and his friends. 6. Go see “X-Men: Days of Future Past” ---
**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 23, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26057 "2014-05-23T14:43:47Z")
Things you will do this (USA) Holiday Weekend (or wish you could do) 1. Proudly watch my 92 yr old father March in his hometown Memorial Day Parade 2. Grill everything in sight. 3. Watch my son showing off what he’s learned at his horse riding lessons. 4. Work Sunday and Monday in a town that has a street fair over the holiday weekend. 5. Dungeon Master a game of D&D for my grandson and his friends. 6. Go see “X-Men: Days of Future Past” 7. Drive 15,000 door hangers from San Antonio TX to Eagle Pass after doing a volunteer shift at the food bank. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26058 "2014-05-23T15:50:14Z")
Things you will do this (USA) Holiday Weekend (or wish you could do) 1. Proudly watch my 92 yr old father March in his hometown Memorial Day Parade 2. Grill everything in sight. 3. Watch my son showing off what he’s learned at his horse riding lessons. 4. Work Sunday and Monday in a town that has a street fair over the holiday weekend. 5. Dungeon Master a game of D&D for my grandson and his friends. 6. Go see “X-Men: Days of Future Past” 7. Drive 15,000 door hangers from San Antonio TX to Eagle Pass after doing a volunteer shift at the food bank. 8. Grill with the family, and remember family who’ve passed over… ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26059 "2014-05-23T16:35:22Z")
Things you will do this (USA) Holiday Weekend (or wish you could do) 1. Proudly watch my 92 yr old father March in his hometown Memorial Day Parade 2. Grill everything in sight. 3. Watch my son showing off what he’s learned at his horse riding lessons. 4. Work Sunday and Monday in a town that has a street fair over the holiday weekend. 5. Dungeon Master a game of D&D for my grandson and his friends. 6. Go see “X-Men: Days of Future Past” 7. Drive 15,000 door hangers from San Antonio TX to Eagle Pass after doing a volunteer shift at the food bank. 8. Grill with the family, and remember family who’ve passed over… 9. Attend a science fiction convention ---
**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:** [May 23, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26060 "2014-05-23T16:59:16Z")
Things you will do this (USA) Holiday Weekend (or wish you could do) 1. Proudly watch my 92 yr old father March in his hometown Memorial Day Parade 2. Grill everything in sight. 3. Watch my son showing off what he’s learned at his horse riding lessons. 4. Work Sunday and Monday in a town that has a street fair over the holiday weekend. 5. Dungeon Master a game of D&D for my grandson and his friends. 6. Go see “X-Men: Days of Future Past” 7. Drive 15,000 door hangers from San Antonio TX to Eagle Pass after doing a volunteer shift at the food bank. 8. Grill with the family, and remember family who’ve passed over… 9. Attend a science fiction convention 10. Be reminded, thankfully, to think about the real people, bitching draftee typist or shattered lives and families of US soldiers ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26061 "2014-05-23T18:50:39Z")
Things you will do this (USA) Holiday Weekend (or wish you could do) 1. Proudly watch my 92 yr old father March in his hometown Memorial Day Parade 2. Grill everything in sight. 3. Watch my son showing off what he’s learned at his horse riding lessons. 4. Work Sunday and Monday in a town that has a street fair over the holiday weekend. 5. Dungeon Master a game of D&D for my grandson and his friends. 6. Go see “X-Men: Days of Future Past” 7. Drive 15,000 door hangers from San Antonio TX to Eagle Pass after doing a volunteer shift at the food bank. 8. Grill with the family, and remember family who’ve passed over… 9. Attend a science fiction convention 10. Be reminded, thankfully, to think about the real people, bitching draftee typist or shattered lives and families of US soldiers 11. Working - We Canucks had our May (two-four) holiday last week. ---
**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 23, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26062 "2014-05-23T18:52:39Z")
Things you will do this (USA) Holiday Weekend (or wish you could do) 1. Proudly watch my 92 yr old father March in his hometown Memorial Day Parade 2. Grill everything in sight. 3. Watch my son showing off what he’s learned at his horse riding lessons. 4. Work Sunday and Monday in a town that has a street fair over the holiday weekend. 5. Dungeon Master a game of D&D for my grandson and his friends. 6. Go see “X-Men: Days of Future Past” 7. Drive 15,000 door hangers from San Antonio TX to Eagle Pass after doing a volunteer shift at the food bank. 8. Grill with the family, and remember family who’ve passed over… 9. Attend a science fiction convention 10. Be reminded, thankfully, to think about the real people, bitching draftee typist or shattered lives and families of US soldiers 11. Working - We Canucks had our May (two-four) holiday last week 12. Put up the Magic Mesh magnetic screen door ---
**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 23, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26063 "2014-05-23T20:48:58Z")
Things you will do this (USA) Holiday Weekend (or wish you could do) 1. Proudly watch my 92 yr old father march in his hometown Memorial Day Parade 2. Grill everything in sight. 3. Watch my son showing off what he’s learned at his horse riding lessons. 4. Work Sunday and Monday in a town that has a street fair over the holiday weekend. 5. Dungeon Master a game of D&D for my grandson and his friends. 6. Go see “X-Men: Days of Future Past” 7. Drive 15,000 door hangers from San Antonio TX to Eagle Pass after doing a volunteer shift at the food bank. 8. Grill with the family, and remember family who’ve passed over… 9. Attend a science fiction convention 10. Be reminded, thankfully, to think about the real people, bitching draftee typist or shattered lives and families of US soldiers 11. Working - We Canucks had our May (two-four) holiday last week 12. Put up the Magic Mesh magnetic screen door 13. Hang a historic flag (George Washington’s HQ flag) outside our house [http://www.vssr.org/images/flags/HQ.jpg](http://www.vssr.org/images/flags/HQ.jpg) Next category: U.S. military personnel worthy of being remembered this Memorial Day weekend 1. Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas - “The Rock of Chickamauga,” a Virginian who remained loyal to the Union, and went on to serve with great distinction [http://www.civilwar.si.edu/leaders\_thomas.html](http://www.civilwar.si.edu/leaders_thomas.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1302) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1304)