# 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:** 1338
**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:** [June 19, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26744 "2014-06-19T19:12:49Z")
Euro-style board games 1. Agricola 2. Ticket to Ride 3. Puerto Rico 4. The Settlers of Catan 5. Animaux 6. Carcassonne 7. Pandemic 8. Istanbul 9. Othello 10. Seven Wonders 11. Stratego Loved that as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26745 "2014-06-19T19:22:23Z")
Euro-style board games 1. Agricola 2. Ticket to Ride 3. Puerto Rico 4. The Settlers of Catan 5. Animaux 6. Carcassonne 7. Pandemic 8. Istanbul 9. Othello 10. Seven Wonders 11. Stratego 12. Castles of Burgundy ---
**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:** [June 19, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26746 "2014-06-19T19:58:48Z")
Euro-style board games 1. Agricola 2. Ticket to Ride 3. Puerto Rico 4. The Settlers of Catan 5. Animaux 6. Carcassonne 7. Pandemic 8. Istanbul 9. Othello 10. Seven Wonders 11. Stratego 12. Castles of Burgundy 13. Terra Mystica New: Vain/Conceited Fictional Characters 1. Marchpane, in **The Doll’s House** , by Rumer Godden. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26747 "2014-06-19T20:02:30Z")
Vain/Conceited Fictional Characters 1. Marchpane, in The Doll’s House, by Rumer Godden. 2. Gaston, from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26748 "2014-06-19T20:58:38Z")
Vain/Conceited Fictional Characters 1. Marchpane, in The Doll’s House, by Rumer Godden. 2. Gaston, from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 3. Reggie Mantle, from “Archie” comics ---
**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:** [June 19, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26749 "2014-06-19T21:11:28Z")
Vain/Conceited Fictional Characters 1. Marchpane, in The Doll’s House, by Rumer Godden. 2. Gaston, from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 3. Reggie Mantle, from “Archie” comics 4. Bruce Baxter, from King Kong (2005) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26750 "2014-06-19T21:17:31Z")
Vain/Conceited Fictional Characters 1. Marchpane, in The Doll’s House, by Rumer Godden. 2. Gaston, from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 3. Reggie Mantle, from “Archie” comics 4. Bruce Baxter, from King Kong (2005) 5. Zapp Brannigan, from “Futurama” ---
**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:** [June 19, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26751 "2014-06-19T21:25:28Z")
Vain/Conceited Fictional Characters 1. Marchpane, in The Doll’s House, by Rumer Godden. 2. Gaston, from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 3. Reggie Mantle, from “Archie” comics 4. Bruce Baxter, from King Kong (2005) 5. Zapp Brannigan, from “Futurama” 6. Kharisma Valetti, from “Something Positive” Although less so than she originally was. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26752 "2014-06-19T21:58:45Z")
Vain/Conceited Fictional Characters 1. Marchpane, in The Doll’s House, by Rumer Godden. 2. Gaston, from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 3. Reggie Mantle, from “Archie” comics 4. Bruce Baxter, from King Kong (2005) 5. Zapp Brannigan, from “Futurama” 6. Kharisma Valetti, from “Something Positive” 7. Charles Emerson Winchester, M_A_S\*H ---
**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:** [June 19, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26753 "2014-06-19T22:08:55Z")
Vain/Conceited Fictional Characters 1. Marchpane, in The Doll’s House, by Rumer Godden. 2. Gaston, from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 3. Reggie Mantle, from “Archie” comics 4. Bruce Baxter, from King Kong (2005) 5. Zapp Brannigan, from “Futurama” 6. Kharisma Valetti, from “Something Positive” 7. Charles Emerson Winchester, M_A_S\*H 8. Vanity, from “Bedazzled” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26754 "2014-06-19T22:11:51Z")
Vain/Conceited Fictional Characters 1. Marchpane, in The Doll’s House, by Rumer Godden. 2. Gaston, from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 3. Reggie Mantle, from “Archie” comics 4. Bruce Baxter, from King Kong (2005) 5. Zapp Brannigan, from “Futurama” 6. Kharisma Valetti, from “Something Positive” 7. Charles Emerson Winchester, M_A_S\*H 8. Vanity, from “Bedazzled” 9. Sheldon Cooper from “The Big Bang Theory” ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26755 "2014-06-19T23:25:18Z")
Vain/Conceited Fictional Characters 1. Marchpane, in The Doll’s House, by Rumer Godden. 2. Gaston, from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 3. Reggie Mantle, from “Archie” comics 4. Bruce Baxter, from King Kong (2005) 5. Zapp Brannigan, from “Futurama” 6. Kharisma Valetti, from “Something Positive” 7. Charles Emerson Winchester, M_A_S\*H 8. Vanity, from “Bedazzled” 9. Sheldon Cooper from “The Big Bang Theory” 10. Blair Warner, from The Facts of Life ---
**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:** [June 19, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26756 "2014-06-19T23:44:30Z")
Vain/Conceited Fictional Characters 1. Marchpane, in The Doll’s House, by Rumer Godden. 2. Gaston, from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 3. Reggie Mantle, from “Archie” comics 4. Bruce Baxter, from King Kong (2005) 5. Zapp Brannigan, from “Futurama” 6. Kharisma Valetti, from “Something Positive” 7. Charles Emerson Winchester, M_A_S\*H 8. Vanity, from “Bedazzled” 9. Sheldon Cooper from “The Big Bang Theory” 10. Blair Warner, from The Facts of Life 11. Sherlock Holmes ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26757 "2014-06-20T02:04:52Z")
Vain/Conceited Fictional Characters 1. Marchpane, in The Doll’s House, by Rumer Godden. 2. Gaston, from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 3. Reggie Mantle, from “Archie” comics 4. Bruce Baxter, from King Kong (2005) 5. Zapp Brannigan, from “Futurama” 6. Kharisma Valetti, from “Something Positive” 7. Charles Emerson Winchester, M_A_S\*H 8. Vanity, from “Bedazzled” 9. Sheldon Cooper from “The Big Bang Theory” 10. Blair Warner, from The Facts of Life 11. Sherlock Holmes 12. The Evil Queen in _ **Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs** _ ---
**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:** [June 20, 2014, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26758 "2014-06-20T03:17:19Z")
Vain/Conceited Fictional Characters 1. Marchpane, in The Doll’s House, by Rumer Godden. 2. Gaston, from Disney’s Beauty and the Beast 3. Reggie Mantle, from “Archie” comics 4. Bruce Baxter, from King Kong (2005) 5. Zapp Brannigan, from “Futurama” 6. Kharisma Valetti, from “Something Positive” 7. Charles Emerson Winchester, M_A_S\*H 8. Vanity, from “Bedazzled” 9. Sheldon Cooper from “The Big Bang Theory” 10. Blair Warner, from The Facts of Life 11. Sherlock Holmes 12. The Evil Queen in Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs 13. Cersei, Game of Thrones Next category (inspired by _Whose Line Is It Anyway?_): Things you can say about your car, but not your significant other 1. “You can wash her up, but she’ll never look as good as new.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26759 "2014-06-20T06:55:09Z")
Next category (inspired by _Whose Line Is It Anyway?_): Things you can say about your car, but not your significant other 1. “You can wash her up, but she’ll never look as good as new.” 2. “i’m going to pay this kid who lives in my neighborhood 50 bucks to crawl underneath her and see if he can stop her from leaking.” ---
**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:** [June 20, 2014, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26760 "2014-06-20T07:06:36Z")
Things you can say about your car, but not your significant other 1. “You can wash her up, but she’ll never look as good as new.” 2. “i’m going to pay this kid who lives in my neighborhood 50 bucks to crawl underneath her and see if he can stop her from leaking.” 3. “Change the crankshaft for me, will you?” ---
**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:** [June 20, 2014, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26761 "2014-06-20T07:12:18Z")
Things you can say about your car, but not your significant other 1. “You can wash her up, but she’ll never look as good as new.” 2. “i’m going to pay this kid who lives in my neighborhood 50 bucks to crawl underneath her and see if he can stop her from leaking.” 3. “She’s always ready and willing for a quick In-N-Out drive.” ---
**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:** [June 20, 2014, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26762 "2014-06-20T07:13:56Z")
Things you can say about your car, but not your significant other 1. “You can wash her up, but she’ll never look as good as new.” 2. “i’m going to pay this kid who lives in my neighborhood 50 bucks to crawl underneath her and see if he can stop her from leaking.” 3. “Change the crankshaft for me, will you?” 4. “She’s always ready and willing for a quick In-N-Out drive.” 5. “You can fit four people inside her comfortably.” ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26763 "2014-06-20T11:47:18Z")
Things you can say about your car, but not your significant other 1. “You can wash her up, but she’ll never look as good as new.” 2. “i’m going to pay this kid who lives in my neighborhood 50 bucks to crawl underneath her and see if he can stop her from leaking.” 3. “Change the crankshaft for me, will you?” 4. “She’s always ready and willing for a quick In-N-Out drive.” 5. “You can fit four people inside her comfortably.” 6. “I’d trade her in for a new model, but I can’t afford the payments.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1337) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1339)