# 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:** 1348
**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 26, 2014, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26944 "2014-06-26T12:43:47Z")
Books you own that probably no other Dopers have in their possession. 1. The Household Physician (Book published about 100 yrs ago that gives interesting “State of the Art” Medical Treatments for common maladies.) 2. How the Scots invented the modern world 3. Papa Married a Mormon, John D. Fitzgerald 4. Julian’s Dictionary of Hymnology (2 volumes) 5. The Streets of San Antonio (history of SA street names.) 6. The Aryan Myth: A History of Racist and Nationalist Ideas in Europe by Leon Poliakov 7. The Little Man Dressed in Red, Carl Raymund 8. Buck Alice and the Actor-Robot, by Walter Koenig 9. Are You Morbid?: Into The Pandemonium Of Celtic Frost, by Tom Gabriel Fischer 10. \*\*\*Take Five \*\*\*by D. Keith Mano 11. Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae (the office for Holy Week) 12. Mrs. Appleyard and I, by Louise Andrews Kent ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26945 "2014-06-26T13:34:23Z")
Books you own that probably no other Dopers have in their possession. 1. The Household Physician (Book published about 100 yrs ago that gives interesting “State of the Art” Medical Treatments for common maladies.) 2. How the Scots invented the modern world 3. Papa Married a Mormon, John D. Fitzgerald 4. Julian’s Dictionary of Hymnology (2 volumes) 5. The Streets of San Antonio (history of SA street names.) 6. The Aryan Myth: A History of Racist and Nationalist Ideas in Europe by Leon Poliakov 7. The Little Man Dressed in Red, Carl Raymund 8. Buck Alice and the Actor-Robot, by Walter Koenig 9. Are You Morbid?: Into The Pandemonium Of Celtic Frost, by Tom Gabriel Fischer 10. Take Five by D. Keith Mano 11. Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae (the office for Holy Week) 12. Mrs. Appleyard and I, by Louise Andrews Kent 13. Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Macs - Carla V. Rose plans for the July 4th holiday (even if you’re not American) 14. Hanging with 2300 of my closest friends at a Mensa convention in Boston ---
**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 26, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26946 "2014-06-26T13:38:31Z")
plans for the July 4th holiday (even if you’re not American) 1. Hanging with 2300 of my closest friends at a Mensa convention in Boston 2. Watching the fireworks from a half-a-dozen local displays with family and friends from my front yard. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26947 "2014-06-26T13:43:46Z")
plans for the July 4th holiday (even if you’re not American) 1. Hanging with 2300 of my closest friends at a Mensa convention in Boston 2. Watching the fireworks from a half-a-dozen local displays with family and friends from my front yard. 3. Grill everything in sight. Drink American microbrews. Launch rockets into the air, assuming Utah isn’t under a no-burn restriction. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26948 "2014-06-26T13:52:17Z")
plans for the July 4th holiday (even if you’re not American) 1. Hanging with 2300 of my closest friends at a Mensa convention in Boston 2. Watching the fireworks from a half-a-dozen local displays with family and friends from my front yard. 3. Grill everything in sight. Drink American microbrews. Launch rockets into the air, assuming Utah isn’t under a no-burn restriction. 4. Probably go fishing and lizard/frog/tadpole/crawdad hunting with my son ---
**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:** [June 26, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26949 "2014-06-26T13:56:45Z")
plans for the July 4th holiday (even if you’re not American) 1. Hanging with 2300 of my closest friends at a Mensa convention in Boston 2. Watching the fireworks from a half-a-dozen local displays with family and friends from my front yard. 3. Grill everything in sight. Drink American microbrews. Launch rockets into the air, assuming Utah isn’t under a no-burn restriction. 4. Probably go fishing and lizard/frog/tadpole/crawdad hunting with my son 5. Well, duh…Macy’s Fireworks ---
**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:** [June 26, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26950 "2014-06-26T14:33:40Z")
plans for the July 4th holiday (even if you’re not American) 1. Hanging with 2300 of my closest friends at a Mensa convention in Boston 2. Watching the fireworks from a half-a-dozen local displays with family and friends from my front yard. 3. Grill everything in sight. Drink American microbrews. Launch rockets into the air, assuming Utah isn’t under a no-burn restriction. 4. Probably go fishing and lizard/frog/tadpole/crawdad hunting with my son 5. Well, duh…Macy’s Fireworks 6. Well, working since I’m not American. I do have Tuesday off for Canada Day though. But no plans. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26951 "2014-06-26T15:19:00Z")
plans for the July 4th holiday (even if you’re not American) 1. Hanging with 2300 of my closest friends at a Mensa convention in Boston 2. Watching the fireworks from a half-a-dozen local displays with family and friends from my front yard. 3. Grill everything in sight. Drink American microbrews. Launch rockets into the air, assuming Utah isn’t under a no-burn restriction. 4. Probably go fishing and lizard/frog/tadpole/crawdad hunting with my son 5. Well, duh…Macy’s Fireworks 6. Well, working since I’m not American. I do have Tuesday off for Canada Day though. But no plans. 7. Another Canadian here, working then most likely coaching my son’s baseball team (summer schedule is not out yet) ---
**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 26, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26952 "2014-06-26T16:09:02Z")
plans for the July 4th holiday (even if you’re not American) 1. Hanging with 2300 of my closest friends at a Mensa convention in Boston 2. Watching the fireworks from a half-a-dozen local displays with family and friends from my front yard. 3. Grill everything in sight. Drink American microbrews. Launch rockets into the air, assuming Utah isn’t under a no-burn restriction. 4. Probably go fishing and lizard/frog/tadpole/crawdad hunting with my son 5. Well, duh…Macy’s Fireworks 6. Well, working since I’m not American. I do have Tuesday off for Canada Day though. But no plans. 7. Another Canadian here, working then most likely coaching my son’s baseball team (summer schedule is not out yet) 8. Marching in the neighborhood parade ---
**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:** [June 26, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26953 "2014-06-26T20:07:34Z")
plans for the July 4th holiday (even if you’re not American) 1. Hanging with 2300 of my closest friends at a Mensa convention in Boston 2. Watching the fireworks from a half-a-dozen local displays with family and friends from my front yard. 3. Grill everything in sight. Drink American microbrews. Launch rockets into the air, assuming Utah isn’t under a no-burn restriction. 4. Probably go fishing and lizard/frog/tadpole/crawdad hunting with my son 5. Well, duh…Macy’s Fireworks 6. Well, working since I’m not American. I do have Tuesday off for Canada Day though. But no plans. 7. Another Canadian here, working then most likely coaching my son’s baseball team (summer schedule is not out yet) 8. Marching in the neighborhood parade 9. Hanging out with our neighbors, if we can get around to inviting them and they decide to come ---
**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 26, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26954 "2014-06-26T20:12:40Z")
Plans for the July 4th holiday (even if you’re not American) 1. Hanging with 2300 of my closest friends at a Mensa convention in Boston 2. Watching the fireworks from a half-a-dozen local displays with family and friends from my front yard. 3. Grill everything in sight. Drink American microbrews. Launch rockets into the air, assuming Utah isn’t under a no-burn restriction. 4. Probably go fishing and lizard/frog/tadpole/crawdad hunting with my son 5. Well, duh…Macy’s Fireworks 6. Well, working since I’m not American. I do have Tuesday off for Canada Day though. But no plans. 7. Another Canadian here, working then most likely coaching my son’s baseball team (summer schedule is not out yet) 8. Marching in the neighborhood parade 9. Hanging out with our neighbors, if we can get around to inviting them and they decide to come 10. Visiting with my in-laws in Vermont - a classic small-town Independence Day John Adams’s words are timeless: [Washington, DC, Fourth of July Celebration (U.S. National Park Service)](http://www.nps.gov/foju/historyandculture.htm) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26955 "2014-06-26T20:16:58Z")
Plans for the July 4th holiday (even if you’re not American) 1. Hanging with 2300 of my closest friends at a Mensa convention in Boston 2. Watching the fireworks from a half-a-dozen local displays with family and friends from my front yard. 3. Grill everything in sight. Drink American microbrews. Launch rockets into the air, assuming Utah isn’t under a no-burn restriction. 4. Probably go fishing and lizard/frog/tadpole/crawdad hunting with my son 5. Well, duh…Macy’s Fireworks 6. Well, working since I’m not American. I do have Tuesday off for Canada Day though. But no plans. 7. Another Canadian here, working then most likely coaching my son’s baseball team (summer schedule is not out yet) 8. Marching in the neighborhood parade 9. Hanging out with our neighbors, if we can get around to inviting them and they decide to come 10. Visiting with my in-laws in Vermont - a classic small-town Independence Day 11. Burgers at a Pool Party ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26956 "2014-06-26T22:32:28Z")
Plans for the July 4th holiday (even if you’re not American) 1. Hanging with 2300 of my closest friends at a Mensa convention in Boston 2. Watching the fireworks from a half-a-dozen local displays with family and friends from my front yard. 3. Grill everything in sight. Drink American microbrews. Launch rockets into the air, assuming Utah isn’t under a no-burn restriction. 4. Probably go fishing and lizard/frog/tadpole/crawdad hunting with my son 5. Well, duh…Macy’s Fireworks 6. Well, working since I’m not American. I do have Tuesday off for Canada Day though. But no plans. 7. Another Canadian here, working then most likely coaching my son’s baseball team (summer schedule is not out yet) 8. Marching in the neighborhood parade 9. Hanging out with our neighbors, if we can get around to inviting them and they decide to come 10. Visiting with my in-laws in Vermont - a classic small-town Independence Day 11. Burgers at a Pool Party 12. Working. It’s obviously not celebrated here. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2014, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26957 "2014-06-27T03:08:14Z")
Plans for the July 4th holiday (even if you’re not American) 1. Hanging with 2300 of my closest friends at a Mensa convention in Boston 2. Watching the fireworks from a half-a-dozen local displays with family and friends from my front yard. 3. Grill everything in sight. Drink American microbrews. Launch rockets into the air, assuming Utah isn’t under a no-burn restriction. 4. Probably go fishing and lizard/frog/tadpole/crawdad hunting with my son 5. Well, duh…Macy’s Fireworks 6. Well, working since I’m not American. I do have Tuesday off for Canada Day though. But no plans. 7. Another Canadian here, working then most likely coaching my son’s baseball team (summer schedule is not out yet) 8. Marching in the neighborhood parade 9. Hanging out with our neighbors, if we can get around to inviting them and they decide to come 10. Visiting with my in-laws in Vermont - a classic small-town Independence Day 11. Burgers at a Pool Party 12. Working. It’s obviously not celebrated here. 13. Calming down my dogs after nitwit 2AM fireworks. Next: Guitars 1. Gibson Les Paul Custom ---
**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:** [June 27, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26958 "2014-06-27T04:50:49Z")
Guitars 1. Gibson Les Paul Custom 2. Martin D-28 ---
**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 27, 2014, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26959 "2014-06-27T07:45:29Z")
Guitars 1. Gibson Les Paul Custom 2. Martin D-28 3. Fender Stratocaster ---
**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 27, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26960 "2014-06-27T13:46:38Z")
Guitars 1. Gibson Les Paul Custom 2. Martin D-28 3. Fender Stratocaster 4. Fender Telecaster ---
**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 27, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26961 "2014-06-27T14:26:02Z")
Guitars 1. Gibson Les Paul Custom 2. Martin D-28 3. Fender Stratocaster 4. Fender Telecaster 5. [Parker Fly](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/hb169/ParkerFlySojo.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26962 "2014-06-27T14:28:23Z")
Guitars 1. Gibson Les Paul Custom 2. Martin D-28 3. Fender Stratocaster 4. Fender Telecaster 5. Parker Fly 6. 12-string Rickenbacker 360 (hat tip to Roger McGuinn) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26963 "2014-06-27T15:07:43Z")
Guitars 1. Gibson Les Paul Custom 2. Martin D-28 3. Fender Stratocaster 4. Fender Telecaster 5. Parker Fly 6. 12-string Rickenbacker 360 (hat tip to Roger McGuinn) 7. BC Rich Mockingbird _Hey, my two current axes made it in at #1 and #4! How mainstream of me._ 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1347) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1349)