# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 1349

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**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, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26964 "2014-06-27T15:21:34Z")

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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
8. Rickenbacker Frying Pan (widely, but not unanimously. considered the first commercially sold electric guitar)

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**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, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26965 "2014-06-27T15:23:53Z")

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**OneCentStamp** –Hey, go with the champs, you can’t go wrong.

( **astorian** is a shredder, huh?)

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**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, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26966 "2014-06-27T15:25:49Z")

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Meant to say\*\* Infovore\*\* is the shredder.

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**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, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26967 "2014-06-27T15:49:07Z")

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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
8. Rickenbacker Frying Pan
9. Gibson SG

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**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, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26968 "2014-06-27T18:20:12Z")

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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
8. Rickenbacker Frying Pan
9. Gibson SG
10. Ibanez Destroyer (which I learned about from KISS!)

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**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 27, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26969 "2014-06-27T18:44:06Z")

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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
8. Rickenbacker Frying Pan
9. Gibson SG
10. Ibanez Destroyer (which I learned about from KISS!)
11. Johnny

> **[Johnny Guitar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Guitar)**
>
> Johnny Guitar is a 1954 American Western film directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Ernest Borgnine and Scott Brady. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. The screenplay was adapted from a novel of the same name by Roy Chanslor.
> In 2008, Johnny Guitar was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
> On the...

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26970 "2014-06-27T19:49:15Z")

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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
8. Rickenbacker Frying Pan
9. Gibson SG
10. Ibanez Destroyer (which I learned about from KISS!)
11. [Johnny](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Guitar)
12. [Juan Orozco Classical](https://www.google.com/search?q=juan+orozco+guitar&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=R8qtU6-ZMoyQyATqzoHwCA&ved=0CDIQ7Ak&biw=1062&bih=675)

some of us don’t play 'lectric

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**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, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26971 "2014-06-27T20:08:05Z")

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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
8. Rickenbacker Frying Pan
9. Gibson SG
10. Ibanez Destroyer (which I learned about from KISS!)
11. Johnny
12. Juan Orozco Classical
13. [The Wangcaster](http://www.carverdoug.com/wang.html)

Next: famous blind people

1. Hellen Keller

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**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, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26972 "2014-06-27T20:30:48Z")

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Famous blind people

1. Hellen Keller
2. John Milton

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**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, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26973 "2014-06-27T20:31:53Z")

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Famous blind people

1. Hellen Keller
2. John Milton
3. Stevie Wonder

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**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, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26974 "2014-06-27T20:35:43Z")

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Famous blind people

1. Hellen Keller
2. John Milton
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Louis Braille

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**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 27, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26975 "2014-06-27T20:41:23Z")

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Famous blind people

1. Hellen Keller
2. John Milton
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Louis Braille
5. Ray Charles

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**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, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26976 "2014-06-27T20:42:17Z")

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Famous blind people

1. Hellen Keller
2. John Milton
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Louis Braille
5. Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman
6. Ray Charles

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**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, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26977 "2014-06-27T21:15:31Z")

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Famous blind people

1. Hellen Keller
2. John Milton
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Louis Braille
5. Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman
6. Ray Charles
7. Homer

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**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 27, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26978 "2014-06-27T21:16:45Z")

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Famous blind people

1. Hellen Keller
2. John Milton
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Louis Braille
5. Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman
6. Ray Charles
7. Homer
8. José Feliciano

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**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, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26979 "2014-06-27T21:28:46Z")

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Famous blind people

1. Hellen Keller
2. John Milton
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Louis Braille
5. Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman
6. Ray Charles
7. Homer
8. José Feliciano
9. Andrea Bocelli

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**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, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26980 "2014-06-27T21:31:54Z")

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Famous blind people

1. Hellen Keller
2. John Milton
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Louis Braille
5. Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman
6. Ray Charles
7. Homer
8. José Feliciano
9. Andrea Bocelli
10. Jeff Healey

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**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, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26981 "2014-06-27T21:33:56Z")

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Famous blind people

1. Hellen Keller
2. John Milton
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Louis Braille
5. Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman
6. Ray Charles
7. Homer
8. José Feliciano
9. Andrea Bocelli
10. Jeff Healey
11. Ronnie Milsap

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**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 27, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26982 "2014-06-27T21:37:58Z")

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Famous blind people

1. Hellen Keller
2. John Milton
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Louis Braille
5. Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman
6. Ray Charles
7. Homer
8. José Feliciano
9. Andrea Bocelli
10. Jeff Healey
11. Ronnie Milsap
12. Earl of Gloucester

In Shakespeare’s _King Lear_

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**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 28, 2014, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/26983 "2014-06-28T01:46:35Z")

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Famous blind people

1. Hellen Keller
2. John Milton
3. Stevie Wonder
4. Louis Braille
5. Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman
6. Ray Charles
7. Homer
8. José Feliciano
9. Andrea Bocelli
10. Jeff Healey
11. Ronnie Milsap
12. Earl of Gloucester
13. Oedipus

I’ll pass

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