# 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:** 1353

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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 30, 2014, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27044 "2014-06-30T00:57:15Z")

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Foods you disliked as a child, but you like now

1. Mushrooms
2. Broccoli
3. Pancakes  
4, Spinach
4. Bread crusts
5. Meatloaf
6. Pasta
7. Shrimp
8. Grits
9. Lima Beans
10. Turnip

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**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:** [June 30, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27045 "2014-06-30T01:12:37Z")

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Foods you disliked as a child, but you like now

1. Mushrooms
2. Broccoli
3. Pancakes  
4, Spinach
4. Bread crusts
5. Meatloaf
6. Pasta
7. Shrimp
8. Grits
9. Lima Beans
10. Turnip
11. Okra

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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 30, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27046 "2014-06-30T03:00:07Z")

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Foods you disliked as a child, but you like now

1. Mushrooms
2. Broccoli
3. Pancakes  
4, Spinach
4. Bread crusts
5. Meatloaf
6. Pasta
7. Shrimp
8. Grits
9. Lima Beans
10. Turnip
11. Okra
12. Guacamole

New: Fictional characters with missing limbs and/or prostheses

1. Geordi LaForge

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**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 30, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27047 "2014-06-30T03:38:15Z")

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Fictional characters with missing limbs and/or prostheses

1. Geordi LaForge
2. Steve Austin: The six million dollar man.

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**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27048 "2014-06-30T03:43:45Z")

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Fictional characters with missing limbs and/or prostheses

1. Geordi LaForge
2. Steve Austin: The six million dollar man
3. The one-armed man, _The Fugitive_

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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 30, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27049 "2014-06-30T03:53:43Z")

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Fictional characters with missing limbs and/or prostheses

1. Geordi LaForge
2. Steve Austin: The six million dollar man
3. The one-armed man, The Fugitive
4. Long John Silver

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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 30, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27050 "2014-06-30T06:05:26Z")

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Fictional characters with missing limbs and/or prostheses

1. Geordi LaForge
2. Steve Austin: The six million dollar man
3. The one-armed man, The Fugitive
4. Long John Silver
5. Buster Bluth

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**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:** [June 30, 2014, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27051 "2014-06-30T07:28:15Z")

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Fictional characters with missing limbs and/or prostheses

1. Geordi LaForge
2. Steve Austin: The six million dollar man
3. The one-armed man, The Fugitive
4. Long John Silver
5. Buster Bluth
6. Captain Hook

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27052 "2014-06-30T12:02:37Z")

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Fictional characters with missing limbs and/or prostheses

1. Geordi LaForge
2. Steve Austin: The six million dollar man
3. The one-armed man, The Fugitive
4. Long John Silver
5. Buster Bluth
6. Captain Hook
7. Lincoln Rhyme

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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 30, 2014, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27053 "2014-06-30T12:08:06Z")

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Fictional characters with missing limbs and/or prostheses

1. Geordi LaForge
2. Steve Austin: The six million dollar man
3. The one-armed man, The Fugitive
4. Long John Silver
5. Buster Bluth
6. Captain Hook
7. Lincoln Rhyme
8. Seamus from The Family Guy

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**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 30, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27054 "2014-06-30T12:40:22Z")

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Fictional characters with missing limbs and/or prostheses

1. Geordi LaForge
2. Steve Austin: The six million dollar man
3. The one-armed man, The Fugitive
4. Long John Silver
5. Buster Bluth
6. Captain Hook
7. Lincoln Rhyme
8. Seamus from The Family Guy
9. Sam from _Skating Shoes_ by Noel Streatfeild

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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 30, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27055 "2014-06-30T12:49:40Z")

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Fictional characters with missing limbs and/or prostheses

1. Geordi LaForge
2. Steve Austin: The six million dollar man
3. The one-armed man, The Fugitive
4. Long John Silver
5. Buster Bluth
6. Captain Hook
7. Lincoln Rhyme
8. Seamus from The Family Guy
9. Sam from Skating Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
10. Luke Skywalker

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**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:** [June 30, 2014, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27056 "2014-06-30T13:11:44Z")

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Fictional characters with missing limbs and/or prostheses

1. Geordi LaForge
2. Steve Austin: The six million dollar man
3. The one-armed man, The Fugitive
4. Long John Silver
5. Buster Bluth
6. Captain Hook
7. Lincoln Rhyme
8. Seamus from The Family Guy
9. Sam from Skating Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
10. Luke Skywalker
11. Ahab

Not only that, missing limb/prosthetic entire back story. Otherwise, no novel :).

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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 30, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27057 "2014-06-30T13:55:49Z")

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Fictional characters with missing limbs and/or prostheses

1. Geordi LaForge
2. Steve Austin: The six million dollar man
3. The one-armed man, The Fugitive
4. Long John Silver
5. Buster Bluth
6. Captain Hook
7. Lincoln Rhyme
8. Seamus from The Family Guy
9. Sam from Skating Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
10. Luke Skywalker
11. Ahab
12. Hiccup, the young Viking from \*\*\*How to Train Your Dragon \*\*\*movies

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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 30, 2014, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27058 "2014-06-30T14:11:24Z")

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Fictional characters with missing limbs and/or prostheses

1. Geordi LaForge
2. Steve Austin: The six million dollar man
3. The one-armed man, The Fugitive
4. Long John Silver
5. Buster Bluth
6. Captain Hook
7. Lincoln Rhyme
8. Seamus from The Family Guy
9. Sam from Skating Shoes by Noel Streatfeild
10. Luke Skywalker
11. Ahab
12. Hiccup, the young Viking from How to Train Your Dragon movies
13. Anakin Skywalker

_What is it with those Skywalker boys?_

Next: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is the poor man’s \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

1. meth is the poor man’s cocaine

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**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 30, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27059 "2014-06-30T14:23:19Z")

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Next: \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is the poor man’s \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

1. meth is the poor man’s cocaine
2. 7-11 coffee is the poor man’s Starbucks.

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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 30, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27060 "2014-06-30T15:25:35Z")

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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is the poor man’s \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

1. meth is the poor man’s cocaine
2. 7-11 coffee is the poor man’s Starbucks.
3. Walmart is the poor man’s Target

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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 30, 2014, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27061 "2014-06-30T15:28:58Z")

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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is the poor man’s \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

1. meth is the poor man’s cocaine
2. 7-11 coffee is the poor man’s Starbucks.
3. Walmart is the poor man’s Target
4. Destin (FL) is the poor man’s Hawaii

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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 30, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27062 "2014-06-30T16:13:30Z")

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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is the poor man’s \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

1. meth is the poor man’s cocaine
2. 7-11 coffee is the poor man’s Starbucks.
3. Walmart is the poor man’s Target
4. Destin (FL) is the poor man’s Hawaii
5. Eragon is the poor man’s Harry Potter

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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 30, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/27063 "2014-06-30T18:27:38Z")

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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is the poor man’s \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

1. meth is the poor man’s cocaine
2. 7-11 coffee is the poor man’s Starbucks.
3. Walmart is the poor man’s Target
4. Destin (FL) is the poor man’s Hawaii
5. Eragon is the poor man’s Harry Potter
6. Twilight is the poor man’s version of the poor man’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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