# 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:** 1416
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28304 "2014-08-12T22:11:24Z")
Things that, when said, almost always mean exactly the opposite. 1. With all due respect… 2. I’m not racist, but… 3. I don’t mean to pry … 4. I’m from the government, I’m here to help. 5. It’s not the money, it’s the principle! 6. Yeah, right. 7. Give me a call next week, we’ll do something. 8. Bless your heart. 9. Have a nice day! 10. Literally 11. Let’s have lunch. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28305 "2014-08-12T22:27:15Z")
Things that, when said, almost always mean exactly the opposite. 1. With all due respect… 2. I’m not racist, but… 3. I don’t mean to pry … 4. I’m from the government, I’m here to help. 5. It’s not the money, it’s the principle! 6. Yeah, right. 7. Give me a call next week, we’ll do something. 8. Bless your heart. 9. Have a nice day! 10. Literally 11. Let’s have lunch. 12. I’m not into _[interpersonal]_ drama. _The ultimate canard of female dating profiles everywhere._ ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28306 "2014-08-12T22:39:09Z")
Things that, when said, almost always mean exactly the opposite. 1. With all due respect… 2. I’m not racist, but… 3. I don’t mean to pry … 4. I’m from the government, I’m here to help. 5. It’s not the money, it’s the principle! 6. Yeah, right. 7. Give me a call next week, we’ll do something. 8. Bless your heart. 9. Have a nice day! 10. Literally 11. Let’s have lunch. 12. I’m not into [interpersonal] drama. 13. Stay as long as you want! New: Fictional Newspapers 1. The Daily Planet (Metropolis) ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28307 "2014-08-12T22:43:44Z")
New: Fictional Newspapers 1. The Daily Planet (Metropolis) 2. The Springfield Shopper ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28308 "2014-08-12T22:44:00Z")
New: Fictional Newspapers 1. The Daily Planet (Metropolis) 2. The Springfield Shopper 3. The Daily Bugle (New York City) ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28309 "2014-08-12T22:47:07Z")
New: Fictional Newspapers 1. The Daily Planet (Metropolis) 2. The Springfield Shopper 3. The Daily Bugle (New York City) 4. The Summerfield Sum-It-Up (Summerfield High School, in Marcia Martin’s Donna Parker novels) ---
**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:** [August 12, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28310 "2014-08-12T22:50:27Z")
Fictional Newspapers 1. The Daily Planet (Metropolis) 2. The Springfield Shopper 3. The Daily Bugle (New York City) 4. The Summerfield Sum-It-Up (Summerfield High School, in Marcia Martin’s Donna Parker novels) 5. The Los Angeles Tribune From the TV series _Lou Grant_ ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28311 "2014-08-13T00:48:55Z")
Fictional Newspapers 1. The Daily Planet (Metropolis) 2. The Springfield Shopper 3. The Daily Bugle (New York City) 4. The Summerfield Sum-It-Up (Summerfield High School, in Marcia Martin’s Donna Parker novels) 5. The Los Angeles Tribune 6. The Ankh-Morpork Inquirer ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28312 "2014-08-13T00:50:51Z")
Fictional Newspapers 1. The Daily Planet (Metropolis) 2. The Springfield Shopper 3. The Daily Bugle (New York City) 4. The Summerfield Sum-It-Up (Summerfield High School, in Marcia Martin’s Donna Parker novels) 5. The Los Angeles Tribune 6. The Ankh-Morpork Inquirer 7. The Hartford Current, America’s Oldest Newspaper ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28313 "2014-08-13T02:10:23Z")
Fictional Newspapers 1. The Daily Planet (Metropolis) 2. The Springfield Shopper 3. The Daily Bugle (New York City) 4. The Summerfield Sum-It-Up (Summerfield High School, in Marcia Martin’s Donna Parker novels) 5. The Los Angeles Tribune 6. The Ankh-Morpork Inquirer 7. The Hartford Current, America’s Oldest Newspaper 8. The New York Inquirer Owned and operated by Charles Foster Kane ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28314 "2014-08-13T05:46:59Z")
Fictional Newspapers 1. The Daily Planet (Metropolis) 2. The Springfield Shopper 3. The Daily Bugle (New York City) 4. The Summerfield Sum-It-Up (Summerfield High School, in Marcia Martin’s Donna Parker novels) 5. The Los Angeles Tribune 6. The Ankh-Morpork Inquirer 7. The Hartford Current, America’s Oldest Newspaper 8. The New York Inquirer 9. The Bloom Picayune Also known as the Bloom Beacon ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28315 "2014-08-13T09:04:13Z")
Fictional Newspapers 1. The Daily Planet (Metropolis) 2. The Springfield Shopper 3. The Daily Bugle (New York City) 4. The Summerfield Sum-It-Up (Summerfield High School, in Marcia Martin’s Donna Parker novels) 5. The Los Angeles Tribune 6. The Ankh-Morpork Inquirer 7. The Hartford Current, America’s Oldest Newspaper 8. The New York Inquirer 9. The Bloom Picayune 10. The Daily Beagle (Wallis & Gromit) [![](https://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd262/Smog909/gromit.jpg?t=1281726795) ](https://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd262/Smog909/gromit.jpg?t=1281726795) ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28316 "2014-08-13T13:54:31Z")
Fictional Newspapers 1. The Daily Planet (Metropolis) 2. The Springfield Shopper 3. The Daily Bugle (New York City) 4. The Summerfield Sum-It-Up (Summerfield High School, in Marcia Martin’s Donna Parker novels) 5. The Los Angeles Tribune 6. The Ankh-Morpork Inquirer 7. The Hartford Current, America’s Oldest Newspaper 8. The New York Inquirer 9. The Bloom Picayune 10. The Daily Beagle (Wallis & Gromit) 11. The Daily Prophet (Harry Potter series) ---
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28317 "2014-08-13T15:34:31Z")
Fictional Newspapers 1. The Daily Planet (Metropolis) 2. The Springfield Shopper 3. The Daily Bugle (New York City) 4. The Summerfield Sum-It-Up (Summerfield High School, in Marcia Martin’s Donna Parker novels) 5. The Los Angeles Tribune 6. The Ankh-Morpork Inquirer 7. The Hartford Current, America’s Oldest Newspaper 8. The New York Inquirer 9. The Bloom Picayune 10. The Daily Beagle (Wallis & Gromit) 11. The Daily Prophet (Harry Potter series) 12. The Daily Granite (The Flintstones) ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28318 "2014-08-13T16:43:06Z")
Fictional Newspapers 1. The Daily Planet (Metropolis) 2. The Springfield Shopper 3. The Daily Bugle (New York City) 4. The Summerfield Sum-It-Up (Summerfield High School, in Marcia Martin’s Donna Parker novels) 5. The Los Angeles Tribune 6. The Ankh-Morpork Inquirer 7. The Hartford Current, America’s Oldest Newspaper 8. The New York Inquirer 9. The Bloom Picayune 10. The Daily Beagle (Wallis & Gromit) 11. The Daily Prophet (Harry Potter series) 12. The Daily Granite (The Flintstones) 13. The Fort Mudge Most (Pogo) Next: Demises of Disney/Pixar Characters 14. Skar, ripped apart and eaten by hyenas, The Lion King ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28319 "2014-08-13T16:45:14Z")
Next: Demises of Disney/Pixar Characters 1. Skar, ripped apart and eaten by hyenas, The Lion King 2. Bambi’s Mom - shot, killed, and (presumably) eaten. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28320 "2014-08-13T16:45:19Z")
Next: Demises of Disney/Pixar Characters 1. Skar, ripped apart and eaten by hyenas, The Lion King 2. Bambi’s Mom - shot, killed, and (presumably) eaten. 3. Hopper, eaten by a bird, A Bug’s Life ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28321 "2014-08-13T16:49:53Z")
Next: Demises of Disney/Pixar Characters 1. Skar, ripped apart and eaten by hyenas, The Lion King 2. Bambi’s Mom - shot, killed, and (presumably) eaten. 3. Hopper, eaten by a bird, A Bug’s Life 4. Old Yeller, shot to death due to rabies infection. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2014, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28322 "2014-08-13T16:51:25Z")
Next: Demises of Disney/Pixar Characters 1. Skar, ripped apart and eaten by hyenas, The Lion King 2. Bambi’s Mom - shot, killed, and (presumably) eaten. 3. Hopper, eaten by a bird, A Bug’s Life 4. Gaston - fall from the Beast’s castle tower (Beauty and the Beast) No one drinks like Gaston, No one fights like Gaston No one falls off a tower and dies like Gaston! ---
**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:** [August 13, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28323 "2014-08-13T17:14:02Z")
Demises of Disney/Pixar Characters 1. Skar, ripped apart and eaten by hyenas, The Lion King 2. Bambi’s Mom - shot, killed, and (presumably) eaten. 3. Hopper, eaten by a bird, A Bug’s Life 4. Gaston - fall from the Beast’s castle tower (Beauty and the Beast) 5. Shan Yu, blown up by fireworks, Mulan Presumably he was not eaten afterwards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1415) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1417)