# 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:** 1425
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28484 "2014-08-19T11:07:29Z")
Heroes of Children’s Fiction 1. Tom Fitzgerald, aka the Great Brain 2. Alvin Fernald 3. Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown (my personal hero) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28485 "2014-08-19T12:16:48Z")
Heroes of Children’s Fiction 1. Tom Fitzgerald, aka the Great Brain 2. Alvin Fernald 3. Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown (my personal hero) 4. Lucy Pevensie ---
**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 19, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28486 "2014-08-19T12:55:18Z")
Heroes of Children’s Fiction 1. Tom Fitzgerald, aka the Great Brain 2. Alvin Fernald 3. Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown (my personal hero) 4. Lucy Pevensie 5. Mary Jane Douglas (from **Mary Jane** , by Dorothy Sterling. For those who haven’t read it, she integrates her middle school.) ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28487 "2014-08-19T12:59:46Z")
Heroes of Children’s Fiction 1. Tom Fitzgerald, aka the Great Brain 2. Alvin Fernald 3. Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown (my personal hero) 4. Lucy Pevensie 5. Mary Jane Douglas (from Mary Jane, by Dorothy Sterling. For those who haven’t read it, she integrates her middle school.) 6. The Lorax ---
**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:** [August 19, 2014, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28488 "2014-08-19T13:55:57Z")
Heroes of Children’s Fiction 1. Tom Fitzgerald, aka the Great Brain 2. Alvin Fernald 3. Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown (my personal hero) 4. Lucy Pevensie 5. Mary Jane Douglas (from Mary Jane, by Dorothy Sterling. For those who haven’t read it, she integrates her middle school.) 6. The Lorax 7. The Alden “Boxcar” Children ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28489 "2014-08-19T14:16:43Z")
Heroes of Children’s Fiction 1. Tom Fitzgerald, aka the Great Brain 2. Alvin Fernald 3. Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown (my personal hero) 4. Lucy Pevensie 5. Mary Jane Douglas (from Mary Jane, by Dorothy Sterling. For those who haven’t read it, she integrates her middle school.) 6. The Lorax 7. The Alden “Boxcar” Children 8. Pippi Longstocking ---
**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:** [August 19, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28490 "2014-08-19T14:51:40Z")
Heroes of Children’s Fiction 1. Tom Fitzgerald, aka the Great Brain 2. Alvin Fernald 3. Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown (my personal hero) 4. Lucy Pevensie 5. Mary Jane Douglas (from Mary Jane, by Dorothy Sterling. For those who haven’t read it, she integrates her middle school.) 6. The Lorax 7. The Alden “Boxcar” Children 8. Pippi Longstocking 9. Trixie Belden ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28491 "2014-08-19T14:51:42Z")
Heroes of Children’s Fiction 1. Tom Fitzgerald, aka the Great Brain 2. Alvin Fernald 3. Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown (my personal hero) 4. Lucy Pevensie 5. Mary Jane Douglas (from Mary Jane, by Dorothy Sterling. For those who haven’t read it, she integrates her middle school.) 6. The Lorax 7. The Alden “Boxcar” Children 8. Pippi Longstocking 9. Mr. Toad, from _ **The WInd in the Willows** _ ---
**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 19, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28492 "2014-08-19T14:59:35Z")
Heroes of Children’s Fiction 1. Tom Fitzgerald, aka the Great Brain 2. Alvin Fernald 3. Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown (my personal hero) 4. Lucy Pevensie 5. Mary Jane Douglas (from Mary Jane, by Dorothy Sterling. For those who haven’t read it, she integrates her middle school.) 6. The Lorax 7. The Alden “Boxcar” Children 8. Pippi Longstocking 9. Mr. Toad, from The WInd in the Willows 10. Dorothy Gale ---
**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:** [August 19, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28493 "2014-08-19T14:59:53Z")
Heroes of Children’s Fiction 1. Tom Fitzgerald, aka the Great Brain 2. Alvin Fernald 3. Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown (my personal hero) 4. Lucy Pevensie 5. Mary Jane Douglas (from Mary Jane, by Dorothy Sterling. For those who haven’t read it, she integrates her middle school.) 6. The Lorax 7. The Alden “Boxcar” Children 8. Pippi Longstocking 9. Trixie Belden 10. Mr. Toad, from _ **The WInd in the Willows** _ 11. Dorothy Gale (just fixing the order so Trixie doesn’t get left out) ---
**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:** [August 19, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28494 "2014-08-19T15:02:03Z")
1. Tom Fitzgerald, aka the Great Brain 2. Alvin Fernald 3. Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown (my personal hero) 4. Lucy Pevensie 5. Mary Jane Douglas (from Mary Jane, by Dorothy Sterling. For those who haven’t read it, she integrates her middle school.) 6. The Lorax 7. The Alden “Boxcar” Children 8. Pippi Longstocking 9. Trixie Belden 10. Mr. Toad, from The WInd in the Willows 11. Dorothy Gale 12. Harry Potter ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28495 "2014-08-19T15:14:19Z")
Heroes of Children’s Fiction 1. Tom Fitzgerald, aka the Great Brain 2. Alvin Fernald 3. Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown (my personal hero) 4. Lucy Pevensie 5. Mary Jane Douglas (from Mary Jane, by Dorothy Sterling. For those who haven’t read it, she integrates her middle school.) 6. The Lorax 7. The Alden “Boxcar” Children 8. Pippi Longstocking 9. Trixie Belden 10. Mr. Toad, from The WInd in the Willows 11. Dorothy Gale 12. Harry Potter 13. Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire (A Series of Unfortunate Events) New Topic Biblical Pickup Lines 1: “Thou surely must be jelly. Verily, jam shaketh not like that.” ---
**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:** [August 19, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28496 "2014-08-19T15:16:14Z")
Biblical Pickup Lines 1: “Thou surely must be jelly. Verily, jam shaketh not like that.” 2. “What tribe are you?” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28497 "2014-08-19T15:43:20Z")
Biblical Pickup Lines 1: “Thou surely must be jelly. Verily, jam shaketh not like that.” 2. “What tribe are you?” 3. “Your tent or mine?” ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28498 "2014-08-19T16:44:38Z")
Biblical Pickup Lines 1: “Thou surely must be jelly. Verily, jam shaketh not like that.” 2. “What tribe are you?” 3. “Your tent or mine?” 4. “Nonsense, Mary - of course I’ll still respect you.” Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28499 "2014-08-19T17:56:49Z")
Biblical Pickup Lines 1: “Thou surely must be jelly. Verily, jam shaketh not like that.” 2. “What tribe are you?” 3. “Your tent or mine?” 4. “Nonsense, Mary - of course I’ll still respect you.” 5. “Wanna go for a moonlight ride on my new camel?” ---
**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 19, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28500 "2014-08-19T18:36:51Z")
Biblical Pickup Lines 1: “Thou surely must be jelly. Verily, jam shaketh not like that.” 2. “What tribe are you?” 3. “Your tent or mine?” 4. “Nonsense, Mary - of course I’ll still respect you.” 5. “Wanna go for a moonlight ride on my new camel?” 6. (David, to Bathsheba) “Hey, isn’t your husband leaving for the front lines soon?” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28501 "2014-08-19T18:39:38Z")
Biblical Pickup Lines 1: “Thou surely must be jelly. Verily, jam shaketh not like that.” 2. “What tribe are you?” 3. “Your tent or mine?” 4. “Nonsense, Mary - of course I’ll still respect you.” 5. “Wanna go for a moonlight ride on my new camel?” 6. (David, to Bathsheba) “Hey, isn’t your husband leaving for the front lines soon?” 7. “If I can make the Red Sea part, surely I can make your legs do the same, woman!” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28502 "2014-08-19T18:48:18Z")
Biblical Pickup Lines 1: “Thou surely must be jelly. Verily, jam shaketh not like that.” 2. “What tribe are you?” 3. “Your tent or mine?” 4. “Nonsense, Mary - of course I’ll still respect you.” 5. “Wanna go for a moonlight ride on my new camel?” 6. (David, to Bathsheba) “Hey, isn’t your husband leaving for the front lines soon?” 7. “If I can make the Red Sea part, surely I can make your legs do the same, woman!” 8. “Hey honey, wanna see my rod and my staff?” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28503 "2014-08-19T18:52:42Z")
Biblical Pickup Lines 1: “Thou surely must be jelly. Verily, jam shaketh not like that.” 2. “What tribe are you?” 3. “Your tent or mine?” 4. “Nonsense, Mary - of course I’ll still respect you.” 5. “Wanna go for a moonlight ride on my new camel?” 6. (David, to Bathsheba) “Hey, isn’t your husband leaving for the front lines soon?” 7. “If I can make the Red Sea part, surely I can make your legs do the same, woman!” 8. “Wanna go down to the oasis and break some commandments?” 9. “Come to my tent and save me from the sin of Onan!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1424) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1426)