# 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:** 143

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2841 "2010-12-20T12:13:09Z")

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Songs that Billy Joel sings

1. “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
2. “Only the Good Die Young”
3. “Don’t Ask Me Why”
4. “Allentown”
5. “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant”
6. “River of Dreams”
7. “Piano Man”
8. “My Life”
9. “Just the Way You Are”
10. “You May Be Right”
11. “Uptown Girl”

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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:** [December 20, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2842 "2010-12-20T14:07:11Z")

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Songs that Billy Joel sings

1. “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
2. “Only the Good Die Young”
3. “Don’t Ask Me Why”
4. “Allentown”
5. “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant”
6. “River of Dreams”
7. “Piano Man”
8. “My Life”
9. “Just the Way You Are”
10. “You May Be Right”
11. “Uptown Girl”
12. “Back in the USSR”

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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:** [December 20, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2843 "2010-12-20T15:13:21Z")

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Songs that Billy Joel sings

1. “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
2. “Only the Good Die Young”
3. “Don’t Ask Me Why”
4. “Allentown”
5. “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant”
6. “River of Dreams”
7. “Piano Man”
8. “My Life”
9. “Just the Way You Are”
10. “You May Be Right”
11. “Uptown Girl”
12. “Back in the USSR”
13. “New York State of Mind”

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Characters in stories about Christmas

1. The baby Jesus

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2844 "2010-12-20T15:36:55Z")

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Characters in stories about Christmas

1. The baby Jesus
2. The Grinch

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**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2845 "2010-12-20T15:40:28Z")

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Characters in stories about Christmas

1. The baby Jesus
2. The Grinch
3. Ebeneezer Scrooge

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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:** [December 20, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2846 "2010-12-20T16:00:27Z")

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Characters in stories about Christmas

1. The baby Jesus
2. The Grinch
3. Ebeneezer Scrooge
4. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2847 "2010-12-20T16:03:15Z")

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Characters in stories about Christmas

1. The baby Jesus
2. The Grinch
3. Ebeneezer Scrooge
4. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
5. The little match girl

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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:** [December 20, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2848 "2010-12-20T17:06:52Z")

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Characters in stories about Christmas

1. The baby Jesus
2. The Grinch
3. Ebeneezer Scrooge
4. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
5. The little match girl
6. Marley’s ghost

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2849 "2010-12-20T17:21:40Z")

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Characters in stories about Christmas

1. The baby Jesus
2. The Grinch
3. Ebeneezer Scrooge
4. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
5. The little match girl
6. Marley’s ghost
7. George Bailey

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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:** [December 20, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2850 "2010-12-20T17:56:07Z")

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Characters in stories about Christmas

1. The baby Jesus
2. The Grinch
3. Ebeneezer Scrooge
4. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
5. The little match girl
6. Marley’s ghost
7. George Bailey
8. Frosty the Snowman

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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:** [December 20, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2851 "2010-12-20T18:18:26Z")

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Characters in stories about Christmas

1. The baby Jesus
2. The Grinch
3. Ebeneezer Scrooge
4. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
5. The little match girl
6. Marley’s ghost
7. George Bailey
8. Frosty the Snowman
9. Hermey, the elf who wants to be a dentist

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**Author:** ![EristicKallistic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85e7bf/32.png) [@EristicKallistic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EristicKallistic)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2852 "2010-12-20T18:34:26Z")

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Characters in stories about Christmas

1. The baby Jesus
2. The Grinch
3. Ebeneezer Scrooge
4. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
5. The little match girl
6. Marley’s ghost
7. George Bailey
8. Frosty the Snowman
9. Hermey, the elf who wants to be a dentist
10. Grandma (having gotten run over by a reindeer)

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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:** [December 20, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2853 "2010-12-20T18:43:51Z")

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Characters in stories about Christmas

1. The baby Jesus
2. The Grinch
3. Ebeneezer Scrooge
4. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
5. The little match girl
6. Marley’s ghost
7. George Bailey
8. Frosty the Snowman
9. Hermey, the elf who wants to be a dentist
10. Grandma (having gotten run over by a reindeer)
11. Santa’s Little Helper (the too-slow greyhound)

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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:** [December 20, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2854 "2010-12-20T18:58:27Z")

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Characters in stories about Christmas

1. The baby Jesus
2. The Grinch
3. Ebeneezer Scrooge
4. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
5. The little match girl
6. Marley’s ghost
7. George Bailey
8. Frosty the Snowman
9. Hermey, the elf who wants to be a dentist
10. Grandma (having gotten run over by a reindeer)
11. Santa’s Little Helper (the too-slow greyhound)
12. Ralphy

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2855 "2010-12-20T19:05:25Z")

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Characters in stories about Christmas

1. The baby Jesus
2. The Grinch
3. Ebeneezer Scrooge
4. Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer
5. The little match girl
6. Marley’s ghost
7. George Bailey
8. Frosty the Snowman
9. Hermey, the elf who wants to be a dentist
10. Grandma (having gotten run over by a reindeer)
11. Santa’s Little Helper (the too-slow greyhound)
12. Ralphy
13. Zuzu

Alter egos

1. Snoopy’s World War I Flying Ace

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2856 "2010-12-20T19:07:49Z")

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Alter egos

1. Snoopy’s World War I Flying Ace
2. Beavis’s Great Cornholio

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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:** [December 20, 2010, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2857 "2010-12-20T19:19:06Z")

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Alter egos

1. Snoopy’s World War I Flying Ace
2. Beavis’s Great Cornholio
3. Calvin’s Spaceman Spiff

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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:** [December 20, 2010, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2858 "2010-12-20T19:21:56Z")

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Alter egos

1. Snoopy’s World War I Flying Ace
2. Beavis’s Great Cornholio
3. Calvin’s Spaceman Spiff
4. Clark Kent’s Superman (or is it Superman’s Clark Kent?)

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2859 "2010-12-20T19:24:53Z")

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Alter egos

1. Snoopy’s World War I Flying Ace
2. Beavis’s Great Cornholio
3. Calvin’s Spaceman Spiff
4. Clark Kent’s Superman (or is it Superman’s Clark Kent?)
5. Marshall Mathers’ Slim Shady (will the real one please stand up?)

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/2860 "2010-12-20T19:51:28Z")

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Alter egos

1. Snoopy’s World War I Flying Ace
2. Beavis’s Great Cornholio
3. Calvin’s Spaceman Spiff
4. Clark Kent’s Superman (or is it Superman’s Clark Kent?)
5. Marshall Mathers’ Slim Shady (will the real one please stand up?)
6. David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust

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