# 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:** 1435

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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:** [August 26, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28684 "2014-08-26T20:52:08Z")

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Reasons why Elendil’s Heir passed on this topic:

1: Traumatized from having just sat on a waffle cone in his best suit.  
2: Needs to catch up on DVR’d episodes of True Blood.  
3. Someone said “Hey, is that Keira Knightley?” and he looked. Again.  
4. Elendil threatened to cut him out of the will.  
5. Saw a plastic bag floating on the wind and had to sit back, stupefied with wonder.  
6. Still too heartbroken that Peter Dinklage didn’t win an Emmy last night.  
7. All the Star Trek and Electric Light Orchestra topics have already been covered.  
8. He’d spent all his time coming up with a good answer for the last category that he was fresh out of ideas  
9. He’s camped out at Madison Square Garden, waiting to buy tickets for the big Loverboy reunion concert.  
10. He’s out seeking revenge on Loki.  
11. Figured naming a new category is just a marketing ploy by the Chicago Reader and decided to break the chain.

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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:** [August 26, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28685 "2014-08-26T21:35:00Z")

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Reasons why Elendil’s Heir passed on this topic:

1: Traumatized from having just sat on a waffle cone in his best suit.  
2: Needs to catch up on DVR’d episodes of True Blood.  
3. Someone said “Hey, is that Keira Knightley?” and he looked. Again.  
4. Elendil threatened to cut him out of the will.  
5. Saw a plastic bag floating on the wind and had to sit back, stupefied with wonder.  
6. Still too heartbroken that Peter Dinklage didn’t win an Emmy last night.  
7. All the Star Trek and Electric Light Orchestra topics have already been covered.  
8. He’d spent all his time coming up with a good answer for the last category that he was fresh out of ideas  
9. He’s camped out at Madison Square Garden, waiting to buy tickets for the big Loverboy reunion concert.  
10. He’s out seeking revenge on Loki.  
11. Figured naming a new category is just a marketing ploy by the Chicago Reader and decided to break the chain.  
12. FInally realized, after all these months, that the whole thing was a bit silly

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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:** [August 26, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28686 "2014-08-26T21:52:10Z")

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Reasons why Elendil’s Heir passed on this topic:

1: Traumatized from having just sat on a waffle cone in his best suit.  
2: Needs to catch up on DVR’d episodes of True Blood.  
3. Someone said “Hey, is that Keira Knightley?” and he looked. Again.  
4. Elendil threatened to cut him out of the will.  
5. Saw a plastic bag floating on the wind and had to sit back, stupefied with wonder.  
6. Still too heartbroken that Peter Dinklage didn’t win an Emmy last night.  
7. All the Star Trek and Electric Light Orchestra topics have already been covered.  
8. He’d spent all his time coming up with a good answer for the last category that he was fresh out of ideas  
9. He’s camped out at Madison Square Garden, waiting to buy tickets for the big Loverboy reunion concert.  
10. He’s out seeking revenge on Loki.  
11. Figured naming a new category is just a marketing ploy by the Chicago Reader and decided to break the chain.  
12. FInally realized, after all these months, that the whole thing was a bit silly  
13. He was advised against it by the ghost of Lincoln.  
Next: Courtesy of a registered time travel machine, and equipped with a universal translator, WHO would you like to talk to from the past?

1. Jesus of Nazareth

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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:** [August 26, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28687 "2014-08-26T21:53:40Z")

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Courtesy of a registered time travel machine, and equipped with a universal translator, WHO would you like to talk to from the past?

1. Jesus of Nazareth
2. Aristotle

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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:** [August 26, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28688 "2014-08-26T21:57:09Z")

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Courtesy of a registered time travel machine, and equipped with a universal translator, WHO would you like to talk to from the past?

1. Jesus of Nazareth
2. Aristotle
3. Michel de Montaigne

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**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 26, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28689 "2014-08-26T23:01:55Z")

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Courtesy of a registered time travel machine, and equipped with a universal translator, WHO would you like to talk to from the past?

1. Jesus of Nazareth
2. Aristotle
3. Michel de Montaigne
4. My mother

(she died when I was a year old. Can I still keep the UT?)

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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:** [August 26, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28690 "2014-08-26T23:32:56Z")

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Courtesy of a registered time travel machine, and equipped with a universal translator, WHO would you like to talk to from the past?

1. Jesus of Nazareth
2. Aristotle
3. Michel de Montaigne
4. My mother
5. My paternal Grandmother when she was a child and spoke only Yiddish

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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:** [August 27, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28691 "2014-08-27T01:09:00Z")

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Thanks for the round in my honor, everyone. I laughed at (just about) every post!

Courtesy of a registered time travel machine, and equipped with a universal translator, WHO would you like to talk to from the past?

1. Jesus of Nazareth
2. Aristotle
3. Michel de Montaigne
4. My mother
5. My paternal Grandmother when she was a child and spoke only Yiddish
6. Julius Caesar

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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:** [August 27, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28692 "2014-08-27T02:23:46Z")

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Courtesy of a registered time travel machine, and equipped with a universal translator, WHO would you like to talk to from the past?

1. Jesus of Nazareth
2. Aristotle
3. Michel de Montaigne
4. My mother
5. My paternal Grandmother when she was a child and spoke only Yiddish
6. Julius Caesar
7. Moses  
(why is the TTM registered?)

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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:** [August 27, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28693 "2014-08-27T02:26:57Z")

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[UT’s may be retained. However the battery only has a three-day warrantee. The TTM is registered because unregistered TTM’s (such as the Doctor’s Tardis or the Time Tunnel) tend to be inexact, to put it mildly.]

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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:** [August 27, 2014, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28694 "2014-08-27T03:00:42Z")

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Courtesy of a registered time travel machine, and equipped with a universal translator, WHO would you like to talk to from the past?

1. Jesus of Nazareth
2. Aristotle
3. Michel de Montaigne
4. My mother
5. My paternal Grandmother when she was a child and spoke only Yiddish
6. Julius Caesar
7. Moses
8. Einstein

“Hey, Al, check out my ride!”

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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:** [August 27, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28695 "2014-08-27T03:09:15Z")

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Courtesy of a registered time travel machine, and equipped with a universal translator, WHO would you like to talk to from the past?

1. Jesus of Nazareth
2. Aristotle
3. Michel de Montaigne
4. My mother
5. My paternal Grandmother when she was a child and spoke only Yiddish
6. Julius Caesar
7. Moses
8. Einstein
9. Shakespeare

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**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 27, 2014, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28696 "2014-08-27T06:21:33Z")

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Courtesy of a registered time travel machine, and equipped with a universal translator, WHO would you like to talk to from the past?

1. Jesus of Nazareth
2. Aristotle
3. Michel de Montaigne
4. My mother
5. My paternal Grandmother when she was a child and spoke only Yiddish
6. Julius Caesar
7. Moses
8. Einstein
9. Shakespeare
10. Dr. Martin Luther King, jr.

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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:** [August 27, 2014, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28697 "2014-08-27T11:47:51Z")

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Courtesy of a registered time travel machine, and equipped with a universal translator, WHO would you like to talk to from the past?

1. Jesus of Nazareth
2. Aristotle
3. Michel de Montaigne
4. My mother
5. My paternal Grandmother when she was a child and spoke only Yiddish
6. Julius Caesar
7. Moses
8. Einstein
9. Shakespeare
10. Dr. Martin Luther King, jr.
11. Jimmy Hendrix

Einstein was my first thought, but I think jamming with Jimmy would be mind blowing.

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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:** [August 27, 2014, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28698 "2014-08-27T12:15:38Z")

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Courtesy of a registered time travel machine, and equipped with a universal translator, WHO would you like to talk to from the past?

1. Jesus of Nazareth
2. Aristotle
3. Michel de Montaigne
4. My mother
5. My paternal Grandmother when she was a child and spoke only Yiddish
6. Julius Caesar
7. Moses
8. Einstein
9. Shakespeare
10. Dr. Martin Luther King, jr.
11. Jimmy Hendrix
12. James Madison

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28699 "2014-08-27T13:12:35Z")

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Courtesy of a registered time travel machine, and equipped with a universal translator, WHO would you like to talk to from the past?

1. Jesus of Nazareth
2. Aristotle
3. Michel de Montaigne
4. My mother
5. My paternal Grandmother when she was a child and spoke only Yiddish
6. Julius Caesar
7. Moses
8. Einstein
9. Shakespeare
10. Dr. Martin Luther King, jr.
11. Jimmy Hendrix
12. James Madison
13. Benjamin Franklin

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A film role in which the character wore glasses

1. Scout’s dad in To Kill a Mockingbird. Gregory Peck

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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:** [August 27, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28700 "2014-08-27T13:41:02Z")

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A film role in which the character wore glasses

1. Scout’s dad in To Kill a Mockingbird. Gregory Peck
2. Harry Potter in the eponymous film octet. Daniel Radcliffe

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**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 27, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28701 "2014-08-27T13:48:05Z")

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A film role in which the character wore glasses

1. Scout’s dad in To Kill a Mockingbird. Gregory Peck
2. Harry Potter in the eponymous film octet. Daniel Radcliffe
3. Piggy in Lord of the Flies. Danuel Pipoly

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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:** [August 27, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28702 "2014-08-27T13:56:01Z")

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A film role in which the character wore glasses

1. Scout’s dad in To Kill a Mockingbird. Gregory Peck
2. Harry Potter in the eponymous film octet. Daniel Radcliffe
3. Piggy in Lord of the Flies. Danuel Pipoly
4. Secret agent Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) in _ **The Ipcress File.** _

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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:** [August 27, 2014, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28703 "2014-08-27T14:09:11Z")

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A film role in which the character wore glasses

1. Scout’s dad in To Kill a Mockingbird. Gregory Peck
2. Harry Potter in the eponymous film octet. Daniel Radcliffe
3. Piggy in Lord of the Flies. Danuel Pipoly
4. Secret agent Harry Palmer (Michael Caine) in _ **The Ipcress File.** _
5. Merlin in Disney’s **The Sword in the Stone**.

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