# 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:** 1444
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28864 "2014-09-03T02:30:02Z")
Restaurants named after people: 1. Wendy’s 2. Tommy’s 3. Ruth’s Chris 4. Taco Bell 5. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28865 "2014-09-03T03:01:33Z")
Restaurants named after people: 1. Wendy’s 2. Tommy’s 3. Ruth’s Chris 4. Taco Bell 5. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 6. Einstein Bagels ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28866 "2014-09-03T03:22:18Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Events at the celebration of Elendil Heir’s 50th Birthday… :: bows :: My thanks to you all. Restaurants named after people: 1. Wendy’s 2. Tommy’s 3. Ruth’s Chris 4. Taco Bell 5. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 6. Einstein Bagels 7. Elaine’s ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28867 "2014-09-03T03:23:25Z")
Restaurants named after people: 1. Wendy’s 2. Tommy’s 3. Ruth’s Chris 4. Taco Bell 5. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 6. Einstein Bagels 7. Elaine’s 8. A&W (Roy W. **A** llen and Frank **W** right) ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28868 "2014-09-03T03:23:31Z")
Restaurants named after people: 1. Wendy’s 2. Tommy’s 3. Ruth’s Chris 4. Taco Bell 5. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 6. Einstein Bagels 7. Elaine’s 8. A&W (Roy W. Allen and Frank Wright) 9. Long John Silver’s ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28869 "2014-09-03T03:51:32Z")
Restaurants named after people: 1. Wendy’s 2. Tommy’s 3. Ruth’s Chris 4. Taco Bell 5. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 6. Einstein Bagels 7. Elaine’s 8. A&W (Roy W. Allen and Frank Wright) 9. Long John Silver’s 10. Tim Hortons ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28870 "2014-09-03T04:05:33Z")
Restaurants named after people: 1. Wendy’s 2. Tommy’s 3. Ruth’s Chris 4. Taco Bell 5. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 6. Einstein Bagels 7. Elaine’s 8. A&W (Roy W. Allen and Frank Wright) 9. Long John Silver’s 10. Tim Hortons 11. McDonald’s ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28871 "2014-09-03T05:05:44Z")
Restaurants named after people: 1. Wendy’s 2. Tommy’s 3. Ruth’s Chris 4. Taco Bell 5. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 6. Einstein Bagels 7. Elaine’s 8. A&W (Roy W. Allen and Frank Wright) 9. Long John Silver’s 10. Tim Hortons 11. McDonald’s 12. Hardee’s ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28872 "2014-09-03T12:12:30Z")
Restaurants named after people: 1. Wendy’s 2. Tommy’s 3. Ruth’s Chris 4. Taco Bell 5. Arthur Treacher’s Fish & Chips 6. Einstein Bagels 7. Elaine’s 8. A&W (Roy W. Allen and Frank Wright) 9. Long John Silver’s 10. Tim Hortons 11. McDonald’s 12. Hardee’s 13. Carl’s Jr. Things you’ll bet the mortgage on (sure bets) 1. That the sun rose yesterday ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28873 "2014-09-03T14:27:20Z")
Things you’ll bet the mortgage on (sure bets) 1. That the sun rose yesterday 2. That the next president of the US will be either a Republican or Democrat ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28874 "2014-09-03T14:53:45Z")
Things you’ll bet the mortgage on (sure bets) 1. That the sun rose yesterday 2. That the next president of the US will be either a Republican or Democrat 3. The team that scores the most points in next year’s Super Bowl will win. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28875 "2014-09-03T15:02:15Z")
Things you’ll bet the mortgage on (sure bets) 1. That the sun rose yesterday 2. That the next president of the US will be either a Republican or Democrat 3. The team that scores the most points in next year’s Super Bowl will win. 4. _The Avengers: Rise of Ultron_ will do very well at the box office it’s debut weekend. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28876 "2014-09-03T15:20:58Z")
Things you’ll bet the mortgage on (sure bets) 1. That the sun rose yesterday 2. That the next president of the US will be either a Republican or Democrat 3. The team that scores the most points in next year’s Super Bowl will win. 4. The Avengers: Rise of Ultron will do very well at the box office it’s debut weekend. 5. Thanksgiving will fall on a Thursday next year. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28877 "2014-09-03T16:04:01Z")
Things you’ll bet the mortgage on (sure bets) 1. That the sun rose yesterday 2. That the next president of the US will be either a Republican or Democrat 3. The team that scores the most points in next year’s Super Bowl will win. 4. The Avengers: Rise of Ultron will do very well at the box office it’s debut weekend. 5. Thanksgiving will fall on a Thursday next year. 6. That comic book character who died will come back to life. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28878 "2014-09-03T16:06:46Z")
Things you’ll bet the mortgage on (sure bets) 1. That the sun rose yesterday 2. That the next president of the US will be either a Republican or Democrat 3. The team that scores the most points in next year’s Super Bowl will win. 4. The Avengers: Rise of Ultron will do very well at the box office it’s debut weekend. 5. Thanksgiving will fall on a Thursday next year. 6. That comic book character who died will come back to life. 7. The Pope will not convert to Judaism. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28879 "2014-09-03T16:27:53Z")
Things you’ll bet the mortgage on (sure bets) 1. That the sun rose yesterday 2. That the next president of the US will be either a Republican or Democrat 3. The team that scores the most points in next year’s Super Bowl will win. 4. The Avengers: Rise of Ultron will do very well at the box office it’s debut weekend. 5. Thanksgiving will fall on a Thursday next year. 6. That comic book character who died will come back to life. 7. The Pope will not convert to Judaism. 8. Rosie O’Donnell will not be elected Miss Universe. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28880 "2014-09-03T16:29:27Z")
Things you’ll bet the mortgage on (sure bets) 1. That the sun rose yesterday 2. That the next president of the US will be either a Republican or Democrat 3. The team that scores the most points in next year’s Super Bowl will win. 4. The Avengers: Rise of Ultron will do very well at the box office it’s debut weekend. 5. Thanksgiving will fall on a Thursday next year. 6. That comic book character who died will come back to life. 7. The Pope will not convert to Judaism. 8. Rosie O’Donnell will not be elected Miss Universe. 9. Bears will continue to s#!t in the woods. (I’m done) ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28881 "2014-09-03T16:47:27Z")
Things you’ll bet the mortgage on (sure bets) 1. That the sun rose yesterday 2. That the next president of the US will be either a Republican or Democrat 3. The team that scores the most points in next year’s Super Bowl will win. 4. The Avengers: Rise of Ultron will do very well at the box office its debut weekend. 5. Thanksgiving will fall on a Thursday next year. 6. That comic book character who died will come back to life. 7. The Pope will not convert to Judaism. 8. Rosie O’Donnell will not be elected Miss Universe. 9. Bears will continue to s#!t in the woods. 10. Someone will be Pitted in the next month. ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28882 "2014-09-03T17:34:00Z")
Things you’ll bet the mortgage on (sure bets) 1. That the sun rose yesterday 2. That the next president of the US will be either a Republican or Democrat 3. The team that scores the most points in next year’s Super Bowl will win. 4. The Avengers: Rise of Ultron will do very well at the box office its debut weekend. 5. Thanksgiving will fall on a Thursday next year. 6. That comic book character who died will come back to life. 7. The Pope will not convert to Judaism. 8. Rosie O’Donnell will not be elected Miss Universe. 9. Bears will continue to s#!t in the woods. 10. Someone will be Pitted in the next month 11. Someday soon, while driving on the freeway, I’ll get stuck behind some jerk driving 45mph in the fast lane. :smack: ---
**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:** [September 3, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28883 "2014-09-03T17:42:03Z")
Things you’ll bet the mortgage on (sure bets) 1. That the sun rose yesterday 2. That the next president of the US will be either a Republican or Democrat 3. The team that scores the most points in next year’s Super Bowl will win. 4. The Avengers: Rise of Ultron will do very well at the box office its debut weekend. 5. Thanksgiving will fall on a Thursday next year. 6. That comic book character who died will come back to life. 7. The Pope will not convert to Judaism. 8. Rosie O’Donnell will not be elected Miss Universe. 9. Bears will continue to s#!t in the woods. 10. Someone will be Pitted in the next month 11. Someday soon, while driving on the freeway, I’ll get stuck behind some jerk driving 45mph in the fast lane. :smack: 12. At least one of my cats will hork up something in the house this week. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1443) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1445)