# 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:** 1449
**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:** [September 5, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28964 "2014-09-05T21:08:44Z")
Brands Your Family Always Used That You Haven’t Seen in Years 1. Breck shampoo 2, Blatz Beer 2. Metrocal drinks and cookies 3. Shakey’s Pizza 4. Chun King canned chow mein 5. Di-Gel ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28965 "2014-09-05T21:18:32Z")
Brands Your Family Always Used That You Haven’t Seen in Years 1. Breck shampoo 2, Blatz Beer 2. Metrocal drinks and cookies 3. Shakey’s Pizza 4. Chun King canned chow mein 5. Di-Gel 6. Lavoris mouthwash ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28966 "2014-09-06T03:37:03Z")
Brands Your Family Always Used That You Haven’t Seen in Years 1. Breck shampoo 2, Blatz Beer 2. Metrocal drinks and cookies 3. Shakey’s Pizza 4. Chun King canned chow mein 5. Di-Gel 6. Lavoris mouthwash 7. Scripto mechanical pencils ---
**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 6, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28967 "2014-09-06T04:12:39Z")
Brands Your Family Always Used That You Haven’t Seen in Years 1. Breck shampoo 2, Blatz Beer 2. Metrocal drinks and cookies 3. Shakey’s Pizza 4. Chun King canned chow mein 5. Di-Gel 6. Lavoris mouthwash 7. Scripto mechanical pencils 8. Wheatables crackers ---
**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:** [September 6, 2014, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28968 "2014-09-06T04:18:52Z")
Brands Your Family Always Used That You Haven’t Seen in Years 1. Breck shampoo 2, Blatz Beer 2. Metrocal drinks and cookies 3. Shakey’s Pizza 4. Chun King canned chow mein 5. Di-Gel 6. Lavoris mouthwash 7. Scripto mechanical pencils 8. Wheatables crackers 9. Vicks Formula 44 cough syrup - nasty tasting stuff ---
**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 6, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28969 "2014-09-06T04:22:05Z")
Brands Your Family Always Used That You Haven’t Seen in Years 1. Breck shampoo 2, Blatz Beer 2. Metrocal drinks and cookies 3. Shakey’s Pizza 4. Chun King canned chow mein 5. Di-Gel 6. Lavoris mouthwash 7. Scripto mechanical pencils 8. Wheatables crackers 9. Vicks Formula 44 cough syrup - nasty tasting stuff 10. Liquid Paper ---
**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 6, 2014, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28970 "2014-09-06T05:37:31Z")
Brands Your Family Always Used That You Haven’t Seen in Years 1. Breck shampoo 2, Blatz Beer 2. Metrocal drinks and cookies 3. Shakey’s Pizza 4. Chun King canned chow mein 5. Di-Gel 6. Lavoris mouthwash 7. Scripto mechanical pencils 8. Wheatables crackers 9. Vicks Formula 44 cough syrup - nasty tasting stuff 10. Liquid Paper 11. Tab My mother used to drink it all the time. I see they still make it but I haven’t seen it in years so it counts. ---
**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 6, 2014, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28971 "2014-09-06T06:05:53Z")
Brands Your Family Always Used That You Haven’t Seen in Years 1. Breck shampoo 2, Blatz Beer 2. Metrocal drinks and cookies 3. Shakey’s Pizza 4. Chun King canned chow mean 5. Di-Gel 6. Lavoris mouthwash 7. Scripto mechanical pencils 8. Wheatables crackers 9. Vicks Formula 44 cough syrup - nasty tasting stuff 10. Liquid Paper 11. Tab 12. Dimetapp New: Famous Thompsons 1. Richard Thompson (songwriter) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28972 "2014-09-06T06:13:15Z")
Famous Thompsons 1. Richard Thompson (songwriter) 2. Jeff Thomson, former Australian fast bowler (cricket) ---
**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 6, 2014, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28973 "2014-09-06T06:40:51Z")
Famous Thompsons 1. Richard Thompson (songwriter) 2. Jeff Thomson, former Australian fast bowler (cricket) 3. Fred Thompson (politician and actor) ---
**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:** [September 6, 2014, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28974 "2014-09-06T07:58:00Z")
Famous Thompsons 1. Richard Thompson (songwriter) 2. Jeff Thomson, former Australian fast bowler (cricket) 3. Fred Thompson (politician and actor) 4. [Bobby Thomson](http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thomsbo01.shtml) (MLB player who hit “Shot Heard 'Round the World” in 1951) ---
**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 6, 2014, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28975 "2014-09-06T11:59:35Z")
Famous Thompsons 1. Richard Thompson (songwriter) 2. Jeff Thomson, former Australian fast bowler (cricket) 3. Fred Thompson (politician and actor) 4. Bobby Thomson (MLB player who hit “Shot Heard 'Round the World” in 1951) 5. Thomas Thompson (Author, wrote “Celebrity”, one of the all-time great salacious novels of the early 1980’s (Sidney Sheldon wishes he could have written like Thompson). Also wrote for _Life_ magazine, and was the author of their 1967 piece of the making of _Sgt. Pepper’s_.) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28976 "2014-09-06T12:36:26Z")
Famous Thompsons 1. Richard Thompson (songwriter) 2. Jeff Thomson, former Australian fast bowler (cricket) 3. Fred Thompson (politician and actor) 4. Bobby Thomson (MLB player who hit “Shot Heard 'Round the World” in 1951) 5. Thomas Thompson (Author, wrote “Celebrity”, one of the all-time great salacious novels of the early 1980’s (Sidney Sheldon wishes he could have written like Thompson). Also wrote for Life magazine, and was the author of their 1967 piece of the making of Sgt. Pepper’s.) 6. Emma Thompson ---
**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 6, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28977 "2014-09-06T13:38:24Z")
Famous Thompsons 1. Richard Thompson (songwriter) 2. Jeff Thomson, former Australian fast bowler (cricket) 3. Fred Thompson (politician and actor) 4. Bobby Thomson (MLB player who hit “Shot Heard 'Round the World” in 1951) 5. Thomas Thompson (Author, wrote “Celebrity”, one of the all-time great salacious novels of the early 1980’s (Sidney Sheldon wishes he could have written like Thompson). Also wrote for Life magazine, and was the author of their 1967 piece of the making of Sgt. Pepper’s.) 6. Emma Thompson 7. Hunter S. Thompson ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28978 "2014-09-06T14:39:31Z")
Famous Thompsons 1. Richard Thompson (songwriter) 2. Jeff Thomson, former Australian fast bowler (cricket) 3. Fred Thompson (politician and actor) 4. Bobby Thomson (MLB player who hit “Shot Heard 'Round the World” in 1951) 5. Thomas Thompson (Author, wrote “Celebrity”, one of the all-time great salacious novels of the early 1980’s (Sidney Sheldon wishes he could have written like Thompson). Also wrote for Life magazine, and was the author of their 1967 piece of the making of Sgt. Pepper’s.) 6. Emma Thompson 7. Hunter S. Thompson 8. Marshall “Daktari” Thompson ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28979 "2014-09-06T14:42:56Z")
Famous Thompsons 1. Richard Thompson (songwriter) 2. Jeff Thomson, former Australian fast bowler (cricket) 3. Fred Thompson (politician and actor) 4. Bobby Thomson (MLB player who hit “Shot Heard 'Round the World” in 1951) 5. Thomas Thompson (Author, wrote “Celebrity”, one of the all-time great salacious novels of the early 1980’s (Sidney Sheldon wishes he could have written like Thompson). Also wrote for Life magazine, and was the author of their 1967 piece of the making of Sgt. Pepper’s.) 6. Emma Thompson 7. Hunter S. Thompson 8. Marshall “Daktari” Thompson 9. John Sparrow David Thompson, 4th Prime Minister of Canada ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28980 "2014-09-06T14:47:56Z")
Famous Thompsons 1. Richard Thompson (songwriter) 2. Jeff Thomson, former Australian fast bowler (cricket) 3. Fred Thompson (politician and actor) 4. Bobby Thomson (MLB player who hit “Shot Heard 'Round the World” in 1951) 5. Thomas Thompson (Author, wrote “Celebrity”, one of the all-time great salacious novels of the early 1980’s (Sidney Sheldon wishes he could have written like Thompson). Also wrote for Life magazine, and was the author of their 1967 piece of the making of Sgt. Pepper’s.) 6. Emma Thompson 7. Hunter S. Thompson 8. Marshall “Daktari” Thompson 9. John Sparrow David Thompson, 4th Prime Minister of Canada 10. James and Tommy Thompson (no relation), who in the 1980s were simultaneously governors of the adjacent states of Illinois and Wisconsin. ---
**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 6, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28981 "2014-09-06T14:56:02Z")
Famous Thompsons 1. Richard Thompson (songwriter) 2. Jeff Thomson, former Australian fast bowler (cricket) 3. Fred Thompson (politician and actor) 4. Bobby Thomson (MLB player who hit “Shot Heard 'Round the World” in 1951) 5. Thomas Thompson (Author, wrote “Celebrity”, one of the all-time great salacious novels of the early 1980’s (Sidney Sheldon wishes he could have written like Thompson). Also wrote for Life magazine, and was the author of their 1967 piece of the making of Sgt. Pepper’s.) 6. Emma Thompson 7. Hunter S. Thompson 8. Marshall “Daktari” Thompson 9. John Sparrow David Thompson, 4th Prime Minister of Canada 10. James and Tommy Thompson (no relation), who in the 1980s were simultaneously governors of the adjacent states of Illinois and Wisconsin. 11. John T. Thompson, inventor of the Thompson machine gun ---
**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 6, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28982 "2014-09-06T15:52:09Z")
Famous Thompsons 1. Richard Thompson (songwriter) 2. Jeff Thomson, former Australian fast bowler (cricket) 3. Fred Thompson (politician and actor) 4. Bobby Thomson (MLB player who hit “Shot Heard 'Round the World” in 1951) 5. Thomas Thompson (Author, wrote “Celebrity”, one of the all-time great salacious novels of the early 1980’s (Sidney Sheldon wishes he could have written like Thompson). Also wrote for Life magazine, and was the author of their 1967 piece of the making of Sgt. Pepper’s.) 6. Emma Thompson 7. Hunter S. Thompson 8. Marshall “Daktari” Thompson 9. John Sparrow David Thompson, 4th Prime Minister of Canada 10. James and Tommy Thompson (no relation), who in the 1980s were simultaneously governors of the adjacent states of Illinois and Wisconsin. 11. John T. Thompson, inventor of the Thompson machine gun 12. The Thompson Twins, eighties new wave band A band of three to five unrelated people, none of whom were named Thompson. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/28983 "2014-09-06T16:52:17Z")
Famous Thompsons 1. Richard Thompson (songwriter) 2. Jeff Thomson, former Australian fast bowler (cricket) 3. Fred Thompson (politician and actor) 4. Bobby Thomson (MLB player who hit “Shot Heard 'Round the World” in 1951) 5. Thomas Thompson (Author, wrote “Celebrity”, one of the all-time great salacious novels of the early 1980’s (Sidney Sheldon wishes he could have written like Thompson). Also wrote for Life magazine, and was the author of their 1967 piece of the making of Sgt. Pepper’s.) 6. Emma Thompson 7. Hunter S. Thompson 8. Marshall “Daktari” Thompson 9. John Sparrow David Thompson, 4th Prime Minister of Canada 10. James and Tommy Thompson (no relation), who in the 1980s were simultaneously governors of the adjacent states of Illinois and Wisconsin. 11. John T. Thompson, inventor of the Thompson machine gun 12. The Thompson Twins, eighties new wave band 13, Hank Thompson, first black MLB player not with the Dodgers. Next: “Hot” actor/actress who leaves you cold. 1. Julia Roberts [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1448) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1450)