# 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:** 1550
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30984 "2014-11-10T15:50:28Z")
Things famous for failing to work as intended 1. The Maginot Line 2. New Coke 3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward 4. Edsel cars 5. Segways 6. Communism 7. Prohibition ---
**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:** [November 10, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30985 "2014-11-10T15:57:35Z")
Things famous for failing to work as intended 1. The Maginot Line 2. New Coke 3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward 4. Edsel cars 5. Segways 6. Communism 7. Prohibition 8. The Apple Newton’s handwriting recognition ---
**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:** [November 10, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30986 "2014-11-10T16:02:50Z")
Things famous for failing to work as intended 1. The Maginot Line 2. New Coke 3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward 4. Edsel cars 5. Segways 6. Communism 7. Prohibition 8. The Apple Newton’s handwriting recognition 9. The Straight Dope Sadly, fighting ignorance is taking longer than originally intended. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30987 "2014-11-10T16:03:27Z")
Things famous for failing to work as intended 1. The Maginot Line 2. New Coke 3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward 4. Edsel cars 5. Segways 6. Communism 7. Prohibition 8. The Apple Newton’s handwriting recognition 9. Apple Maps ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30988 "2014-11-10T16:04:53Z")
Things famous for failing to work as intended 1. The Maginot Line 2. New Coke 3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward 4. Edsel cars 5. Segways 6. Communism 7. Prohibition 8. The Apple Newton’s handwriting recognition 9. Apple Maps 10. The Titanic ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30989 "2014-11-10T16:21:09Z")
Things famous for failing to work as intended 1. The Maginot Line 2. New Coke 3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward 4. Edsel cars 5. Segways 6. Communism 7. Prohibition 8. The Apple Newton’s handwriting recognition 9. The Straight Dope 10. Apple Maps 11. The Titanic 12. The War On Drugs “Just say No, it’s not WAI!” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30990 "2014-11-10T16:26:53Z")
Things famous for failing to work as intended 1. The Maginot Line 2. New Coke 3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward 4. Edsel cars 5. Segways 6. Communism 7. Prohibition 8. The Apple Newton’s handwriting recognition 9. The Straight Dope 10. Apple Maps 11. The Titanic 12. The War On Drugs 13. The Tea Party Next: An outstanding lead role by an obscure actor who remained obscure: 1. Vincent Gallo, “Buffalo 66” ---
**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:** [November 10, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30991 "2014-11-10T16:26:54Z")
(oops, ninja’ed) ---
**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:** [November 10, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30992 "2014-11-10T16:27:37Z")
Things famous for failing to work as intended 1. The Maginot Line 2. New Coke 3. Mao’s Great Leap Forward 4. Edsel cars 5. Segways 6. Communism 7. Prohibition 8. The Apple Newton’s handwriting recognition 9. The Straight Dope 10. Apple Maps 11. The Titanic 12. The War On Drugs 13. The Straight Dope Sadly, fighting ignorance is taking longer than originally intended. New! Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present 1. John Jay ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30993 "2014-11-10T16:28:06Z")
Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present 1. John Jay 2. Byron “Whizzer” White ---
**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:** [November 10, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30994 "2014-11-10T16:29:44Z")
New topic: TV Roommates 1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple) 2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) (I like this one better than mine.) ---
**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:** [November 10, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30995 "2014-11-10T16:31:34Z")
**Prof** , The Straight Dope must really not work well, since it’s both #9 and #13 on the list! 🙂 New topic: TV Roommates 1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple) 2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) 3. Laverne and Shirley ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30996 "2014-11-10T16:41:44Z")
New topic: TV Roommates 1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple) 2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) 3. Laverne and Shirley 4. Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes You didn’t say they had to _originate_ on TV. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30997 "2014-11-10T16:42:51Z")
New topic: TV Roommates 1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple) 2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) 3. Laverne and Shirley 4. Janet, Jack, and Chrissy (Three’s Company) ---
**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:** [November 10, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30998 "2014-11-10T16:43:45Z")
TV Roommates 1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple) 2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) 3. Laverne and Shirley 4. Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes 5. Mike, Neal, Rik and Vivyan (The Young Ones) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/30999 "2014-11-10T16:53:41Z")
TV Roommates 1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple) 2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) 3. Laverne and Shirley 4. Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes 5. Mike, Neal, Rik and Vivyan (The Young Ones) 6. Jack Tripper and Chrissy Snow ---
**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:** [November 10, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31000 "2014-11-10T17:19:38Z")
V Roommates 1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple) 2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) 3. Laverne and Shirley 4. Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes 5. Mike, Neal, Rik and Vivyan (The Young Ones) 6. Jack Tripper and Chrissy Snow 7. Larry Appleton and Balki (Perfect Strangers) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31001 "2014-11-10T17:23:22Z")
TV Roommates 1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple) 2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) 3. Laverne and Shirley 4. Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes 5. Mike, Neal, Rik and Vivyan (The Young Ones) 6. Jack Tripper and Chrissy Snow 7. Larry Appleton and Balki (Perfect Strangers) 8. Detectives Ron Harris and Arthur Dietrich A multi-episode arc of _Barney Miller_. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31002 "2014-11-10T17:39:02Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Things famous for failing to work as intended > \ > 13. The Tea Party > > Next: An outstanding lead role by an obscure actor who remained obscure: > > 1. Vincent Gallo, “Buffalo 66” > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Things famous for failing to work as intended > \ > 13. The Straight Dope > > Sadly, fighting ignorance is taking longer than originally intended. > New! Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present > > 1. John Jay > [@astorian](#): > > Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present > > 1. John Jay > 2. Byron “Whizzer” White Someone, please save these two categories for future use. > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > New topic: TV Roommates > > 1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple) > 2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) > (I like this one better than mine.) But from whence did it come? TV Roommates 1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple) 2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) 3. Laverne and Shirley 4. Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes 5. Mike, Neal, Rik and Vivyan (The Young Ones) 6. Jack Tripper and Chrissy Snow 7. Larry Appleton and Balki (Perfect Strangers) 8. Detectives Ron Harris and Arthur Dietrich 9. Richard Castle and Det. Kate Beckett (in season two, after her apartment blew up, and well before they admitted their feelings for one another) ---
**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:** [November 10, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31003 "2014-11-10T17:42:43Z")
TV Roommates 1. Felix Unger and Oscar Madison (The Odd Couple) 2. Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) 3. Laverne and Shirley 4. Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes 5. Mike, Neal, Rik and Vivyan (The Young Ones) 6. Jack Tripper and Chrissy Snow 7. Larry Appleton and Balki (Perfect Strangers) 8. Detectives Ron Harris and Arthur Dietrich 9. Richard Castle and Det. Kate Beckett (in season two, after her apartment blew up, and well before they admitted their feelings for one another) 10. Chandler Bing and Joey Tribbiani [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1549) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1551)