# 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:** 1551

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**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, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31004 "2014-11-10T18:06:06Z")

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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
11. Kate McCardle and Allie Lowell

_Kate & Allie_ (for younglings: an 80s sitcom starring Susan St. James & Jane Curtin)

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**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:** [November 10, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31005 "2014-11-10T18:23:26Z")

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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
11. Kate McCardle and Allie Lowell
12. Kip Wilson and Henry Desmond (Bosom Buddies)

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31006 "2014-11-10T18:24:14Z")

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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
11. Kate McCardle and Allie Lowell
12. Ted Mosby, Lily Aldrin and Marshall Erikson (How I Met Your Mother)

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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:** [November 10, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31007 "2014-11-10T18:26:35Z")

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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
11. Kate McCardle and Allie Lowell, Kate and Allie
12. Bert and Ernie, Sesame Street

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**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:** [November 10, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31008 "2014-11-10T18:33:33Z")

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Triple ninja! :eek:

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
11. Kate McCardle and Allie Lowell
12. Kip Wilson and Henry Desmond (Bosom Buddies)
13. Ted Mosby, Lily Aldrin and Marshall Erikson (How I Met Your Mother)
14. Bert and Ernie, Sesame Street

New (sorta) topic: Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present

1. John Jay
2. Byron “Whizzer” White

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**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, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31009 "2014-11-10T18:38:50Z")

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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
11. Kate McCardle and Allie Lowell
12. Kip Wilson and Henry Desmond (Bosom Buddies)
13. Laurie Morgan and Sidney Shorr

In the ahead of its time sitcom _Love, Sidney_

Using one of the orphans:

Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present

1. John Jay
2. Byron “Whizzer” White
3. Hugo Black

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**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, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31010 "2014-11-10T18:56:41Z")

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Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present

1. John Jay
2. Byron “Whizzer” White
3. Hugo Black

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**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:** [November 10, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31011 "2014-11-10T19:01:36Z")

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Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present

1. John Jay
2. Byron “Whizzer” White
3. Hugo Black
4. Sonia Sotomayor

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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:** [November 10, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31012 "2014-11-10T19:02:44Z")

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Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present

1. John Jay
2. Byron “Whizzer” White
3. Hugo Black
4. Sonia Sotomayor
5. Thurgood Marshall

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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:** [November 10, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31013 "2014-11-10T19:13:36Z")

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Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present

1. John Jay
2. Byron “Whizzer” White
3. Hugo Black
4. Sonia Sotomayor
5. Thurgood Marshall
6. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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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:** [November 10, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31014 "2014-11-10T19:22:27Z")

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Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present

1. John Jay
2. Byron “Whizzer” White
3. Hugo Black
4. Sonia Sotomayor
5. Thurgood Marshall
6. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
7. John Marshall

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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:** [November 10, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31015 "2014-11-10T19:28:30Z")

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Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present

1. John Jay
2. Byron “Whizzer” White
3. Hugo Black
4. Sonia Sotomayor
5. Thurgood Marshall
6. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
7. John Marshall
8. Clarence Thomas

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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:** [November 10, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31016 "2014-11-10T19:37:26Z")

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Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present

1. John Jay
2. Byron “Whizzer” White
3. Hugo Black
4. Sonia Sotomayor
5. Thurgood Marshall
6. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
7. John Marshall
8. Clarence Thomas
9. Salmon P. Chase

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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:** [November 10, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31017 "2014-11-10T19:42:17Z")

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Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present

1. John Jay
2. Byron “Whizzer” White
3. Hugo Black
4. Sonia Sotomayor
5. Thurgood Marshall
6. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
7. John Marshall
8. Clarence Thomas
9. Salmon P. Chase
10. Warren E. Burger  
(Mmmmmmmm…burger)

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**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, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31018 "2014-11-10T19:45:21Z")

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Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present

1. John Jay
2. Byron “Whizzer” White
3. Hugo Black
4. Sonia Sotomayor
5. Thurgood Marshall
6. Ruth Bader Ginsburg
7. John Marshall
8. Clarence Thomas
9. Salmon P. Chase
10. Warren E. Burger
11. Oliver Wendell [del]Douglas[/del] Holmes

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31019 "2014-11-10T20:10:11Z")

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[quote=“burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt, post:31017, topic:549173”]

Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present

1. John Jay

2. Byron “Whizzer” White

3. Hugo Black

4. Sonia Sotomayor

5. Thurgood Marshall

6. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

7. John Marshall

8. Clarence Thomas

9. Salmon P. Chase

10. Warren E. Burger  
(Mmmmmmmm…burger)

11. Oliver Wendell Holmes

12. Felix Frankfurter

(Mmmmmmmm…hot dog)

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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:** [November 10, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31020 "2014-11-10T20:23:44Z")

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Supreme Court Justices, Past and Present

1. John Jay

2. Byron “Whizzer” White

3. Hugo Black

4. Sonia Sotomayor

5. Thurgood Marshall

6. Ruth Bader Ginsburg

7. John Marshall

8. Clarence Thomas

9. Salmon P. Chase

10. Warren E. Burger

11. Oliver Wendell Holmes

12. Felix Frankfurter

13. William Howard Taft  
New topic: Female US Senators, Past and Present

14. Margaret Chase Smith

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**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, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31021 "2014-11-10T20:36:56Z")

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New topic: Female US Senators, Past and Present

1. Margaret Chase Smith
2. Hillary Rodham Clinton

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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:** [November 10, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31022 "2014-11-10T20:40:08Z")

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Female US Senators, Past and Present

1. Margaret Chase Smith
2. Hillary Rodham Clinton
3. Barbara Mikulski

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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:** [November 10, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31023 "2014-11-10T20:43:55Z")

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Female US Senators, Past and Present

1. Margaret Chase Smith
2. Hillary Rodham Clinton
3. Barbara Mikulski
4. Hattie Wyatt Caraway

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