# 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:** 1554
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31064 "2014-11-11T16:45:25Z")
Normal office equipment that doesn’t run on electricity: 1. Rolling chair 2. Manual Stapler 3. Pens 4. Pen holder 5. File cabinet 6. Legal pads 7. squeezy stress balls 8. Dry erase boards ---
**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 11, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31065 "2014-11-11T16:45:42Z")
Normal office equipment that doesn’t run on electricity: 1. Rolling chair 2. Manual Stapler 3. Pens 4. Pen holder 5. File cabinet 6. Legal pads 7. squeezy stress balls 8. Dry erase boards 9. Three-hole punch ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31066 "2014-11-11T16:50:19Z")
Normal office equipment that doesn’t run on electricity: 1. Rolling chair 2. Manual Stapler 3. Pens 4. Pen holder 5. File cabinet 6. Legal pads 7. squeezy stress balls 8. Dry erase boards 9. Three-hole punch 10. Paper Clip ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31067 "2014-11-11T17:00:11Z")
Normal office equipment that doesn’t run on electricity: 1. Rolling chair 2. Manual Stapler 3. Pens 4. Pen holder 5. File cabinet 6. Legal pads 7. squeezy stress balls 8. Dry erase boards 9. Three-hole punch 10. Paper Clip 11. Staple removers ---
**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 11, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31068 "2014-11-11T17:01:48Z")
Normal office equipment that doesn’t run on electricity: 1. Rolling chair 2. Manual Stapler 3. Pens 4. Pen holder 5. File cabinet 6. Legal pads 7. squeezy stress balls 8. Dry erase boards 9. Three-hole punch 10. Paper Clip 11. Staple removers 12. Chair mats ---
**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 11, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31069 "2014-11-11T17:18:18Z")
Normal office equipment that doesn’t run on electricity: 1. Rolling chair 2. Manual Stapler 3. Pens 4. Pen holder 5. File cabinet 6. Legal pads 7. squeezy stress balls 8. Dry erase boards 9. Three-hole punch 10. Paper Clip 11. Staple removers 12. Chair mats 13. Pencils New: Fiction set at least partly on or near a river 1. Thursday’s Child, by Noel Streatfeild ---
**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 11, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31070 "2014-11-11T17:24:23Z")
New: Fiction set at least partly on or near a river 1. Thursday’s Child, by Noel Streatfeild 2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31071 "2014-11-11T17:29:37Z")
New: Fiction set at least partly on or near a river 1. Thursday’s Child, by Noel Streatfeild 2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 3. The Old Man, by William Faulkner ---
**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 11, 2014, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31072 "2014-11-11T17:37:56Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Gary Sinise has been the lead in CSI:NY since 2004, which partly explains his disappearance from the movie scene. Had no idea; I never watch that show. (Good to hear he’s not sleeping in a gutter or something.) Fiction set at least partly on or near a river 1. Thursday’s Child, by Noel Streatfeild 2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 3. The Old Man, by William Faulkner 4. Deliverance, by James Dickey ---
**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 11, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31073 "2014-11-11T17:39:59Z")
Fiction set at least partly on or near a river 1. Thursday’s Child, by Noel Streatfeild 2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 3. The Old Man, by William Faulkner 4. Deliverance, by James Dickey 5. Riverworld, by Philip Jose Farmer ---
**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:** [November 11, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31074 "2014-11-11T17:48:58Z")
Fiction set at least partly on or near a river 1. Thursday’s Child, by Noel Streatfeild 2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 3. The Old Man, by William Faulkner 4. Deliverance, by James Dickey 5. Riverworld, by Philip Jose Farmer 6. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31075 "2014-11-11T17:56:15Z")
Fiction set at least partly on or near a river 1. Thursday’s Child, by Noel Streatfeild 2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 3. The Old Man, by William Faulkner 4. Deliverance, by James Dickey 5. Riverworld, by Philip Jose Farmer 6. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien 7. The African Queen, by C.S. Forester ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31076 "2014-11-11T18:08:53Z")
Fiction set at least partly on or near a river 1. Thursday’s Child, by Noel Streatfeild 2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 3. The Old Man, by William Faulkner 4. Deliverance, by James Dickey 5. Riverworld, by Philip Jose Farmer 6. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien 7. The African Queen, by C.S. Forester 8.“Tin Roof Blowdown” by James Lee Burke (if a bayou counts) ---
**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 11, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31077 "2014-11-11T18:34:04Z")
Fiction set at least partly on or near a river 1. Thursday’s Child, by Noel Streatfeild 2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 3. The Old Man, by William Faulkner 4. Deliverance, by James Dickey 5. Riverworld, by Philip Jose Farmer 6. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien 7. The African Queen, by C.S. Forester 8.“Tin Roof Blowdown” by James Lee Burke (if a bayou counts) 8. Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31078 "2014-11-11T18:40:49Z")
Fiction set at least partly on or near a river 1. Thursday’s Child, by Noel Streatfeild 2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 3. The Old Man, by William Faulkner 4. Deliverance, by James Dickey 5. Riverworld, by Philip Jose Farmer 6. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien 7. The African Queen, by C.S. Forester 8.“Tin Roof Blowdown” by James Lee Burke (if a bayou counts) 8. Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad 9. Show Boat, by Edna Ferber (musical by Kern & Hammerstein) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31079 "2014-11-11T19:31:07Z")
Fiction set at least partly on or near a river 1. Thursday’s Child, by Noel Streatfeild 2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 3. The Old Man, by William Faulkner 4. Deliverance, by James Dickey 5. Riverworld, by Philip Jose Farmer 6. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien 7. The African Queen, by C.S. Forester 8.“Tin Roof Blowdown” by James Lee Burke (if a bayou counts) 8. Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad 9. Show Boat, by Edna Ferber (musical by Kern & Hammerstein) 10. _ **A Bend in the River** _ by VS Naipaul ---
**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 11, 2014, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31080 "2014-11-11T19:37:01Z")
Fiction set at least partly on or near a river 1. Thursday’s Child, by Noel Streatfeild 2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 3. The Old Man, by William Faulkner 4. Deliverance, by James Dickey 5. Riverworld, by Philip Jose Farmer 6. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien 7. The African Queen, by C.S. Forester 8.“Tin Roof Blowdown” by James Lee Burke (if a bayou counts) 8. Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad 9. Show Boat, by Edna Ferber (musical by Kern & Hammerstein) 10. A Bend in the River by VS Naipaul 11. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31081 "2014-11-11T19:45:55Z")
Fiction set at least partly on or near a river 1. Thursday’s Child, by Noel Streatfeild 2. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain 3. The Old Man, by William Faulkner 4. Deliverance, by James Dickey 5. Riverworld, by Philip Jose Farmer 6. The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien 7. The African Queen, by C.S. Forester 8.“Tin Roof Blowdown” by James Lee Burke (if a bayou counts) 8. Heart of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad 9. Show Boat, by Edna Ferber (musical by Kern & Hammerstein) 10. A Bend in the River by VS Naipaul 11. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame 12. Siddhartha, by Hermann Hesse Next up: Real or fictional people you would love to have a high quality action figure of (for whom there aren’t easily available detailed action figures) 1. Chang & Eng Bunker ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31082 "2014-11-11T20:08:08Z")
Real or fictional people you would love to have a high quality action figure of (for whom there aren’t easily available detailed action figures) 1. Chang & Eng Bunker 2. Mr. Rogers (with sniper rifle, of course) ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31083 "2014-11-11T20:10:08Z")
Real or fictional people you would love to have a high quality action figure of (for whom there aren’t easily available detailed action figures) 1. Chang & Eng Bunker 2. Mr. Rogers (with sniper rifle, of course) 3. Chelsea Charms [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1553) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1555)