# 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:** 1559
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31164 "2014-11-13T15:49:28Z")
Works of fiction motivated by or significantly featuring a portion of the anatomy 1. Claire’s Knee, movie by Eric Rohmer 2. [My Left Foot](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Left_Foot) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31165 "2014-11-13T16:04:23Z")
Works of fiction motivated by or significantly featuring a portion of the anatomy 1. Claire’s Knee, movie by Eric Rohmer 2. The Brest, by Philip Roth 3. [My Left Foot](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Left_Foot) 4. [_Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071249/) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31166 "2014-11-13T16:09:24Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > - what’s a blanton? \* > > - yes I know I could google it, but that’s no fun \* > > - and everyone else knows what one is? Without googling it? \* Hadn’t the faintest idea, so I googled it. Hint: There should be an apostrophe… ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31167 "2014-11-13T16:11:07Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Not for play, but I happened to see part of a _Sons of Anarchy_ (a show I don’t watch) recently and they had hands down the worst Bohemian Rhapsody cover ever, worse even than Prince Poppycock’s. (I’d link but can’t at the moment.) Anyone else see it? I thought this was the[worst cover of BH](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqymcJRSbxI) ever? …or may be the best. ---
**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 13, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31168 "2014-11-13T16:15:50Z")
Works of fiction motivated by or significantly featuring a portion of the anatomy 1. Claire’s Knee, movie by Eric Rohmer 2. The Brest, by Philip Roth 3. My Left Foot, by Christy Brown 4. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, dir. by Sam Peckinpah 5. Prick Up Your Ears, dir. by Stephen Frears ---
**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 13, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31169 "2014-11-13T16:28:13Z")
Works of fiction motivated by or significantly featuring a portion of the anatomy 1. Claire’s Knee, movie by Eric Rohmer 2. The Brest, by Philip Roth 3. My Left Foot, by Christy Brown 4. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, dir. by Sam Peckinpah 5. Prick Up Your Ears, dir. by Stephen Frears 6. The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs ---
**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 13, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31170 "2014-11-13T16:35:13Z")
Works of fiction motivated by or significantly featuring a portion of the anatomy 1. Claire’s Knee, movie by Eric Rohmer 2. The Brest, by Philip Roth 3. My Left Foot, by Christy Brown 4. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, dir. by Sam Peckinpah 5. Prick Up Your Ears, dir. by Stephen Frears 6. The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs 7. On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers The protagonist’s hands are mutilated in early adulthood, causing him to give up puppeteering and take up a life on the sea. ---
**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 13, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31171 "2014-11-13T16:37:56Z")
Works of fiction motivated by or significantly featuring a portion of the anatomy 1. Claire’s Knee, movie by Eric Rohmer 2. The Brest, by Philip Roth 3. My Left Foot, by Christy Brown 4. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, dir. by Sam Peckinpah 5. Prick Up Your Ears, dir. by Stephen Frears 6. The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs 7. On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers 8. [Re-Animator](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089885/?ref_=nv_sr_1), dir. by Stuart Gordon Experiments with the pineal gland ---
**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 13, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31172 "2014-11-13T16:39:46Z")
Works of fiction motivated by or significantly featuring a portion of the anatomy 1. Claire’s Knee, movie by Eric Rohmer 2. The Breast, by Philip Roth 3. My Left Foot, by Christy Brown 4. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, dir. by Sam Peckinpah 5. Prick Up Your Ears, dir. by Stephen Frears 6. The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs 7. On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers 8. Re-animator, dir. by Stuart Gordon 9. Boxing Helena, dir. by Jennifer Chambers Lynch ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31173 "2014-11-13T17:05:25Z")
Works of fiction motivated by or significantly featuring a portion of the anatomy 1. Claire’s Knee, movie by Eric Rohmer 2. The Breast, by Philip Roth 3. My Left Foot, by Christy Brown 4. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, dir. by Sam Peckinpah 5. Prick Up Your Ears, dir. by Stephen Frears 6. The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs 7. On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers 8. Re-animator, dir. by Stuart Gordon 9. Boxing Helena, dir. by Jennifer Chambers Lynch 10. Sweet Tooth (Ian McEwan) or White Teeth (Zadie Smith) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31174 "2014-11-13T17:14:07Z")
Works of fiction motivated by or significantly featuring a portion of the anatomy 1. Claire’s Knee, movie by Eric Rohmer 2. The Breast, by Philip Roth 3. My Left Foot, by Christy Brown 4. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, dir. by Sam Peckinpah 5. Prick Up Your Ears, dir. by Stephen Frears 6. The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs 7. On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers 8. Re-animator, dir. by Stuart Gordon 9. Boxing Helena, dir. by Jennifer Chambers Lynch 10. Sweet Tooth (Ian McEwan) or White Teeth (Zadie Smith) 11. Boogie Nights, movie in which Dirk Diggler’s Longfellow is a key plot point ---
**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 13, 2014, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31175 "2014-11-13T17:36:21Z")
Works of fiction motivated by or significantly featuring a portion of the anatomy 1. Claire’s Knee, movie by Eric Rohmer 2. The Breast, by Philip Roth 3. My Left Foot, by Christy Brown 4. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, dir. by Sam Peckinpah 5. Prick Up Your Ears, dir. by Stephen Frears 6. The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs 7. On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers 8. Re-animator, dir. by Stuart Gordon 9. Boxing Helena, dir. by Jennifer Chambers Lynch 10. Sweet Tooth (Ian McEwan) or White Teeth (Zadie Smith) 11. Boogie Nights, movie in which Dirk Diggler’s Longfellow is a key plot point 12. Cyrano de Bergerac (accents somewhere prob) Rostand ---
**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 13, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31176 "2014-11-13T17:53:29Z")
Works of fiction motivated by or significantly featuring a portion of the anatomy 1. Claire’s Knee, movie by Eric Rohmer 2. The Breast, by Philip Roth 3. My Left Foot, by Christy Brown 4. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, dir. by Sam Peckinpah 5. Prick Up Your Ears, dir. by Stephen Frears 6. The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs 7. On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers 8. Re-animator, dir. by Stuart Gordon 9. Boxing Helena, dir. by Jennifer Chambers Lynch 10. Sweet Tooth (Ian McEwan) or White Teeth (Zadie Smith) 11. Boogie Nights, movie in which Dirk Diggler’s Longfellow is a key plot point 12. Cyrano de Bergerac (accents somewhere prob) Rostand 13. The Liberation of Clementine Tipton, by Jane Flory New: Fictional Cyborgs 1. Helva, in Anne McCaffrey’s The Ship Who Sang ---
**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 13, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31177 "2014-11-13T17:57:46Z")
n/m ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31178 "2014-11-13T18:19:17Z")
New: Fictional Cyborgs 1. Helva, in Anne McCaffrey’s The Ship Who Sang 2. Dr. Strangelove ---
**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 13, 2014, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31179 "2014-11-13T18:19:52Z")
New: Fictional Cyborgs 1. Helva, in Anne McCaffrey’s The Ship Who Sang 2. Dr. Strangelove 3. Andrew, from The Bicentennial Man, by Isaac Asimov ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31180 "2014-11-13T19:20:52Z")
Fictional Cyborgs 1. Helva, in Anne McCaffrey’s The Ship Who Sang 2. Dr. Strangelove 3. Andrew, from The Bicentennial Man, by Isaac Asimov 4. Bannakaffalatta, the Doctor Who episode _Voyage of the Damned_ ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31181 "2014-11-13T19:25:21Z")
Fictional Cyborgs 1. Helva, in Anne McCaffrey’s The Ship Who Sang 2. Dr. Strangelove 3. Andrew, from The Bicentennial Man, by Isaac Asimov 4. Bannakaffalatta, the Doctor Who episode _Voyage of the Damned_ 5. [Steve Austin AKA Cyborg](http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg_(novel)) AKA [The Bionic Man AKA _The Six Million Dollar Man_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Six_Million_Dollar_Man) ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31182 "2014-11-13T19:26:31Z")
Fictional Cyborgs 1. Helva, in Anne McCaffrey’s The Ship Who Sang 2. Dr. Strangelove 3. Andrew, from The Bicentennial Man, by Isaac Asimov 4. Bannakaffalatta, the Doctor Who episode Voyage of the Damned Reply With Quote 5. 7 of 9, Rowr! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31183 "2014-11-13T19:31:48Z")
Fictional Cyborgs 1. Helva, in Anne McCaffrey’s The Ship Who Sang 2. Dr. Strangelove 3. Andrew, from The Bicentennial Man, by Isaac Asimov 4. Bannakaffalatta, the Doctor Who episode Voyage of the Damned 5. 7 of 9, Rowr! 6. Steve Austin, the $6,000,000 Man [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1558) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1560)