# 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:** 1563

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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 14, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31244 "2014-11-14T21:50:49Z")

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13 shades of grey

1. Silver grey  
2, Charcoal grey
2. Gunmetal
3. Smoke

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31245 "2014-11-14T21:53:29Z")

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13 shades of grey

1. Silver grey  
2, Charcoal grey
2. Gunmetal
3. Smoke
4. Ash grey

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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2014, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31246 "2014-11-14T21:59:44Z")

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13 shades of grey

1. Silver grey  
2, Charcoal grey
2. Gunmetal
3. Smoke
4. Ash grey
5. Slate

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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 14, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31247 "2014-11-14T22:07:01Z")

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13 shades of grey

1. Silver grey  
2, Charcoal grey
2. Gunmetal
3. Smoke
4. Ash grey
5. Slate
6. Obsidian

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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 14, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31248 "2014-11-14T22:16:57Z")

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13 shades of grey

1. Silver grey
2. Charcoal grey
3. Gunmetal
4. Smoke
5. Ash grey
6. Slate
7. Obsidian
8. Gainsboro

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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 14, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31249 "2014-11-14T22:40:10Z")

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13 shades of grey

1. Silver grey
2. Charcoal grey
3. Gunmetal
4. Smoke
5. Ash grey
6. Slate
7. Obsidian
8. Gainsboro
9. Battleship grey

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**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 14, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31250 "2014-11-14T23:16:42Z")

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13 shades of grey

1. Silver grey
2. Charcoal grey
3. Gunmetal
4. Smoke
5. Ash grey
6. Slate
7. Obsidian
8. Gainsboro
9. Battleship grey
10. Taupe

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**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 14, 2014, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31251 "2014-11-14T23:18:49Z")

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13 shades of grey

1. Silver grey
2. Charcoal grey
3. Gunmetal
4. Smoke
5. Ash grey
6. Slate
7. Obsidian
8. Gainsboro
9. Battleship grey
10. Taupe
11. Anthracite

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**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 14, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31252 "2014-11-14T23:30:31Z")

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13 shades of grey

1. Silver grey
2. Charcoal grey
3. Gunmetal
4. Smoke
5. Ash grey
6. Slate
7. Obsidian
8. Gainsboro
9. Battleship grey
10. Taupe
11. Anthracite
12. Dorian Gray

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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 14, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31253 "2014-11-14T23:40:17Z")

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13 shades of grey

1. Silver grey
2. Charcoal grey
3. Gunmetal
4. Smoke
5. Ash grey
6. Slate
7. Obsidian
8. Gainsboro
9. Battleship grey
10. Taupe
11. Anthracite
12. Dorian Gray
13. The Grey King

New: Fiction in which Thanksgiving is celebrated

1. Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott

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**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 14, 2014, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31254 "2014-11-14T23:56:09Z")

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New: Fiction in which Thanksgiving is celebrated

1. Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott
2. For Your Consideration, movie

ETA: it’s about the making of a movie about Purim, but by the end the movie is about Thanksgiving

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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 15, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31255 "2014-11-15T00:02:42Z")

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_::shakes fist at **Prof. Pepperwinkle** ::_ Damn you! You beat me by that much!  
Fiction in which Thanksgiving is celebrated

1. Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott
2. For Your Consideration, movie
3. Home for the Holidays  
(starring Robert Downey Jr and Holly Hunter among others)

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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 15, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31256 "2014-11-15T01:04:06Z")

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Fiction in which Thanksgiving is celebrated

1. Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott
2. For Your Consideration, movie
3. Home for the Holidays
4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (movie)

The entire plot is about Steve Martin trying to get home for Thanksgiving.

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**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 15, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31257 "2014-11-15T02:23:34Z")

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Fiction in which Thanksgiving is celebrated

1. Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott
2. For Your Consideration, movie
3. Home for the Holidays
4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (movie)
5. Pieces of April (2003 movie)

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**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 15, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31258 "2014-11-15T03:09:33Z")

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Fiction in which Thanksgiving is celebrated

1. Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott
2. For Your Consideration, movie
3. Home for the Holidays
4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (movie)
5. Pieces of April (2003 movie)
6. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, seasonal TV cartoon

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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 15, 2014, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31259 "2014-11-15T04:47:17Z")

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Fiction in which Thanksgiving is celebrated

1. Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott
2. For Your Consideration, movie
3. Home for the Holidays
4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (movie)
5. Pieces of April (2003 movie)
6. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, seasonal TV cartoon
7. _The Ice Storm_ by Rick Moody (also the movie based on the novel)

Set during Thanksgiving but I wouldn’t say it really celebrated the holiday.

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**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 15, 2014, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31260 "2014-11-15T05:11:27Z")

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Fiction in which Thanksgiving is celebrated

1. Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott
2. For Your Consideration, movie
3. Home for the Holidays
4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (movie)
5. Pieces of April (2003 movie)
6. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, seasonal TV cartoon
7. The Ice Storm by Rick Moody (also the movie based on the novel)
8. Alice’s Restaurant, song and movie

I don’t think Arlo Guthrie ever said either was 100% factual.

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**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 15, 2014, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31261 "2014-11-15T13:29:26Z")

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Fiction in which Thanksgiving is celebrated

1. Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott
2. For Your Consideration, movie
3. Home for the Holidays
4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (movie)
5. Pieces of April (2003 movie)
6. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, seasonal TV cartoon
7. The Ice Storm by Rick Moody (also the movie based on the novel)
8. Alice’s Restaurant, song and movie
9. The Mouse on the Mayflower, another seasonal TV cartoon

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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 15, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31262 "2014-11-15T13:43:19Z")

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nm (responded to a post on the previous page, and got superninja’d)

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31263 "2014-11-15T14:36:33Z")

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Fiction in which Thanksgiving is celebrated

1. Little Men, by Louisa May Alcott
2. For Your Consideration, movie
3. Home for the Holidays
4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (movie)
5. Pieces of April (2003 movie)
6. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, seasonal TV cartoon
7. The Ice Storm by Rick Moody (also the movie based on the novel)
8. Alice’s Restaurant, song and movie
9. The Mouse on the Mayflower, another seasonal TV cartoon
10. Garfield daily comic strip, 11/26/2009

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