# 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:** 1573

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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 24, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31444 "2014-11-24T20:00:10Z")

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A type of bird you can see right now if you look out your window.

1. Crow
2. Woodpecker
3. common sparrow

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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 24, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31445 "2014-11-24T20:01:54Z")

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A type of bird you can see right now if you look out your window.

1. Crow
2. Woodpecker
3. common sparrow
4. Great-tailed Grackle

(Indigenous to Mexico, but overwhelmingly invasive in towns in South Texas.)

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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 24, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31446 "2014-11-24T20:31:05Z")

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A type of bird you can see right now if you look out your window.

1. Crow
2. Woodpecker
3. common sparrow
4. Great-tailed Grackle
5. Mockingbird

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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 24, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31447 "2014-11-24T21:11:43Z")

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A type of bird you can see right now if you look out your window.

1. Crow
2. Woodpecker
3. common sparrow
4. Great-tailed Grackle
5. Mockingbird
6. Black-billed magpie

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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 25, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31448 "2014-11-25T03:33:13Z")

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A type of bird you can see right now if you look out your window.

1. Crow
2. Woodpecker
3. common sparrow
4. Great-tailed Grackle
5. Mockingbird
6. Black-billed magpie
7. Cardinal

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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 25, 2014, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31449 "2014-11-25T04:52:37Z")

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A type of bird you can see right now if you look out your window.

1. Crow
2. Woodpecker
3. common sparrow
4. Great-tailed Grackle
5. Mockingbird
6. Black-billed magpie
7. Cardinal
8. Mockingjay

I’m across from a movie theater. 😉

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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 25, 2014, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31450 "2014-11-25T08:46:45Z")

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A type of bird you can see right now if you look out your window.

1. Crow
2. Woodpecker
3. common sparrow
4. Great-tailed Grackle
5. Mockingbird
6. Black-billed magpie
7. Cardinal
8. Mockingjay
9. Tits

Oh, you mean _birds._ In that case…tits.

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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 25, 2014, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31451 "2014-11-25T13:12:48Z")

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A type of bird you can see right now if you look out your window.

1. Crow
2. Woodpecker
3. common sparrow
4. Great-tailed Grackle
5. Mockingbird
6. Black-billed magpie
7. Cardinal
8. Mockingjay
9. Tits
10. Bluejay

Which drives my dogs absolutely nuts.

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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 25, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31452 "2014-11-25T16:22:35Z")

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A type of bird you can see right now if you look out your window.

1. Crow
2. Woodpecker
3. common sparrow
4. Great-tailed Grackle
5. Mockingbird
6. Black-billed magpie
7. Cardinal
8. Mockingjay
9. Tits
10. Bluejay
11. Robin

Not at the moment, but I’ve seen them around here.

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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 25, 2014, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31453 "2014-11-25T16:26:11Z")

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A type of bird you can see right now if you look out your window.

1. Crow
2. Woodpecker
3. common sparrow
4. Great-tailed Grackle
5. Mockingbird
6. Black-billed magpie
7. Cardinal
8. Mockingjay
9. Tits
10. Bluejay
11. Robin
12. Seagull

We get them from Lake Erie pretty frequently.

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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 25, 2014, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31454 "2014-11-25T17:09:56Z")

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A type of bird you can see right now if you look out your window.

1. Crow
2. Woodpecker
3. common sparrow
4. Great-tailed Grackle
5. Mockingbird
6. Black-billed magpie
7. Cardinal
8. Mockingjay
9. Tits
10. Bluejay
11. Robin
12. Seagull
13. Red-shouldered Hawk

Just went out to get my mail and I heard the neighborhood red-shouldered hawk, but I rarely see it.

Next: The last thing you ordered and bought online.

1. Adapter, USB \> PS-2.

$2.99, mailed from China. How do they do that?

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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 25, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31455 "2014-11-25T17:16:23Z")

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The last thing you ordered and bought online.

1. Adapter, USB \> PS-2.
2. Paperback copy of Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl” for a friend

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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 25, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31456 "2014-11-25T17:16:43Z")

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Next: The last thing you ordered and bought online.

1. Adapter, USB \> PS-2.
2. Paperback copy of Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl” for a friend
3. Devin Townsend Project “Z2” [Deluxe Edition 3CD]

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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 25, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31457 "2014-11-25T18:29:23Z")

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The last thing you ordered and bought online.

1. Adapter, USB \> PS-2.
2. Paperback copy of Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl” for a friend
3. Devin Townsend Project “Z2” [Deluxe Edition 3CD]
4. new sheets form Macy’s

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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 25, 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31458 "2014-11-25T18:51:17Z")

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The last thing you ordered and bought online.

1. Adapter, USB \> PS-2.
2. Paperback copy of Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl” for a friend
3. Devin Townsend Project “Z2” [Deluxe Edition 3CD]
4. new sheets form Macy’s
5. _The Comprehensive New Testament_ through Amazon

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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 25, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31459 "2014-11-25T19:12:18Z")

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The last thing you ordered and bought online.

1. Adapter, USB \> PS-2.
2. Paperback copy of Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl” for a friend
3. The first three seasons on The Andy Griffith Show

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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 25, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31460 "2014-11-25T19:34:01Z")

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The last thing you ordered and bought online.

1. Adapter, USB \> PS-2.
2. Paperback copy of Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl” for a friend
3. Devin Townsend Project “Z2” [Deluxe Edition 3CD]
4. new sheets form Macy’s
5. _The Comprehensive New Testament_ through Amazon
6. The first three seasons on The Andy Griffith Show
7. Eyeglasses

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31461 "2014-11-25T19:38:13Z")

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The last thing you ordered and bought online.

1. Adapter, USB \> PS-2.
2. Paperback copy of Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl” for a friend
3. Devin Townsend Project “Z2” [Deluxe Edition 3CD]
4. new sheets form Macy’s
5. The Comprehensive New Testament through Amazon
6. The first three seasons on The Andy Griffith Show
7. Eyeglasses
8. “Paare” and the Eletcronic Music from “Friday from Light” from [stockhausen.org](http://stockhausen.org)

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31462 "2014-11-25T20:26:16Z")

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The last thing you ordered and bought online.

1. Adapter, USB \> PS-2.
2. Paperback copy of Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Girl” for a friend
3. Devin Townsend Project “Z2” [Deluxe Edition 3CD]
4. new sheets form Macy’s
5. The Comprehensive New Testament through Amazon
6. The first three seasons on The Andy Griffith Show
7. Eyeglasses
8. “Paare” and the Eletcronic Music from “Friday from Light” from [stockhausen.org](http://stockhausen.org)
9. MP3 single of “Both Ends Burning” by Roxy Music from Amazon Music Store

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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 25, 2014, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31463 "2014-11-25T20:58:47Z")

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WTF I’m pretty sure there were only two on there when I added mine. Am I going blind or what?

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