# 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:** 1575
**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 26, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31484 "2014-11-26T12:44:13Z")
Earth tones. 1. Burnt sienna 2. Ochre 3. Brown 4. Raw umber ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31485 "2014-11-26T13:51:19Z")
Earth tones. 1. Burnt sienna 2. Ochre 3. Brown 4. Raw umber 5. Forest green ---
**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 26, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31486 "2014-11-26T16:46:07Z")
Earth tones. 1. Burnt sienna 2. Ochre 3. Brown 4. Raw umber 5. Forest green 6. Coffee ---
**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 26, 2014, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31487 "2014-11-26T16:49:20Z")
Earth tones. 1. Burnt sienna 2. Ochre 3. Brown 4. Raw umber 5. Forest green 6. Coffee 7. Burnt umber ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31488 "2014-11-26T16:54:20Z")
Earth tones. 1. Burnt sienna 2. Ochre 3. Brown 4. Raw umber 5. Forest green 6. Coffee 7. Eiderdown I wish I could link to YouTube; I’d find Charity Barnum singing _Colors Of My Life_ from the musical BARNUM. (Her husband’s version is an homage to jewel tones and vibrants, her’s is a paean to earth tones.) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31489 "2014-11-26T18:27:52Z")
Earth tones. 1. Burnt sienna 2. Ochre 3. Brown 4. Raw umber 5. Forest green 6. Coffee 7. Eiderdown 8. Orange ---
**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 26, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31490 "2014-11-26T18:32:42Z")
Earth tones. 1. Burnt sienna 2. Ochre 3. Brown 4. Raw umber 5. Forest green 6. Coffee 7. Eiderdown 8. Orange 9. Chocolate ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31491 "2014-11-26T20:11:49Z")
Earth tones. 1. Burnt sienna 2. Ochre 3. Brown 4. Raw umber 5. Forest green 6. Coffee 7. Eiderdown 8. Orange 9. Chocolate 10. Sage ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31492 "2014-11-26T20:28:28Z")
Earth tones. 1. Burnt sienna 2. Ochre 3. Brown 4. Raw umber 5. Forest green 6. Coffee 7. Eiderdown 8. Orange 9. Chocolate 10. Sage 11. Brick ---
**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 26, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31493 "2014-11-26T20:51:52Z")
Earth tones. 1. Burnt sienna 2. Ochre 3. Brown 4. Raw umber 5. Forest green 6. Coffee 7. Eiderdown 8. Orange 9. Chocolate 10. Sage 11. Brick 12. Clay ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31494 "2014-11-26T21:53:38Z")
Earth tones. 1. Burnt sienna 2. Ochre 3. Brown 4. Raw umber 5. Forest green 6. Coffee 7. Eiderdown 8. Orange 9. Chocolate 10. Sage 11. Brick 12. Clay 13. Harvest Gold Ways You’d Improve Thanksgiving Celebrations 1. Macy Should Have Balloons of Celebrities Who Died that Year This is the time of year they start doing in memoriams, and it’s the time of year we see the enormous Snoopy balloons, so let’s combine them! ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31495 "2014-11-26T21:58:35Z")
Ways You’d Improve Thanksgiving Celebrations 1. Macy Should Have Balloons of Celebrities Who Died that Year 2. Go and visit a country where it’s not a holiday. Like Canada or Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31496 "2014-11-26T22:24:22Z")
Ways You’d Improve Thanksgiving Celebrations 1. Macy Should Have Balloons of Celebrities Who Died that Year 2. Go and visit a country where it’s not a holiday. Like Canada or Mexico. 3. serve more wine ---
**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 26, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31497 "2014-11-26T23:01:56Z")
Ways You’d Improve Thanksgiving Celebrations 1. Macy Should Have Balloons of Celebrities Who Died that Year 2. Go and visit a country where it’s not a holiday. Like Canada or Mexico. 3. serve more wine 4. After dinner board games or parlor games ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31498 "2014-11-26T23:45:46Z")
Ways You’d Improve Thanksgiving Celebrations 1. Macy Should Have Balloons of Celebrities Who Died that Year 2. Go and visit a country where it’s not a holiday. Like Canada or Mexico. 3. serve more wine 4. After dinner board games or parlor games 5. Make deep-frying the turkey the only cooking method allowed by law ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31499 "2014-11-27T00:59:52Z")
Ways You’d Improve Thanksgiving Celebrations 1. Macy Should Have Balloons of Celebrities Who Died that Year 2. Go and visit a country where it’s not a holiday. Like Canada or Mexico. 3. serve more wine 4. After dinner board games or parlor games 5. Make deep-frying the turkey the only cooking method allowed by law 6. More eels, seal, and cod All of which might well have been served at the Pilgrim’s harvest feast. (Helpful hint: Seal can be a bit pricey, so buy the SEAL HELPER to make it go farther.) ---
**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 27, 2014, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31500 "2014-11-27T04:39:22Z")
Ways You’d Improve Thanksgiving Celebrations 1. Macy Should Have Balloons of Celebrities Who Died that Year 2. Go and visit a country where it’s not a holiday. Like Canada or Mexico. 3. serve more wine 4. After dinner board games or parlor games 5. Make deep-frying the turkey the only cooking method allowed by law 6. More eels, seal, and cod 7. [Mandatory hat buckles](http://c15131978.r78.cf2.rackcdn.com/ProdImages/Main/8/MainZ20095.jpg) ---
**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 27, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31501 "2014-11-27T04:41:17Z")
Ways You’d Improve Thanksgiving Celebrations 1. Macy Should Have Balloons of Celebrities Who Died that Year 2. Go and visit a country where it’s not a holiday. Like Canada or Mexico. 3. serve more wine 4. After dinner board games or parlor games 5. Make deep-frying the turkey the only cooking method allowed by law 6. More eels, seal, and cod 7. Mandatory hat buckles 8. Outlaw turducken ---
**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 27, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31502 "2014-11-27T04:43:34Z")
Ways You’d Improve Thanksgiving Celebrations 1. Macy Should Have Balloons of Celebrities Who Died that Year 2. Go and visit a country where it’s not a holiday. Like Canada or Mexico. 3. serve more wine 4. After dinner board games or parlor games 5. Make deep-frying the turkey the only cooking method allowed by law 6. More eels, seal, and cod 7. Mandatory hat buckles 8. Outlaw turducken 9. Mandatory contribution to local food bank of 1/5 of what you spent on your vittles ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/31503 "2014-11-27T05:03:30Z")
Ways You’d Improve Thanksgiving Celebrations 1. Macy Should Have Balloons of Celebrities Who Died that Year 2. Go and visit a country where it’s not a holiday. Like Canada or Mexico. 3. serve more wine 4. After dinner board games or parlor games 5. Make deep-frying the turkey the only cooking method allowed by law 6. More eels, seal, and cod 7. Mandatory hat buckles 8. Outlaw turducken 9. Mandatory contribution to local food bank of 1/5 of what you spent on your vittles 10. The host/hostess is the recognized ruler of all. If the threshold is crossed, every command must be obeyed, starting with the unspoken-but-universally-understood “Shut up, (relative), and don’t be an ass.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1574) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1576)