# 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:** 1606
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32104 "2014-12-18T18:14:39Z")
A necessary but thankless job 1. Proofreader for a publisher of random number tables. 2. Second-string NFL punter 3. Big-city sewer worker 4. Zoo worker 5. Renderer 6. Royal food taster 7. Trash collector 8. Lunch lady 9. Royal whipping boy 10. Message board moderator 11. Department store perfume sample sprayer ---
**Author:** ![Jabaski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5ac83/32.png) [@Jabaski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabaski)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32105 "2014-12-18T18:26:17Z")
A necessary but thankless job 1. Proofreader for a publisher of random number tables. 2. Second-string NFL punter 3. Big-city sewer worker 4. Zoo worker 5. Renderer 6. Royal food taster 7. Trash collector 8. Lunch lady 9. Royal whipping boy 10. Message board moderator 11. Department store perfume sample sprayer 12. TSA Agent ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32106 "2014-12-18T18:46:42Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > A necessary but thankless job > \ > 11. Department store perfume sample sprayer The category was _ **necessary** _ jobs. 😉 😃 ---
**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:** [December 18, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32107 "2014-12-18T19:06:25Z")
A necessary but thankless job 1. Proofreader for a publisher of random number tables. 2. Second-string NFL punter 3. Big-city sewer worker 4. Zoo worker 5. Renderer 6. Royal food taster 7. Trash collector 8. Lunch lady 9. Royal whipping boy 10. Message board moderator 11. Department store perfume sample sprayer 12. TSA Agent 13. IRS/Rev Can tax assessor Next up: Restaurants that you’ve eaten in that looked totally sketchy from the outside but the food was awesome: 1. Tokyo Joe’s- Winnipeg, MB ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32108 "2014-12-18T20:51:53Z")
Restaurants that you’ve eaten in that looked totally sketchy from the outside but the food was awesome: 1. Tokyo Joe’s- Winnipeg, MB 2. Pinto Bean, Victoria, Texas ---
**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:** [December 18, 2014, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32109 "2014-12-18T21:07:42Z")
Restaurants that you’ve eaten in that looked totally sketchy from the outside but the food was awesome: 1. Tokyo Joe’s- Winnipeg, MB 2. Pinto Bean, Victoria, Texas 3. Wool Growers, Los Banos, CA ---
**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:** [December 18, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32110 "2014-12-18T21:30:28Z")
Restaurants that you’ve eaten in that looked totally sketchy from the outside but the food was awesome: 1. Tokyo Joe’s- Winnipeg, MB 2. Pinto Bean, Victoria, Texas 3. Wool Growers, Los Banos, CA 4. Pigman BBQ, Nags Head, N.C. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32111 "2014-12-18T23:28:37Z")
Restaurants that you’ve eaten in that looked totally sketchy from the outside but the food was awesome: 1. Tokyo Joe’s- Winnipeg, MB 2. Pinto Bean, Victoria, Texas 3. Wool Growers, Los Banos, CA 4. Pigman BBQ, Nags Head, N.C. 5. Lao Sze Chuan, Chicago’s Chinatown ---
**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:** [December 19, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32112 "2014-12-19T02:07:40Z")
Restaurants that you’ve eaten in that looked totally sketchy from the outside but the food was awesome: 1. Tokyo Joe’s- Winnipeg, MB 2. Pinto Bean, Victoria, Texas 3. Wool Growers, Los Banos, CA 4. Pigman BBQ, Nags Head, N.C. 5. Lao Sze Chuan, Chicago’s Chinatown 6. Mi Familia, Cleveland Try the rabbit! ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32113 "2014-12-19T13:10:58Z")
Restaurants that you’ve eaten in that looked totally sketchy from the outside but the food was awesome: 1. Tokyo Joe’s- Winnipeg, MB 2. Pinto Bean, Victoria, Texas 3. Wool Growers, Los Banos, CA 4. Pigman BBQ, Nags Head, N.C. 5. Lao Sze Chuan, Chicago’s Chinatown 6. Mi Familia, Cleveland 7. Malachy’s Donegan Inn, New York, NY ---
**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:** [December 19, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32114 "2014-12-19T14:58:55Z")
Restaurants that you’ve eaten in that looked totally sketchy from the outside but the food was awesome: 1. Tokyo Joe’s- Winnipeg, MB 2. Pinto Bean, Victoria, Texas 3. Wool Growers, Los Banos, CA 4. Pigman BBQ, Nags Head, N.C. 5. Lao Sze Chuan, Chicago’s Chinatown 6. Mi Familia, Cleveland 7. Malachy’s Donegan Inn, New York, NY 8. [McClard’s Bar-B-Q](https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8325/8075461522_f739e5e1ca_z.jpg), Hot Springs, Arkansas ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32115 "2014-12-19T16:55:29Z")
Restaurants that you’ve eaten in that looked totally sketchy from the outside but the food was awesome: 1. Tokyo Joe’s- Winnipeg, MB 2. Pinto Bean, Victoria, Texas 3. Wool Growers, Los Banos, CA 4. Pigman BBQ, Nags Head, N.C. 5. Lao Sze Chuan, Chicago’s Chinatown 6. Mi Familia, Cleveland 7. Malachy’s Donegan Inn, New York, NY 8. [McClard’s Bar-B-Q](https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8325/8075461522_f739e5e1ca_z.jpg), Hot Springs, Arkansas 9. The Hickory Shed, Gainesville, GA (actually outside of) Half shack, half single wide trailer, and you have to go down a rattling hallway and stand outside a kitchen to place your order. Best damned barbecue in that part of Georgia. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32116 "2014-12-19T23:49:43Z")
Restaurants that you’ve eaten in that looked totally sketchy from the outside but the food was awesome: 1. Tokyo Joe’s- Winnipeg, MB 2. Pinto Bean, Victoria, Texas 3. Wool Growers, Los Banos, CA 4. Pigman BBQ, Nags Head, N.C. 5. Lao Sze Chuan, Chicago’s Chinatown 6. Mi Familia, Cleveland 7. Malachy’s Donegan Inn, New York, NY 8. McClard’s Bar-B-Q, Hot Springs, Arkansas 9. The Hickory Shed, Gainesville, GA (actually outside of) 10. Nick’s, Elwood, IN Best hamburgers I ever had. Long gone now. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32117 "2014-12-20T04:30:31Z")
Restaurants that you’ve eaten in that looked totally sketchy from the outside but the food was awesome: 1. Tokyo Joe’s- Winnipeg, MB 2. Pinto Bean, Victoria, Texas 3. Wool Growers, Los Banos, CA 4. Pigman BBQ, Nags Head, N.C. 5. Lao Sze Chuan, Chicago’s Chinatown 6. Mi Familia, Cleveland 7. Malachy’s Donegan Inn, New York, NY 8. McClard’s Bar-B-Q, Hot Springs, Arkansas 9. The Hickory Shed, Gainesville, GA (actually outside of) 10. Nick’s, Elwood, IN 11. The auction barn, Ericson, Nebraska (open Sundays and auction days only). ---
**Author:** ![Nelson\_Pike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Nelson\_Pike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nelson_Pike)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32118 "2014-12-20T04:51:54Z")
Restaurants that you’ve eaten in that looked totally sketchy from the outside but the food was awesome: 1. Tokyo Joe’s- Winnipeg, MB 2. Pinto Bean, Victoria, Texas 3. Wool Growers, Los Banos, CA 4. Pigman BBQ, Nags Head, N.C. 5. Lao Sze Chuan, Chicago’s Chinatown 6. Mi Familia, Cleveland 7. Malachy’s Donegan Inn, New York, NY 8. McClard’s Bar-B-Q, Hot Springs, Arkansas 9. The Hickory Shed, Gainesville, GA (actually outside of) 10. Nick’s, Elwood, IN 11. The auction barn, Ericson, Nebraska (open Sundays and auction days only). 12 Rutt’s Hut, Clifton NJ ---
**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:** [December 20, 2014, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32119 "2014-12-20T05:17:58Z")
Restaurants that you’ve eaten in that looked totally sketchy from the outside but the food was awesome: 1. Tokyo Joe’s- Winnipeg, MB 2. Pinto Bean, Victoria, Texas 3. Wool Growers, Los Banos, CA 4. Pigman BBQ, Nags Head, N.C. 5. Lao Sze Chuan, Chicago’s Chinatown 6. Mi Familia, Cleveland 7. Malachy’s Donegan Inn, New York, NY 8. McClard’s Bar-B-Q, Hot Springs, Arkansas 9. The Hickory Shed, Gainesville, GA (actually outside of) 10. Nick’s, Elwood, IN 11. The auction barn, Ericson, Nebraska (open Sundays and auction days only). 12 Rutt’s Hut, Clifton NJ 12. Natural Chicken, San Diego, CA Next up: Friends for Elf on a Shelf (real or made up) 1. Mensch on a Bench ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32120 "2014-12-20T05:52:51Z")
Next up: Friends for Elf on a Shelf (real or made up) 1. Mensch on a Bench 2. Dybbuk in Da Book A demonic paperdoll bookmark; the lucky kid who finds it survives the night! ---
**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:** [December 20, 2014, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32121 "2014-12-20T07:15:16Z")
Next up: Friends for Elf on a Shelf (real or made up) 1. Mensch on a Bench 2. Dybbuk in Da Book 3. Live [Manatee](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manatee) Under The Christmas Tree Link possibly unnecessary; Dopers are highly informed on average. Hrrm. ---
**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:** [December 20, 2014, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32122 "2014-12-20T12:55:08Z")
Next up: Friends for Elf on a Shelf (real or made up) 1. Mensch on a Bench 2. Dybbuk in Da Book 3. Live Manatee Under The Christmas Tree 4. Fred in the shed ---
**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:** [December 20, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32123 "2014-12-20T14:50:14Z")
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