# 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:** 1617
**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:** [January 2, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32324 "2015-01-02T16:44:50Z")
Commodities 1. Oil 2. Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice 3. Corn 4. Pork Bellies 5. Coffee 6. Gold And, despite being a heathenistic non-coffee-drinker, I think I agree with **anyrose**. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32325 "2015-01-02T16:54:48Z")
Commodities 1. Oil 2. Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice 3. Corn 4. Pork Bellies 5. Coffee 6. Gold 7. Cocoa ---
**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:** [January 2, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32326 "2015-01-02T16:59:52Z")
Commodities 1. Oil 2. Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice 3. Corn 4. Pork Bellies 5. Coffee 6. Gold 7. Cocoa 8. Silver ---
**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:** [January 2, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32327 "2015-01-02T17:00:54Z")
Commodities 1. Oil 2. Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice 3. Corn 4. Pork Bellies 5. Coffee 6. Gold 7. Cocoa 8. Wheat ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32328 "2015-01-02T18:03:01Z")
Commodities 1. Oil 2. Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice 3. Corn 4. Pork Bellies 5. Coffee 6. Gold 7. Cocoa 8. Wheat 9. Butter ---
**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:** [January 2, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32329 "2015-01-02T18:06:18Z")
Commodities 1. Oil 2. Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice 3. Corn 4. Pork Bellies 5. Coffee 6. Gold 7. Cocoa 8. Wheat 9. Butter 10. Tungsten Mmmmmm. _Tungsten_… ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32330 "2015-01-02T18:33:27Z")
Commodities 1. Oil 2. Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice 3. Corn 4. Pork Bellies 5. Coffee 6. Gold 7. Cocoa 8. Silver 9. Wheat 10. Butter 11. Tungsten 12. Cotton Fixed to restore an overlooked contribution. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2015, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32331 "2015-01-02T19:43:09Z")
Commodities 1. Oil 2. Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice 3. Corn 4. Pork Bellies 5. Coffee 6. Gold 7. Cocoa 8. Silver 9. Wheat 10. Butter 11. Tungsten 12. Cotton 13. Soybeans New! Series of Non-Fiction Books 14. Very Short Introductions, from Oxford University Press ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32332 "2015-01-02T19:59:36Z")
New! Series of Non-Fiction Books 1. Very Short Introductions, from Oxford University Press 2. A People’s History of the United States, by Page Smith ---
**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:** [January 2, 2015, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32333 "2015-01-02T20:11:00Z")
New! Series of Non-Fiction Books 1. Very Short Introductions, from Oxford University Press 2. A People’s History of the United States, by Page Smith 3. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1768-2010) ---
**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:** [January 2, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32334 "2015-01-02T21:10:51Z")
Series of Non-Fiction Books 1. Very Short Introductions, from Oxford University Press 2. A People’s History of the United States, by Page Smith 3. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1768-2010) 4. [Whatever] for Dummies ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32335 "2015-01-02T21:13:44Z")
Series of Non-Fiction Books 1. Very Short Introductions, from Oxford University Press 2. A People’s History of the United States, by Page Smith 3. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1768-2010) 4. [Whatever] for Dummies 5. Dictionary of American Regional English by Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32336 "2015-01-02T21:29:02Z")
Series of Non-Fiction Books 1. Very Short Introductions, from Oxford University Press 2. A People’s History of the United States, by Page Smith 3. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1768-2010) 4. [Whatever] for Dummies 5. Dictionary of American Regional English by Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall 6. The Story of Civilization, Will and Ariel Durant ---
**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:** [January 2, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32337 "2015-01-02T22:44:19Z")
Series of Non-Fiction Books 1. Very Short Introductions, from Oxford University Press 2. A People’s History of the United States, by Page Smith 3. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1768-2010) 4. [Whatever] for Dummies 5. Dictionary of American Regional English by Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall 6. The Story of Civilization, Will and Ariel Durant 7. Intelligent Layman Series ---
**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:** [January 3, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32338 "2015-01-03T14:54:37Z")
Series of Non-Fiction Books 1. Very Short Introductions, from Oxford University Press 2. A People’s History of the United States, by Page Smith 3. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1768-2010) 4. [Whatever] for Dummies 5. Dictionary of American Regional English by Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall 6. The Story of Civilization, Will and Ariel Durant 7. Intelligent Layman Series 8. Heinemann Library’s Essential Life Science ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32339 "2015-01-03T17:13:09Z")
Series of Non-Fiction Books 1. Very Short Introductions, from Oxford University Press 2. A People’s History of the United States, by Page Smith 3. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1768-2010) 4. [Whatever] for Dummies 5. Dictionary of American Regional English by Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall 6. The Story of Civilization, Will and Ariel Durant 7. Intelligent Layman Series 8. Heinemann Library’s Essential Life Science 9. Collins Field Guides, to birds of the world ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32340 "2015-01-03T18:42:10Z")
Series of Non-Fiction Books 1. Very Short Introductions, from Oxford University Press 2. A People’s History of the United States, by Page Smith 3. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1768-2010) 4. [Whatever] for Dummies 5. Dictionary of American Regional English by Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall 6. The Story of Civilization, Will and Ariel Durant 7. Intelligent Layman Series 8. Heinemann Library’s Essential Life Science 9. Collins Field Guides, to birds of the world 10. Robert Caro’s multi-volume biography series on Lyndon Johnson ---
**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:** [January 3, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32341 "2015-01-03T20:32:46Z")
Series of Non-Fiction Books 1. Very Short Introductions, from Oxford University Press 2. A People’s History of the United States, by Page Smith 3. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1768-2010) 4. [Whatever] for Dummies 5. Dictionary of American Regional English by Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall 6. The Story of Civilization, Will and Ariel Durant 7. Intelligent Layman Series 8. Heinemann Library’s Essential Life Science 9. Collins Field Guides, to birds of the world 10. Robert Caro’s multi-volume biography series on Lyndon Johnson 11. Chilton manuals ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32342 "2015-01-03T20:44:38Z")
Series of Non-Fiction Books 1. Very Short Introductions, from Oxford University Press 2. A People’s History of the United States, by Page Smith 3. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1768-2010) 4. [Whatever] for Dummies 5. Dictionary of American Regional English by Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall 6. The Story of Civilization, Will and Ariel Durant 7. Intelligent Layman Series 8. Heinemann Library’s Essential Life Science 9. Collins Field Guides, to birds of the world 10. Robert Caro’s multi-volume biography series on Lyndon Johnson 11. Chilton manuals 12. David Wallechinsky’s _ **Book of Lists** _ series ---
**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:** [January 3, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/32343 "2015-01-03T20:58:38Z")
Series of Non-Fiction Books 1. Very Short Introductions, from Oxford University Press 2. A People’s History of the United States, by Page Smith 3. Encyclopaedia Britannica (1768-2010) 4. [Whatever] for Dummies 5. Dictionary of American Regional English by Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall 6. The Story of Civilization, Will and Ariel Durant 7. Intelligent Layman Series 8. Heinemann Library’s Essential Life Science 9. Collins Field Guides, to birds of the world 10. Robert Caro’s multi-volume biography series on Lyndon Johnson 11. Chilton manuals 12. David Wallechinsky’s Book of Lists series 13. The Papers of George Washington Compiled by the University of Virginia. Several dozen volumes so far, with more to come. Next: Unlikely headlines for 2015 1. Putin issues abject public apology for militarism, cronyism, strong-arm tactics [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1616) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1618)