# 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:** 1749

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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:** [May 27, 2015, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34964 "2015-05-27T12:24:29Z")

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The next Hillary scandal

1. Revealed to have more pantsuits than Imelda Marcos had shoes
2. Forced to admit her claim to have won the Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony was exaggerated.
3. Bill wasn’t the only one who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky.
4. Rubber mask is pulled off, revealing she has been Pol Pot in a pantsuit since 1998. “And it would have worked, too, if not for you meddling kids!”
5. Former Aide Reveals Hillary Founded the Tea Party
6. Secret life as songwriter: she wrote Wrecking Ball for Miley Cyrus, and Fuck You for Cee-Lo Green.
7. Not content to have deleted tens of thousands of her own emails, she repeatedly changed her Facebook privacy settings (current setting: RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT).
8. Offhandedly refers to the 60 Minutes staff and crew as “my minions”.
9. Has been working to arrange a marriage between her granddaughter and Prince George, promising Arkansas and a Carolina as dowry.
10. She regularly downloads Rush Limbaugh podcasts
11. She enjoys fox hunting and clubbing baby seals.

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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:** [May 27, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34965 "2015-05-27T17:12:30Z")

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The next Hillary scandal

1. Revealed to have more pantsuits than Imelda Marcos had shoes
2. Forced to admit her claim to have won the Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony was exaggerated.
3. Bill wasn’t the only one who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky.
4. Rubber mask is pulled off, revealing she has been Pol Pot in a pantsuit since 1998. “And it would have worked, too, if not for you meddling kids!”
5. Former Aide Reveals Hillary Founded the Tea Party
6. Secret life as songwriter: she wrote Wrecking Ball for Miley Cyrus, and Fuck You for Cee-Lo Green.
7. Not content to have deleted tens of thousands of her own emails, she repeatedly changed her Facebook privacy settings (current setting: RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT).
8. Offhandedly refers to the 60 Minutes staff and crew as “my minions”.
9. Has been working to arrange a marriage between her granddaughter and Prince George, promising Arkansas and a Carolina as dowry.
10. She regularly downloads Rush Limbaugh podcasts
11. She enjoys fox hunting and clubbing baby seals.
12. Listens to NPR but never, ever donates

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**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:** [May 27, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34966 "2015-05-27T17:21:23Z")

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The next Hillary scandal

1. Revealed to have more pantsuits than Imelda Marcos had shoes
2. Forced to admit her claim to have won the Oscar, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony was exaggerated.
3. Bill wasn’t the only one who had an affair with Monica Lewinsky.
4. Rubber mask is pulled off, revealing she has been Pol Pot in a pantsuit since 1998. “And it would have worked, too, if not for you meddling kids!”
5. Former Aide Reveals Hillary Founded the Tea Party
6. Secret life as songwriter: she wrote Wrecking Ball for Miley Cyrus, and Fuck You for Cee-Lo Green.
7. Not content to have deleted tens of thousands of her own emails, she repeatedly changed her Facebook privacy settings (current setting: RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT).
8. Offhandedly refers to the 60 Minutes staff and crew as “my minions”.
9. Has been working to arrange a marriage between her granddaughter and Prince George, promising Arkansas and a Carolina as dowry.
10. She regularly downloads Rush Limbaugh podcasts
11. She enjoys fox hunting and clubbing baby seals.
12. Listens to NPR but never, ever donates
13. She’s a _man_, Baby!

Real reasons the US hasn’t annexed Canada yet:

1. Tim Hortons is part of The Illuminati.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34967 "2015-05-27T17:58:33Z")

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Real reasons the US hasn’t annexed Canada yet:

1. Tim Horton’s is part of The Illuminati.
2. Still licking our wounds from LAST time we tried, in 1812.

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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:** [May 27, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34968 "2015-05-27T18:05:43Z")

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Real reasons the US hasn’t annexed Canada yet:

1. Tim Horton’s is part of The Illuminati.
2. Still licking our wounds from LAST time we tried, in 1812.
3. What would Anne of Green Gables say?

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34969 "2015-05-27T18:08:49Z")

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Real reasons the US hasn’t annexed Canada yet:

1. Tim Horton’s is part of The Illuminati.
2. Still licking our wounds from LAST time we tried, in 1812.
3. What would Anne of Green Gables say?
4. The US hasn’t run out of wood, oil, and water… yet.

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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:** [May 27, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34970 "2015-05-27T18:42:57Z")

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Real reasons the US hasn’t annexed Canada yet:

1. Tim Horton’s is part of The Illuminati.
2. Still licking our wounds from LAST time we tried, in 1812.
3. What would Anne of Green Gables say?
4. The US hasn’t run out of wood, oil, and water… yet.
5. Convenient to have somebody else to blame for Jim Carrey.

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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:** [May 27, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34971 "2015-05-27T19:13:10Z")

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Real reasons the US hasn’t annexed Canada yet:

1. Tim Horton’s is part of The Illuminati.
2. Still licking our wounds from LAST time we tried, in 1812.
3. What would Anne of Green Gables say?
4. The US hasn’t run out of wood, oil, and water… yet.
5. Convenient to have somebody else to blame for Jim Carrey.
6. Still trying to work out the details of a trade for Texas.

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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:** [May 27, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34972 "2015-05-27T19:34:26Z")

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Real reasons the US hasn’t annexed Canada yet:

1. Tim Horton’s is part of The Illuminati.
2. Still licking our wounds from LAST time we tried, in 1812.
3. What would Anne of Green Gables say?
4. The US hasn’t run out of wood, oil, and water… yet.
5. Convenient to have somebody else to blame for Jim Carrey.
6. Still trying to work out the details of a trade for Texas.
7. Shatner would send photon torpedoes raining down on us.

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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:** [May 27, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34973 "2015-05-27T21:17:06Z")

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Real reasons the US hasn’t annexed Canada yet:

1. Tim Horton’s is part of The Illuminati.
2. Still licking our wounds from LAST time we tried, in 1812.
3. What would Anne of Green Gables say?
4. The US hasn’t run out of wood, oil, and water… yet.
5. Convenient to have somebody else to blame for Jim Carrey.
6. Still trying to work out the details of a trade for Texas.
7. Shatner would send photon torpedoes raining down on us.
8. They speak French! We have enough trouble with Spanish!

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**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34974 "2015-05-27T22:35:09Z")

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Real reasons the US hasn’t annexed Canada yet:

1. Tim Horton’s is part of The Illuminati.
2. Still licking our wounds from LAST time we tried, in 1812.
3. What would Anne of Green Gables say?
4. The US hasn’t run out of wood, oil, and water… yet.
5. Convenient to have somebody else to blame for Jim Carrey.
6. Still trying to work out the details of a trade for Texas.
7. Shatner would send photon torpedoes raining down on us.
8. They speak French! We have enough trouble with Spanish!
9. We need the flimsy excuse to keep calling it the **World** Series.

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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:** [May 28, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34975 "2015-05-28T03:19:27Z")

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Real reasons the US hasn’t annexed Canada yet:

1. Tim Horton’s is part of The Illuminati.
2. Still licking our wounds from LAST time we tried, in 1812.
3. What would Anne of Green Gables say?
4. The US hasn’t run out of wood, oil, and water… yet.
5. Convenient to have somebody else to blame for Jim Carrey.
6. Still trying to work out the details of a trade for Texas.
7. Shatner would send photon torpedoes raining down on us.
8. They speak French! We have enough trouble with Spanish!
9. We need the flimsy excuse to keep calling it the WORLD Series.
10. Her Majesty the Queen has forbidden it.

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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:** [May 28, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34976 "2015-05-28T03:26:18Z")

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Real reasons the US hasn’t annexed Canada yet:

1. Tim Horton’s is part of The Illuminati.
2. Still licking our wounds from LAST time we tried, in 1812.
3. What would Anne of Green Gables say?
4. The US hasn’t run out of wood, oil, and water… yet.
5. Convenient to have somebody else to blame for Jim Carrey.
6. Still trying to work out the details of a trade for Texas.
7. Shatner would send photon torpedoes raining down on us.
8. They speak French! We have enough trouble with Spanish!
9. We need the flimsy excuse to keep calling it the WORLD Series.
10. Her Majesty the Queen has forbidden it.
11. Canadians keep insisting we have to take Manitoba along with the rest of the country.

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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:** [May 28, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34977 "2015-05-28T05:23:58Z")

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Real reasons the US hasn’t annexed Canada yet:

1. Tim Horton’s is part of The Illuminati.
2. Still licking our wounds from LAST time we tried, in 1812.
3. What would Anne of Green Gables say?
4. The US hasn’t run out of wood, oil, and water… yet.
5. Convenient to have somebody else to blame for Jim Carrey.
6. Still trying to work out the details of a trade for Texas.
7. Shatner would send photon torpedoes raining down on us.
8. They speak French! We have enough trouble with Spanish!
9. We need the flimsy excuse to keep calling it the WORLD Series.
10. Her Majesty the Queen has forbidden it.
11. Canadians keep insisting we have to take Manitoba along with the rest of the country.
12. Most Americans can’t find it on the map.

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34978 "2015-05-28T11:27:55Z")

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Real reasons the US hasn’t annexed Canada yet:

1. Tim Horton’s is part of The Illuminati.
2. Still licking our wounds from LAST time we tried, in 1812.
3. What would Anne of Green Gables say?
4. The US hasn’t run out of wood, oil, and water… yet.
5. Convenient to have somebody else to blame for Jim Carrey.
6. Still trying to work out the details of a trade for Texas.
7. Shatner would send photon torpedoes raining down on us.
8. They speak French! We have enough trouble with Spanish!
9. We need the flimsy excuse to keep calling it the WORLD Series.
10. Her Majesty the Queen has forbidden it.
11. Canadians keep insisting we have to take Manitoba along with the rest of the country.
12. Most Americans can’t find it on the map.
13. It would interfere with the migratory patterns of the Canadian Snowbird… eventually all of them would remain down south all year.

…pass

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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:** [May 28, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34979 "2015-05-28T14:51:48Z")

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Great war movies

1. Breaker Morant

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**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:** [May 28, 2015, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34980 "2015-05-28T14:56:46Z")

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Great war movies

1. Breaker Morant
2. Band of Brothers (Technically a mini-series but still great!)

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34981 "2015-05-28T15:21:12Z")

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Great war movies

1. Breaker Morant
2. Band of Brothers (Technically a mini-series but still great!)
3. A Bridge Too Far

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34982 "2015-05-28T15:24:16Z")

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Great war movies

1. Breaker Morant
2. Band of Brothers (Technically a mini-series but still great!)
3. A Bridge Too Far
4. Paths of Glory

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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:** [May 28, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/34983 "2015-05-28T15:25:05Z")

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Great war movies

1. Breaker Morant
2. Glory
3. A Bridge Too Far
4. Paths of Glory

Band of Brothers struck - not a movie.

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