# 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:** 1767
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35324 "2015-06-16T21:38:13Z")
Towns and cities in Delaware 1. Dover 2. Newark 3. Wilmington ---
**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:** [June 16, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35325 "2015-06-16T21:40:53Z")
Towns and cities in Delaware 1. Dover 2. Newark 3. Wilmington 4. Rehoboth Beach ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35326 "2015-06-16T22:34:25Z")
Towns and cities in Delaware 1. Dover 2. Newark 3. Wilmington 4. Rehoboth Beach 5. Delaware City Which I know thanks to genealogy. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35327 "2015-06-16T22:53:42Z")
Towns and cities in Delaware 1. Dover 2. Newark 3. Wilmington 4. Rehoboth Beach 5. Delaware City 6. Milford ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35328 "2015-06-17T03:19:22Z")
Towns and cities in Delaware 1. Dover 2. Newark 3. Wilmington 4. Rehoboth Beach 5. Delaware City 6. Milford 7. Springfield ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35329 "2015-06-17T03:22:29Z")
Towns and cities in Delaware 1. Dover 2. Newark 3. Wilmington 4. Rehoboth Beach 5. Delaware City 6. Milford 7. Springfield 8. Bear (I only know this town because one of my wife’s FB friends, a holdover from the breastfeeding and babywearing Usenet groups from the 90s, lives there…) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35330 "2015-06-17T05:02:17Z")
Towns and cities in Delaware 1. Dover 2. Newark 3. Wilmington 4. Rehoboth Beach 5. Delaware City 6. Milford 7. Springfield 8. Bear 9. Delaware, Ohio ---
**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:** [June 17, 2015, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35331 "2015-06-17T07:00:37Z")
Towns and cities in Delaware 1. Dover 2. Newark 3. Wilmington 4. Rehoboth Beach 5. Delaware City 6. Milford 7. Springfield 8. Bear 9. Delaware, Ohio 10. Slaughter Beach There’s a funny story behind that name… ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35332 "2015-06-17T11:13:46Z")
You’re teasing us Nemo. Towns and cities in Delaware 1. Dover 2. Newark 3. Wilmington 4. Rehoboth Beach 5. Delaware City 6. Milford 7. Springfield 8. Bear 9. Delaware, Ohio 10. Slaughter Beach 11. Fenwick Island ---
**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:** [June 17, 2015, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35333 "2015-06-17T13:45:00Z")
Towns and cities in Delaware 1. Dover 2. Newark 3. Wilmington 4. Rehoboth Beach 5. Delaware City 6. Milford 7. Springfield 8. Bear 9. Harrington 10. Slaughter Beach 11. Fenwick Island Replaced #9. It’s A Delaware, but not IN Delaware. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2015, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35334 "2015-06-17T13:51:28Z")
Towns and cities in Delaware 1. Dover 2. Newark 3. Wilmington 4. Rehoboth Beach 5. Delaware City 6. Milford 7. Springfield 8. Bear 9. Harrington 10. Slaughter Beach 11. Fenwick Island 12. Viola ---
**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:** [June 17, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35335 "2015-06-17T14:19:20Z")
Towns and cities in Delaware 1. Dover 2. Newark 3. Wilmington 4. Rehoboth Beach 5. Delaware City 6. Milford 7. Springfield 8. Bear 9. Harrington 10. Slaughter Beach 11. Fenwick Island 12. Viola 13. Frederica Next: Fictional characters who have one or more objects dropped on them, usually for comic effect: 1. A villain fighting Deus Ex Machina Man (A grand piano) ---
**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:** [June 17, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35336 "2015-06-17T14:31:59Z")
Next: Fictional characters who have one or more objects dropped on them, usually for comic effect: 1. A villain fighting Deus Ex Machina Man (A grand piano) 2. Wile E. Coyote ---
**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:** [June 17, 2015, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35337 "2015-06-17T14:34:23Z")
Fictional characters who have one or more objects dropped on them, usually for comic effect: 1. A villain fighting Deus Ex Machina Man (A grand piano) 2. Wile E. Coyote 3. British Army recruit learning how to defend himself against fresh fruit (16-ton weight) At 4:20 here: [Monty Python - Self-Defense Against Fruit - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w) ---
**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:** [June 17, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35338 "2015-06-17T14:44:41Z")
Fictional characters who have one or more objects dropped on them, usually for comic effect: 1. A villain fighting Deus Ex Machina Man (A grand piano) 2. Wile E. Coyote 3. British Army recruit learning how to defend himself against fresh fruit (16-ton weight) 4. James T. Kirk (a bunch of tribbles) ---
**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:** [June 17, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35339 "2015-06-17T14:49:54Z")
Fictional characters who have one or more objects dropped on them, usually for comic effect: 1. A villain fighting Deus Ex Machina Man (A grand piano) 2. Wile E. Coyote 3. British Army recruit learning how to defend himself against fresh fruit (16-ton weight) 4. James T. Kirk (a bunch of tribbles) 5. Harry & Marv, aka The Wet Bandits from Home Alone (various household objects) ---
**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:** [June 17, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35340 "2015-06-17T14:50:16Z")
Fictional characters who have one or more objects dropped on them, usually for comic effect: 1. A villain fighting Deus Ex Machina Man (A grand piano) 2. Wile E. Coyote 3. British Army recruit learning how to defend himself against fresh fruit (16-ton weight) 4. James T. Kirk (a bunch of tribbles) 5. Harry & Marv, aka The Wet Bandits from Home Alone (various household objects) 6. Carrie White (a bucket of pig’s blood) (not for comic effect) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35341 "2015-06-17T14:59:03Z")
Fictional characters who have one or more objects dropped on them, usually for comic effect: 1. A villain fighting Deus Ex Machina Man (A grand piano) 2. Wile E. Coyote 3. British Army recruit learning how to defend himself against fresh fruit (16-ton weight) 4. James T. Kirk (a bunch of tribbles) 5. Harry & Marv, aka The Wet Bandits from Home Alone (various household objects) 6. Carrie White (a bucket of pig’s blood) (not for comic effect) 7. Marvin Acme, in _ **Who Framed Roger Rabbit?** _ (murdered by having asafe dropped on his head). ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2015, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35342 "2015-06-17T15:26:40Z")
Fictional characters who have one or more objects dropped on them, usually for comic effect: 1. A villain fighting Deus Ex Machina Man (A grand piano) 2. Wile E. Coyote 3. British Army recruit learning how to defend himself against fresh fruit (16-ton weight) 4. James T. Kirk (a bunch of tribbles) 5. Harry & Marv, aka The Wet Bandits from Home Alone (various household objects) 6. Carrie White (a bucket of pig’s blood) (not for comic effect) 7. Marvin Acme, in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (murdered by having asafe dropped on his head). 8. Yosemite Sam, anvils, pianos, boulders, etc etc etc ---
**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:** [June 17, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35343 "2015-06-17T15:48:15Z")
1. A villain fighting Deus Ex Machina Man (A grand piano) 2. Wile E. Coyote 3. British Army recruit learning how to defend himself against fresh fruit (16-ton weight) 4. James T. Kirk (a bunch of tribbles) 5. Harry & Marv, aka The Wet Bandits from Home Alone (various household objects) 6. Carrie White (a bucket of pig’s blood) (not for comic effect) 7. Marvin Acme, in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (murdered by having asafe dropped on his head). 8. Yosemite Sam, anvils, pianos, boulders, etc etc etc 9. Tom, of Tom and Jerry [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1766) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1768)