# 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:** 1771
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35404 "2015-06-19T17:03:10Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > But what if the Agricultural report is wrong? :eek: LOL So, I guess that must lead to… Types of investment/savings vehicles 1. ETFs 2. IRAs 3. Under the mattress or in the coffee can 4. Mutual funds 5. Savings accounts 6. Whole Life insurance 7. Krugerrands 8. Stocks 9. Frozen Concentrate Orange Juice futures 10. Pork Bellies ---
**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 19, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35405 "2015-06-19T17:15:21Z")
Types of investment/savings vehicles 1. ETFs 2. IRAs 3. Under the mattress or in the coffee can 4. Mutual funds 5. Savings accounts 6. Whole Life insurance 7. Krugerrands 8. Stocks 9. Frozen Concentrate Orange Juice futures 10. Pork Bellies 11. Real Estate ---
**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 19, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35406 "2015-06-19T18:09:54Z")
Types of investment/savings vehicles 1. ETFs 2. IRAs 3. Under the mattress or in the coffee can 4. Mutual funds 5. Savings accounts 6. Whole Life insurance 7. Krugerrands 8. Stocks 9. Frozen Concentrate Orange Juice futures 10. Pork Bellies 11. Real Estate 12. U.S. Treasury savings bonds ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35407 "2015-06-19T18:17:54Z")
Types of investment/savings vehicles 1. ETFs 2. IRAs 3. Under the mattress or in the coffee can 4. Mutual funds 5. Savings accounts 6. Whole Life insurance 7. Krugerrands 8. Stocks 9. Frozen Concentrate Orange Juice futures 10. Pork Bellies 11. Real Estate 12. U.S. Treasury savings bonds 13. 401K New topic: In honor of Phil Austin’s passing, Firesign Theatre lines: 1: “Oh, he’s no fun, he fell right over!” ---
**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 19, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35408 "2015-06-19T19:06:52Z")
In honor of Phil Austin’s passing, Firesign Theatre lines: 1: “Oh, he’s no fun, he fell right over!” 2: “I think we’re all bozos on this bus.” ---
**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 19, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35409 "2015-06-19T19:12:45Z")
In honor of Phil Austin’s passing, Firesign Theatre lines: 1: “Oh, he’s no fun, he fell right over!” 2: “I think we’re all bozos on this bus.” 3. “What you’re looking at is downtown Pittsburgh, one million B.C. Those two big guys are fighting for a parking space. This is where our story begins.” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35410 "2015-06-19T19:13:25Z")
In honor of Phil Austin’s passing, Firesign Theatre lines: 1. “Oh, he’s no fun, he fell right over!” 2. “I think we’re all bozos on this bus.” 3. “What you’re looking at is downtown Pittsburgh, one million B.C. Those two big guys are fighting for a parking space. This is where our story begins.” 4. “How can you be in two places at once when you’re not anywhere at all?” ---
**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 19, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35411 "2015-06-19T20:35:39Z")
In honor of Phil Austin’s passing, Firesign Theatre lines: 1. “Oh, he’s no fun, he fell right over!” 2. “I think we’re all bozos on this bus.” 3. “What you’re looking at is downtown Pittsburgh, one million B.C. Those two big guys are fighting for a parking space. This is where our story begins.” 4. “How can you be in two places at once when you’re not anywhere at all?” 5. “Shoes for industry!” ---
**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:** [June 19, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35412 "2015-06-19T20:41:51Z")
In honor of Phil Austin’s passing, Firesign Theatre lines: 1. “Oh, he’s no fun, he fell right over!” 2. “I think we’re all bozos on this bus.” 3. “What you’re looking at is downtown Pittsburgh, one million B.C. Those two big guys are fighting for a parking space. This is where our story begins.” 4. “How can you be in two places at once when you’re not anywhere at all?” 5. “Shoes for industry!” 6. “Antelope Freeway, 1/2 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/4 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/8 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/16 mile…” ---
**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 19, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35413 "2015-06-19T20:46:58Z")
In honor of Phil Austin’s passing, Firesign Theatre lines: 1. “Oh, he’s no fun, he fell right over!” 2. “I think we’re all bozos on this bus.” 3. “What you’re looking at is downtown Pittsburgh, one million B.C. Those two big guys are fighting for a parking space. This is where our story begins.” 4. “How can you be in two places at once when you’re not anywhere at all?” 5. “Shoes for industry!” 6. “Antelope Freeway, 1/2 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/4 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/8 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/16 mile…” 7. “Los Angeles, he walks again by night. out of the fog and into the smog (cough cough) Relentlessly, ruthlessly, (“I wonder where Ruth is”) doggedly (bark bark) toward his weekly meeting with the unknown. At 4th and Drucker he turns left, at Drucker and 4th he turns right, he crosses McArthur Park & walks into a great sandstone building! (oh my nose!) Groping for the door he steps inside (telephones starts ringing) climbs the 13 steps to his office. he walks in, he’s ready for mystery, he’s ready for excitement, he’s ready for anything he’s… Nick Danger, Third Eye.” ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35414 "2015-06-19T21:34:54Z")
In honor of Phil Austin’s passing, Firesign Theatre lines: 1. “Oh, he’s no fun, he fell right over!” 2. “I think we’re all bozos on this bus.” 3. “What you’re looking at is downtown Pittsburgh, one million B.C. Those two big guys are fighting for a parking space. This is where our story begins.” 4. “How can you be in two places at once when you’re not anywhere at all?” 5. “Shoes for industry!” 6. “Antelope Freeway, 1/2 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/4 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/8 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/16 mile…” 7. “Los Angeles, he walks again by night. out of the fog and into the smog (cough cough) Relentlessly, ruthlessly, (“I wonder where Ruth is”) doggedly (bark bark) toward his weekly meeting with the unknown. At 4th and Drucker he turns left, at Drucker and 4th he turns right, he crosses McArthur Park & walks into a great sandstone building! (oh my nose!) Groping for the door he steps inside (telephones starts ringing) climbs the 13 steps to his office. he walks in, he’s ready for mystery, he’s ready for excitement, he’s ready for anything he’s… Nick Danger, Third Eye.” 8: “He is a Prince, the minstrels sing. Among men, yes. Among fools, he is a king.” ---
**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 19, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35415 "2015-06-19T22:41:11Z")
In honor of Phil Austin’s passing, Firesign Theatre lines: 1. “Oh, he’s no fun, he fell right over!” 2. “I think we’re all bozos on this bus.” 3. “What you’re looking at is downtown Pittsburgh, one million B.C. Those two big guys are fighting for a parking space. This is where our story begins.” 4. “How can you be in two places at once when you’re not anywhere at all?” 5. “Shoes for industry!” 6. “Antelope Freeway, 1/2 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/4 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/8 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/16 mile…” 7. “Los Angeles, he walks again by night. out of the fog and into the smog (cough cough) Relentlessly, ruthlessly, (“I wonder where Ruth is”) doggedly (bark bark) toward his weekly meeting with the unknown. At 4th and Drucker he turns left, at Drucker and 4th he turns right, he crosses McArthur Park & walks into a great sandstone building! (oh my nose!) Groping for the door he steps inside (telephones starts ringing) climbs the 13 steps to his office. he walks in, he’s ready for mystery, he’s ready for excitement, he’s ready for anything he’s… Nick Danger, Third Eye.” 8: “He is a Prince, the minstrels sing. Among men, yes. Among fools, he is a king.” 8. “Oh, you mean Nancy!” ---
**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 19, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35416 "2015-06-19T22:43:47Z")
In honor of Phil Austin’s passing, Firesign Theatre lines: 1. “Oh, he’s no fun, he fell right over!” 2. “I think we’re all bozos on this bus.” 3. “What you’re looking at is downtown Pittsburgh, one million B.C. Those two big guys are fighting for a parking space. This is where our story begins.” 4. “How can you be in two places at once when you’re not anywhere at all?” 5. “Shoes for industry!” 6. “Antelope Freeway, 1/2 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/4 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/8 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/16 mile…” 7. “Los Angeles, he walks again by night. out of the fog and into the smog (cough cough) Relentlessly, ruthlessly, (“I wonder where Ruth is”) doggedly (bark bark) toward his weekly meeting with the unknown. At 4th and Drucker he turns left, at Drucker and 4th he turns right, he crosses McArthur Park & walks into a great sandstone building! (oh my nose!) Groping for the door he steps inside (telephones starts ringing) climbs the 13 steps to his office. he walks in, he’s ready for mystery, he’s ready for excitement, he’s ready for anything he’s… Nick Danger, Third Eye.” 8: “He is a Prince, the minstrels sing. Among men, yes. Among fools, he is a king.” 8. “Oh, you mean Nancy!” 10: “Don’t eat with your hands, boy, use your entrenching tool.” ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35417 "2015-06-20T00:30:20Z")
In honor of Phil Austin’s passing, Firesign Theatre lines: 1. “Oh, he’s no fun, he fell right over!” 2. “I think we’re all bozos on this bus.” 3. “What you’re looking at is downtown Pittsburgh, one million B.C. Those two big guys are fighting for a parking space. This is where our story begins.” 4. “How can you be in two places at once when you’re not anywhere at all?” 5. “Shoes for industry!” 6. “Antelope Freeway, 1/2 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/4 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/8 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/16 mile…” 7. “Los Angeles, he walks again by night. out of the fog and into the smog (cough cough) Relentlessly, ruthlessly, (“I wonder where Ruth is”) doggedly (bark bark) toward his weekly meeting with the unknown. At 4th and Drucker he turns left, at Drucker and 4th he turns right, he crosses McArthur Park & walks into a great sandstone building! (oh my nose!) Groping for the door he steps inside (telephones starts ringing) climbs the 13 steps to his office. he walks in, he’s ready for mystery, he’s ready for excitement, he’s ready for anything he’s… Nick Danger, Third Eye.” 8: “He is a Prince, the minstrels sing. Among men, yes. Among fools, he is a king.” 8. “Oh, you mean Nancy!” 10: “Don’t eat with your hands, boy, use your entrenching tool.” 11: I spell my name… uh… D, a doe, a female deer, A, a grade I never got, N is nice, it rhymes with “mice”… ---
**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 20, 2015, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35418 "2015-06-20T12:00:15Z")
In honor of Phil Austin’s passing, Firesign Theatre lines: 1. “Oh, he’s no fun, he fell right over!” 2. “I think we’re all bozos on this bus.” 3. “What you’re looking at is downtown Pittsburgh, one million B.C. Those two big guys are fighting for a parking space. This is where our story begins.” 4. “How can you be in two places at once when you’re not anywhere at all?” 5. “Shoes for industry!” 6. “Antelope Freeway, 1/2 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/4 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/8 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/16 mile…” 7. “Los Angeles, he walks again by night. out of the fog and into the smog (cough cough) Relentlessly, ruthlessly, (“I wonder where Ruth is”) doggedly (bark bark) toward his weekly meeting with the unknown. At 4th and Drucker he turns left, at Drucker and 4th he turns right, he crosses McArthur Park & walks into a great sandstone building! (oh my nose!) Groping for the door he steps inside (telephones starts ringing) climbs the 13 steps to his office. he walks in, he’s ready for mystery, he’s ready for excitement, he’s ready for anything he’s… Nick Danger, Third Eye.” 8: “He is a Prince, the minstrels sing. Among men, yes. Among fools, he is a king.” 8. “Oh, you mean Nancy!” 10: “Don’t eat with your hands, boy, use your entrenching tool.” 11: I spell my name… uh… D, a doe, a female deer, A, a grade I never got, N is nice, it rhymes with “mice”… 9. “Fudd’s First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.” ---
**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 20, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35419 "2015-06-20T14:37:27Z")
In honor of Phil Austin’s passing, Firesign Theatre lines: 1. “Oh, he’s no fun, he fell right over!” 2. “I think we’re all bozos on this bus.” 3. “What you’re looking at is downtown Pittsburgh, one million B.C. Those two big guys are fighting for a parking space. This is where our story begins.” 4. “How can you be in two places at once when you’re not anywhere at all?” 5. “Shoes for industry!” 6. “Antelope Freeway, 1/2 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/4 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/8 mile…Antelope Freeway, 1/16 mile…” 7. “Los Angeles, he walks again by night. out of the fog and into the smog (cough cough) Relentlessly, ruthlessly, (“I wonder where Ruth is”) doggedly (bark bark) toward his weekly meeting with the unknown. At 4th and Drucker he turns left, at Drucker and 4th he turns right, he crosses McArthur Park & walks into a great sandstone building! (oh my nose!) Groping for the door he steps inside (telephones starts ringing) climbs the 13 steps to his office. he walks in, he’s ready for mystery, he’s ready for excitement, he’s ready for anything he’s… Nick Danger, Third Eye.” 8: “He is a Prince, the minstrels sing. Among men, yes. Among fools, he is a king.” 8. “Oh, you mean Nancy!” 10: “Don’t eat with your hands, boy, use your entrenching tool.” 11: I spell my name… uh… D, a doe, a female deer, A, a grade I never got, N is nice, it rhymes with “mice”… 9. “Fudd’s First Law of Opposition: If you push something hard enough, it will fall over.” 10. “Just remember, Abraham Lincoln didn’t die in vain - he died in Washington D.C.” I’ll pass. ---
**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:** [June 20, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35420 "2015-06-20T14:41:06Z")
Next up: Places you should never hear a cell phone ring 1. Live theatres. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35421 "2015-06-20T14:49:46Z")
Places you should never hear a cell phone ring 1. Live theatres. 2. a Buddhist Monastery ---
**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 20, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35422 "2015-06-20T15:16:46Z")
Places you should never hear a cell phone ring 1. Live theatres. 2. a Buddhist Monastery 3. inside The Alamo ---
**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:** [June 20, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35423 "2015-06-20T17:04:05Z")
Places you should never hear a cell phone ring 1. Live theatres. 2. a Buddhist Monastery 3. inside The Alamo 4. In the OR while you’re under the knife [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1770) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1772)