# 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:** 1772
**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, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35424 "2015-06-20T17:29:50Z")
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 5. Movie theaters ---
**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 20, 2015, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35425 "2015-06-20T17:58:35Z")
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 5. Movie theaters 6. London, April 7, 1884 ---
**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:** [June 20, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35426 "2015-06-20T18:03:22Z")
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 5. Movie theaters 6. London, April 7, 1884 \ 7. Wherever sex is going on ---
**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, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35427 "2015-06-20T18:32:56Z")
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 5. Movie theaters 6. London, April 7, 1884 \ 7. Wherever sex is going on 8. During a church service. Re #6. Beats me, too. The first long-distance call was March 27, 1884, but that was New York to Boston. Maybe just 'cause the cell phone hadn’t been invented? ---
**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, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35428 "2015-06-20T18:52:10Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. London, April 7, 1884 > [@Nelson\_Pike](#): > > \ > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Beats me, too. The first long-distance call was March 27, 1884, but that was New York to Boston. Maybe just 'cause the cell phone hadn’t been invented? Maybe it was the first time the telephone was used in London? Or maybe it was the day _before_ that happened? ---
**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, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35429 "2015-06-20T18:56:47Z")
It is right around the time the phone was invented, and Wikipedia’s page lists several people around then who contributed to its invention. Maybe **EH** will come back to explain. 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 5. Movie theaters 6. London, April 7, 1884 7. Wherever sex is going on 8. During a church service. 9. During a funeral or memorial service ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35430 "2015-06-20T22:22:47Z")
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 5. Movie theaters 6. London, April 7, 1884 7. Wherever sex is going on 8. During a church service. 9. During a funeral or memorial service 10. Pittsburgh (Just trust me on this one.) ---
**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, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35431 "2015-06-20T23:29:33Z")
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 5. Movie theaters 6. London, April 7, 1884 7. Wherever sex is going on 8. During a church service. 9. During a funeral or memorial service 10. Pittsburgh (Just trust me on this one.) 11. Under water, while free diving ---
**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 21, 2015, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35432 "2015-06-21T00:00:21Z")
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 5. Movie theaters 6. London, April 7, 1884 7. Wherever sex is going on 8. During a church service. 9. During a funeral or memorial service 10. Pittsburgh (Just trust me on this one.) 11. Under water, while free diving 12. Under the Cone of Silence. Shout out to all other _Get Smart_ fans. ---
**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 21, 2015, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35433 "2015-06-21T04:00:58Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > It is right around the time the phone was invented, and Wikipedia’s page lists several people around then who contributed to its invention. Maybe **EH** will come back to explain. Just because it would be an anachronism. I chose the date at random. 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 5. Movie theaters 6. London, April 7, 1884 7. Wherever sex is going on 8. During a church service. 9. During a funeral or memorial service 10. Pittsburgh (Just trust me on this one.) 11. Under water, while free diving 12. Under the Cone of Silence 13. While meeting the Queen See the next-to-last paragraph here: [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3077/how-does-the-queen-answer-the-phone](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/3077/how-does-the-queen-answer-the-phone) Next category: Movies Pixar will never make 1. Toy Story 4: Electric Toy Boogaloo ---
**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 21, 2015, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35434 "2015-06-21T08:55:45Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Just because it would be an anachronism. I chose the date at random. I looked up anachronism. noun something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: _The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare._ The date you provided is right around when the phone was introduced, so it’s not an anachronism. 😕 ---
**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 21, 2015, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35435 "2015-06-21T09:41:36Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I looked up anachronism. > noun > something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: > _The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare._ > > The date you provided is right around when the phone was introduced, so it’s not an anachronism. 😕 Nobody had cell phones in 1884. Which means one would have been outside of its correct historical time. ---
**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 21, 2015, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35436 "2015-06-21T09:43:42Z")
Movies Pixar will never make 1. Toy Story 4: Electric Toy Boogaloo 2. Flik vs Z: The Ultimate Showdown ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35437 "2015-06-21T12:41:22Z")
Movies Pixar will never make 1. Toy Story 4: Electric Toy Boogaloo 2. Flik vs Z: The Ultimate Showdown 3. Monsters’ Ink: The Boys Get Tattoos ---
**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 21, 2015, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35438 "2015-06-21T13:37:27Z")
Movies Pixar will never make 1. Toy Story 4: Electric Toy Boogaloo 2. Flik vs Z: The Ultimate Showdown 3. Monsters’ Ink: The Boys Get Tattoos 4. Down!: The Revenge of Charles F. Muntz ---
**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 21, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35439 "2015-06-21T15:10:04Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Nobody had cell phones in 1884. Which means one would have been outside of its correct historical time. Oh yeah, **cell** phone! Doh. ---
**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 21, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35440 "2015-06-21T15:13:19Z")
Movies Pixar will never make 1. Toy Story 4: Electric Toy Boogaloo 2. Flik vs Z: The Ultimate Showdown 3. Monsters’ Ink: The Boys Get Tattoos 4. Down!: The Revenge of Charles F. Muntz 5. Deliverance 2: Woody, Buzz and Mr. Potato Head Go Canoeing on the Cahulawassee River ---
**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 21, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35441 "2015-06-21T15:27:59Z")
Movies Pixar will never make 1. Toy Story 4: Electric Toy Boogaloo 2. Flik vs Z: The Ultimate Showdown 3. Monsters’ Ink: The Boys Get Tattoos 4. Down!: The Revenge of Charles F. Muntz 5. Deliverance 2: Woody, Buzz and Mr. Potato Head Go Canoeing on the Cahulawassee River 6. The Aristocrats, starring the Incredibles ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35442 "2015-06-21T17:35:16Z")
Movies Pixar will never make 1. Toy Story 4: Electric Toy Boogaloo 2. Flik vs Z: The Ultimate Showdown 3. Monsters’ Ink: The Boys Get Tattoos 4. Down!: The Revenge of Charles F. Muntz 5. Deliverance 2: Woody, Buzz and Mr. Potato Head Go Canoeing on the Cahulawassee River 6. The Aristocrats, starring the Incredibles 7. A Bug’s Death ---
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