# 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:** 1778
**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 24, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35544 "2015-06-24T21:59:36Z")
Tacky Lawn Decorations 1. Plastic Pink Flamingoes 2. Gnomes 3. Black jockeys (haven’t seen these in over 40 years): [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn\_j...awn\_jockey.jpg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_j...awn_jockey.jpg) 4. Concrete turtles 5. Heads on poles. 6. Cherub peeing into a fountain 7. This thing. (zombie lawn gnomes devouring a pink flamingo) 8. Big ceramic frog 9. [Lawn geese with clothes](http://www.mileskimball.com/shop-goose-outfits) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35545 "2015-06-24T22:04:08Z")
Tacky Lawn Decorations 1. Plastic Pink Flamingoes 2. Gnomes 3. Black jockeys (haven’t seen these in over 40 years): [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn\_j...awn\_jockey.jpg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_j...awn_jockey.jpg) 4. Concrete turtles 5. Heads on poles. 6. Cherub peeing into a fountain 7. This thing. (zombie lawn gnomes devouring a pink flamingo) 8. Big ceramic frog 9. [Lawn geese with clothes](http://www.mileskimball.com/shop-goose-outfits) 10. Lady Bending Over, showing her bloomers: [http://blog.modcloth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/1lg3fancyladybum.jpg](http://blog.modcloth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/1lg3fancyladybum.jpg) ---
**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 24, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35546 "2015-06-24T22:28:46Z")
Tacky Lawn Decorations 1. Plastic Pink Flamingoes 2. Gnomes 3. Black jockeys (haven’t seen these in over 40 years): [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn\_j...awn\_jockey.jpg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_j...awn_jockey.jpg) 4. Concrete turtles 5. Heads on poles. 6. Cherub peeing into a fountain 7. This thing. (zombie lawn gnomes devouring a pink flamingo) 8. Big ceramic frog 9. [Lawn geese with clothes](http://www.mileskimball.com/shop-goose-outfits) 10. Lady Bending Over, showing her bloomers: [http://blog.modcloth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/1lg3fancyladybum.jpg](http://blog.modcloth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/1lg3fancyladybum.jpg) 11. Christmas decorations…in July. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35547 "2015-06-24T22:46:33Z")
Tacky Lawn Decorations 1. Plastic Pink Flamingoes 2. Gnomes 3. Black jockeys (haven’t seen these in over 40 years): [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn\_j...awn\_jockey.jpg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_j...awn_jockey.jpg) 4. Concrete turtles 5. Heads on poles. 6. Cherub peeing into a fountain 7. This thing. (zombie lawn gnomes devouring a pink flamingo) 8. Big ceramic frog 9. [Lawn geese with clothes](http://www.mileskimball.com/shop-goose-outfits) 10. Lady Bending Over, showing her bloomers: [http://blog.modcloth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/1lg3fancyladybum.jpg](http://blog.modcloth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/1lg3fancyladybum.jpg) 11. Christmas decorations…in July. 12. Confederate flags (What?) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35548 "2015-06-25T01:17:06Z")
Tacky Lawn Decorations 1. Plastic Pink Flamingoes 2. Gnomes 3. Black jockeys (haven’t seen these in over 40 years): [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn\_j...awn\_jockey.jpg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_j...awn_jockey.jpg) 4. Concrete turtles 5. Heads on poles. 6. Cherub peeing into a fountain 7. This thing. (zombie lawn gnomes devouring a pink flamingo) 8. Big ceramic frog 9. [Lawn geese with clothes](http://www.mileskimball.com/shop-goose-outfits) 10. Lady Bending Over, showing her bloomers: [http://blog.modcloth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/1lg3fancyladybum.jpg](http://blog.modcloth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/1lg3fancyladybum.jpg) 11. Christmas decorations…in July. 12. Confederate flags (What?) 13. Birds with whirling wings New topic: WW2 Aviators Famous for Something Else 14. Roald Dahl ---
**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 25, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35549 "2015-06-25T01:54:35Z")
WW2 Aviators Famous for Something Else 1. Roald Dahl 2. Joe McCarthy ---
**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 25, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35550 "2015-06-25T02:34:22Z")
WW2 Aviators Famous for Something Else 1. Roald Dahl 2. Joe McCarthy 3. George H.W. Bush ---
**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 25, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35551 "2015-06-25T03:45:15Z")
WW2 Aviators Famous for Something Else 1. Roald Dahl 2. Joe McCarthy 3. George H.W. Bush 4. Russell Johnson ---
**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 25, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35552 "2015-06-25T04:23:31Z")
WW2 Aviators Famous for Something Else 1. Roald Dahl 2. Joe McCarthy 3. George H.W. Bush 4. Russell Johnson 5. Ben Herbert Smith of Los Altos CA ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35553 "2015-06-25T05:12:43Z")
WW2 Aviators Famous for Something Else 1. Roald Dahl 2. Joe McCarthy 3. George H.W. Bush 4. Russell Johnson 5. Ben Herbert Smith of Los Altos CA 6. Jimmy Stewart ---
**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 25, 2015, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35554 "2015-06-25T07:08:55Z")
WW2 Aviators Famous for Something Else 1. Roald Dahl 2. Joe McCarthy 3. George H.W. Bush 4. Russell Johnson 5. Ben Herbert Smith of Los Altos CA 6. Jimmy Stewart 7. John Glenn ---
**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 25, 2015, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35555 "2015-06-25T11:17:29Z")
WW2 Aviators Famous for Something Else 1. Roald Dahl 2. Joe McCarthy 3. George H.W. Bush 4. Russell Johnson 5. Ben Herbert Smith of Los Altos CA 6. Jimmy Stewart 7. John Glenn 8. Charles Lindbergh ---
**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 25, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35556 "2015-06-25T13:24:56Z")
WW2 Aviators Famous for Something Else 1. Roald Dahl 2. Joe McCarthy 3. George H.W. Bush 4. Russell Johnson 5. Ben Herbert Smith of Los Altos CA 6. Jimmy Stewart 7. John Glenn 8. Charles Lindbergh 9. Burgess Meredith Who says Penguins can’t fly? ---
**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 25, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35557 "2015-06-25T13:40:23Z")
I had never heard of #5, and he has no Wiki article, but I found this: [BEN HERBERT SMITH](http://www.losaltosonline.com/people/sections/obituaries/45383-) WW2 Aviators Famous for Something Else 1. Roald Dahl 2. Joe McCarthy 3. George H.W. Bush 4. Russell Johnson 5. Ben Herbert Smith of Los Altos CA 6. Jimmy Stewart 7. John Glenn 8. Charles Lindbergh 9. Burgess Meredith 10. Clark Gable ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35558 "2015-06-25T14:20:40Z")
WW2 Aviators Famous for Something Else 1. Roald Dahl 2. Joe McCarthy 3. George H.W. Bush 4. Russell Johnson 5. Ben Herbert Smith of Los Altos CA 6. Jimmy Stewart 7. John Glenn 8. Charles Lindbergh 9. Burgess Meredith 10. Clark Gable 11. Tom Landry ---
**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 25, 2015, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35559 "2015-06-25T14:30:08Z")
WW2 Aviators Famous for Something Else 1. Roald Dahl 2. Joe McCarthy 3. George H.W. Bush 4. Russell Johnson 5. Ben Herbert Smith of Los Altos CA 6. Jimmy Stewart 7. John Glenn 8. Charles Lindbergh 9. Burgess Meredith 10. Clark Gable 11. Tom Landry 12. Ted Williams, USMC “It’s a funny thing, but, as years go by, I think you appreciate more and more what a great thing it was to be a United States Marine… I am a U.S. Marine and I’ll be one till I die.” - Ted Williams, Baseball Hall of Famer ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35560 "2015-06-25T15:12:02Z")
WW2 Aviators Famous for Something Else 1. Roald Dahl 2. Joe McCarthy 3. George H.W. Bush 4. Russell Johnson 5. Ben Herbert Smith of Los Altos CA 6. Jimmy Stewart 7. John Glenn 8. Charles Lindbergh 9. Burgess Meredith 10. Clark Gable 11. Tom Landry 12. Ted Williams, USMC 13. George McGovern New topic: US Civil War Veterans Better Known for Other Things 14. Lew Wallace, author of _ **Ben Hur** _ ---
**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 25, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35561 "2015-06-25T15:29:23Z")
US Civil War Veterans Better Known for Other Things 1. Lew Wallace, author of Ben Hur 2. Rutherford B. Hayes ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2015, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35562 "2015-06-25T15:38:30Z")
US Civil War Veterans Better Known for Other Things 1. Lew Wallace, author of Ben Hur 2. Rutherford B. Hayes 3. General George Custer ---
**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 25, 2015, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/35563 "2015-06-25T15:40:59Z")
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