# 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:** 181
**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:** [February 8, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3601 "2011-02-08T17:51:38Z")
Political parties 1. The Monster Raving Loony Party 2. The Rent is Too Damn High Party 3. Silly Party 4. Coffee Party 5. Democratic Party (U.S.) 6. Tea Party 7. Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei 8. Donner Party 9. Bull Moose Party 10. Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3602 "2011-02-08T18:16:17Z")
Political parties 1. The Monster Raving Loony Party 2. The Rent is Too Damn High Party 3. Silly Party 4. Coffee Party 5. Democratic Party (U.S.) 6. Tea Party 7. Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei 8. Donner Party 9. Bull Moose Party 10. Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality 11. Greenback Party (USA, 1874-84) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3603 "2011-02-08T19:58:40Z")
Political parties 1. The Monster Raving Loony Party 2. The Rent is Too Damn High Party 3. Silly Party 4. Coffee Party 5. Democratic Party (U.S.) 6. Tea Party 7. Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei 8. Donner Party 9. Bull Moose Party 10. Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality 11. Greenback Party (USA, 1874-84) 12. Know Nothing ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3604 "2011-02-08T20:01:49Z")
Political parties 1. The Monster Raving Loony Party 2. The Rent is Too Damn High Party 3. Silly Party 4. Coffee Party 5. Democratic Party (U.S.) 6. Tea Party 7. Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei 8. Donner Party 9. Bull Moose Party 10. Citizens for Undead Rights and Equality 11. Greenback Party (USA, 1874-84) 12. Know Nothing 13. The Justice and Development Party (Turkey) Legal moves in a game of Mornington Crescent 1. Paddington, collecting four blue tokens. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3605 "2011-02-08T23:24:57Z")
Legal moves in a game of Mornington Crescent 1. Paddington, collecting four blue tokens. 2. Um…Gerrards Cross ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3606 "2011-02-09T03:44:28Z")
Hm. I think I chose a bad category. I’ll take it back. Books you haven’t read, but are planning on reading some day 1. _Gravity’s Rainbow_, Thomas Pynchon. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3607 "2011-02-09T04:08:03Z")
Books you haven’t read, but are planning on reading some day 1. Gravity’s Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon. 2. _Don Quixote_ ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3608 "2011-02-09T04:33:20Z")
Books you haven’t read, but are planning on reading some day 1. “Gravity’s Rainbow,” Thomas Pynchon 2. “Don Quixote,” Miguel de Cervantes 3. “Washington,” Ron Chernow ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3609 "2011-02-09T06:56:39Z")
Books you haven’t read, but are planning on reading some day 1. “Gravity’s Rainbow,” Thomas Pynchon 2. “Don Quixote,” Miguel de Cervantes 3. “Washington,” Ron Chernow 4. “À la recherche du temps perdu”, Marcel Proust ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3610 "2011-02-09T12:53:28Z")
1. “Gravity’s Rainbow,” Thomas Pynchon 2. “Don Quixote,” Miguel de Cervantes 3. “Washington,” Ron Chernow 4. “À la recherche du temps perdu”, Marcel Proust 5. The Iliad - Homer ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3611 "2011-02-09T14:21:18Z")
1. “Gravity’s Rainbow,” Thomas Pynchon 2. “Don Quixote,” Miguel de Cervantes 3. “Washington,” Ron Chernow 4. “À la recherche du temps perdu”, Marcel Proust 5. The Iliad - Homer 6. The entire Harry Potter septrilogy (and also watch the DVD’s) ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3612 "2011-02-09T14:25:59Z")
Books you haven’t read, but are planning on reading some day 1. “Gravity’s Rainbow,” Thomas Pynchon 2. “Don Quixote,” Miguel de Cervantes 3. “Washington,” Ron Chernow 4. “À la recherche du temps perdu”, Marcel Proust 5. “The Iliad” - Homer 6. The entire Harry Potter septrilogy (and also watch the DVD’s) 7. The next Westeros book by George R.R. Martin (whenever he gets around to writing it) ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3613 "2011-02-09T16:07:26Z")
Books you haven’t read, but are planning on reading some day 1. “Gravity’s Rainbow,” Thomas Pynchon 2. “Don Quixote,” Miguel de Cervantes 3. “Washington,” Ron Chernow 4. “À la recherche du temps perdu”, Marcel Proust 5. “The Iliad” - Homer 6. The entire Harry Potter septrilogy (and also watch the DVD’s) 7. The next Westeros book by George R.R. Martin (whenever he gets around to writing it) 8. “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell,” Susanna Clarke BTW, thanks, **Tom Scud** , for taking back that category. Even after I looked up “Mornington Crescent” I \*still \*didn’t really have much of an idea of what I was supposed to do! 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3614 "2011-02-09T17:07:30Z")
Books you haven’t read, but are planning on reading some day 1. “Gravity’s Rainbow,” Thomas Pynchon 2. “Don Quixote,” Miguel de Cervantes 3. “Washington,” Ron Chernow 4. “À la recherche du temps perdu”, Marcel Proust 5. “The Iliad” - Homer 6. The entire Harry Potter septrilogy (and also watch the DVD’s) 7. The next Westeros book by George R.R. Martin (whenever he gets around to writing it) 8. “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell,” Susanna Clarke 9. “Headlong,” Emlyn Williams I’m about three-quarters through book #8 and have really been enjoying it, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![EristicKallistic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85e7bf/32.png) [@EristicKallistic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EristicKallistic)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3615 "2011-02-09T21:42:20Z")
Books you haven’t read, but are planning on reading some day 1. “Gravity’s Rainbow,” Thomas Pynchon 2. “Don Quixote,” Miguel de Cervantes 3. “Washington,” Ron Chernow 4. “À la recherche du temps perdu”, Marcel Proust 5. “The Iliad” - Homer 6. The entire Harry Potter septrilogy (and also watch the DVD’s) 7. The next Westeros book by George R.R. Martin (whenever he gets around to writing it) 8. “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell,” Susanna Clarke 9. “Headlong,” Emlyn Williams 10. “Infinite Jest”, David Foster Wallace (or at least, I need/want to finish it someday) ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3616 "2011-02-09T22:56:34Z")
Books you haven’t read, but are planning on reading some day 1. “Gravity’s Rainbow,” Thomas Pynchon 2. “Don Quixote,” Miguel de Cervantes 3. “Washington,” Ron Chernow 4. “À la recherche du temps perdu”, Marcel Proust 5. “The Iliad” - Homer 6. The entire Harry Potter septrilogy (and also watch the DVD’s) 7. The next Westeros book by George R.R. Martin (whenever he gets around to writing it) 8. “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell,” Susanna Clarke 9. “Headlong,” Emlyn Williams 10. “Infinite Jest”, David Foster Wallace 11. “A Secret Gift,” Ted Gup ---
**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:** [February 10, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3617 "2011-02-10T00:56:45Z")
Books you haven’t read, but are planning on reading some day 1. “Gravity’s Rainbow,” Thomas Pynchon 2. “Don Quixote,” Miguel de Cervantes 3. “Washington,” Ron Chernow 4. “À la recherche du temps perdu”, Marcel Proust 5. “The Iliad” - Homer 6. The entire Harry Potter septrilogy (and also watch the DVD’s) 7. The next Westeros book by George R.R. Martin (whenever he gets around to writing it) 8. “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell,” Susanna Clarke 9. “Headlong,” Emlyn Williams 10. “Infinite Jest”, David Foster Wallace 11. “A Secret Gift,” Ted Gup 12. “Moby Dick”, Herman Melville Just like Zelig ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3618 "2011-02-10T01:05:44Z")
Books you haven’t read, but are planning on reading some day 1. “Gravity’s Rainbow,” Thomas Pynchon 2. “Don Quixote,” Miguel de Cervantes 3. “Washington,” Ron Chernow 4. “À la recherche du temps perdu”, Marcel Proust 5. “The Iliad” - Homer 6. The entire Harry Potter septrilogy (and also watch the DVD’s) 7. The next Westeros book by George R.R. Martin (whenever he gets around to writing it) 8. “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell,” Susanna Clarke 9. “Headlong,” Emlyn Williams 10. “Infinite Jest”, David Foster Wallace 11. “A Secret Gift,” Ted Gup 12. “Moby Dick”, Herman Melville 13. “Harpo Speaks”, Harpo Marx’ Famous revolutions 1. The French Revolution, 1789 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3619 "2011-02-10T02:12:02Z")
Famous revolutions 1. The French Revolution, 1789 2. [Tiger Woods’ Chip in on Hole 16 in the 2005 Masters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1I55z-x6zc) (It got one more revolution) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3620 "2011-02-10T03:35:23Z")
Famous revolutions 1. The French Revolution, 1789 2. [Tiger Woods’ Chip in on Hole 16 in the 2005 Masters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1I55z-x6zc) (It got one more revolution) 3. China’s Cultural Revolution [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=180) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=182)