# 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:** 1824
**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:** [July 30, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36464 "2015-07-30T18:35:13Z")
Fictional bodyguards (May also work as private eyes, secret agents, nuclear power plant technicians…) 1. Shprintzl Rudashevsky, in The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon 2. Rigby Reardon, as portrayed by Steve Martin in Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid 3. Frank Horrigan, an aging Secret Service agent (Clint Eastwood) in In the Line of Fire 4. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi 5. Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner) in The Bodyguard 6. Squash Bernstein (Alex Karras) in Victor, Victoria ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36465 "2015-07-30T18:43:44Z")
Fictional bodyguards (May also work as private eyes, secret agents, nuclear power plant technicians…) 1. Shprintzl Rudashevsky, in The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon 2. Rigby Reardon, as portrayed by Steve Martin in Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid 3. Frank Horrigan, an aging Secret Service agent (Clint Eastwood) in In the Line of Fire 4. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi 5. Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner) in The Bodyguard 6. Squash Bernstein (Alex Karras) in Victor, Victoria 7. Sally Kimball, bodyguard of Encyclopedia Brown ---
**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:** [July 30, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36466 "2015-07-30T20:40:58Z")
Fictional bodyguards (May also work as private eyes, secret agents, nuclear power plant technicians…) 1. Shprintzl Rudashevsky, in The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon 2. Rigby Reardon, as portrayed by Steve Martin in Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid 3. Frank Horrigan, an aging Secret Service agent (Clint Eastwood) in In the Line of Fire 4. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi 5. Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner) in The Bodyguard 6. Squash Bernstein (Alex Karras) in Victor, Victoria 7. Sally Kimball, bodyguard of Encyclopedia Brown 8. Oddjob, bodyguard to Auric Goldfinger ---
**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:** [July 30, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36467 "2015-07-30T21:18:39Z")
Fictional bodyguards (May also work as private eyes, secret agents, nuclear power plant technicians…) 1. Shprintzl Rudashevsky, in The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon 2. Rigby Reardon, as portrayed by Steve Martin in Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid 3. Frank Horrigan, an aging Secret Service agent (Clint Eastwood) in In the Line of Fire 4. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi 5. Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner) in The Bodyguard 6. Squash Bernstein (Alex Karras) in Victor, Victoria 7. Sally Kimball, bodyguard of Encyclopedia Brown 8. Oddjob, bodyguard to Auric Goldfinger 9. Thomas Magnum in Magnum, P.I. (Tom Selleck) ---
**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:** [July 30, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36468 "2015-07-30T21:30:39Z")
Fictional bodyguards (May also work as private eyes, secret agents, nuclear power plant technicians…) 1. Shprintzl Rudashevsky, in The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon 2. Rigby Reardon, as portrayed by Steve Martin in Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid 3. Frank Horrigan, an aging Secret Service agent (Clint Eastwood) in In the Line of Fire 4. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi 5. Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner) in The Bodyguard 6. Squash Bernstein (Alex Karras) in Victor, Victoria 7. Sally Kimball, bodyguard of Encyclopedia Brown 8. Oddjob, bodyguard to Auric Goldfinger 9. Thomas Magnum in Magnum, P.I. (Tom Selleck) 10. Spenser, who guards Rachel Wallace ---
**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:** [July 30, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36469 "2015-07-30T21:35:18Z")
Fictional bodyguards (May also work as private eyes, secret agents, nuclear power plant technicians…) 1. Shprintzl Rudashevsky, in The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon 2. Rigby Reardon, as portrayed by Steve Martin in Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid 3. Frank Horrigan, an aging Secret Service agent (Clint Eastwood) in In the Line of Fire 4. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi 5. Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner) in The Bodyguard 6. Squash Bernstein (Alex Karras) in Victor, Victoria 7. Sally Kimball, bodyguard of Encyclopedia Brown 8. Oddjob, bodyguard to Auric Goldfinger 9. Thomas Magnum in Magnum, P.I. (Tom Selleck) 10. Spenser, who guards Rachel Wallace 11. Philip Marlowe, who guards Lindsay Marriott (who subsequently gets killed) ---
**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:** [July 30, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36470 "2015-07-30T21:40:42Z")
Fictional bodyguards (May also work as private eyes, secret agents, nuclear power plant technicians…) 1. Shprintzl Rudashevsky, in The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon 2. Rigby Reardon, as portrayed by Steve Martin in Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid 3. Frank Horrigan, an aging Secret Service agent (Clint Eastwood) in In the Line of Fire 4. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi 5. Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner) in The Bodyguard 6. Squash Bernstein (Alex Karras) in Victor, Victoria 7. Sally Kimball, bodyguard of Encyclopedia Brown 8. Oddjob, bodyguard to Auric Goldfinger 9. Thomas Magnum in Magnum, P.I. (Tom Selleck) 10. Spenser, who guards Rachel Wallace 11. Philip Marlowe, who guards Lindsay Marriott (who subsequently gets killed) 12. John Cusack as Ed Dakota, in _Identity_. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36471 "2015-07-30T22:34:07Z")
Fictional bodyguards (May also work as private eyes, secret agents, nuclear power plant technicians…) 1. Shprintzl Rudashevsky, in The Yiddish Policeman’s Union by Michael Chabon 2. Rigby Reardon, as portrayed by Steve Martin in Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid 3. Frank Horrigan, an aging Secret Service agent (Clint Eastwood) in In the Line of Fire 4. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi 5. Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner) in The Bodyguard 6. Squash Bernstein (Alex Karras) in Victor, Victoria 7. Sally Kimball, bodyguard of Encyclopedia Brown 8. Oddjob, bodyguard to Auric Goldfinger 9. Thomas Magnum in Magnum, P.I. (Tom Selleck) 10. Spenser, who guards Rachel Wallace 11. Philip Marlowe, who guards Lindsay Marriott (who subsequently gets killed) 12. John Cusack as Ed Dakota, in Identity. 13. Adam Baldwin as Linderman in _My Bodyguard_ Stephen King Short Stories 14. Gray Matter ---
**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:** [July 31, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36472 "2015-07-31T02:01:58Z")
Stephen King Short Stories 1. Gray Matter 2. Quitters, Inc. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36473 "2015-07-31T02:13:47Z")
Stephen King Short Stories 1. Gray Matter 2. Quitters, Inc. 3. The Mangler Brrrr. Still a little scary. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2015, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36474 "2015-07-31T02:31:19Z")
Stephen King Short Stories 1. Gray Matter 2. Quitters, Inc. 3. The Mangler 4. Popsy ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36475 "2015-07-31T02:54:25Z")
Stephen King Short Stories 1. Gray Matter 2. Quitters, Inc. 3. The Mangler 4. Popsy 5. You Know They Got A Hell Of A Band ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36476 "2015-07-31T11:50:10Z")
Stephen King Short Stories 1. Gray Matter 2. Quitters, Inc. 3. The Mangler 4. Popsy 5. You Know They Got A Hell Of A Band 6. The Mist ---
**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:** [July 31, 2015, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36477 "2015-07-31T11:53:04Z")
Stephen King Short Stories 1. Gray Matter 2. Quitters, Inc. 3. The Mangler 4. Popsy 5. You Know They Got A Hell Of A Band 6. The Mist 7. Survivor Type ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36478 "2015-07-31T12:02:36Z")
Stephen King Short Stories 1. Gray Matter 2. Quitters, Inc. 3. The Mangler 4. Popsy 5. You Know They Got A Hell Of A Band 6. The Mist 7. Survivor Type 8. Sometimes They Come Back ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36479 "2015-07-31T12:19:41Z")
Stephen King Short Stories 1. Gray Matter 2. Quitters, Inc. 3. The Mangler 4. Popsy 5. You Know They Got A Hell Of A Band 6. The Mist 7. Survivor Type 8. Sometimes They Come Back 9. Night Surf (The proto-_Stand_) ---
**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:** [July 31, 2015, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36480 "2015-07-31T12:28:51Z")
Stephen King Short Stories 1. Gray Matter 2. Quitters, Inc. 3. The Mangler 4. Popsy 5. You Know They Got A Hell Of A Band 6. The Mist 7. Survivor Type 8. Sometimes They Come Back 9. Night Surf 10. The Jaunt ---
**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:** [July 31, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36481 "2015-07-31T14:42:04Z")
Stephen King Short Stories 1. Gray Matter 2. Quitters, Inc. 3. The Mangler 4. Popsy 5. You Know They Got A Hell Of A Band 6. The Mist 7. Survivor Type 8. Sometimes They Come Back 9. Night Surf 10. The Jaunt 11. Word Processor of the Gods ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36482 "2015-07-31T14:49:20Z")
Stephen King Short Stories 1. Gray Matter 2. Quitters, Inc. 3. The Mangler 4. Popsy 5. You Know They Got A Hell Of A Band 6. The Mist 7. Survivor Type 8. Sometimes They Come Back 9. Night Surf 10. The Jaunt 11. Word Processor of the Gods 12. The Library Policeman Not one of his better efforts, imo. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36483 "2015-07-31T14:55:11Z")
Stephen King Short Stories 1. Gray Matter 2. Quitters, Inc. 3. The Mangler 4. Popsy 5. You Know They Got A Hell Of A Band 6. The Mist 7. Survivor Type 8. Sometimes They Come Back 9. Night Surf 10. The Jaunt 11. Word Processor of the Gods 12. The Library Policeman 13. Children of the Corn New: Ernest Hemingway Short Stories 1. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1823) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1825)