# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36484 "2015-07-31T15:00:37Z")

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Ernest Hemingway Short Stories

1. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
2. The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife

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**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, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36485 "2015-07-31T15:14:16Z")

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Ernest Hemingway Short Stories

1. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
2. The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
3. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber

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**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, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36486 "2015-07-31T15:25:35Z")

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Ernest Hemingway Short Stories

1. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
2. The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
3. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber[/
4. Hills Like White Elephants

That rare short story I had to read in high school and really liked.

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**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:** [July 31, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36487 "2015-07-31T17:20:32Z")

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Ernest Hemingway Short Stories

1. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
2. The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
3. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber[/
4. Hills Like White Elephants
5. My Old Man

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36488 "2015-07-31T17:27:00Z")

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Ernest Hemingway Short Stories

1. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
2. The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
3. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber[/
4. Hills Like White Elephants
5. My Old Man
6. A Very Short Story

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**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, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36489 "2015-07-31T17:27:40Z")

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Ernest Hemingway Short Stories

1. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
2. The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
3. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
4. Hills Like White Elephants
5. My Old Man
6. A Very Short Story
7. Fathers and Sons

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**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, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36490 "2015-07-31T20:47:11Z")

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Ernest Hemingway Short Stories

1. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
2. The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
3. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
4. Hills Like White Elephants
5. My Old Man
6. A Very Short Story
7. Fathers and Sons
8. Up in Michigan

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**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, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36491 "2015-07-31T21:00:43Z")

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Ernest Hemingway Short Stories

1. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
2. The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
3. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
4. Hills Like White Elephants
5. My Old Man
6. A Very Short Story
7. Fathers and Sons
8. Up in Michigan
9. Get a Seeing Eye Dog

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**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:** [August 1, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36492 "2015-08-01T01:33:43Z")

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Ernest Hemingway Short Stories

1. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
2. The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
3. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
4. Hills Like White Elephants
5. My Old Man
6. A Very Short Story
7. Fathers and Sons
8. Up in Michigan
9. Get a Seeing Eye Dog
10. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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**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:** [August 1, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36493 "2015-08-01T02:09:54Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> 1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Written by Hemingway under his F. Scott Fitzgerald pseudonym.

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**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:** [August 1, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36494 "2015-08-01T02:11:31Z")

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Ernest Hemingway Short Stories

1. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
2. The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
3. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
4. Hills Like White Elephants
5. My Old Man
6. A Very Short Story
7. Fathers and Sons
8. Up in Michigan
9. Get a Seeing Eye Dog
10. Big Two-Hearted River

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**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:** [August 1, 2015, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36495 "2015-08-01T07:30:20Z")

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Ernest Hemingway Short Stories

1. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
2. The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
3. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
4. Hills Like White Elephants
5. My Old Man
6. A Very Short Story
7. Fathers and Sons
8. Up in Michigan
9. Get a Seeing Eye Dog
10. Big Two-Hearted River
11. The Snows of Kilimanjaro

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**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:** [August 1, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36496 "2015-08-01T14:10:58Z")

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Ernest Hemingway Short Stories

1. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
2. The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
3. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
4. Hills Like White Elephants
5. My Old Man
6. A Very Short Story
7. Fathers and Sons
8. Up in Michigan
9. Get a Seeing Eye Dog
10. Big Two-Hearted River
11. The Snows of Kilimanjaro
12. The Three Day Blow

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**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:** [August 1, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36497 "2015-08-01T14:21:40Z")

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Ernest Hemingway Short Stories

1. A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
2. The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife
3. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
4. Hills Like White Elephants
5. My Old Man
6. A Very Short Story
7. Fathers and Sons
8. Up in Michigan
9. Get a Seeing Eye Dog
10. Big Two-Hearted River
11. The Snows of Kilimanjaro
12. The Three Day Blow  
13.The Faithful Bull

Since we’re on a roll: Roald Dahl short stories

1. Lamb to the Slaughter

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**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:** [August 1, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36498 "2015-08-01T14:47:21Z")

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Roald Dahl short stories

1. Lamb to the Slaughter
2. Taste

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**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:** [August 1, 2015, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36499 "2015-08-01T14:55:35Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Roald Dahl short stories
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> 1. Taste

That was going to be my play too. A good one.

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**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:** [August 1, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36500 "2015-08-01T19:04:06Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Written by Hemingway under his F. Scott Fitzgerald pseudonym.

D’oh! :smack: Thanks.

Roald Dahl short stories

1. Lamb to the Slaughter
2. Taste
3. Parson’s Pleasure

A personal favorite. Heheheheheh.

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**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:** [August 2, 2015, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36501 "2015-08-02T06:04:33Z")

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Roald Dahl short stories

1. Lamb to the Slaughter
2. Taste
3. Parson’s Pleasure
4. Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat

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**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:** [August 2, 2015, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36502 "2015-08-02T06:54:13Z")

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Roald Dahl short stories

1. Lamb to the Slaughter
2. Taste
3. Parson’s Pleasure
4. Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat
5. Man from the South

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**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:** [August 2, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36503 "2015-08-02T16:55:07Z")

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Roald Dahl short stories

1. Lamb to the Slaughter
2. Taste
3. Parson’s Pleasure
4. Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat
5. Man from the South
6. The Visitor

Another great story, and Uncle Oswald’s first appearance.

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