# 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:** 1841
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36804 "2015-08-10T19:01:18Z")
Notable naval officers from history 1. John Paul Jones 2. Fred Haise, astronaut, Marine, and US Naval Aviator 3. Horatio Nelson 4. Neil Armstrong 5. Sir Francis Drake ---
**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:** [August 10, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36805 "2015-08-10T19:01:46Z")
Notable naval officers from history 1. John Paul Jones 2. Fred Haise, astronaut, Marine, and US Naval Aviator 3. Horatio Nelson 4. Neil Armstrong 5. Raymond Spruance ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36806 "2015-08-10T19:14:24Z")
Notable naval officers from history 1. John Paul Jones 2. Fred Haise, astronaut, Marine, and US Naval Aviator 3. Horatio Nelson 4. Neil Armstrong 5. Sir Francis Drake 6. Raymond Spruance 7. Isoroku Yamamoto ---
**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 10, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36807 "2015-08-10T19:15:35Z")
Notable naval officers from history 1. John Paul Jones 2. Fred Haise 3. Horatio Nelson 4. Neil Armstrong 5. Sir Francis Drake 6. Raymond Spruance 7. Isoroku Yamamoto 8. John A. Winslow Victor over the Confederate commerce raider CSS _Alabama_: [John Ancrum Winslow - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Winslow) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36808 "2015-08-10T19:17:46Z")
Notable naval officers from history 1. John Paul Jones 2. Fred Haise 3. Horatio Nelson 4. Neil Armstrong 5. Sir Francis Drake 6. Raymond Spruance 7. Isoroku Yamamoto 8. John A. Winslow 9. Don Juan of Austria (victor at Lepanto) ---
**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:** [August 10, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36809 "2015-08-10T19:20:31Z")
Notable naval officers from history 1. John Paul Jones 2. Fred Haise 3. Horatio Nelson 4. Neil Armstrong 5. Sir Francis Drake 6. Raymond Spruance 7. Isoroku Yamamoto 8. John A. Winslow 9. Don Juan of Austria (victor at Lepanto) 10. John F. Kennedy ---
**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 10, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36810 "2015-08-10T19:23:14Z")
Notable naval officers from history 1. John Paul Jones 2. Fred Haise 3. Horatio Nelson 4. Neil Armstrong 5. Sir Francis Drake 6. Raymond Spruance 7. Isoroku Yamamoto 8. John A. Winslow 9. Don Juan of Austria (victor at Lepanto) 10. John F. Kennedy 11. Georg von Trapp _How do you solve a problem like Maria?_ ---
**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 10, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36811 "2015-08-10T19:31:10Z")
Notable naval officers from history 1. John Paul Jones 2. Fred Haise 3. Horatio Nelson 4. Neil Armstrong 5. Sir Francis Drake 6. Raymond Spruance 7. Isoroku Yamamoto 8. John A. Winslow 9. Don Juan of Austria (victor at Lepanto) 10. John F. Kennedy 11. Georg von Trapp 12. Matthew C. Perry ---
**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 10, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36812 "2015-08-10T19:32:46Z")
Next: If I Got Laid Off, What Should I Do? 1. Vacation - road trip! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36813 "2015-08-10T19:33:52Z")
If I Got Laid Off, What Should I Do? 1. Vacation - road trip! 2. Catch up on Judge Judy (Where was number 13?) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36814 "2015-08-10T19:34:30Z")
Notable naval officers from history 1. John Paul Jones 2. Fred Haise 3. Horatio Nelson 4. Neil Armstrong 5. Sir Francis Drake 6. Raymond Spruance 7. Isoroku Yamamoto 8. John A. Winslow 9. Don Juan of Austria (victor at Lepanto) 10. John F. Kennedy 11. Georg von Trapp 12. Matthew C. Perry 13. David Farragut Okay, NOW We can get to: If I Got Laid Off, What Should I Do? 1. Vacation - road trip! 2. Watch Judge Judy 3. Catch up on my reading ---
**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 10, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36815 "2015-08-10T20:20:13Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Okay, NOW We can get to… Oh yeah, thanks. I can’t count to 13, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36816 "2015-08-10T20:25:04Z")
Notable naval officers from history 1. John Paul Jones 2. Fred Haise, astronaut, Marine, and US Naval Aviator 3. Horatio Nelson 4. Neil Armstrong 5. Raymond Spruance 6. Rudy Boesch CPO and two time Survivor contestant. Yikes, edit…browser didn’t update. I was on Naval officers. ---
**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 10, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36817 "2015-08-10T20:27:53Z")
If I Got Laid Off, What Should I Do? 1. Vacation - road trip! 2. Watch Judge Judy 3. Catch up on my reading 4. Attend Annapolis, maybe? ---
**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:** [August 10, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36818 "2015-08-10T20:31:29Z")
If I Got Laid Off, What Should I Do? 1. Vacation - road trip! 2. Watch Judge Judy 3. Catch up on my reading 4. Attend Annapolis, maybe? 5. Haunt the Thread Room and raise my post count ---
**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:** [August 10, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36819 "2015-08-10T20:39:03Z")
If I Got Laid Off, What Should I Do? 1. Vacation - road trip! 2. Watch Judge Judy 3. Catch up on my reading 4. Attend Annapolis, maybe? 5. Haunt the Thread Room and raise my post count 6. Play the Sims 2 for a good six or seven hours at a clip ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36820 "2015-08-10T20:43:16Z")
If I Got Laid Off, What Should I Do? 1. Vacation - road trip! 2. Watch Judge Judy 3. Catch up on my reading 4. Attend Annapolis, maybe? 5. Haunt the Thread Room and raise my post count 6. Play the Sims 2 for a good six or seven hours at a clip 7. Sleep til about 11 AM every day ---
**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 10, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36821 "2015-08-10T20:55:48Z")
If I Got Laid Off, What Should I Do? 1. Vacation - road trip! 2. Watch Judge Judy 3. Catch up on my reading 4. Attend Annapolis, maybe? 5. Haunt the Thread Room and raise my post count 6. Play the Sims 2 for a good six or seven hours at a clip 7. Sleep til about 11 AM every day 8. Go to school ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36822 "2015-08-10T21:33:15Z")
If I Got Laid Off, What Should I Do? 1. Vacation - road trip! 2. Watch Judge Judy 3. Catch up on my reading 4. Attend Annapolis, maybe? 5. Haunt the Thread Room and raise my post count 6. Play the Sims 2 for a good six or seven hours at a clip 7. Sleep til about 11 AM every day 8. Go to school 9. (Voice from the back of the crowd) “Pajama Party!” ---
**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 10, 2015, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/36823 "2015-08-10T21:54:56Z")
If I Got Laid Off, What Should I Do? 1. Vacation - road trip! 2. Watch Judge Judy 3. Catch up on my reading 4. Attend Annapolis, maybe? 5. Haunt the Thread Room and raise my post count 6. Play the Sims 2 for a good six or seven hours at a clip 7. Sleep til about 11 AM every day 8. Go to school 9. (Voice from the back of the crowd) “Pajama Party!” 10. Updated LinkedIn, update Résumé [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1840) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1842)