# 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:** 1880
**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:** [September 10, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37584 "2015-09-10T17:04:04Z")
New: Things Queen Elizabeth II will do to commemorate becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch. 1. Play a 12-hour session of _Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3_ with William, Harry, and Eugenie. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37585 "2015-09-10T17:07:56Z")
New: Things Queen Elizabeth II will do to commemorate becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch. 1. Play a 12-hour session of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with William, Harry, and Eugenie. 2. Steal a WW2 Hurricane and fly under the Tower Bridge. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37586 "2015-09-10T17:13:11Z")
New: Things Queen Elizabeth II will do to commemorate becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch. 1. Play a 12-hour session of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with William, Harry, and Eugenie. 2. Steal a WW2 Hurricane and fly under the Tower Bridge. 3. Guest shot on \*\*Downton Abbey \*\*(I hear she’s a fan.) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37587 "2015-09-10T17:32:47Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > New: Things Queen Elizabeth II will do to commemorate becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch. > > 1. Play a 12-hour session of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with William, Harry, and Eugenie. > 2. Steal a WW2 Hurricane and fly under the Tower Bridge. > 3. Guest shot on \*\*Downton Abbey \*\*(I hear she’s a fan.) Shot?! Not sure she wants to end her reign yet. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37588 "2015-09-10T17:35:24Z")
New: Things Queen Elizabeth II will do to commemorate becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch. 1. Play a 12-hour session of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with William, Harry, and Eugenie. 2. Steal a WW2 Hurricane and fly under the Tower Bridge. 3. Guest spot(?) on \*\*Downton Abbey \*\*(I hear she’s a fan.) 4. Full princess package at Disneyworld! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37589 "2015-09-10T17:43:06Z")
Things Queen Elizabeth II will do to commemorate becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch. 1. Play a 12-hour session of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with William, Harry, and Eugenie. 2. Steal a WW2 Hurricane and fly under the Tower Bridge. 3. Guest spot(?) on Downton Abbey (I hear she’s a fan.) 4. Full princess package at Disneyworld! 5. Play Risk, take over the US first. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37590 "2015-09-10T17:46:11Z")
Things Queen Elizabeth II will do to commemorate becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch. 1. Play a 12-hour session of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with William, Harry, and Eugenie. 2. Steal a WW2 Hurricane and fly under the Tower Bridge. 3. Guest spot(?) on Downton Abbey (I hear she’s a fan.) 4. Full princess package at Disneyworld! 5. Play Risk, take over the US first. 6. Answer the phone, “In your FACE, Victoria, beyotch!” > **[How does the Queen answer the phone?](https://www.straightdope.com/21344159/how-does-the-queen-answer-the-phone)** > > A STAFF REPORT FROM THE STRAIGHT DOPE SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD ---
**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:** [September 10, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37591 "2015-09-10T20:16:44Z")
Things Queen Elizabeth II will do to commemorate becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch. 1. Play a 12-hour session of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with William, Harry, and Eugenie. 2. Steal a WW2 Hurricane and fly under the Tower Bridge. 3. Guest spot(?) on Downton Abbey (I hear she’s a fan.) 4. Full princess package at Disneyworld! 5. Play Risk, take over the US first. 6. Answer the phone, “In your FACE, Victoria, beyotch!” 7. Have her court magician turn Prince Charles and Camilla into a pair of Corgis. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2015, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37592 "2015-09-10T20:42:07Z")
Things Queen Elizabeth II will do to commemorate becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch. 1. Play a 12-hour session of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with William, Harry, and Eugenie. 2. Steal a WW2 Hurricane and fly under the Tower Bridge. 3. Guest spot(?) on Downton Abbey (I hear she’s a fan.) 4. Full princess package at Disneyworld! 5. Play Risk, take over the US first. 6. Answer the phone, “In your FACE, Victoria, beyotch!” 7. Have her court magician turn Prince Charles and Camilla into a pair of Corgis. 8. Go for a spin on the TARDIS with the Doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37593 "2015-09-10T20:47:28Z")
Things Queen Elizabeth II will do to commemorate becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch. 1. Play a 12-hour session of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with William, Harry, and Eugenie. 2. Steal a WW2 Hurricane and fly under the Tower Bridge. 3. Guest spot(?) on Downton Abbey (I hear she’s a fan.) 4. Full princess package at Disneyworld! 5. Play Risk, take over the US first. 6. Answer the phone, “In your FACE, Victoria, beyotch!” 7. Have her court magician turn Prince Charles and Camilla into a pair of Corgis. 8. Go for a spin on the TARDIS with the Doctor. 9. Avoid usurpers with sharp weapons. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37594 "2015-09-10T20:48:32Z")
Things Queen Elizabeth II will do to commemorate becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch. 1. Play a 12-hour session of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with William, Harry, and Eugenie. 2. Steal a WW2 Hurricane and fly under the Tower Bridge. 3. Guest spot(?) on Downton Abbey (I hear she’s a fan.) 4. Full princess package at Disneyworld! 5. Play Risk, take over the US first. 6. Answer the phone, “In your FACE, Victoria, beyotch!” 7. Have her court magician turn Prince Charles and Camilla into a pair of Corgis. 8. Go for a spin on the TARDIS with the Doctor. 9. Drive the royal limo to Balmoral, with the left turn signal on the whole way. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37595 "2015-09-10T20:58:47Z")
Things Queen Elizabeth II will do to commemorate becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch. 1. Play a 12-hour session of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with William, Harry, and Eugenie. 2. Steal a WW2 Hurricane and fly under the Tower Bridge. 3. Guest spot(?) on Downton Abbey (I hear she’s a fan.) 4. Full princess package at Disneyworld! 5. Play Risk, take over the US first. 6. Answer the phone, “In your FACE, Victoria, beyotch!” 7. Have her court magician turn Prince Charles and Camilla into a pair of Corgis. 8. Go for a spin on the TARDIS with the Doctor. 9. Drive the royal limo to Balmoral, with the left turn signal on the whole way. 10. Annex France. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37596 "2015-09-10T21:37:52Z")
Things Queen Elizabeth II will do to commemorate becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch. 1. Play a 12-hour session of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with William, Harry, and Eugenie. 2. Steal a WW2 Hurricane and fly under the Tower Bridge. 3. Guest spot(?) on Downton Abbey (I hear she’s a fan.) 4. Full princess package at Disneyworld! 5. Play Risk, take over the US first. 6. Answer the phone, “In your FACE, Victoria, beyotch!” 7. Have her court magician turn Prince Charles and Camilla into a pair of Corgis. 8. Go for a spin on the TARDIS with the Doctor. 9. Drive the royal limo to Balmoral, with the left turn signal on the whole way. 10. Annex France. 11. Go to McDonald’s, get a senior discount cup of coffee, and stay there all day getting free refills. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37597 "2015-09-10T22:19:38Z")
Things Queen Elizabeth II will do to commemorate becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch. 1. Play a 12-hour session of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with William, Harry, and Eugenie. 2. Steal a WW2 Hurricane and fly under the Tower Bridge. 3. Guest spot(?) on Downton Abbey (I hear she’s a fan.) 4. Full princess package at Disneyworld! 5. Play Risk, take over the US first. 6. Answer the phone, “In your FACE, Victoria, beyotch!” 7. Have her court magician turn Prince Charles and Camilla into a pair of Corgis. 8. Go for a spin on the TARDIS with the Doctor. 9. Drive the royal limo to Balmoral, with the left turn signal on the whole way. 10. Annex France. 11. Go to McDonald’s, get a senior discount cup of coffee, and stay there all day getting free refills. 12. Monty Python movie marathon! ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37598 "2015-09-11T01:42:17Z")
Things Queen Elizabeth II will do to commemorate becoming the UK’s longest reigning monarch. 1. Play a 12-hour session of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 with William, Harry, and Eugenie. 2. Steal a WW2 Hurricane and fly under the Tower Bridge. 3. Guest spot(?) on Downton Abbey (I hear she’s a fan.) 4. Full princess package at Disneyworld! 5. Play Risk, take over the US first. 6. Answer the phone, “In your FACE, Victoria, beyotch!” 7. Have her court magician turn Prince Charles and Camilla into a pair of Corgis. 8. Go for a spin on the TARDIS with the Doctor. 9. Drive the royal limo to Balmoral, with the left turn signal on the whole way. 10. Annex France. 11. Go to McDonald’s, get a senior discount cup of coffee, and stay there all day getting free refills. 12. Monty Python movie marathon! 13. Buy multiple copies of Guinness Book of Records, underline her name, and mail them to all her relatives [\*Just want to note, in previous game, the #1 conquest of Kirk, ie the first to come to mind–that green skinned chick–died this or last week, her obit in _in the NYTimes, for heaven’s sake_ centered on, and the photo given, for that one small role in that one episode. Still don’t remember her name though…] \*\*Which finger or toe would you like to have longer or shorter, and why? \*\* 1. My little finger longer, so I could wrap it around the other four fingers when they’re lonely. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37599 "2015-09-11T01:50:43Z")
[That was Yvonne Craig, aka TV’s Batgirl.] Which finger or toe would you like to have longer or shorter, and why? 1. My little finger longer, so I could wrap it around the other four fingers when they’re lonely. 2. My big toe shorter, so I wouldn’t stub it so often. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37600 "2015-09-11T09:55:26Z")
[Has it ever been the case that the proposed topic has been so dumb and uninteresting/unanswered that by popular acclaim it was scratched? Because I’my feeling guilty here…] ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37601 "2015-09-11T10:19:24Z")
Which finger or toe would you like to have longer or shorter, and why? 1. My little finger longer, so I could wrap it around the other four fingers when they’re lonely. 2. My big toe shorter, so I wouldn’t stub it so often. 3. Middle finger longer, so I can communicate better. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37602 "2015-09-11T11:25:14Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > [Has it ever been the case that the proposed topic has been so dumb and uninteresting/unanswered that by popular acclaim it was scratched? Because I’my feeling guilty here…] Yes…not sure if we’ll get to 13 on this one either. Which finger or toe would you like to have longer or shorter, and why? 1. My little finger longer, so I could wrap it around the other four fingers when they’re lonely. 2. My big toe shorter, so I wouldn’t stub it so often. 3. Middle finger longer, so I can communicate better. 4. Pinky on left hand so I could pull off some crazy guitar stretches. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2015, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/37603 "2015-09-11T12:20:11Z")
Which finger or toe would you like to have longer or shorter, and why? 1. My little finger longer, so I could wrap it around the other four fingers when they’re lonely. 2. My big toe shorter, so I wouldn’t stub it so often. 3. Middle finger longer, so I can communicate better. 4. Pinky on left hand so I could pull off some crazy guitar stretches. 5. All the fingers on one hand, shorter, so that my penis would look larger in scale when I send unsolicited dick pics. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1879) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1881)