# 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\
**Page:** 1915

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38284 "2015-10-05T01:14:03Z")

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> [@astorian](#):
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> 1. A million dollars in ant money to pay ransom

[Antimony?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimony)

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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:** [October 5, 2015, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38285 "2015-10-05T02:22:44Z")

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Handy Things to Have If You’re Kidnapped by Ants

1. Honey, to bribe or distract them
2. Ant-Man’s phone number.
3. Icing sugar and baking soda.
4. An anteater
5. a magnifying glass and a sunny day
6. Raid
7. A 1920s-style death ray, set to low power/intensity
8. An aardvark
9. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
10. A million dollars in ant money to pay ransom
11. Diatomaceous earth to scatter about me

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38286 "2015-10-05T02:52:58Z")

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Handy Things to Have If You’re Kidnapped by Ants

1. Honey, to bribe or distract them
2. Ant-Man’s phone number.
3. Icing sugar and baking soda.
4. An anteater
5. a magnifying glass and a sunny day
6. Raid
7. A 1920s-style death ray, set to low power/intensity
8. An aardvark
9. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
10. A million dollars in ant money to pay ransom
11. Diatomaceous earth to scatter about me
12. Molten aluminum

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**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:** [October 5, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38287 "2015-10-05T02:55:43Z")

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Handy Things to Have If You’re Kidnapped by Ants

1. Honey, to bribe or distract them

2. Ant-Man’s phone number.

3. Icing sugar and baking soda.

4. An anteater

5. a magnifying glass and a sunny day

6. Raid

7. A 1920s-style death ray, set to low power/intensity

8. An aardvark

9. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

10. A million dollars in ant money to pay ransom

11. Diatomaceous earth to scatter about me

12. Molten aluminum

13. A 1960’s Bat-Utility Belt with Bat-Ant Repellant Spray  
New! Types of swords.

14. Rapier

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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38288 "2015-10-05T02:57:44Z")

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New! Types of swords.

1. Rapier
2. Epee

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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:** [October 5, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38289 "2015-10-05T03:22:24Z")

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Types of swords.

1. Rapier
2. Epee
3. Cutlass

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38290 "2015-10-05T03:58:34Z")

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Types of swords.

1. Rapier
2. Epee
3. Cutlass
4. Curtana

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**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:** [October 5, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38291 "2015-10-05T04:42:44Z")

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Types of swords.

1. Rapier
2. Epee
3. Cutlass
4. Curtana
5. [Candy Cane Sword](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvxIQwKAf2k)

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38292 "2015-10-05T05:04:55Z")

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Types of swords.

1. Rapier
2. Epee
3. Cutlass
4. Curtana
5. Candy Cane Sword
6. Katana

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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:** [October 5, 2015, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38293 "2015-10-05T05:50:13Z")

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Types of swords.

1. Rapier
2. Epee
3. Cutlass
4. Curtana
5. Candy Cane Sword
6. Katana
7. Claymore

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38294 "2015-10-05T06:17:42Z")

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Types of swords.

1. Rapier
2. Epee
3. Cutlass
4. Curtana
5. Candy Cane Sword
6. Katana
7. Claymore
8. Sabre

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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:** [October 5, 2015, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38295 "2015-10-05T06:25:24Z")

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Types of swords.

1. Rapier
2. Epee
3. Cutlass
4. Curtana
5. Candy Cane Sword
6. Katana
7. Claymore
8. Sabre
9. Wakizashi

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**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:** [October 5, 2015, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38296 "2015-10-05T06:29:18Z")

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Types of swords.

1. Rapier
2. Epee
3. Cutlass
4. Curtana
5. Candy Cane Sword
6. Katana
7. Claymore
8. Sabre
9. Wakizashi
10. Scimitar

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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38297 "2015-10-05T06:38:22Z")

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Types of swords.

1. Rapier
2. Epee
3. Cutlass
4. Curtana
5. Candy Cane Sword
6. Katana
7. Claymore
8. Sabre
9. Wakizashi
10. Scimitar
11. Szabla

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**Author:** ![TheSpeculationElucidation](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@TheSpeculationElucidation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSpeculationElucidation)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38298 "2015-10-05T07:55:33Z")

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Types of swords.

1. Rapier
2. Epee
3. Cutlass
4. Curtana
5. Candy Cane Sword
6. Katana
7. Claymore
8. Sabre
9. Wakizashi
10. Scimitar
11. Szabla
12. Ulfberht

Pass.

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38299 "2015-10-05T10:53:20Z")

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Remove a letter from something to create something else

1. The Statue of Limitations

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**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:** [October 5, 2015, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38300 "2015-10-05T11:03:50Z")

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Remove a letter from something to create something else

1. The Statue of Limitations
2. The State of Liberty

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38301 "2015-10-05T11:59:33Z")

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Remove a letter from something to create something else

1. The Statue of Limitations
2. The State of Liberty
3. The Roc of Gibraltar

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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:** [October 5, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38302 "2015-10-05T12:15:05Z")

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Remove a letter from something to create something else

1. The Statue of Limitations
2. The State of Liberty
3. The Roc of Gibraltar
4. Doctor Ho

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38303 "2015-10-05T12:26:06Z")

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Remove a letter from something to create something else

1. The Statue of Limitations
2. The State of Liberty
3. The Roc of Gibraltar
4. Doctor Ho
5. Graveyard Shit

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