# 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:** 1925
**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 13, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38484 "2015-10-13T15:17:42Z")
Most embarrassing day at elementary school 1. When my Mom sent me out wearing slippers, because it was late and we couldn’t find my shoes, and supposedly “no one would notice” (Kindergarten) 2. I sang an unintentional solo in the Christmas concert - I turned as red as the dress I was wearing (2nd grade) 3. I kissed my “girlfriend” in the middle of a movie in kindergarten. 4. I had an “accident” in my pants in 1st grade. That’s not the most embarrassing day, though, because when I was in 4th grade, one of my classmates had to give a speech, so she talked about me having an accident three years before. THAT’s the most embarrassing day. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38485 "2015-10-13T15:54:56Z")
Most embarrassing day at elementary school 1. When my Mom sent me out wearing slippers, because it was late and we couldn’t find my shoes, and supposedly “no one would notice” (Kindergarten) 2. I sang an unintentional solo in the Christmas concert - I turned as red as the dress I was wearing (2nd grade) 3. I kissed my “girlfriend” in the middle of a movie in kindergarten. 4. I had an “accident” in my pants in 1st grade. That’s not the most embarrassing day, though, because when I was in 4th grade, one of my classmates had to give a speech, so she talked about me having an accident three years before. THAT’s the most embarrassing day. 5. Getting dragged out in the hall by Mrs. Hill and paddled because I kept whispering to a friend after she asked me to stop. To this day, I think she should’ve given me one more warning. Grrrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38486 "2015-10-13T16:18:17Z")
Most embarrassing day at elementary school 1. When my Mom sent me out wearing slippers, because it was late and we couldn’t find my shoes, and supposedly “no one would notice” (Kindergarten) 2. I sang an unintentional solo in the Christmas concert - I turned as red as the dress I was wearing (2nd grade) 3. I kissed my “girlfriend” in the middle of a movie in kindergarten. 4. I had an “accident” in my pants in 1st grade. That’s not the most embarrassing day, though, because when I was in 4th grade, one of my classmates had to give a speech, so she talked about me having an accident three years before. THAT’s the most embarrassing day. 5. Getting dragged out in the hall by Mrs. Hill and paddled because I kept whispering to a friend after she asked me to stop. 6. Mine came when I was 8 years old. I misbehaved in third grade, and my teacher banished me to kindergarten for the rest of they day. I had to take a nap. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38487 "2015-10-13T17:03:05Z")
Most embarrassing day at elementary school 1. When my Mom sent me out wearing slippers, because it was late and we couldn’t find my shoes, and supposedly “no one would notice” (Kindergarten) 2. I sang an unintentional solo in the Christmas concert - I turned as red as the dress I was wearing (2nd grade) 3. I kissed my “girlfriend” in the middle of a movie in kindergarten. 4. I had an “accident” in my pants in 1st grade. That’s not the most embarrassing day, though, because when I was in 4th grade, one of my classmates had to give a speech, so she talked about me having an accident three years before. THAT’s the most embarrassing day. 5. Getting dragged out in the hall by Mrs. Hill and paddled because I kept whispering to a friend after she asked me to stop. 6. Mine came when I was 8 years old. I misbehaved in third grade, and my teacher banished me to kindergarten for the rest of they day. I had to take a nap. 7. Mine was also an “accident” in 1st grade. The classroom policy was that no more than one child of each sex could be out of the classroom at a time. Therefore, there was a boys’ hall pass and a girls’ hall pass near the front of the room, in their own little holders. If the hall pass was there, you could take it and go to the bathroom without having to ask or announce it. If the hall pass was not there, you didn’t bother to ask. However, one day Brandon Sengstack (I still remember his name nearly four decades later) left the hall pass in the bathroom after using it. I waited, and waited, and waited, afraid to ask Mrs. Proctor to make an exception, and never thinking to look around the classroom (and thus realize that all of the boys were in the room). Finally, after what seemed like all morning but was probably 30 minutes, I could wait no longer. I stood up from my desk in the middle of the room, wailed **MRS. PROCTOR, I’M GONNA HAVE AN ACCIDEEEEEEEEEEENT!!!** and promptly discharged what seemed like a full pint of hot wee-wee into my brown Toughskin corduroys. As these were tucked into rubber cowboy boots, I managed not to get a single drop on the floor; it all ran straight into the boots. Crying and embarrassed, I squelched off to the office - _schlorp, schlorp, schlorp_ - to wait for my mom to pick me up. ☹ Subsequent posters are welcome to truncate my [del]shaggy[/del] wet dog story. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38488 "2015-10-13T19:19:38Z")
Most embarrassing day at elementary school 1. When my Mom sent me out wearing slippers, because it was late and we couldn’t find my shoes, and supposedly “no one would notice” (Kindergarten) 2. I sang an unintentional solo in the Christmas concert - I turned as red as the dress I was wearing (2nd grade) 3. I kissed my “girlfriend” in the middle of a movie in kindergarten. 4. I had an “accident” in my pants in 1st grade. That’s not the most embarrassing day, though, because when I was in 4th grade, one of my classmates had to give a speech, so she talked about me having an accident three years before. THAT’s the most embarrassing day. 5. Getting dragged out in the hall by Mrs. Hill and paddled because I kept whispering to a friend after she asked me to stop. 6. Mine came when I was 8 years old. I misbehaved in third grade, and my teacher banished me to kindergarten for the rest of they day. I had to take a nap. 7. Mine was also an “accident” in 1st grade… Crying and embarrassed, I squelched off to the office - _schlorp, schlorp, schlorp_ - to wait for my mom to pick me up. ☹ 8. Having a valentine fall into the wrong hands. Ooops. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38489 "2015-10-13T20:39:29Z")
Most embarrassing day at elementary school 1. When my Mom sent me out wearing slippers, because it was late and we couldn’t find my shoes, and supposedly “no one would notice” (Kindergarten) 2. I sang an unintentional solo in the Christmas concert - I turned as red as the dress I was wearing (2nd grade) 3. I kissed my “girlfriend” in the middle of a movie in kindergarten. 4. I had an “accident” in my pants in 1st grade. That’s not the most embarrassing day, though, because when I was in 4th grade, one of my classmates had to give a speech, so she talked about me having an accident three years before. THAT’s the most embarrassing day. 5. Getting dragged out in the hall by Mrs. Hill and paddled because I kept whispering to a friend after she asked me to stop. 6. Mine came when I was 8 years old. I misbehaved in third grade, and my teacher banished me to kindergarten for the rest of they day. I had to take a nap. 7. Mine was also an “accident” in 1st grade… Crying and embarrassed, I squelched off to the office - schlorp, schlorp, schlorp - to wait for my mom to pick me up. 8. Having a valentine fall into the wrong hands. Ooops. 9. My mother kept me out of school until I was almost six years old, and the Board of Education caught up with her. She insisted I was too stupid to go to school, and made them put me in kindergarten. When my IQ was tested, I scored 148! Mother insisted I “guessed lucky” and would not let me go to school with children my own age. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38490 "2015-10-13T20:44:35Z")
_OOG: that’s freaking insane, **Annie-Xmas**. Was the rest of your childhood similarly heinous, and have you ever told the tale here?_ ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38491 "2015-10-13T20:55:11Z")
Yes, it was. My mother hated me, made my life miserable, and I never did figure out why. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38492 "2015-10-13T21:35:58Z")
😕 “OOG”? [um…so, Annie-Xmas…so you’re going with that first day for the Baker’s Dozen. As long as you’re on the couch…] signed, the Baker’s Dozen keeper for this dozen… ---
**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:** [October 13, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38493 "2015-10-13T22:00:06Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > 😕 “OOG”? Out of Game ---
**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 13, 2015, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38494 "2015-10-13T23:24:26Z")
I agree. Annie, that’s just so wrong. 148 IQ? You’re smarter than me, for sure. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2015, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38495 "2015-10-14T03:55:50Z")
Poor **Annie**! I, too, am but a puddin’ head compared to thee. Most embarrassing day at elementary school 1. When my Mom sent me out wearing slippers, because it was late and we couldn’t find my shoes, and supposedly “no one would notice” (Kindergarten) 2. I sang an unintentional solo in the Christmas concert - I turned as red as the dress I was wearing (2nd grade) 3. I kissed my “girlfriend” in the middle of a movie in kindergarten. 4. I had an “accident” in my pants in 1st grade. That’s not the most embarrassing day, though, because when I was in 4th grade, one of my classmates had to give a speech, so she talked about me having an accident three years before. THAT’s the most embarrassing day. 5. Getting dragged out in the hall by Mrs. Hill and paddled because I kept whispering to a friend after she asked me to stop. 6. Mine came when I was 8 years old. I misbehaved in third grade, and my teacher banished me to kindergarten for the rest of they day. I had to take a nap. 7. Mine was also an “accident” in 1st grade… Crying and embarrassed, I squelched off to the office - schlorp, schlorp, schlorp - to wait for my mom to pick me up. 8. Having a valentine fall into the wrong hands. Ooops. 9. My mother kept me out of school until I was almost six years old, and the Board of Education caught up with her. She insisted I was too stupid to go to school, and made them put me in kindergarten. When my IQ was tested, I scored 148! Mother insisted I “guessed lucky” and would not let me go to school with children my own age. 10. Danced very badly when all the kids were supposed to hula. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38496 "2015-10-14T12:22:52Z")
Most embarrassing day at elementary school 1. When my Mom sent me out wearing slippers, because it was late and we couldn’t find my shoes, and supposedly “no one would notice” (Kindergarten) 2. I sang an unintentional solo in the Christmas concert - I turned as red as the dress I was wearing (2nd grade) 3. I kissed my “girlfriend” in the middle of a movie in kindergarten. 4. I had an “accident” in my pants in 1st grade. That’s not the most embarrassing day, though, because when I was in 4th grade, one of my classmates had to give a speech, so she talked about me having an accident three years before. THAT’s the most embarrassing day. 5. Getting dragged out in the hall by Mrs. Hill and paddled because I kept whispering to a friend after she asked me to stop. 6. Mine came when I was 8 years old. I misbehaved in third grade, and my teacher banished me to kindergarten for the rest of they day. I had to take a nap. 7. Mine was also an “accident” in 1st grade… Crying and embarrassed, I squelched off to the office - schlorp, schlorp, schlorp - to wait for my mom to pick me up. 8. Having a valentine fall into the wrong hands. Ooops. 9. My mother kept me out of school until I was almost six years old, and the Board of Education caught up with her. She insisted I was too stupid to go to school, and made them put me in kindergarten. When my IQ was tested, I scored 148! Mother insisted I “guessed lucky” and would not let me go to school with children my own age. 10. Danced very badly when all the kids were supposed to hula. 11. Grade 2, wasn’t allowed to go to the bathroom anymore because I got caught playing Nicky nicky nine doors in the school. Eventually peed my pants and then had to clean it up while everyone watched, then got dragged by my ear down to the principal’s office. Man, Mrs. Hobbs was an mean old lady. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38497 "2015-10-14T13:08:53Z")
what the heck is “Nicky nicky nine doors”? ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38498 "2015-10-14T13:44:21Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > what the heck is “Nicky nicky nine doors”? The practice of knocking on a door or ringing a doorbell and running away before it is answered also known as Ding Dong Ditch, Knock, Knock , Ginger, and a few other names. > **[Knock, knock, ginger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock,_Knock,_Ginger)** > > Knock, knock, ginger (also known as ding, dong, ditch and ring and run in the United States) is a prank or game dating back to 19th-century England, or possibly the earlier Cornish traditional holiday of Nickanan Night. The game is played by children in many cultures. It involves knocking on the front door (or ringing the doorbell) of a victim, then running away before the door can be answered. > The name knock, knock, ginger, “knock down ginger” or knocky door ginger, used in parts of Southern... Man, I’m old… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38499 "2015-10-14T17:39:46Z")
Most embarrassing day at elementary school 1. When my Mom sent me out wearing slippers, because it was late and we couldn’t find my shoes, and supposedly “no one would notice” (Kindergarten) 2. I sang an unintentional solo in the Christmas concert - I turned as red as the dress I was wearing (2nd grade) 3. I kissed my “girlfriend” in the middle of a movie in kindergarten. 4. I had an “accident” in my pants in 1st grade. That’s not the most embarrassing day, though, because when I was in 4th grade, one of my classmates had to give a speech, so she talked about me having an accident three years before. THAT’s the most embarrassing day. 5. Getting dragged out in the hall by Mrs. Hill and paddled because I kept whispering to a friend after she asked me to stop. 6. Mine came when I was 8 years old. I misbehaved in third grade, and my teacher banished me to kindergarten for the rest of they day. I had to take a nap. 7. Mine was also an “accident” in 1st grade… Crying and embarrassed, I squelched off to the office - schlorp, schlorp, schlorp - to wait for my mom to pick me up. 8. Having a valentine fall into the wrong hands. Ooops. 9. My mother kept me out of school until I was almost six years old, and the Board of Education caught up with her. She insisted I was too stupid to go to school, and made them put me in kindergarten. When my IQ was tested, I scored 148! Mother insisted I “guessed lucky” and would not let me go to school with children my own age. 10. Danced very badly when all the kids were supposed to hula. 11. Grade 2, wasn’t allowed to go to the bathroom anymore because I got caught playing Nicky nicky nine doors in the school. Eventually peed my pants and then had to clean it up while everyone watched, then got dragged by my ear down to the principal’s office. Man, Mrs. Hobbs was an mean old lady. 12. Breaking wind very loudly while seated on the floor with my head down during a fire drill. Luckily the acoustics made it difficult to isolate. ---
**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:** [October 15, 2015, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38500 "2015-10-15T00:48:11Z")
Head down during a fire drill? I remember in elementary school doing drills on ducking down under the desk and covering your eyes and face with one arm and the back of your neck with the other. But that was for a larger fire. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38501 "2015-10-15T03:00:06Z")
Join Date: Aug 2002 Most embarrassing day at elementary school 1. When my Mom sent me out wearing slippers, because it was late and we couldn’t find my shoes, and supposedly “no one would notice” (Kindergarten) 2. I sang an unintentional solo in the Christmas concert - I turned as red as the dress I was wearing (2nd grade) 3. I kissed my “girlfriend” in the middle of a movie in kindergarten. 4. I had an “accident” in my pants in 1st grade. That’s not the most embarrassing day, though, because when I was in 4th grade, one of my classmates had to give a speech, so she talked about me having an accident three years before. THAT’s the most embarrassing day. 5. Getting dragged out in the hall by Mrs. Hill and paddled because I kept whispering to a friend after she asked me to stop. 6. Mine came when I was 8 years old. I misbehaved in third grade, and my teacher banished me to kindergarten for the rest of they day. I had to take a nap. 7. Mine was also an “accident” in 1st grade… Crying and embarrassed, I squelched off to the office - schlorp, schlorp, schlorp - to wait for my mom to pick me up. 8. Having a valentine fall into the wrong hands. Ooops. 9. My mother kept me out of school until I was almost six years old, and the Board of Education caught up with her. She insisted I was too stupid to go to school, and made them put me in kindergarten. When my IQ was tested, I scored 148! Mother insisted I “guessed lucky” and would not let me go to school with children my own age. 10. Danced very badly when all the kids were supposed to hula. 11. Grade 2, wasn’t allowed to go to the bathroom anymore because I got caught playing Nicky nicky nine doors in the school. Eventually peed my pants and then had to clean it up while everyone watched, then got dragged by my ear down to the principal’s office. Man, Mrs. Hobbs was an mean old lady. 12. Breaking wind very loudly while seated on the floor with my head down during a fire drill. Luckily the acoustics made it difficult to isolate. 13. I asn’t allowed to start KG until my fifth birthday in November, but my playmate Donna next door got to start in September. I was livid. Next: Songs that name months, no repeat, so be creative for one of them. 1. September Song. ---
**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 15, 2015, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38502 "2015-10-15T03:27:59Z")
Songs that name months, no repeat, so be creative for one of them. 1. September Song 2. Forest of October (Opeth) ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38503 "2015-10-15T03:49:05Z")
Songs that name months, no repeat, so be creative for one of them. 1. September Song 2. Forest of October (Opeth) 3. November Rain - Guns N’ Roses [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1924) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1926)