# 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:** 193

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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:** [February 27, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3841 "2011-02-27T18:41:41Z")

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Yogi Berra sayings (real or alleged)

1. “You can observe a lot by watching.”
2. “It’s like déjà vu all over again.”
3. “A verbal contract ain’t worth the paper it’s written on.”
4. It was hard to have a conversation with anyone; there were so many people talking.
5. “If you see a fork in the road, take it.”
6. “If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.”
7. “Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.”
8. “The rain is starting to stop” (during a rain delay)
9. When asked what time is was…" you mean now?"
10. “If people don’t want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?”

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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:** [February 27, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3842 "2011-02-27T19:37:20Z")

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Yogi Berra sayings (real or alleged)

1. “You can observe a lot by watching.”
2. “It’s like déjà vu all over again.”
3. “A verbal contract ain’t worth the paper it’s written on.”
4. “It was hard to have a conversation with anyone; there were so many people talking.”
5. “If you see a fork in the road, take it.”
6. “If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.”
7. “Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.”
8. “The rain is starting to stop” (during a rain delay)
9. When asked what time is was…" you mean now?"
10. “If people don’t want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?”
11. “He must’ve made that movie before he died” (upon seeing Steve McQueen in a film)

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**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3843 "2011-02-27T20:20:17Z")

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Yogi Berra sayings (real or alleged)

1. “You can observe a lot by watching.”
2. “It’s like déjà vu all over again.”
3. “A verbal contract ain’t worth the paper it’s written on.”
4. “It was hard to have a conversation with anyone; there were so many people talking.”
5. “If you see a fork in the road, take it.”
6. “If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.”
7. “Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.”
8. “The rain is starting to stop” (during a rain delay)
9. When asked what time is was…" you mean now?"
10. “If people don’t want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?”
11. “He must’ve made that movie before he died” (upon seeing Steve McQueen in a film)
12. “I never said most of the things I said.”

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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:** [February 27, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3844 "2011-02-27T20:29:32Z")

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Yogi Berra sayings (real or alleged)

1. “You can observe a lot by watching.”
2. “It’s like déjà vu all over again.”
3. “A verbal contract ain’t worth the paper it’s written on.”
4. “It was hard to have a conversation with anyone; there were so many people talking.”
5. “If you see a fork in the road, take it.”
6. “If the world were perfect, it wouldn’t be.”
7. “Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical.”
8. “The rain is starting to stop” (during a rain delay)
9. When asked what time is was…" you mean now?"
10. “If people don’t want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?”
11. “He must’ve made that movie before he died” (upon seeing Steve McQueen in a film)
12. “I never said most of the things I said.”
13. He hits from both sides of the plate. He’s amphibious.

Next: Famous recluses (living or dead):

1. Author Thomas Pynchon

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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:** [February 27, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3845 "2011-02-27T20:45:33Z")

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Famous recluses (living or dead):

1. Author Thomas Pynchon
2. Howard Hughes

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3846 "2011-02-27T21:26:38Z")

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Famous recluses (living or dead):

1. Author Thomas Pynchon
2. Howard Hughes
3. J. D. Salinger

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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:** [February 27, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3847 "2011-02-27T21:26:54Z")

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Famous recluses (living or dead):

1. Author Thomas Pynchon
2. Howard Hughes
3. J.D. Salinger
4. King George III

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3848 "2011-02-27T21:27:24Z")

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Famous recluses (living or dead):

1. Author Thomas Pynchon
2. Howard Hughes
3. J.D. Salinger
4. King George III
5. Salman Rushdie

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3849 "2011-02-27T23:18:46Z")

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I saw Salman Rushdie in a Trader Joe’s 7 or 8 years ago in West Hollywood.

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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:** [February 27, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3850 "2011-02-27T23:34:44Z")

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> [@Justin\_Credible](#):
>
> Famous recluses (living or dead):
> 
> 1. Author Thomas Pynchon
> 2. Howard Hughes
> 3. J.D. Salinger
> 4. King George III
> 5. Salman Rushdie

1. The Collyer Brothers (Homer & Langley but I’ll count them as one)

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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:** [February 27, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3851 "2011-02-27T23:48:16Z")

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Famous recluses (living or dead):

1. Author Thomas Pynchon
2. Howard Hughes
3. J.D. Salinger
4. King George III
5. Salman Rushdie
6. The Collyer Brothers (Homer & Langley but I’ll count them as one)
7. Harper Lee

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3852 "2011-02-28T00:54:05Z")

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Famous recluses (living or dead):

1. Author Thomas Pynchon
2. Howard Hughes
3. J.D. Salinger
4. King George III
5. Salman Rushdie
6. The Collyer Brothers (Homer & Langley but I’ll count them as one)
7. Harper Lee
8. Brian Wilson

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**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3853 "2011-02-28T02:25:59Z")

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Famous recluses (living or dead):

1. Author Thomas Pynchon
2. Howard Hughes
3. J.D. Salinger
4. King George III
5. Salman Rushdie
6. The Collyer Brothers (Homer & Langley but I’ll count them as one)
7. Harper Lee
8. Brian Wilson
9. Ted Kaczynski

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3854 "2011-02-28T02:34:38Z")

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Famous recluses (living or dead):

1. Author Thomas Pynchon
2. Howard Hughes
3. J.D. Salinger
4. King George III
5. Salman Rushdie
6. The Collyer Brothers (Homer & Langley but I’ll count them as one)
7. Harper Lee
8. Brian Wilson
9. Ted Kaczynski
10. Sly Stone

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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:** [February 28, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3855 "2011-02-28T02:37:46Z")

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Famous recluses (living or dead):

1. Author Thomas Pynchon
2. Howard Hughes
3. J.D. Salinger
4. King George III
5. Salman Rushdie
6. The Collyer Brothers (Homer & Langley but I’ll count them as one)
7. Harper Lee
8. Brian Wilson
9. Ted Kaczynski
10. Sly Stone
11. Greta Garbo

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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:** [February 28, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3856 "2011-02-28T03:02:28Z")

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Famous recluses (living or dead):

1. Author Thomas Pynchon
2. Howard Hughes
3. J.D. Salinger
4. King George III
5. Salman Rushdie
6. The Collyer Brothers (Homer & Langley but I’ll count them as one)
7. Harper Lee
8. Brian Wilson
9. Ted Kaczynski
10. Sly Stone
11. Greta Garbo
12. Boo Radley

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3857 "2011-02-28T03:09:20Z")

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Good one, **El**! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3858 "2011-02-28T04:25:17Z")

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Famous recluses (living or dead):

1. Author Thomas Pynchon
2. Howard Hughes
3. J.D. Salinger
4. King George III
5. Salman Rushdie
6. The Collyer Brothers (Homer & Langley but I’ll count them as one)
7. Harper Lee
8. Brian Wilson
9. Ted Kaczynski
10. Sly Stone
11. Greta Garbo
12. Boo Radley
13. Syd Barrett

Sweet, my first time picking a category. Someone else feel free to change it if this one has been done already.

Next: Characters from Stephen King’s The Stand

1. Stu Redman

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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:** [February 28, 2011, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3859 "2011-02-28T05:13:01Z")

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Characters from Stephen King’s The Stand

1. Stu Redman
2. Tom Cullen

Spelled M-O-O-N

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**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:** [February 28, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3860 "2011-02-28T05:50:32Z")

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Characters from Stephen King’s The Stand

1. Stu Redman
2. Tom Cullen
3. Randall Flagg

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