# 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:** 1942
**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 28, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38824 "2015-10-28T13:52:21Z")
Scariest moment in your life (Intense _sudden_ , ranging from the most effective “boo” or prank to “oh Christ, I could die this very moment and I’m about to or actually losing it.”) 1. Tie: in summer camp age 7 when the older kids and counselors had us watch “Psycho”; in target range, hearing first wave of Scud attack, Gulf War 2. When my 1 year old son (who’d just started running for the first time) fell and cut his head on our coffee table. He wasn’t hurt seriously, as it turned out, but he bled so profusely that I was in a blind panic as I drove him to the ER. 3. When my father died leaving me and my two sisters orphans. I was 18. 4. 1990 on a flight from Albuquerque to LA with a stop on Tuscon. The first leg of the flight we met a thunderstorm head on - terrifying turbulence. I gripped the armrest so tightly, I nearly pulled it loose from its bolts. 5. A plane I was on aborted a landing and peeled off to one side with its wings nearly perpendicular to the ground. I though I was going to die. 6. Being caught in a rip tide and nearly dying while swimming with my two sons off the North Carolina coast. 7. Hit a patch of ice on an S-curve, lost control of my car and hit a truck head-on. 8. Ex-wife rolled her car on dark freeway, 6yo son thrown from vehicle, fractured skull…I lived 1500 miles away and the soonest flight was 18 hours later. Longest day of my life. 9. A passenger in a car during a storm when a lightning bolt hit a live power line and the wire came down on the car! ---
**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:** [October 28, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38825 "2015-10-28T16:53:48Z")
Scariest moment in your life (Intense _sudden_ , ranging from the most effective “boo” or prank to “oh Christ, I could die this very moment and I’m about to or actually losing it.”) 1. Tie: in summer camp age 7 when the older kids and counselors had us watch “Psycho”; in target range, hearing first wave of Scud attack, Gulf War 2. When my 1 year old son (who’d just started running for the first time) fell and cut his head on our coffee table. He wasn’t hurt seriously, as it turned out, but he bled so profusely that I was in a blind panic as I drove him to the ER. 3. When my father died leaving me and my two sisters orphans. I was 18. 4. 1990 on a flight from Albuquerque to LA with a stop on Tuscon. The first leg of the flight we met a thunderstorm head on - terrifying turbulence. I gripped the armrest so tightly, I nearly pulled it loose from its bolts. 5. A plane I was on aborted a landing and peeled off to one side with its wings nearly perpendicular to the ground. I though I was going to die. 6. Being caught in a rip tide and nearly dying while swimming with my two sons off the North Carolina coast. 7. Hit a patch of ice on an S-curve, lost control of my car and hit a truck head-on. 8. Ex-wife rolled her car on dark freeway, 6yo son thrown from vehicle, fractured skull…I lived 1500 miles away and the soonest flight was 18 hours later. Longest day of my life. 9. A passenger in a car during a storm when a lightning bolt hit a live power line and the wire came down on the car! 10. Driving Interstate 355 in a blizzard and totally spinning out, drifting across three lanes to end up on the shoulder, miraculously unhurt and with not a ding on the car ---
**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:** [October 28, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38826 "2015-10-28T17:18:22Z")
Scariest moment in your life (Intense _sudden_ , ranging from the most effective “boo” or prank to “oh Christ, I could die this very moment and I’m about to or actually losing it.”) 1. Tie: in summer camp age 7 when the older kids and counselors had us watch “Psycho”; in target range, hearing first wave of Scud attack, Gulf War 2. When my 1 year old son (who’d just started running for the first time) fell and cut his head on our coffee table. He wasn’t hurt seriously, as it turned out, but he bled so profusely that I was in a blind panic as I drove him to the ER. 3. When my father died leaving me and my two sisters orphans. I was 18. 4. 1990 on a flight from Albuquerque to LA with a stop on Tuscon. The first leg of the flight we met a thunderstorm head on - terrifying turbulence. I gripped the armrest so tightly, I nearly pulled it loose from its bolts. 5. A plane I was on aborted a landing and peeled off to one side with its wings nearly perpendicular to the ground. I though I was going to die. 6. Being caught in a rip tide and nearly dying while swimming with my two sons off the North Carolina coast. 7. Hit a patch of ice on an S-curve, lost control of my car and hit a truck head-on. 8. Ex-wife rolled her car on dark freeway, 6yo son thrown from vehicle, fractured skull…I lived 1500 miles away and the soonest flight was 18 hours later. Longest day of my life. 9. A passenger in a car during a storm when a lightning bolt hit a live power line and the wire came down on the car! 10. Driving Interstate 355 in a blizzard and totally spinning out, drifting across three lanes to end up on the shoulder, miraculously unhurt and with not a ding on the car 11. Went for a walk in the woods by myself and ended up lost in a cornfield. Sesame Street told me to walk backwards so I remember where I was but that did not help at all. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38827 "2015-10-29T15:13:46Z")
Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chicago Posts: 6,945 Scariest moment in your life (Intense _sudden_ , ranging from the most effective “boo” or prank to “oh Christ, I could die this very moment and I’m about to or actually losing it.”) 1. Tie: in summer camp age 7 when the older kids and counselors had us watch “Psycho”; in target range, hearing first wave of Scud attack, Gulf War 2. When my 1 year old son (who’d just started running for the first time) fell and cut his head on our coffee table. He wasn’t hurt seriously, as it turned out, but he bled so profusely that I was in a blind panic as I drove him to the ER. 3. When my father died leaving me and my two sisters orphans. I was 18. 4. 1990 on a flight from Albuquerque to LA with a stop on Tuscon. The first leg of the flight we met a thunderstorm head on - terrifying turbulence. I gripped the armrest so tightly, I nearly pulled it loose from its bolts. 5. A plane I was on aborted a landing and peeled off to one side with its wings nearly perpendicular to the ground. I though I was going to die. 6. Being caught in a rip tide and nearly dying while swimming with my two sons off the North Carolina coast. 7. Hit a patch of ice on an S-curve, lost control of my car and hit a truck head-on. 8. Ex-wife rolled her car on dark freeway, 6yo son thrown from vehicle, fractured skull…I lived 1500 miles away and the soonest flight was 18 hours later. Longest day of my life. 9. A passenger in a car during a storm when a lightning bolt hit a live power line and the wire came down on the car! 10. Driving Interstate 355 in a blizzard and totally spinning out, drifting across three lanes to end up on the shoulder, miraculously unhurt and with not a ding on the car 11. Went for a walk in the woods by myself and ended up lost in a cornfield. Sesame Street told me to walk backwards so I remember where I was but that did not help at all. 12. When I thought I was going to be late for school, in ninth grade. I haven’t been that scared since. School teaches you the true meaning of fear. ---
**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 29, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38828 "2015-10-29T16:09:28Z")
Scariest moment in your life (Intense _sudden_ , ranging from the most effective “boo” or prank to “oh Christ, I could die this very moment and I’m about to or actually losing it.”) 1. Tie: in summer camp age 7 when the older kids and counselors had us watch “Psycho”; in target range, hearing first wave of Scud attack, Gulf War 2. When my 1 year old son (who’d just started running for the first time) fell and cut his head on our coffee table. He wasn’t hurt seriously, as it turned out, but he bled so profusely that I was in a blind panic as I drove him to the ER. 3. When my father died leaving me and my two sisters orphans. I was 18. 4. 1990 on a flight from Albuquerque to LA with a stop on Tuscon. The first leg of the flight we met a thunderstorm head on - terrifying turbulence. I gripped the armrest so tightly, I nearly pulled it loose from its bolts. 5. A plane I was on aborted a landing and peeled off to one side with its wings nearly perpendicular to the ground. I though I was going to die. 6. Being caught in a rip tide and nearly dying while swimming with my two sons off the North Carolina coast. 7. Hit a patch of ice on an S-curve, lost control of my car and hit a truck head-on. 8. Ex-wife rolled her car on dark freeway, 6yo son thrown from vehicle, fractured skull…I lived 1500 miles away and the soonest flight was 18 hours later. Longest day of my life. 9. A passenger in a car during a storm when a lightning bolt hit a live power line and the wire came down on the car! 10. Driving Interstate 355 in a blizzard and totally spinning out, drifting across three lanes to end up on the shoulder, miraculously unhurt and with not a ding on the car 11. Went for a walk in the woods by myself and ended up lost in a cornfield. Sesame Street told me to walk backwards so I remember where I was but that did not help at all. 12. When I thought I was going to be late for school, in ninth grade. I haven’t been that scared since. School teaches you the true meaning of fear. 13. Having my and my father’s lives threatened by a guy who thought (erroneously) that we had done him wrong. Next category: Noteworthy maritime pirates 1. Stede Bonnet ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38829 "2015-10-29T17:15:20Z")
Noteworthy maritime pirates 1. Stede Bonnet 2. Henry Morgan ---
**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 29, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38830 "2015-10-29T17:25:58Z")
Noteworthy maritime pirates 1. Stede Bonnet 2. Henry Morgan 3. “Red Legs” Greaves ---
**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:** [October 29, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38831 "2015-10-29T18:21:37Z")
Noteworthy maritime pirates 1. Stede Bonnet 2. Henry Morgan 3. “Red Legs” Greaves 4. Anne Bonny ---
**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:** [October 29, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38832 "2015-10-29T19:18:25Z")
Noteworthy maritime pirates 1. Stede Bonnet 2. Henry Morgan 3. “Red Legs” Greaves 4. Anne Bonny 5. Grania O’Malley (a/k/a Grace O’Malley) ---
**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:** [October 29, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38833 "2015-10-29T20:48:52Z")
Noteworthy maritime pirates 1. Stede Bonnet 2. Henry Morgan 3. “Red Legs” Greaves 4. Anne Bonny 5. Grania O’Malley (a/k/a Grace O’Malley) 6. Roc Brasiliano ---
**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 29, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38834 "2015-10-29T22:19:47Z")
Noteworthy maritime pirates 1. Stede Bonnet 2. Henry Morgan 3. “Red Legs” Greaves 4. Anne Bonny 5. Grania O’Malley (a/k/a Grace O’Malley) 6. Roc Brasiliano 7. William Death ---
**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 30, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38835 "2015-10-30T03:35:02Z")
Noteworthy maritime pirates 1. Stede Bonnet 2. Henry Morgan 3. “Red Legs” Greaves 4. Anne Bonny 5. Grania O’Malley (a/k/a Grace O’Malley) 6. Roc Brasiliano 7. William Death 8. Blackbeard ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38836 "2015-10-30T16:37:40Z")
Noteworthy maritime pirates 1. Stede Bonnet 2. Henry Morgan 3. “Red Legs” Greaves 4. Anne Bonny 5. Grania O’Malley (a/k/a Grace O’Malley) 6. Roc Brasiliano 7. William Death 8. Blackbeard 9. Jean Lafitte ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38837 "2015-10-30T17:00:44Z")
Noteworthy maritime pirates 1. Stede Bonnet 2. Henry Morgan 3. “Red Legs” Greaves 4. Anne Bonny 5. Grania O’Malley (a/k/a Grace O’Malley) 6. Roc Brasiliano 7. William Death 8. Blackbeard 9. Jean Lafitte 10. Sir Francis Drake ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38838 "2015-10-30T17:26:28Z")
Noteworthy maritime pirates 1. Stede Bonnet 2. Henry Morgan 3. “Red Legs” Greaves 4. Anne Bonny 5. Grania O’Malley (a/k/a Grace O’Malley) 6. Roc Brasiliano 7. William Death 8. Blackbeard 9. Jean Lafitte 10. Sir Francis Drake 11. Elcid Barrett ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38839 "2015-10-30T17:31:09Z")
Noteworthy maritime pirates 1. Stede Bonnet 2. Henry Morgan 3. “Red Legs” Greaves 4. Anne Bonny 5. Grania O’Malley (a/k/a Grace O’Malley) 6. Roc Brasiliano 7. William Death 8. Blackbeard 9. Jean Lafitte 10. Sir Francis Drake 11. Elcid Barrett 12. Black Bart Roberts ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38840 "2015-10-30T18:03:19Z")
Noteworthy maritime pirates 1. Stede Bonnet 2. Henry Morgan 3. “Red Legs” Greaves 4. Anne Bonny 5. Grania O’Malley (a/k/a Grace O’Malley) 6. Roc Brasiliano 7. William Death 8. Blackbeard 9. Jean Lafitte 10. Sir Francis Drake 11. Elcid Barrett 12. Black Bart Roberts 13. Edward England New Topic Songs for “Everybody” 1. Everybody Wants To Rule the World - Tears for Fears ---
**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 30, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38841 "2015-10-30T18:14:35Z")
Songs for “Everybody” 1. Everybody Wants To Rule the World - Tears for Fears 2. Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) - C+C Music Factory ---
**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:** [October 30, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38842 "2015-10-30T19:07:58Z")
1. Everybody Wants To Rule the World - Tears for Fears 2. Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) - C+C Music Factory 3. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love - Solomon Burke ---
**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 30, 2015, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/38843 "2015-10-30T19:16:01Z")
Songs for “Everybody” 1. Everybody Wants To Rule the World - Tears for Fears 2. Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) - C+C Music Factory 3. Everybody Needs Somebody to Love - Solomon Burke 4. Everybody Hurts - R.E.M. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1941) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1943)