# 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\
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**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3881 "2011-03-01T01:01:25Z")

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Film titles that are complete sentences

1. Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
2. Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
3. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
4. Why Did I Get Married?
5. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
6. Men Don’t Leave
7. Never Say Never Again
8. Daddy’s Dyin’… Who’s Got the Will?
9. I’ll Never Forget What’s’isname  
\*\*10 I Spit on Your Grave \*\*:eek:

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3882 "2011-03-01T01:12:22Z")

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Film titles that are complete sentences

1. Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
2. Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
3. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
4. Why Did I Get Married?
5. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
6. Men Don’t Leave
7. Never Say Never Again
8. Daddy’s Dyin’… Who’s Got the Will?
9. I’ll Never Forget What’s’isname  
\*\*10 I Spit on Your Grave \*\*:eek:
10. What’s Up, Tiger Lily?

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3883 "2011-03-01T01:32:16Z")

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Film titles that are complete sentences

1. Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
2. Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
3. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
4. Why Did I Get Married?
5. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
6. Men Don’t Leave
7. Never Say Never Again
8. Daddy’s Dyin’… Who’s Got the Will?
9. I’ll Never Forget What’s’isname  
10 I Spit on Your Grave
10. What’s Up, Tiger Lily?
11. It Happened One Night

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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:** [March 1, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3884 "2011-03-01T01:34:39Z")

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Film titles that are complete sentences

1. Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

2. Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?

3. It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

4. Why Did I Get Married?

5. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

6. Men Don’t Leave

7. Never Say Never Again

8. Daddy’s Dyin’… Who’s Got the Will?

9. I’ll Never Forget What’s’isname  
10 I Spit on Your Grave

10. What’s Up, Tiger Lily?

11. It Happened One Night

12. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?  
New Category: Anti-Gay Public Figures Later Caught in Gay Sex Scandals or Revealed to be Gay

13. Ted Haggard.

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**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3885 "2011-03-01T04:38:06Z")

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Anti-Gay Public Figures Later Caught in Gay Sex Scandals or Revealed to be Gay

1. Ted Haggard
2. George Eckers

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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:** [March 1, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3886 "2011-03-01T05:16:11Z")

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Anti-Gay Public Figures Later Caught in Gay Sex Scandals or Revealed to be Gay

1. Ted Haggard
2. George Eckers
3. Larry Craig

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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:** [March 1, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3887 "2011-03-01T05:24:41Z")

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Anti-Gay Public Figures Later Caught in Gay Sex Scandals or Revealed to be Gay

1. Ted Haggard
2. George Eckers

Did you mean [George Rekers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rekers)?

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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:** [March 1, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3888 "2011-03-01T15:19:01Z")

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Anti-Gay Public Figures Later Caught in Gay Sex Scandals or Revealed to be Gay

1. Ted Haggard
2. George Rekers
3. Larry Craig  
4., Jim McGreevey

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**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3889 "2011-03-01T16:17:18Z")

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Can I fill in #5-13 with “all of them”?

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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:** [March 1, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3890 "2011-03-01T17:23:16Z")

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Anti-Gay Public Figures Later Caught in Gay Sex Scandals or Revealed to be Gay

1. Ted Haggard
2. George Rekers
3. Larry Craig
4. Jim McGreevey
5. [Eddie Long](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Long)

Was McGreevey known for being anti-gay?

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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:** [March 1, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3891 "2011-03-01T17:53:52Z")

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A fair point. I think he was a progressive Democrat on that issue.

Anti-Gay Public Figures Later Caught in Gay Sex Scandals or Revealed to be Gay

1. Ted Haggard
2. George Rekers
3. Larry Craig
4. Jim McGreevey
5. Eddie Long
6. Edward Schrock

> **[Ed Schrock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Schrock)**
>
> Edward Lee Schrock (born April 6, 1941) is a retired naval officer (1964–1988) and American Republican politician who served as a member of the Senate of Virginia from 1996 to 2001. He also served in the U.S. House of Representatives from January 2001 to January 2005, representing the Second Congressional District of Virginia.
> Born in Middletown, Ohio, Schrock earned a bachelor's degree from Alderson-Broaddus College in 1964 and a master's degree in Public Relations from American University in ...

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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:** [March 1, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3892 "2011-03-01T18:33:11Z")

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Anti-Gay Public Figures Later Caught in Gay Sex Scandals or Revealed to be Gay

1. Ted Haggard
2. George Rekers
3. Larry Craig
4. Jim McGreevey
5. Eddie Long
6. Edward Schrock
7. Bob Allen

> **[Robert Allen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Allen)**
>
> Bob, Bobby, Robbie or Robert Allen may refer to:

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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:** [March 1, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3893 "2011-03-01T18:58:40Z")

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Anti-Gay Public Figures Later Caught in Gay Sex Scandals or Revealed to be Gay

1. Ted Haggard
2. George Rekers
3. Larry Craig
4. Jim McGreevey
5. Eddie Long
6. Edward Schrock
7. Bob Allen
8. [Troy King](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_King)

Bonus points because he had sex with the homecoming king of Troy University

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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:** [March 1, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3894 "2011-03-01T20:30:09Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> 1. [Troy King](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_King)
> 
> Bonus points because he had sex with the homecoming king of Troy University

Rumors only, nothing proven.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3895 "2011-03-01T21:17:49Z")

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1. Ted Haggard
2. George Rekers
3. Larry Craig
4. Jim McGreevey
5. Eddie Long
6. Edward Schrock
7. Bob Allen
8. Troy King
9. [Roy Ashburn](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Ashburn)

**Sampiro** : Did you mean the whole question of Troy King’s orientation is in dispute, or merely whether he had sex with that particular Trojan, so to speak?

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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:** [March 1, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3896 "2011-03-01T21:24:26Z")

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Anti-Gay Public Figures Later Caught in Gay Sex Scandals or Revealed to be Gay

1. Ted Haggard
2. George Rekers
3. Larry Craig
4. Jim McGreevey
5. Eddie Long
6. Edward Schrock
7. Bob Allen
8. Troy King
9. Roy Ashburn
10. Bob Bauman

> **[Robert Bauman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Bauman)**
>
> Robert E. Bauman (born April 4, 1937) is an American lawyer and politician. He is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 1st congressional district (1973–1981). Bauman was a prominent conservative advocate in the House, legal counsel for The Sovereign Society, and author of financial books.
> Robert Edmund Bauman was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, to an unwed single mother. When a teenager, Bauman moved to Easton, Maryland, where he attended Easton High School unti...

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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:** [March 1, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3897 "2011-03-01T21:32:00Z")

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> [@Sternvogel](#):
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> **Sampiro** : Did you mean the whole question of Troy King’s orientation is in dispute, or merely whether he had sex with that particular Trojan, so to speak?

It’s all based on third party allegations.

But we set the bar on burden of proof pretty low for Baker’s Dozen.

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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:** [March 1, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3898 "2011-03-01T22:05:03Z")

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Anti-Gay Public Figures Later Caught in Gay Sex Scandals or Revealed to be Gay

1. Ted Haggard
2. George Rekers
3. Larry Craig
4. Jim McGreevey
5. Eddie Long
6. Edward Schrock
7. Bob Allen
8. Troy King
9. Roy Ashburn
10. Bob Bauman
11. Gary Cooper ( **not** the actor)

> **[Exodus International | Michael Bussee and Gary Cooper](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exodus_International#Michael_Bussee_and_Gary_Cooper)**
>
> Michael Bussee, one of the founders of Exodus and Gary Cooper, a leader within the ministry of Exodus, left the group to be in a relationship with each other in 1979. They divorced their wives and participated in a commitment ceremony in 1982. Bussee and Cooper lived together until Cooper's death from AIDS-related illness in 1991.
> In June 2007, Bussee issued an apology for his involvement in promoting orientation change through Exodus. Also apologizing were Jeremy Marks, former president of Exod...

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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:** [March 2, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3899 "2011-03-02T18:13:49Z")

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Anti-Gay Public Figures Later Caught in Gay Sex Scandals or Revealed to be Gay

1. Ted Haggard
2. George Rekers
3. Larry Craig
4. Jim McGreevey
5. Eddie Long
6. Edward Schrock
7. Bob Allen
8. Troy King
9. Roy Ashburn
10. Bob Bauman
11. Gary Cooper
12. Mark Foley

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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:** [March 2, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/3900 "2011-03-02T19:27:04Z")

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Anti-Gay Public Figures Later Caught in Gay Sex Scandals or Revealed to be Gay

1. Ted Haggard
2. George Rekers
3. Larry Craig
4. Jim McGreevey
5. Eddie Long
6. Edward Schrock
7. Bob Allen
8. Troy King
9. Roy Ashburn
10. Bob Bauman
11. Gary Cooper
12. Mark Foley
13. Jon Hinson

> **[Jon Hinson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Hinson)**
>
> Jon Clifton Hinson (March 16, 1942 – July 21, 1995) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. representative for Mississippi's 4th congressional district from 1979 to 1981. Following his 1981 resignation after his arrest for engaging in a homosexual act, he became an LGBT activist in metropolitan Washington D.C.
> Born in Tylertown in Walthall County in southwestern Mississippi, Hinson attended public schools. In 1959, he worked as a page for Democratic U. S. representative John ...

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