# 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:** 2023
**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:** [December 19, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40444 "2015-12-19T17:21:56Z")
Famous Very Short People 1. James Madison, 5 foot 4 2. Charles Steinmetz (Mathematician, electrical engineer), 4’ 0" 3. Danny DeVito, actor: 5’ 0" 4. Benito Juarez, 5-term president of Mexico – 4’6" 5. Peter Dinklage, actor: 4’ 5" 6. Paul Simon, singer 5’2" ---
**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:** [December 19, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40445 "2015-12-19T17:33:58Z")
Famous Very Short People 1. James Madison, 5 foot 4 2. Charles Steinmetz (Mathematician, electrical engineer), 4’ 0" 3. Danny DeVito, actor: 5’ 0" 4. Benito Juarez, 5-term president of Mexico – 4’6" 5. Peter Dinklage, actor: 4’ 5" 6. Paul Simon, singer 5’2" 7. Linda Hunt, actress—4’9" ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40446 "2015-12-19T17:42:59Z")
Famous Very Short People 1. James Madison, 5 foot 4 2. Charles Steinmetz (Mathematician, electrical engineer), 4’ 0" 3. Danny DeVito, actor: 5’ 0" 4. Benito Juarez, 5-term president of Mexico – 4’6" 5. Peter Dinklage, actor: 4’ 5" 6. Paul Simon, singer 5’2" 7. Linda Hunt, actress—4’9" 8. Poet Alexander Pope, 4’6" ---
**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:** [December 19, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40447 "2015-12-19T17:59:19Z")
Famous Very Short People 1. James Madison, 5 foot 4 2. Charles Steinmetz (Mathematician, electrical engineer), 4’ 0" 3. Danny DeVito, actor: 5’ 0" 4. Benito Juarez, 5-term president of Mexico – 4’6" 5. Peter Dinklage, actor: 4’ 5" 6. Paul Simon, singer 5’2" 7. Linda Hunt, actress—4’9" 8. Poet Alexander Pope, 4’6" 9. Kristin Chenoweth, actress–4’11" ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40448 "2015-12-19T18:11:04Z")
Famous Very Short People 1. James Madison, 5 foot 4 2. Charles Steinmetz (Mathematician, electrical engineer), 4’ 0" 3. Danny DeVito, actor: 5’ 0" 4. Benito Juarez, 5-term president of Mexico – 4’6" 5. Peter Dinklage, actor: 4’ 5" 6. Paul Simon, singer 5’2" 7. Linda Hunt, actress—4’9" 8. Poet Alexander Pope, 4’6" 9. Kristin Chenoweth, actress–4’11" 10. Tom Cruise, actor: 5’ 7" ---
**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:** [December 19, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40449 "2015-12-19T18:46:01Z")
Famous Very Short People 1. James Madison, 5 foot 4 2. Charles Steinmetz (Mathematician, electrical engineer), 4’ 0" 3. Danny DeVito, actor: 5’ 0" 4. Benito Juarez, 5-term president of Mexico – 4’6" 5. Peter Dinklage, actor: 4’ 5" 6. Paul Simon, singer 5’2" 7. Linda Hunt, actress—4’9" 8. Poet Alexander Pope, 4’6" 9. Kristin Chenoweth, actress–4’11" 10. Tom Cruise, actor: 5’ 7" 11. Billy Barty, actor: 3’ 9" ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40450 "2015-12-19T19:01:33Z")
Famous Very Short People 1. James Madison, 5 foot 4 2. Charles Steinmetz (Mathematician, electrical engineer), 4’ 0" 3. Danny DeVito, actor: 5’ 0" 4. Benito Juarez, 5-term president of Mexico – 4’6" 5. Peter Dinklage, actor: 4’ 5" 6. Paul Simon, singer 5’2" 7. Linda Hunt, actress—4’9" 8. Poet Alexander Pope, 4’6" 9. Kristin Chenoweth, actress–4’11" 10. Tom Cruise, actor: 5’ 7" 11. Billy Barty, actor: 3’ 9" 12. Gary Coleman, actor: 4’ 8" ---
**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:** [December 19, 2015, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40451 "2015-12-19T19:07:22Z")
Famous Very Short People 1. James Madison, 5 foot 4 2. Charles Steinmetz (Mathematician, electrical engineer), 4’ 0" 3. Danny DeVito, actor: 5’ 0" 4. Benito Juarez, 5-term president of Mexico – 4’6" 5. Peter Dinklage, actor: 4’ 5" 6. Paul Simon, singer 5’2" 7. Linda Hunt, actress—4’9" 8. Poet Alexander Pope, 4’6" 9. Kristin Chenoweth, actress–4’11" 10. Tom Cruise, actor: 5’ 7" 11. Billy Barty, actor: 3’ 9" 12. Gary Coleman, actor: 4’ 8" 13. Yuri Gagarin, first man in space, 5’ 2" New! Saints. 14. St. Nicholas ---
**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:** [December 19, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40452 "2015-12-19T19:12:07Z")
Saints 1. St. Nicholas 2. St. Judas Iscariot From George R.R. Martin’s very clever future-interstellar-Catholic-Church short story “The Way of Cross and Dragon”: [The Way of Cross and Dragon - Lightspeed Magazine](http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-way-of-cross-and-dragon/) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40453 "2015-12-19T19:13:52Z")
Saints 1. St. Nicholas 2. St. Judas Iscariot 3. St. Joan ---
**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:** [December 19, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40454 "2015-12-19T19:14:14Z")
Saints 1. St. Nicholas 2. St. Judas Iscariot 3. St. Joan 4. St. Joseph ('s University) _The Hawk Will Never Die!_ ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40455 "2015-12-19T19:24:51Z")
Saints 1. St. Nicholas 2. St. Judas Iscariot 3. St. Joan 4. St. Joseph ('s University) 5. Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha! There is a town in Quebec named after him. ---
**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:** [December 19, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40456 "2015-12-19T19:25:41Z")
Saints 1. St. Nicholas 2. St. Judas Iscariot 3. St. Joan 4. St. Joseph ('s University) 5. Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha! 6. St. Patrick ---
**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:** [December 19, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40457 "2015-12-19T19:31:17Z")
Saints 1. St. Nicholas 2. St. Judas Iscariot 3. St. Joan 4. St. Joseph ('s University) 5. Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha! 6. Saint Patrick 7. Saint Brigid of Ireland ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40458 "2015-12-19T19:34:09Z")
Saints 1. St. Nicholas 2. St. Judas Iscariot 3. St. Joan 4. St. Joseph ('s University) 5. Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha! 6. Saint Patrick 7. Saint Brigid of Ireland 8. St. Ambrose (Church, Latham NY) ---
**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:** [December 19, 2015, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40459 "2015-12-19T19:56:33Z")
Saints 1. St. Nicholas 2. St. Judas Iscariot 3. St. Joan 4. St. Joseph ('s University) 5. Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha! 6. Saint Patrick 7. Saint Brigid of Ireland 8. St. Ambrose (Church, Latham NY) 9. St. Paul ---
**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:** [December 19, 2015, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40460 "2015-12-19T19:57:08Z")
Saints 1. St. Nicholas 2. St. Judas Iscariot 3. St. Joan 4. St. Joseph ('s University) 5. Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha! 6. Saint Patrick 7. Saint Brigid of Ireland 8. St. Ambrose (Church, Latham NY) 9. St. Paul 10. St. Swithin ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40461 "2015-12-19T20:08:19Z")
Saints 1. St. Nicholas 2. St. Judas Iscariot 3. St. Joan 4. St. Joseph ('s University) 5. Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha! 6. Saint Patrick 7. Saint Brigid of Ireland 8. St. Ambrose (Church, Latham NY) 9. St. Paul 10. St. Swithin 11. St. Dismas, patron of condemned prisoners ---
**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:** [December 19, 2015, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40462 "2015-12-19T20:31:27Z")
Saints 1. St. Nicholas 2. St. Judas Iscariot 3. St. Joan 4. St. Joseph ('s University) 5. Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha! 6. Saint Patrick 7. Saint Brigid of Ireland 8. St. Ambrose (Church, Latham NY) 9. St. Paul 10. St. Swithin 11. St. Dismas, patron of condemned prisoners 12. St. Jude, patron saint of lost causes ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40463 "2015-12-19T22:29:51Z")
Saints 1. St. Nicholas 2. St. Judas Iscariot 3. St. Joan 4. St. Joseph ('s University) 5. Saint-Louis-du-Ha!-Ha! 6. Saint Patrick 7. Saint Brigid of Ireland 8. St. Ambrose (Church, Latham NY) 9. St. Paul 10. St. Swithin 11. St. Dismas, patron of condemned prisoners 12. St. Jude, patron saint of lost causes 13. St. Thomas Aquinas New topic: Heisman Trophy winners who sucked as professionals 1. Steve Spurrier [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2022) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2024)