# 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:** 2036

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**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:** [January 4, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40704 "2016-01-04T20:01:36Z")

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Three Gifts Mary and Joseph Would Have Preferred the Magi Bring Instead of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

1. A Babies R Us gift card, A Diaper Genie, and a Paddington Bear
2. Health insurance card, diapers, key to a nearby hotel room
3. Lots of beer, a Netflix subscription, and a live-in nanny
4. A full set of Disney plushies, sheets and blankets for the crib, _more_ diapers
5. Air compressor, for carpentry power tools

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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:** [January 4, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40705 "2016-01-04T20:24:56Z")

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Three Gifts Mary and Joseph Would Have Preferred the Magi Bring Instead of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

1. A Babies R Us gift card, A Diaper Genie, and a Paddington Bear
2. Health insurance card, diapers, key to a nearby hotel room
3. Lots of beer, a Netflix subscription, and a live-in nanny
4. A full set of Disney plushies, sheets and blankets for the crib, _more_ diapers
5. Air compressor, for carpentry power tools
6. Purina Donkey Chow (three bags)

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**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:** [January 4, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40706 "2016-01-04T21:08:38Z")

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Three Gifts Mary and Joseph Would Have Preferred the Magi Bring Instead of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

1. A Babies R Us gift card, A Diaper Genie, and a Paddington Bear
2. Health insurance card, diapers, key to a nearby hotel room
3. Lots of beer, a Netflix subscription, and a live-in nanny
4. A full set of Disney plushies, sheets and blankets for the crib, _more_ diapers
5. Air compressor, for carpentry power tools
6. Purina Donkey Chow (three bags)
7. A gold card, franks n beans for the ride home, and a bottle of Mederma for her.

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40707 "2016-01-04T22:15:00Z")

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Three Gifts Mary and Joseph Would Have Preferred the Magi Bring Instead of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

1. A Babies R Us gift card, A Diaper Genie, and a Paddington Bear
2. Health insurance card, diapers, key to a nearby hotel room
3. Lots of beer, a Netflix subscription, and a live-in nanny
4. A full set of Disney plushies, sheets and blankets for the crib, _more_ diapers
5. Air compressor, for carpentry power tools
6. Purina Donkey Chow (three bags)
7. Re-gifted Fondue set, set of steak knives, electric can opener.

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**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:** [January 4, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40708 "2016-01-04T22:44:30Z")

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Prior ninja fix…

Three Gifts Mary and Joseph Would Have Preferred the Magi Bring Instead of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

1. A Babies R Us gift card, A Diaper Genie, and a Paddington Bear
2. Health insurance card, diapers, key to a nearby hotel room
3. Lots of beer, a Netflix subscription, and a live-in nanny
4. A full set of Disney plushies, sheets and blankets for the crib, _more_ diapers
5. Air compressor, for carpentry power tools
6. Purina Donkey Chow (three bags)
7. A gold card, franks n beans for the ride home, and a bottle of Mederma for her.
8. Re-gifted Fondue set, set of steak knives, electric can opener.
9. Soap-on-a-rope

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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:** [January 5, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40709 "2016-01-05T02:38:13Z")

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Three Gifts Mary and Joseph Would Have Preferred the Magi Bring Instead of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

1. A Babies R Us gift card, A Diaper Genie, and a Paddington Bear
2. Health insurance card, diapers, key to a nearby hotel room
3. Lots of beer, a Netflix subscription, and a live-in nanny
4. A full set of Disney plushies, sheets and blankets for the crib, _more_ diapers
5. Air compressor, for carpentry power tools
6. Purina Donkey Chow (three bags)
7. A gold card, franks n beans for the ride home, and a bottle of Mederma for her.
8. Re-gifted Fondue set, set of steak knives, electric can opener.
9. Soap-on-a-rope
10. Gold, gold, and gold.

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**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:** [January 5, 2016, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40710 "2016-01-05T04:04:27Z")

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Three Gifts Mary and Joseph Would Have Preferred the Magi Bring Instead of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

1. A Babies R Us gift card, A Diaper Genie, and a Paddington Bear
2. Health insurance card, diapers, key to a nearby hotel room
3. Lots of beer, a Netflix subscription, and a live-in nanny
4. A full set of Disney plushies, sheets and blankets for the crib, _more_ diapers
5. Air compressor, for carpentry power tools
6. Purina Donkey Chow (three bags)
7. A gold card, franks n beans for the ride home, and a bottle of Mederma for her.
8. Re-gifted Fondue set, set of steak knives, electric can opener.
9. Soap-on-a-rope
10. Gold, gold, and gold.
11. Diamonds

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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:** [January 5, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40711 "2016-01-05T04:07:38Z")

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Three Gifts Mary and Joseph Would Have Preferred the Magi Bring Instead of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

1. A Babies R Us gift card, A Diaper Genie, and a Paddington Bear
2. Health insurance card, diapers, key to a nearby hotel room
3. Lots of beer, a Netflix subscription, and a live-in nanny
4. A full set of Disney plushies, sheets and blankets for the crib, _more_ diapers
5. Air compressor, for carpentry power tools
6. Purina Donkey Chow (three bags)
7. A gold card, franks n beans for the ride home, and a bottle of Mederma for her.
8. Re-gifted Fondue set, set of steak knives, electric can opener.
9. Soap-on-a-rope
10. Gold, gold, and gold.
11. Diamonds
12. “Get out of jail free” cards from Roman Empire, King Herod and Pharisees

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**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:** [January 5, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40712 "2016-01-05T04:48:42Z")

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Three Gifts Mary and Joseph Would Have Preferred the Magi Bring Instead of Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh

1. A Babies R Us gift card, A Diaper Genie, and a Paddington Bear
2. Health insurance card, diapers, key to a nearby hotel room
3. Lots of beer, a Netflix subscription, and a live-in nanny
4. A full set of Disney plushies, sheets and blankets for the crib, _more_ diapers
5. Air compressor, for carpentry power tools
6. Purina Donkey Chow (three bags)
7. A gold card, franks n beans for the ride home, and a bottle of Mederma for her.
8. Re-gifted Fondue set, set of steak knives, electric can opener.
9. Soap-on-a-rope
10. Gold, gold, and gold.
11. Diamonds
12. “Get out of jail free” cards from Roman Empire, King Herod and Pharisees
13. Three Hawaiian islands – nice ones, not the leper ones.

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Video games unlikely to be featured this week during [Awesome Games Done Quick](https://gamesdonequick.com/)’s bi-annual charity speedrunning livestream.

1. Minesweeper

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**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:** [January 5, 2016, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40713 "2016-01-05T06:01:03Z")

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Video games unlikely to be featured this week during [Awesome Games Done Quick](https://gamesdonequick.com/)’s bi-annual charity speedrunning livestream.

1. Minesweeper
2. Asteroids

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**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:** [January 5, 2016, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40714 "2016-01-05T09:44:03Z")

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Video games unlikely to be featured this week during [Awesome Games Done Quick](https://gamesdonequick.com/)’s bi-annual charity speedrunning livestream.

1. Minesweeper
2. Asteroids
3. Farmville

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**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:** [January 5, 2016, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40715 "2016-01-05T10:04:02Z")

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Video games unlikely to be featured this week during [Awesome Games Done Quick](https://gamesdonequick.com/)’s bi-annual charity speedrunning livestream.

1. Minesweeper
2. Asteroids
3. Farmville
4. Defender

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2016, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40716 "2016-01-05T12:38:19Z")

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Video games unlikely to be featured this week during Awesome Games Done Quick’s bi-annual charity speedrunning livestream.

1. Minesweeper
2. Asteroids
3. Farmville
4. Defender
5. Pac-Man

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**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:** [January 5, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40717 "2016-01-05T14:07:59Z")

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Video games unlikely to be featured this week during Awesome Games Done Quick’s bi-annual charity speedrunning livestream.

1. Minesweeper
2. Asteroids
3. Farmville
4. Defender
5. Pac-Man
6. Tetris

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**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:** [January 5, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40718 "2016-01-05T14:17:40Z")

</div>

Video games unlikely to be featured this week during [Awesome Games Done Quick](https://gamesdonequick.com/)’s bi-annual charity speedrunning livestream.

1. Minesweeper
2. Asteroids
3. Farmville
4. Defender
5. Pac-Man
6. Tetris
7. Frogger

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**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:** [January 5, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40719 "2016-01-05T15:37:47Z")

</div>

Video games unlikely to be featured this week during [Awesome Games Done Quick](https://gamesdonequick.com/)’s bi-annual charity speedrunning livestream.

1. Minesweeper
2. Asteroids
3. Farmville
4. Defender
5. Pac-Man
6. Tetris
7. Frogger
8. Pong

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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:** [January 5, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40720 "2016-01-05T16:01:30Z")

</div>

Video games unlikely to be featured this week during [Awesome Games Done Quick](https://gamesdonequick.com/)’s bi-annual charity speedrunning livestream.

1. Minesweeper
2. Asteroids
3. Farmville
4. Defender
5. Pac-Man
6. Tetris
7. Frogger
8. Pong
9. Custer’s Revenge

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**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:** [January 5, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40721 "2016-01-05T16:25:20Z")

</div>

Video games unlikely to be featured this week during [Awesome Games Done Quick](https://gamesdonequick.com/)’s bi-annual charity speedrunning livestream.

1. Minesweeper
2. Asteroids
3. Farmville
4. Defender
5. Pac-Man
6. Tetris
7. Frogger
8. Pong
9. Custer’s Revenge
10. Sniper Elite V2

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**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:** [January 5, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40722 "2016-01-05T18:02:21Z")

</div>

Video games unlikely to be featured this week during [Awesome Games Done Quick](https://gamesdonequick.com/)’s bi-annual charity speedrunning livestream.

1. Minesweeper
2. Asteroids
3. Farmville
4. Defender
5. Pac-Man
6. Tetris
7. Frogger
8. Pong
9. Custer’s Revenge
10. Sniper Elite V2
11. Space Invaders

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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:** [January 5, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40723 "2016-01-05T18:17:00Z")

</div>

Video games unlikely to be featured this week during Awesome Games Done Quick’s bi-annual charity speedrunning livestream.

1. Minesweeper
2. Asteroids
3. Farmville
4. Defender
5. Pac-Man
6. Tetris
7. Frogger
8. Pong
9. Custer’s Revenge
10. Sniper Elite V2
11. Space Invaders
12. Call of Duty

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