# 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:** 2048
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40945 "2016-01-13T04:33:17Z")
What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball: 1. Dirigibles 2. Hooker and cocaine 3. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog. ---
**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 13, 2016, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40946 "2016-01-13T04:42:22Z")
What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball: 1. Dirigibles 2. Hooker and cocaine 3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes… 4. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each. ---
**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 13, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40947 "2016-01-13T04:50:54Z")
Fixing… What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball: 1. Dirigibles 2. Hooker and cocaine 3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes… 4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog. 5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40948 "2016-01-13T05:01:46Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Fixing… > > What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball: > > 1. Dirigibles > 2. Hooker and cocaine > 3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes… > 4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog. > 5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each. Isn’t the cash settlement something like 60% of the total value? And in the US you also need to pay taxes on that? Christ, you’re barely left with enough to become a James Bond villain! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40949 "2016-01-13T10:38:05Z")
As of yesterday, cash value (lump sum) was $930,000,000 before taxes, so there’s enough to become an Evil Genius, if not a full on villian. What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball: 1. Dirigibles 2. Hooker and cocaine 3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes… 4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog. 5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each. 6. Build a community performance and gathering center, an arts building if you will, so my chorus has a proper rehearsal space; also help out my financially struggling friends, and establish a hearty trust fund for my grandnephew and grandneice. Then I’d buy myself stuff. ---
**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 13, 2016, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40950 "2016-01-13T11:13:31Z")
What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball: 1. Dirigibles 2. Hooker and cocaine 3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes… 4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog. 5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each. 6. Build a community performance and gathering center, an arts building if you will, so my chorus has a proper rehearsal space; also help out my financially struggling friends, and establish a hearty trust fund for my grandnephew and grandneice. Then I’d buy myself stuff. 7. An island of mine own. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40951 "2016-01-13T12:27:27Z")
What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball: 1. Dirigibles 2. Hooker and cocaine 3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes… 4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog. 5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each. 6. Build a community performance and gathering center, an arts building if you will, so my chorus has a proper rehearsal space; also help out my financially struggling friends, and establish a hearty trust fund for my grandnephew and grandneice. Then I’d buy myself stuff. 7. An island of mine own. 8. An NFL franchise ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40952 "2016-01-13T13:49:46Z")
What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball: 1. Dirigibles 2. Hooker and cocaine 3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes… 4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog. 5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each. 6. Build a community performance and gathering center, an arts building if you will, so my chorus has a proper rehearsal space; also help out my financially struggling friends, and establish a hearty trust fund for my grandnephew and grandneice. Then I’d buy myself stuff. 7. An island of mine own. 8. An NFL franchise 9. I’d give it all to the Hari Krishnas if they just promise to stay out of the airports. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40953 "2016-01-13T13:57:39Z")
What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball: 1. Dirigibles 2. Hooker and cocaine 3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes… 4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog. 5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each. 6. Build a community performance and gathering center, an arts building if you will, so my chorus has a proper rehearsal space; also help out my financially struggling friends, and establish a hearty trust fund for my grandnephew and grandneice. Then I’d buy myself stuff. 7. An island of mine own. 8. An NFL franchise 9. I’d give it all to the Hari Krishnas if they just promise to stay out of the airports. 10. A couple of towns. ---
**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 13, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40954 "2016-01-13T15:15:28Z")
What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball: 1. Dirigibles 2. Hooker and cocaine 3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes… 4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog. 5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each. 6. Build a community performance and gathering center, an arts building if you will, so my chorus has a proper rehearsal space; also help out my financially struggling friends, and establish a hearty trust fund for my grandnephew and grandneice. Then I’d buy myself stuff. 7. An island of mine own. 8. An NFL franchise 9. I’d give it all to the Hari Krishnas if they just promise to stay out of the airports. 10. A couple of towns. 11. A couple of politicians. ---
**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 13, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40955 "2016-01-13T15:16:59Z")
What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball: 1. Dirigibles 2. Hooker and cocaine 3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes… 4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog. 5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each. 6. Build a community performance and gathering center, an arts building if you will, so my chorus has a proper rehearsal space; also help out my financially struggling friends, and establish a hearty trust fund for my grandnephew and grandneice. Then I’d buy myself stuff. 7. An island of mine own. 8. An NFL franchise 9. I’d give it all to the Hari Krishnas if they just promise to stay out of the airports. 10. A couple of towns. 11. A couple of politicians. 12. Another episode of the rebooted Mystery Science Theater 3000 ---
**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 13, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40956 "2016-01-13T16:31:55Z")
What you would buy if you won the $1.4 billion Dollar Powerball: 1. Dirigibles 2. Hooker and cocaine 3. House with a 10-car garage, and then collect the 10 cars I want. That would leave me with about $1.395B, not counting taxes… 4. Buy a new house and car. Get a dog. 5. Flying lessons and then an airplane and a helicopter. Or 7 of each. 6. Build a community performance and gathering center, an arts building if you will, so my chorus has a proper rehearsal space; also help out my financially struggling friends, and establish a hearty trust fund for my grandnephew and grandneice. Then I’d buy myself stuff. 7. An island of mine own. 8. An NFL franchise 9. I’d give it all to the Hari Krishnas if they just promise to stay out of the airports. 10. A couple of towns. 11. A couple of politicians. 12. Another episode of the rebooted Mystery Science Theater 3000 13. Generous contributions to the Democratic Natl. Committee, Civil War Trust, Campaign 1776, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Habitat for Humanity, USO, my college and law school. THEN I’d buy myself stuff. Next category: Fictional admirals 1. James T. Kirk For awhile, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40957 "2016-01-13T16:51:43Z")
Fictional admirals 1. James T. Kirk 2. Admiral Rogers (McHale’s Navy) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40958 "2016-01-13T17:01:04Z")
Fictional admirals 1. James T. Kirk 2. Admiral Rogers (McHale’s Navy) 3. Horatio Hornblower Ultimately. ---
**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 13, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40959 "2016-01-13T17:01:11Z")
Fictional admirals (and source) 1. James T. Kirk (Star Trek) 2. Admiral Rogers (McHale’s Navy) 3. Horatio Hornblower (C.S. Forester) 4. Honor Harrington (Honorverse) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40960 "2016-01-13T17:17:04Z")
Fictional admirals (and source) 1. James T. Kirk (Star Trek) 2. Admiral Rogers (McHale’s Navy) 3. Horatio Hornblower (C.S. Forester) 4. Honor Harrington (Honorverse) 5. Admiral Ackbar (Star Wars original trilogy) ---
**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 13, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40961 "2016-01-13T17:24:14Z")
Fictional admirals (and source) 1. James T. Kirk (Star Trek) 2. Admiral Rogers (McHale’s Navy) 3. Horatio Hornblower (C.S. Forester) 4. Honor Harrington (Honorverse) 5. Admiral Ackbar (Star Wars original trilogy) 6. Lavrenti Kutuzov (The Mote in God’s Eye) Adm. Ackbar is in the latest movie, too, **anyrose**. ---
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40962 "2016-01-13T17:26:14Z")
Fictional admirals (and source) 1. James T. Kirk (Star Trek) 2. Admiral Rogers (McHale’s Navy) 3. Horatio Hornblower (C.S. Forester) 4. Honor Harrington (Honorverse) 5. Admiral Ackbar (Star Wars original trilogy) 6. Al Calavicci (Quantum Leap) ---
**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:** [January 13, 2016, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40963 "2016-01-13T17:33:35Z")
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**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:** [January 13, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/40964 "2016-01-13T17:35:05Z")
Fictional admirals (and source) 1. James T. Kirk (Star Trek) 2. Admiral Rogers (McHale’s Navy) 3. Horatio Hornblower (C.S. Forester) 4. Honor Harrington (Honorverse) 5. Admiral Ackbar (Star Wars original trilogy) 6. Al Calavicci (Quantum Leap) 7. Aral Vorkosigan (Vorkosiganverse novels by Lois McMaster Bujold) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2047) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2049)