# 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:** 2070

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41385 "2016-02-07T12:19:32Z")

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TV shows about doctors, nurses, medicine, etc.

1. Scrubs
2. House
3. M_A_S\*H
4. ER
5. St. Elsewhere
6. Grey’s Anatomy
7. Ben Casey
8. All Creatures Great and Small
9. Doogie Howser, M.D.
10. (the other) E/R  
which also starred George Clooney, btw

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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:** [February 7, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41386 "2016-02-07T12:26:36Z")

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TV shows about doctors, nurses, medicine, etc.

1. Scrubs
2. House
3. M_A_S\*H
4. ER
5. St. Elsewhere
6. Grey’s Anatomy
7. Ben Casey
8. All Creatures Great and Small
9. Doogie Howser, M.D.
10. (the other) E/R
11. Dr. Kildare

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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:** [February 7, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41387 "2016-02-07T13:17:27Z")

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TV shows about doctors, nurses, medicine, etc.

1. Scrubs
2. House
3. M_A_S\*H
4. ER
5. St. Elsewhere
6. Grey’s Anatomy
7. Ben Casey
8. All Creatures Great and Small
9. Doogie Howser, M.D.
10. (the other) E/R
11. Dr. Kildare
12. Quincy, M.E.

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**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41388 "2016-02-07T13:29:45Z")

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> [@jtur88](#):
>
> TV shows about doctors, nurses, medicine, etc.
> 
> 1. Scrubs
> 2. House
> 3. M_A_S\*H
> 4. ER
> 5. St. Elsewhere
> 6. Grey’s Anatomy
> 7. Ben Casey
> 8. All Creatures Great and Small
> 9. Doogie Howser, M.D.
> 10. (the other) E/R
> 11. Dr. Kildare
> 12. Quincy, M.E.

1. Medic

Species crosses you’d never want to see.

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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:** [February 7, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41389 "2016-02-07T13:38:41Z")

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Species crosses you’d never want to see.

1. Warthog + Dung beetle = Dungwart Hogbeetle

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41390 "2016-02-07T17:18:43Z")

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Species crosses you’d never want to see.

1. Warthog + Dung beetle = Dungwart Hogbeetle
2. Piranha + flying fish

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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:** [February 7, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41391 "2016-02-07T18:06:08Z")

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Species crosses you’d never want to see.

1. Warthog + Dung beetle = Dungwart Hogbeetle
2. Piranha + flying fish
3. Brussel sprouts + boiled eggs = my official most disgusting food

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41392 "2016-02-07T18:51:48Z")

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Species crosses you’d never want to see.

1. Warthog + Dung beetle = Dungwart Hogbeetle
2. Piranha + flying fish
3. Brussel sprouts + boiled eggs = my official most disgusting food
4. Donald Trump + vuvuzela (though possibly he has some vuvuzela ancestry already)

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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:** [February 7, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41393 "2016-02-07T19:17:56Z")

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Species crosses you’d never want to see.

1. Warthog + Dung beetle = Dungwart Hogbeetle
2. Piranha + flying fish
3. Brussel sprouts + boiled eggs = my official most disgusting food
4. Donald Trump + vuvuzela (though possibly he has some vuvuzela ancestry already)
5. Octopus plus hippopotamus = deadliest animal in Africa can now go through an opening the size of the hole on a mayonnaise jar

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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:** [February 7, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41394 "2016-02-07T20:10:08Z")

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Species crosses you’d never want to see.

1. Warthog + Dung beetle = Dungwart Hogbeetle
2. Piranha + flying fish
3. Brussel sprouts + boiled eggs = my official most disgusting food
4. Donald Trump + vuvuzela (though possibly he has some vuvuzela ancestry already)
5. Octopus plus hippopotamus = deadliest animal in Africa can now go through an opening the size of the hole on a mayonnaise jar
6. Great tit (Parus major) + Penduline tit (Auriparus sp.) = Norma Stits.

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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:** [February 7, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41395 "2016-02-07T20:18:47Z")

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pecies crosses you’d never want to see.

1. Warthog + Dung beetle = Dungwart Hogbeetle
2. Piranha + flying fish
3. Brussel sprouts + boiled eggs = my official most disgusting food
4. Donald Trump + vuvuzela (though possibly he has some vuvuzela ancestry already)
5. Octopus plus hippopotamus = deadliest animal in Africa can now go through an opening the size of the hole on a mayonnaise jar
6. Great tit (Parus major) + Penduline tit (Auriparus sp.) = Norma Stits.
7. Sheep and bald eagles

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJfPV7HU1IM)

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**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41396 "2016-02-07T21:07:14Z")

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Species crosses you’d never want to see.

1. Warthog + Dung beetle = Dungwart Hogbeetle
2. Piranha + flying fish
3. Brussel sprouts + boiled eggs = my official most disgusting food
4. Donald Trump + vuvuzela (though possibly he has some vuvuzela ancestry already)
5. Octopus plus hippopotamus = deadliest animal in Africa can now go through an opening the size of the hole on a mayonnaise jar
6. Great tit (Parus major) + Penduline tit (Auriparus sp.) = Norma Stits.
7. Sheep and bald eagles
8. cockroach + mosquito = filthy, go everywhere all year round, and transmit deadly diseases by stinging

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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:** [February 8, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41397 "2016-02-08T12:54:14Z")

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Species crosses you’d never want to see.

1. Warthog + Dung beetle = Dungwart Hogbeetle
2. Piranha + flying fish
3. Brussel sprouts + boiled eggs = my official most disgusting food
4. Donald Trump + vuvuzela (though possibly he has some vuvuzela ancestry already)
5. Octopus plus hippopotamus = deadliest animal in Africa can now go through an opening the size of the hole on a mayonnaise jar
6. Great tit (Parus major) + Penduline tit (Auriparus sp.) = Norma Stits.
7. Sheep and bald eagles
8. cockroach + mosquito = filthy, go everywhere all year round, and transmit deadly diseases by stinging
9. Hot dog + Grilled cheese = Puppy Melt

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41398 "2016-02-08T15:31:52Z")

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Species crosses you’d never want to see.

1. Warthog + Dung beetle = Dungwart Hogbeetle
2. Piranha + flying fish
3. Brussel sprouts + boiled eggs = my official most disgusting food
4. Donald Trump + vuvuzela (though possibly he has some vuvuzela ancestry already)
5. Octopus plus hippopotamus = deadliest animal in Africa can now go through an opening the size of the hole on a mayonnaise jar
6. Great tit (Parus major) + Penduline tit (Auriparus sp.) = Norma Stits.
7. Sheep and bald eagles
8. cockroach + mosquito = filthy, go everywhere all year round, and transmit deadly diseases by stinging
9. Hot dog + Grilled cheese = Puppy Melt
10. [Puppy + Monkey + Baby](http://gawker.com/mountain-dew-presents-the-puppymonkeybaby-a-horror-hal-1757701922) \<shudder\>

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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:** [February 8, 2016, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41399 "2016-02-08T15:50:07Z")

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Species crosses you’d never want to see.

1. Warthog + Dung beetle = Dungwart Hogbeetle
2. Piranha + flying fish
3. Brussel sprouts + boiled eggs = my official most disgusting food
4. Donald Trump + vuvuzela (though possibly he has some vuvuzela ancestry already)
5. Octopus plus hippopotamus = deadliest animal in Africa can now go through an opening the size of the hole on a mayonnaise jar
6. Great tit (Parus major) + Penduline tit (Auriparus sp.) = Norma Stits.
7. Sheep and bald eagles
8. cockroach + mosquito = filthy, go everywhere all year round, and transmit deadly diseases by stinging
9. Hot dog + Grilled cheese = Puppy Melt
10. [Puppy + Monkey + Baby](http://gawker.com/mountain-dew-presents-the-puppymonkeybaby-a-horror-hal-1757701922) \<shudder\>
11. A platypus with a bat for a mammal that thinks absolutely no rules apply to him

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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:** [February 8, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41400 "2016-02-08T16:04:53Z")

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Species crosses you’d never want to see.

1. Warthog + Dung beetle = Dungwart Hogbeetle
2. Piranha + flying fish
3. Brussel sprouts + boiled eggs = my official most disgusting food
4. Donald Trump + vuvuzela (though possibly he has some vuvuzela ancestry already)
5. Octopus plus hippopotamus = deadliest animal in Africa can now go through an opening the size of the hole on a mayonnaise jar
6. Great tit (Parus major) + Penduline tit (Auriparus sp.) = Norma Stits.
7. Sheep and bald eagles
8. cockroach + mosquito = filthy, go everywhere all year round, and transmit deadly diseases by stinging
9. Hot dog + Grilled cheese = Puppy Melt
10. Puppy + Monkey + Baby \<shudder\>
11. A platypus with a bat for a mammal that thinks absolutely no rules apply to him
12. Cobra and hawk

Venomous avian predators - run away!

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41401 "2016-02-08T16:15:32Z")

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Species crosses you’d never want to see.

1. Warthog + Dung beetle = Dungwart Hogbeetle
2. Piranha + flying fish
3. Brussel sprouts + boiled eggs = my official most disgusting food
4. Donald Trump + vuvuzela (though possibly he has some vuvuzela ancestry already)
5. Octopus plus hippopotamus = deadliest animal in Africa can now go through an opening the size of the hole on a mayonnaise jar
6. Great tit (Parus major) + Penduline tit (Auriparus sp.) = Norma Stits.
7. Sheep and bald eagles
8. cockroach + mosquito = filthy, go everywhere all year round, and transmit deadly diseases by stinging
9. Hot dog + Grilled cheese = Puppy Melt
10. Puppy + Monkey + Baby \<shudder\>
11. A platypus with a bat for a mammal that thinks absolutely no rules apply to him
12. Cobra and hawk
13. Dogs and cats - would they be “Dats” or “Cogs”?

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41402 "2016-02-08T16:16:37Z")

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New Topic:

Things to do when looking for a job…

1. Network, network, network

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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:** [February 8, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41403 "2016-02-08T16:18:58Z")

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Things to do when looking for a job…

1. Network, network, network
2. Collect Unemployment benefits.

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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:** [February 8, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/41404 "2016-02-08T16:23:33Z")

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Things to do when looking for a job…

1. Network, network, network
2. Collect Unemployment benefits.
3. Ask a keen-eyed friend to edit your cover letters and resume

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