# 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:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42545 "2016-04-09T19:59:16Z")

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Must have secret gadgets for a super spy.

1. A phone that’s a gun and a gun that’s a phone.
2. The Cone of Silence
3. X-ray vision goggles
4. Hearing aid that’s a comm-link to HQ
5. A decoder ring (“Drink Your Ovaltine”)
6. Secret camera, hidden in a pen or lapel (tuxedo lapel for the super well dressed spy)
7. Car that goes from 0 to 120 in about 2 seconds, yet lets you jump out of it with no damage done to you or your suit (tuxedo for the super well dressed spy)
8. A metal table to strap down bad guys and fry their goolies with a laser(turnabout is fair play)

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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:** [April 9, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42546 "2016-04-09T20:44:44Z")

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Must have secret gadgets for a super spy.

1. A phone that’s a gun and a gun that’s a phone.
2. The Cone of Silence
3. X-ray vision goggles
4. Hearing aid that’s a comm-link to HQ
5. A decoder ring (“Drink Your Ovaltine”)
6. Secret camera, hidden in a pen or lapel (tuxedo lapel for the super well dressed spy)
7. Car that goes from 0 to 120 in about 2 seconds, yet lets you jump out of it with no damage done to you or your suit (tuxedo for the super well dressed spy)
8. A metal table to strap down bad guys and fry their goolies with a laser(turnabout is fair play)
9. Tablet that controls armies of drones and nanobots

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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:** [April 9, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42547 "2016-04-09T21:03:57Z")

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Must have secret gadgets for a super spy.

1. A phone that’s a gun and a gun that’s a phone.
2. The Cone of Silence
3. X-ray vision goggles
4. Hearing aid that’s a comm-link to HQ
5. A decoder ring (“Drink Your Ovaltine”)
6. Secret camera, hidden in a pen or lapel (tuxedo lapel for the super well dressed spy)
7. Car that goes from 0 to 120 in about 2 seconds, yet lets you jump out of it with no damage done to you or your suit (tuxedo for the super well dressed spy)
8. A metal table to strap down bad guys and fry their goolies with a laser(turnabout is fair play)
9. Tablet that controls armies of drones and nanobots
10. Mini stun gun to temporarily freeze and disable enemies

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**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:** [April 9, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42548 "2016-04-09T21:31:21Z")

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Must-have secret gadgets for a super spy.

1. A phone that’s a gun and a gun that’s a phone.
2. The Cone of Silence
3. X-ray vision goggles
4. Hearing aid that’s a comm-link to HQ
5. A decoder ring (“Drink Your Ovaltine”)
6. Secret camera, hidden in a pen or lapel (tuxedo lapel for the super well dressed spy)
7. Car that goes from 0 to 120 in about 2 seconds, yet lets you jump out of it with no damage done to you or your suit (tuxedo for the super well dressed spy)
8. A metal table to strap down bad guys and fry their goolies with a laser(turnabout is fair play)
9. Tablet that controls armies of drones and nanobots
10. Mini stun gun to temporarily freeze and disable enemies
11. Shoe phone

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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:** [April 9, 2016, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42549 "2016-04-09T21:47:23Z")

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Must-have secret gadgets for a super spy.

1. A phone that’s a gun and a gun that’s a phone.
2. The Cone of Silence
3. X-ray vision goggles
4. Hearing aid that’s a comm-link to HQ
5. A decoder ring (“Drink Your Ovaltine”)
6. Secret camera, hidden in a pen or lapel (tuxedo lapel for the super well dressed spy)
7. Car that goes from 0 to 120 in about 2 seconds, yet lets you jump out of it with no damage done to you or your suit (tuxedo for the super-well-dressed spy)
8. A metal table to strap down bad guys and fry their goolies with a laser(turnabout is fair play)
9. Tablet that controls armies of drones and nanobots
10. Mini stun gun to temporarily freeze and disable enemies
11. Shoe phone
12. Deluxe watch with superpowerful magnet in it that will only pull the metal objects towards you that you want

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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:** [April 10, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42550 "2016-04-10T02:49:26Z")

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Must-have secret gadgets for a super spy.

1. A phone that’s a gun and a gun that’s a phone.
2. The Cone of Silence
3. X-ray vision goggles
4. Hearing aid that’s a comm-link to HQ
5. A decoder ring (“Drink Your Ovaltine”)
6. Secret camera, hidden in a pen or lapel (tuxedo lapel for the super well dressed spy)
7. Car that goes from 0 to 120 in about 2 seconds, yet lets you jump out of it with no damage done to you or your suit (tuxedo for the super-well-dressed spy)
8. A metal table to strap down bad guys and fry their goolies with a laser(turnabout is fair play)
9. Tablet that controls armies of drones and nanobots
10. Mini stun gun to temporarily freeze and disable enemies
11. Shoe phone
12. Deluxe watch with superpowerful magnet in it that will only pull the metal objects towards you that you want
13. Pen that’s also a grenade

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For Hugh Hefner’s 90th birthday today, famous libertines (real or fictional):

1. Casanova

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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:** [April 10, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42551 "2016-04-10T03:19:42Z")

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For Hugh Hefner’s 90th birthday today, famous libertines (real or fictional):

1. Casanova
2. Elagabalus

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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:** [April 10, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42552 "2016-04-10T03:22:41Z")

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For Hugh Hefner’s 90th birthday today, famous libertines (real or fictional):

1. Casanova
2. Elagabalus
3. Don Juan

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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:** [April 10, 2016, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42553 "2016-04-10T03:51:13Z")

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For Hugh Hefner’s 90th birthday today, famous libertines (real or fictional):

1. Casanova
2. Elagabalus
3. Don Juan
4. Caligula

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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:** [April 10, 2016, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42554 "2016-04-10T10:03:32Z")

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For Hugh Hefner’s 90th birthday today, famous libertines (real or fictional):

1. Casanova
2. Elagabalus
3. Don Juan
4. Caligula
5. Captain Jack Harkness

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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:** [April 10, 2016, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42555 "2016-04-10T11:16:00Z")

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For Hugh Hefner’s 90th birthday today, famous libertines (real or fictional):

1. Casanova
2. Elagabalus
3. Don Juan
4. Caligula
5. Captain Jack Harkness
6. Errol Flynn

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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:** [April 10, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42556 "2016-04-10T13:08:34Z")

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For Hugh Hefner’s 90th birthday today, famous libertines (real or fictional):

1. Casanova
2. Elagabalus
3. Don Juan
4. Caligula
5. Captain Jack Harkness
6. Errol Flynn
7. Jean Shepherd

The 1950s New York all-night radio talk show host who called himself “I, Libertine” and was the first to routinely and openly insult people on the air. (Original definition of “libertine” – man freed from slavery) [The Man Behind The Brilliant Media Hoax Of "I, Libertine" - The Awl](http://www.theawl.com/2013/02/the-man-behind-the-brilliant-media-hoax-of-i-libertine)

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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:** [April 10, 2016, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42557 "2016-04-10T15:36:46Z")

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For Hugh Hefner’s 90th birthday today, famous libertines (real or fictional):

1. Casanova
2. Elagabalus
3. Don Juan
4. Caligula
5. Captain Jack Harkness
6. Errol Flynn
7. Jean Shepherd
8. Marquis de Sade

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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42558 "2016-04-10T15:38:01Z")

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For Hugh Hefner’s 90th birthday today, famous libertines (real or fictional):

1. Casanova
2. Elagabalus
3. Don Juan
4. Caligula
5. Captain Jack Harkness
6. Errol Flynn
7. Jean Shepherd
8. Marquis de Sade
9. Hedonismbot [Hedonismbot - The Infosphere, the Futurama Wiki](https://theinfosphere.org/Hedonismbot)

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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:** [April 10, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42559 "2016-04-10T16:03:47Z")

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For Hugh Hefner’s 90th birthday today, famous libertines (real or fictional):

1. Casanova
2. Elagabalus
3. Don Juan
4. Caligula
5. Captain Jack Harkness
6. Errol Flynn
7. Jean Shepherd
8. Marquis de Sade
9. [Hedonismbot](https://theinfosphere.org/Hedonismbot)
10. Lothario

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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:** [April 10, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42560 "2016-04-10T16:04:58Z")

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For Hugh Hefner’s 90th birthday today, famous libertines (real or fictional):

1. Casanova
2. Elagabalus
3. Don Juan
4. Caligula
5. Captain Jack Harkness
6. Errol Flynn
7. Jean Shepherd
8. Marquis de Sade
9. Hedonismbot [Hedonismbot - The Infosphere, the Futurama Wiki](https://theinfosphere.org/Hedonismbot)
10. Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close’s character in \*Dangerous Liaisons \*)

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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:** [April 10, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42561 "2016-04-10T16:21:19Z")

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For Hugh Hefner’s 90th birthday today, famous libertines (real or fictional):

1. Casanova
2. Elagabalus
3. Don Juan
4. Caligula
5. Captain Jack Harkness
6. Errol Flynn
7. Jean Shepherd
8. Marquis de Sade
9. Hedonismbot [Hedonismbot - The Infosphere, the Futurama Wiki](https://theinfosphere.org/Hedonismbot)
10. Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close’s character in Dangerous Liaisons )
11. Charlie Sheen

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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:** [April 10, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42562 "2016-04-10T16:36:39Z")

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For Hugh Hefner’s 90th birthday today, famous libertines (real or fictional):

1. Casanova

2. Elagabalus

3. Don Juan

4. Caligula

5. Captain Jack Harkness

6. Errol Flynn

7. Jean Shepherd

8. Marquis de Sade

9. Hedonismbot [Hedonismbot - The Infosphere, the Futurama Wiki](https://theinfosphere.org/Hedonismbot)

10. Lothario

11. Marquise de Merteuil (Glenn Close’s character in Dangerous Liaisons )

12. Charlie Sheen

13. Vicomte de Valmont (John Malkovitch’s character in Dangerous Liaisons )

Places named for famous people

1. Bolivia / Simon Bolivar

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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:** [April 10, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42563 "2016-04-10T16:46:49Z")

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Places named for famous people

1. Bolivia / Simon Bolivar
2. Washington / George Washington

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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:** [April 10, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42564 "2016-04-10T17:41:55Z")

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Places named for famous people

1. Bolivia / Simon Bolivar
2. Washington / George Washington
3. Pennsylvania/William Penn

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