# 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:** 2141
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42805 "2016-04-18T21:05:34Z")
Chemical elements whose symbol does not reflect their modern English name. (I think there are only eleven, so we’ll start with #3.) 1. Lead – Pb 2. Gold – Au 3. Silver – Ag 4. Iron – Fe 5. Potassium - K 6. Tin - Sn 7. Tungsten - W 8. Sodium - Na 9. Antimony - Sb ---
**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 18, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42806 "2016-04-18T21:08:01Z")
Chemical elements whose symbol does not reflect their modern English name. (I think there are only eleven, so we’ll start with #3.) 1. Lead – Pb 2. Gold – Au 3. Silver – Ag 4. Iron – Fe 5. Potassium - K 6. Tin - Sn 7. Tungsten - W 8. Sodium - Na 9. Antimony - Sb 10. Mercury - Hg ---
**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 18, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42807 "2016-04-18T21:15:08Z")
Chemical elements whose symbol does not reflect their modern English name. (I think there are only eleven, so we’ll start with #3.) 1. Bombastium - Us 2. Nuridium - Jj Source: [The Periodic Table of Fictional Elements](https://shewalkssoftly.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/periodicfinalweb.jpg)3. Lead – Pb 3. Gold – Au 4. Silver – Ag 5. Iron – Fe 6. Potassium - K 7. Tin - Sn 8. Tungsten - W 9. Sodium - Na 10. Mercury - Hg ---
**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 18, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42808 "2016-04-18T22:21:41Z")
Chemical elements whose symbol does not reflect their modern English name. (I think there are only eleven, so we’ll start with #3.) 1. Bombastium - Us 2. Nuridium - Jj Source: [The Periodic Table of Fictional Elements](https://shewalkssoftly.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/periodicfinalweb.jpg)3. Lead – Pb 3. Gold – Au 4. Silver – Ag 5. Iron – Fe 6. Potassium - K 7. Tin - Sn 8. Tungsten - W 9. Sodium - Na 10. Mercury - Hg 11. Antimony - Sb ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42809 "2016-04-18T22:59:39Z")
Chemical elements whose symbol does not reflect their modern English name. (I think there are only eleven, so we’ll start with #3.) 1. Bombastium - Us 2. Nuridium - Jj Source: The Periodic Table of Fictional Elements 3. Lead – Pb 4. Gold – Au 5. Silver – Ag 6. Iron – Fe 7. Potassium - K 8. Tin - Sn 9. Tungsten - W 10. Sodium - Na 11. Mercury - Hg 12. Antimony - Sb 13. Copper - Cu Next up Things you have left behind in a hotel room (or found left in the room by prior renter) 1. Pants ---
**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 18, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42810 "2016-04-18T23:03:58Z")
Things you have left behind in a hotel room (or found left in the room by prior renter) 1. Pants 2. The key (Or, rather the magnetic stripe card.) - Left. Can we add whether it was left or found please? ---
**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 18, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42811 "2016-04-18T23:05:41Z")
Things you have left behind in a hotel room (or found left in the room by prior renter) 1. Pants 2. The key (Or, rather the magnetic stripe card.) - Left. 3. A tip for housekeeping (I left it, on purpose) ---
**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:** [April 18, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42812 "2016-04-18T23:06:06Z")
Things you have left behind in a hotel room (or found left in the room by prior renter) 1. Pants 2. The key (Or, rather the magnetic stripe card.) - Left. 3. A tip for housekeeping (I left it, on purpose) 4. My son’s Pillow Pet - left It would have cost the same to get a new one, yet we had them mail it back to us. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42813 "2016-04-18T23:06:25Z")
Things you have left behind in a hotel room (or found left in the room by prior renter) 1. Pants - Left 2. The key (Or, rather the magnetic stripe card.) - Left. 3. A tip for housekeeping (I left it, on purpose) 4. My son’s Pillow Pet. 5. Panties - Found > [@](#): > > Can we add whether it was left or found please? OK. Dang this moves fast! ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42814 "2016-04-18T23:34:57Z")
Things you have left behind in a hotel room (or found left in the room by prior renter) 1. Pants - Left 2. The key (Or, rather the magnetic stripe card.) - Left. 3. A tip for housekeeping (I left it, on purpose) 4. My son’s Pillow Pet. 5. Panties - Found 6. Bic pen – lost The only thing I lost on my last two trips, covering ten weeks in 17 countries… ---
**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 19, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42815 "2016-04-19T00:13:24Z")
Things you have left behind in a hotel room (or found left in the room by prior renter) 1. Pants - Left 2. The key (Or, rather the magnetic stripe card.) - Left. 3. A tip for housekeeping (I left it, on purpose) 4. My son’s Pillow Pet. 5. Panties - Found 6. Bic pen – lost 7. Wallet- found I left the hotel and was a mile away when I realized that I had put my wallet under the mattress, (I don’t know why I thought that was a good idea), rushed back to the room and found the maid lifting the mattress to find it. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42816 "2016-04-19T00:37:11Z")
Things you have left behind in a hotel room (or found left in the room by prior renter) 1. Pants - Left 2. The key (Or, rather the magnetic stripe card.) - Left. 3. A tip for housekeeping (I left it, on purpose) 4. My son’s Pillow Pet. 5. Panties - Found 6. Bic pen – lost 7. Wallet- found 8. My favorite pillow- left. I’ve done this twice. Now I just use the hotel pillows. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42817 "2016-04-19T01:23:05Z")
Things you have left behind in a hotel room (or found left in the room by prior renter) 1. Pants - Left 2. The key (Or, rather the magnetic stripe card.) - Left. 3. A tip for housekeeping (I left it, on purpose) 4. My son’s Pillow Pet. 5. Panties - Found 6. Bic pen – lost 7. Wallet- found 8. My favorite pillow- left. 9. Benny Finkleheimer, my baby brother’s favorite stuffed toy (40 years ago, roughly) ---
**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 19, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42818 "2016-04-19T04:16:04Z")
Things you have left behind in a hotel room (or found left in the room by prior renter) 1. Pants - Left 2. The key (Or, rather the magnetic stripe card.) - Left. 3. A tip for housekeeping (I left it, on purpose) 4. My son’s Pillow Pet. 5. Panties - Found 6. Bic pen – lost 7. Wallet- found 8. My favorite pillow- left. 9. Benny Finkleheimer, my baby brother’s favorite stuffed toy (40 years ago, roughly) 10. My journal - left The hotel staff very helpfully sent it to me a few days later. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42819 "2016-04-19T06:22:03Z")
Things you have left behind in a hotel room (or found left in the room by prior renter) 1. Pants - Left 2. The key (Or, rather the magnetic stripe card.) - Left. 3. A tip for housekeeping (I left it, on purpose) 4. My son’s Pillow Pet. 5. Panties - Found 6. Bic pen – lost 7. Wallet- found 8. My favorite pillow- left. 9. Benny Finkleheimer, my baby brother’s favorite stuffed toy (40 years ago, roughly) 10. My journal - left 11. Phone charger (left) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42820 "2016-04-19T13:03:02Z")
Things you have left behind in a hotel room (or found left in the room by prior renter) 1. Pants - Left 2. The key (Or, rather the magnetic stripe card.) - Left. 3. A tip for housekeeping (I left it, on purpose) 4. My son’s Pillow Pet. 5. Panties - Found 6. Bic pen – lost 7. Wallet- found 8. My favorite pillow- left. 9. Benny Finkleheimer, my baby brother’s favorite stuffed toy (40 years ago, roughly) 10. My journal - left 11. Phone charger (left) 12. The cast from my wife’s dislocated elbow – left (in a drawer), intentionally and with relief ---
**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:** [April 19, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42821 "2016-04-19T14:28:10Z")
Things you have left behind in a hotel room (or found left in the room by prior renter) 1. Pants - Left 2. The key (Or, rather the magnetic stripe card.) - Left. 3. A tip for housekeeping (I left it, on purpose) 4. My son’s Pillow Pet. 5. Panties - Found 6. Bic pen – lost 7. Wallet- found 8. My favorite pillow- left. 9. Benny Finkleheimer, my baby brother’s favorite stuffed toy (40 years ago, roughly) 10. My journal - left 11. Phone charger (left) 12. The cast from my wife’s dislocated elbow – left (in a drawer), intentionally and with relief 13. Bag of weed. (found, but oddly not reported and it mysteriously disappeared over the next couple of days…) ---
**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:** [April 19, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42822 "2016-04-19T14:29:13Z")
New Topic: What you REALLY wanted this list to be about: 1. Phrenology ---
**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 19, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42823 "2016-04-19T14:41:06Z")
New Topic: What you REALLY wanted this list to be about: 1. Phrenology 2. Earthquakes ---
**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 19, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42824 "2016-04-19T14:50:05Z")
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