# 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:** 2166
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43306 "2016-05-07T21:00:19Z")
Things that were not good about the good old days of the 1950’s. 1. People smoked everywhere. 2. Kids had to walk to school and eat vegetables and do household chores. 3. Women were second class citizens 4. The Cold War 5. Homosexuality was a criminal offence (Your jurisdiction may vary) 6. Negroes were second class citizens 7. No Internet 8. McCarthyism 9. Do-wop music(Yeesh!) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43307 "2016-05-07T21:59:43Z")
Things that were not good about the good old days of the 1950’s. 1. People smoked everywhere. 2. Kids had to walk to school and eat vegetables and do household chores. 3. Women were second class citizens 4. The Cold War 5. Homosexuality was a criminal offence (Your jurisdiction may vary) 6. Negroes were second class citizens 7. No Internet 8. McCarthyism 9. Do-wop music(Yeesh!) 10. Kids were exposed to unwholesome influences on TV, like Eddie Haskell and Maynard G. Krebs… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43308 "2016-05-07T22:41:33Z")
Things that were not good about the good old days of the 1950’s. 1. People smoked everywhere. 2. Kids had to walk to school and eat vegetables and do household chores. 3. Women were second class citizens 4. The Cold War 5. Homosexuality was a criminal offence (Your jurisdiction may vary) 6. Negroes were second class citizens 7. No Internet 8. McCarthyism 9. Do-wop music(Yeesh!) 10. Kids were exposed to unwholesome influences on TV, like Eddie Haskell and Maynard G. Krebs. 11. 10,000 “Thalidomide babies” ---
**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:** [May 7, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43309 "2016-05-07T23:19:46Z")
Things that were not good about the good old days of the 1950’s. 1. People smoked everywhere. 2. Kids had to walk to school and eat vegetables and do household chores. 3. Women were second class citizens 4. The Cold War 5. Homosexuality was a criminal offence (Your jurisdiction may vary) 6. Negroes were second class citizens 7. No Internet 8. McCarthyism 9. Do-wop music(Yeesh!) 10. Kids were exposed to unwholesome influences on TV, like Eddie Haskell and Maynard G. Krebs. 11. 10,000 “Thalidomide babies” 12. The Korean war, over 50,000 American deaths ---
**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:** [May 7, 2016, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43310 "2016-05-07T23:21:19Z")
Things that were not good about the good old days of the 1950’s. 1. People smoked everywhere. 2. Kids had to walk to school and eat vegetables and do household chores. 3. Women were second class citizens 4. The Cold War 5. Homosexuality was a criminal offence (Your jurisdiction may vary) 6. Negroes were second class citizens 7. No Internet 8. McCarthyism 9. Automobile aerodynamics 10. Do-wop music(Yeesh!) 11. 10,000 “Thalidomide babies” 12. The Korean war, over 50,000 American deaths 13. No Beatles yet! Pass. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43311 "2016-05-07T23:22:28Z")
Things that were not good about the good old days of the 1950’s. 1. People smoked everywhere. 2. Kids had to walk to school and eat vegetables and do household chores. 3. Women were second class citizens 4. The Cold War 5. Homosexuality was a criminal offence (Your jurisdiction may vary) 6. Negroes were second class citizens 7. No Internet 8. McCarthyism 9. Automobile aerodynamics 10. Do-wop music(Yeesh!) 11. No Beatles yet! 12. Stalin ruled Russia, Castro took over Cuba, and Ike put Brennan and Warren on the Supreme Court ---
**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:** [May 7, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43312 "2016-05-07T23:35:13Z")
New Category: Famous horses, Derby winners or others 1. Bucephalus ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43313 "2016-05-07T23:43:13Z")
Famous horses, Derby winners or others 1. Bucephalus 2. Mr Ed ---
**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:** [May 7, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43314 "2016-05-07T23:44:44Z")
Famous horses, Derby winners or others 1. Bucephalus 2. Mr. Ed 3. Seabiscuit ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43315 "2016-05-08T00:05:26Z")
Famous horses, Derby winners or others 1. Bucephalus 2. Mr. Ed 3. Seabiscuit 4. Kelso ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43316 "2016-05-08T00:51:23Z")
Famous horses, Derby winners or others 1. Bucephalus 2. Mr. Ed 3. Seabiscuit 4. Kelso 5. Trigger ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43317 "2016-05-08T01:21:08Z")
Famous horses, Derby winners or others 1. Bucephalus 2. Mr. Ed 3. Seabiscuit 4. Kelso 5. Trigger 6. America’s “A Horse with no Name” ---
**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:** [May 8, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43318 "2016-05-08T01:24:29Z")
Famous horses, Derby winners or others 1. Bucephalus 2. Mr. Ed 3. Seabiscuit 4. Kelso 5. Trigger 6. America’s “A Horse with no Name” 7. Nyquist ---
**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:** [May 8, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43319 "2016-05-08T03:09:15Z")
Famous horses, Derby winners or others 1. Bucephalus 2. Mr. Ed 3. Seabiscuit 4. Kelso 5. Trigger 6. America’s “A Horse with no Name” 7. Nyquist 8. Traveller ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43320 "2016-05-08T03:12:45Z")
Famous horses, Derby winners or others 1. Bucephalus 2. Mr. Ed 3. Seabiscuit 4. Kelso 5. Trigger 6. America’s “A Horse with no Name” 7. Nyquist 8. Traveller 9. Flicka ---
**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:** [May 8, 2016, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43321 "2016-05-08T03:15:44Z")
Famous horses, Derby winners or others 1. Bucephalus 2. Mr. Ed 3. Seabiscuit 4. Kelso 5. Trigger 6. America’s “A Horse with no Name” 7. Nyquist 8. Traveller 9. Flicka 10. Man O’ War ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43322 "2016-05-08T03:20:37Z")
Famous horses, Derby winners or others 1. Bucephalus 2. Mr. Ed 3. Seabiscuit 4. Kelso 5. Trigger 6. America’s “A Horse with no Name” 7. Nyquist 8. Traveller 9. Man O’ War 10. Champion ---
**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:** [May 8, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43323 "2016-05-08T03:21:28Z")
Famous horses, Derby winners or others 1. Bucephalus 2. Mr. Ed 3. Seabiscuit 4. Kelso 5. Trigger 6. America’s “A Horse with no Name” 7. Nyquist 8. Traveller 9. Flicka 10. Man O’ War 11. Champion 12. The Budweiser Clydesdales ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43324 "2016-05-08T09:11:52Z")
Famous horses, Derby winners or others 1. Bucephalus 2. Mr. Ed 3. Seabiscuit 4. Kelso 5. Trigger 6. America’s “A Horse with no Name” 7. Nyquist 8. Traveller 9. Flicka 10. Man O’ War 11. Champion 12. The Budweiser Clydesdales 13. Clever Hans Biblical Couples 14. David and Bathsheba ---
**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:** [May 8, 2016, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43325 "2016-05-08T10:03:44Z")
Biblical Couples 1. David and Bathsheba Seriously? :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2165) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2167)