# 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:** 2175
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43486 "2016-05-12T16:54:05Z")
Movie titles that contain a verb and somebody’s name, preferably in that order 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Forgetting Sarah Mars 4. Playing Mona Lisa 5. Driving Miss Daisy ---
**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:** [May 12, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43487 "2016-05-12T17:40:25Z")
Movie titles that contain a verb and somebody’s name, preferably in that order 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Forgetting Sarah Mars 4. Playing Mona Lisa 5. Driving Miss Daisy 6. Boxing Helena ---
**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:** [May 12, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43488 "2016-05-12T17:40:33Z")
Movie titles that contain a verb and somebody’s name, preferably in that order 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Forgetting Sarah Mars 4. Playing Mona Lisa 5. Driving Miss Daisy 6. Teaching Mrs. Tingle ---
**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 12, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43489 "2016-05-12T17:46:10Z")
Movie titles that contain a verb and somebody’s name, preferably in that order 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Forgetting Sarah Mars 4. Playing Mona Lisa 5. Driving Miss Daisy 6. Teaching Mrs. Tingle 7. Kill Bill ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43490 "2016-05-12T17:46:16Z")
Movie titles that contain a verb and somebody’s name, preferably in that order 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Forgetting Sarah Mars 4. Playing Mona Lisa 5. Driving Miss Daisy 6. Teaching Mrs. Tingle 7. Surviving Picasso 8. Kill Bill 9. Get Carter (the GOOD version starring Michael Caine, not the crappy Stallone remake) ---
**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 12, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43491 "2016-05-12T17:56:15Z")
Movie titles that contain a verb and somebody’s name, preferably in that order 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Forgetting Sarah Mars 4. Playing Mona Lisa 5. Driving Miss Daisy 6. Teaching Mrs. Tingle 7. Surviving Picasso 8. Kill Bill 9. Get Carter (the GOOD version starring Michael Caine, not the crappy Stallone remake) 10. Eating Raoul Note this past thread: [movie titles based on [active verb] + [character name] - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=400973) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43492 "2016-05-12T18:10:56Z")
Movie titles that contain a verb and somebody’s name, preferably in that order 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Forgetting Sarah Mars 4. Playing Mona Lisa 5. Driving Miss Daisy 6. Teaching Mrs. Tingle 7. Surviving Picasso 8. Kill Bill 9. Get Carter (the GOOD version starring Michael Caine, not the crappy Stallone remake) 10. Eating Raoul 11. Kissing Jessica Stein ---
**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:** [May 12, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43493 "2016-05-12T18:17:30Z")
Movie titles that contain a verb and somebody’s name, preferably in that order 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Forgetting Sarah Mars 4. Playing Mona Lisa 5. Driving Miss Daisy 6. Teaching Mrs. Tingle 7. Surviving Picasso 8. Kill Bill 9. Get Carter (the GOOD version starring Michael Caine, not the crappy Stallone remake) 10. Eating Raoul 11. Kissing Jessica Stein 12. Chasing Amy ---
**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 12, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43494 "2016-05-12T18:28:49Z")
Movie titles that contain a verb and somebody’s name, preferably in that order 1. Being John Malkovich 2. Saving Private Ryan 3. Forgetting Sarah Mars 4. Playing Mona Lisa 5. Driving Miss Daisy 6. Boxing Helena 7. Teaching Mrs. Tingle 8. Surviving Picasso 9. Kill Bill 10. Get Carter (the GOOD version starring Michael Caine, not the crappy Stallone remake) 11. Eating Raoul 12. Kissing Jessica Stein 13. Chasing Amy Housekeeping. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43495 "2016-05-12T18:42:22Z")
Continuing the abandoned one Your Soap Opera name (your middle name and the street on which you grew up) 1. Ellen Southgate 2. Carol Burnett 3. Gilbert Main 4. Damien 37th 5. Edward Brown ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43496 "2016-05-12T18:50:59Z")
Your Soap Opera name (your middle name and the street on which you grew up) 1. Ellen Southgate 2. Carol Burnett 3. Gilbert Main 4. Damien 37th 5. Edward Brown 6. Anthony Rodgers ---
**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 12, 2016, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43497 "2016-05-12T19:11:55Z")
Your Soap Opera name (your middle name and the street on which you grew up) 1. Ellen Southgate 2. Carol Burnett 3. Gilbert Main 4. Damien 37th 5. Edward Brown 6. Anthony Rodgers 7. Harris Borden Sounds very soap opera-ish! ---
**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:** [May 12, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43498 "2016-05-12T19:37:39Z")
Your Soap Opera name (your middle name and the street on which you grew up) 1. Ellen Southgate 2. Carol Burnett 3. Gilbert Main 4. Damien 37th 5. Edward Brown 6. Anthony Rodgers 7. Harris Borden 8. Hildreth Aldah … uhhhh… I guess I’m wearing tweed and smoking a pipe? ---
**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 12, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43499 "2016-05-12T20:01:31Z")
Your Soap Opera name (your middle name and the street on which you grew up) 1. Ellen Southgate 2. Carol Burnett 3. Gilbert Main 4. Damien 37th 5. Edward Brown 6. Anthony Rodgers 7. Harris Borden 8. Hildreth Aldah 9. Consuelo Palace Hmmmmm… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43500 "2016-05-12T20:17:13Z")
Your Soap Opera name (your middle name and the street on which you grew up) 1. Ellen Southgate 2. Carol Burnett 3. Gilbert Main 4. Damien 37th 5. Edward Brown 6. Anthony Rodgers 7. Harris Borden 8. Hildreth Aldah 9. Consuelo Palace 10. Charles Providence (I grew up on County Rd 30, aka Providence Chirch Road, so might be stretching just a bit., but Charlie County Road 30 doesn’t really work. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43501 "2016-05-12T20:27:47Z")
Nothing wrong with “Charles Providence Church” either. Makes you sound like you’re Episcopalian, went to Groton, followed by a stretch at Wharton, and am now sweating it at some high-pressure investment bank somewhere wondering if you’re 6 month-old daughter is going to get into Kidville Upper East Side on her own accord or if you’ll need to spend $25k on a pre-school advisor just to get her in Bright Horizons. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43502 "2016-05-12T21:52:47Z")
Your Soap Opera name (your middle name and the street on which you grew up) 1. Ellen Southgate 2. Carol Burnett 3. Gilbert Main 4. Damien 37th 5. Edward Brown 6. Anthony Rodgers 7. Harris Borden 8. Hildreth Aldah 9. Consuelo Palace 10. Charles Providence 11. Max Kessel ---
**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:** [May 12, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43503 "2016-05-12T21:54:50Z")
Your Soap Opera name (your middle name and the street on which you grew up) 1. Ellen Southgate 2. Carol Burnett 3. Gilbert Main 4. Damien 37th 5. Edward Brown 6. Anthony Rodgers 7. Harris Borden 8. Hildreth Aldah 9. Consuelo Palace 10. Charles Providence 11. Max Kessel 12. Edward Ross ---
**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 12, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43504 "2016-05-12T21:58:41Z")
Your Soap Opera name (your middle name and the street on which you grew up) 1. Ellen Southgate 2. Carol Burnett 3. Gilbert Main 4. Damien 37th 5. Edward Brown 6. Anthony Rodgers 7. Harris Borden 8. Hildreth Aldah 9. Consuelo Palace 10. Charles Providence 11. Max Kessel 12. Edward Ross 13. Blair Manchester That sounds more like Downton Abbey than a soap opera! New category: Game that you’re best at 1. Super Mario Bros. 3 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43505 "2016-05-12T22:30:41Z")
Game that you’re best at 1. Super Mario Bros. 3 2. Qwirkle [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2174) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2176)