# 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:** 2179
**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 16, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43566 "2016-05-16T18:27:13Z")
Fictional Sports Figures 1. Joe Palooka, boxer 2. Crash Davis, minor league baseball catcher 3. Jimmy Blake of the Mudville Nine, baseball 4. Casey of “Casey at the Bat” 5. Shoeless Joe, from Hannibal, MO, baseball player (Damn Yankees) 6. Clyde Taylor, Negro League baseball player (Cold Case) 7. Rod Tidwell, football player (Jerry Maguire) 8. Rocky Balboa, boxer (Rocky film series) 9. John Kelly, football (soccer) player, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton’s musical The Beautiful Game 10. Roy Hobbs, major league baseball player (The Natural) 11. David Chappellet, skier, (Downhill Racer) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43567 "2016-05-16T18:28:16Z")
Fictional Sports Figures 1. Joe Palooka, boxer 2. Crash Davis, minor league baseball catcher 3. Jimmy Blake of the Mudville Nine, baseball 4. Casey of “Casey at the Bat” 5. Shoeless Joe, from Hannibal, MO, baseball player (Damn Yankees) 6. Clyde Taylor, Negro League baseball player (Cold Case) 7. Rod Tidwell, football player (Jerry Maguire) 8. Rocky Balboa, boxer (Rocky film series) 9. John Kelly, football (soccer) player, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton’s musical The Beautiful Game 10. Roy Hobbs, major league baseball player (The Natural) Reply With Quote 11. David Chappellet, skier, (Downhill Racer) 12. Rodney Thibodeau, baseball star in “Everything Matters” by Ron Currie Jr. ---
**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 16, 2016, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43568 "2016-05-16T18:35:20Z")
Fictional Sports Figures 1. Joe Palooka, boxer 2. Crash Davis, minor league baseball catcher 3. Jimmy Blake of the Mudville Nine, baseball 4. Casey of “Casey at the Bat” 5. Shoeless Joe, from Hannibal, MO, baseball player (Damn Yankees) 6. Clyde Taylor, Negro League baseball player (Cold Case) 7. Rod Tidwell, football player (Jerry Maguire) 8. Rocky Balboa, boxer (Rocky film series) 9. John Kelly, football (soccer) player, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton’s musical The Beautiful Game 10. Roy Hobbs, major league baseball player (The Natural) Reply With Quote 11. David Chappellet, skier, (Downhill Racer) 12. Rodney Thibodeau, baseball star in “Everything Matters” by Ron Currie Jr. 13. Fox Running, Olympic miler, in R. R. Knudson’s novel Fox Running Pass. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43569 "2016-05-16T18:54:11Z")
Words that were once not considered offensive but now are: 1. retarded In the clinical sense. (Note: most racial slurs were _always_ considered offensive.) ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43570 "2016-05-16T18:58:22Z")
Words that were once not considered offensive but now are: 1. retarded 2. oriental ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43571 "2016-05-16T19:05:42Z")
Words that were once not considered offensive but now are: 1. retarded 2. oriental 3. Indian In the Native American sense. ---
**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 16, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43572 "2016-05-16T20:25:18Z")
Words that were once not considered offensive but now are: 1. retarded 2. oriental 3. Indian 4. Mongoloid Amazing that this was considered a valid medical term for Down Syndrome ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43573 "2016-05-16T20:38:46Z")
Words that were once not considered offensive but now are: 1. retarded 2. oriental 3. Indian 4. Mongoloid 5. Negro Regards, Shodan ---
**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 16, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43574 "2016-05-16T20:39:30Z")
Words that were once not considered offensive but now are: 1. retarded 2. oriental 3. Indian 4. Mongoloid 5. Negro 6. queer ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43575 "2016-05-16T20:41:46Z")
Words that were once not considered offensive but now are: 1. retarded 2. oriental 3. Indian 4. Mongoloid 5. nice Originally meant foolish or stupid, from the Latin for ignorant, _nescius_. It has ameliorated nice-ly. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43576 "2016-05-16T20:47:13Z")
Words that were once not considered offensive but now are: 1. retarded 2. oriental 3. Indian 4. Mongoloid 5. Negro 6. queer 7. nice 8. crippled ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43577 "2016-05-16T21:44:29Z")
Words that were once not considered offensive but now are: 1. retarded 2. oriental 3. Indian 4. Mongoloid 5. Negro 6. queer 7. nice 8. crippled 9. you Saying “You people” to the NAACP cost Ross Perot the nomination. In these forums, you can get a warning if the word “you” is in your response to a comment. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43578 "2016-05-16T22:16:06Z")
you ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43579 "2016-05-16T22:26:15Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > you you feel like I do? ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43580 "2016-05-16T23:03:21Z")
Words that were once not considered offensive but now are: 1. retarded 2. oriental 3. Indian 4. Mongoloid 5. Negro 6. queer 7. nice 8. crippled 9. you 10. colored ---
**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 17, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43581 "2016-05-17T00:12:24Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > In these forums, you can get a warning if the word “you” is in your response to a comment. Huh? ---
**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:** [May 17, 2016, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43582 "2016-05-17T00:15:43Z")
Words that were once not considered offensive but now are: 1. retarded 2. oriental 3. Indian 4. Mongoloid 5. Negro 6. queer 7. nice 8. crippled 9. you 10. colored 11. dear (when used by a man to a woman who isn’t his wife/girlfriend/daughter) ---
**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 17, 2016, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43583 "2016-05-17T00:43:42Z")
Words that were once not considered offensive but now are: 1. retarded 2. oriental 3. Indian 4. Mongoloid 5. Negro 6. queer 7. nice 8. crippled 9. you 10. colored 11. dear 12. boy Especially when used towards a grown man in a service job ---
**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 17, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43584 "2016-05-17T00:44:19Z")
Words that were once not considered offensive but now are: 1. retarded 2. oriental 3. Indian 4. Mongoloid 5. Negro 6. queer 7. nice 8. crippled 9. you 10. colored 11. dear 12. boy 13. Transsexual \*Transgender is preferred. Next: Title of movie, book, or play that contains a job/career. 1. Chef ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43585 "2016-05-17T00:52:23Z")
Title of movie, book, or play that contains a job/career. 1. Chef 2. _ **The Detective** _, starring Frank Sinatra [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2178) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2180)