# 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\
**Page:** 218

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4341 "2011-03-19T03:18:48Z")

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Characters from plays by Molière

1. Tartuffe
2. Harpagon
3. Argan - Le Malade Imaginaire
4. Scapin- Scapin
5. Damis - Tartuffe
6. Monsieur Jourdain - The Bourgeois Gentleman
7. Arnolphe – L’école des femmes
8. Dom Juan - Dom Juan
9. Alceste - The Misanthrope
10. Sganarelle - Dom Juan
11. Sganarelle - Le Médecin malgré lui

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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:** [March 19, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4342 "2011-03-19T04:23:06Z")

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Characters from plays by Molière

1. Tartuffe
2. Harpagon
3. Argan - Le Malade Imaginaire
4. Scapin- Scapin
5. Damis - Tartuffe
6. Monsieur Jourdain - The Bourgeois Gentleman
7. Arnolphe – L’école des femmes
8. Dom Juan - Dom Juan
9. Alceste - The Misanthrope
10. Sganarelle - Dom Juan
11. Sganarelle - Le Médecin malgré lui
12. Gorgibus/Le Médecin malgré lui

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**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4343 "2011-03-19T09:53:01Z")

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Characters from plays by Molière

1. Tartuffe
2. Harpagon
3. Argan - Le Malade Imaginaire
4. Scapin- Scapin
5. Damis - Tartuffe
6. Monsieur Jourdain - The Bourgeois Gentleman
7. Arnolphe – L’école des femmes
8. Dom Juan - Dom Juan
9. Alceste - The Misanthrope
10. Sganarelle - Dom Juan
11. Sganarelle - Le Médecin malgré lui
12. Gorgibus/Le Médecin malgré lui
13. Cleante - L’Avare

Next: Awesome or Awesomely Bad Public Service Announcement Ads

1. [This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtih-rOXXPw)

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4344 "2011-03-19T12:36:50Z")

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Awesome or Awesomely Bad Public Service Announcement Ads

1. [This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtih-rOXXPw)
2. [Peewee Herman: Crack is Bad](http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/2826/)

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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:** [March 19, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4345 "2011-03-19T13:22:48Z")

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Awesome or Awesomely Bad Public Service Announcement Ads

1. [This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtih-rOXXPw)
2. [Peewee Herman: Crack is Bad](http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/2826/)
3. [VD is for Everybody](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSjKPXNAWsU)

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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:** [March 19, 2011, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4346 "2011-03-19T13:57:32Z")

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Awesome or Awesomely Bad Public Service Announcement Ads

1. [This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtih-rOXXPw)
2. [Peewee Herman: Crack is Bad](http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/2826/)
3. [VD is for Everybody](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSjKPXNAWsU)
4. [The Crying Native-Italian-American](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-FZsysQNw)

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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:** [March 19, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4347 "2011-03-19T14:31:45Z")

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Awesome or Awesomely Bad Public Service Announcement Ads

1. [This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtih-rOXXPw)
2. [Peewee Herman: Crack is Bad](http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/2826/)
3. [VD is for Everybody](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSjKPXNAWsU)
4. [The Crying Native-Italian-American](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-FZsysQNw)
5. [Johnny Smoke](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWm6PUGpfVU)

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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:** [March 19, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4348 "2011-03-19T15:10:55Z")

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Awesome or Awesomely Bad Public Service Announcement Ads

1. [This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtih-rOXXPw)
2. [Peewee Herman: Crack is Bad](http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/2826/)
3. [VD is for Everybody](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSjKPXNAWsU)
4. [The Crying Native-Italian-American](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-FZsysQNw)
5. [Johnny Smoke](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWm6PUGpfVU)
6. [R2D2 & C3PO for immunization](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZH7vpZFTXg)

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**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:** [March 19, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4349 "2011-03-19T15:53:40Z")

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Awesome or Awesomely Bad Public Service Announcement Ads

1. [This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtih-rOXXPw)
2. [Peewee Herman: Crack is Bad](http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/2826/)
3. [VD is for Everybody](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSjKPXNAWsU)
4. [The Crying Native-Italian-American](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-FZsysQNw)
5. [Johnny Smoke](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWm6PUGpfVU)
6. [R2D2 & C3PO for immunization](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZH7vpZFTXg)
7. [British anti-texting ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0LCmStIw9E) (warning–somewhat graphic)

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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:** [March 19, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4350 "2011-03-19T16:09:02Z")

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Awesome or Awesomely Bad Public Service Announcement Ads

1. [This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtih-rOXXPw)
2. [Peewee Herman: Crack is Bad](http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/2826/)
3. [VD is for Everybody](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSjKPXNAWsU)
4. [The Crying Native-Italian-American](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-FZsysQNw)
5. [Johnny Smoke](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWm6PUGpfVU)
6. [R2D2 & C3PO for immunization](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZH7vpZFTXg)
7. [British anti-texting ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0LCmStIw9E) (warning–somewhat graphic)
8. [Denis Leary anti-drunk driving ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkz12OslGhU&playnext=1&list=PL45B7EC8274C6368B) (warning NSFW language)

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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:** [March 19, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4351 "2011-03-19T17:29:08Z")

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Awesome or Awesomely Bad Public Service Announcement Ads

1. [This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtih-rOXXPw)

2. [Peewee Herman: Crack is Bad](http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/2826/)

3. [VD is for Everybody](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSjKPXNAWsU)

4. [The Crying Native-Italian-American](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-FZsysQNw)

5. [Johnny Smoke](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWm6PUGpfVU)

6. [R2D2 & C3PO for immunization](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZH7vpZFTXg)

7. [British anti-texting ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0LCmStIw9E) (warning–somewhat graphic)\*

8. [Denis Leary anti-drunk driving ad](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkz12OslGhU&playnext=1&list=PL45B7EC8274C6368B) (warning NSFW language)  
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9. [Yul Brynner- Don’t Smoke](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNjunlWUJJI)  
\*I would count that one as “awesome” instead of “awesomely bad”- brutal but not over the top and demands attention without being campy

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4352 "2011-03-19T19:37:57Z")

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Awesome or Awesomely Bad Public Service Announcement Ads

1. This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs

2. Peewee Herman: Crack is Bad

3. VD is for Everybody

4. The Crying Native-Italian-American

5. Johnny Smoke

6. R2D2 & C3PO for immunization

7. British anti-texting ad (warning–somewhat graphic)\*

8. Denis Leary anti-drunk driving ad (warning NSFW language)  
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9. Yul Brynner- Don’t Smoke

10. AT & T PSA [warning against sending text messages while driving](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqvX_vUWZkY).

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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:** [March 19, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4353 "2011-03-19T20:03:58Z")

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Awesome or Awesomely Bad Public Service Announcement Ads

1. This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs
2. Peewee Herman: Crack is Bad
3. VD is for Everybody
4. The Crying Native-Italian-American
5. Johnny Smoke
6. R2D2 & C3PO for immunization
7. British anti-texting ad (warning–somewhat graphic)
8. Denis Leary anti-drunk driving ad (warning NSFW language)
9. Yul Brynner- Don’t Smoke
10. AT & T PSA warning against sending text messages while driving.
11. [The American Cancer Association’s Three Little Pigs commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2siE3Jb4as)\*  
\*Starts at :16. I remember watching this with my mother when I was little and her comment “That is such a stupid commercial… the house is made out of straw and he’s standing there with a lit cigarette. Just set fire to the straw and kill the little bastards one at a time when they run out.”

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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:** [March 20, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4354 "2011-03-20T00:46:22Z")

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Awesome or Awesomely Bad Public Service Announcement Ads

1. This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs
2. Peewee Herman: Crack is Bad
3. VD is for Everybody
4. The Crying Native-Italian-American
5. Johnny Smoke
6. R2D2 & C3PO for immunization
7. British anti-texting ad (warning–somewhat graphic)
8. Denis Leary anti-drunk driving ad (warning NSFW language)
9. Yul Brynner- Don’t Smoke
10. AT & T PSA warning against sending text messages while driving.
11. [The American Cancer Association’s Three Little Pigs commercial](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2siE3Jb4as)
12. [This is Rachael Leigh Cook doing an anti-drug PSA in a skimpy tank-top](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE7ukc7MV-k&feature=related) Any questions?

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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:** [March 20, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4355 "2011-03-20T01:21:37Z")

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Awesome or Awesomely Bad Public Service Announcement Ads

1. This is your brain, this is your brain on drugs
2. Peewee Herman: Crack is Bad
3. VD is for Everybody
4. The Crying Native-Italian-American
5. Johnny Smoke
6. R2D2 & C3PO for immunization
7. British anti-texting ad (warning–somewhat graphic)
8. Denis Leary anti-drunk driving ad (warning NSFW language)
9. Yul Brynner- Don’t Smoke
10. AT & T PSA warning against sending text messages while driving.
11. The American Cancer Association’s Three Little Pigs commercial
12. This is Rachael Leigh Cook doing an anti-drug PSA in a skimpy tank-top Any questions?
13. [I learned it by watching you!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Elr5K2Vuo)  
New Category- An Easy One- Your favorite viral videos from YouTube

I’ll start with one from this week

1- [Bullied Australian kid gets tired of it](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMtUcfAdI4c)

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4356 "2011-03-20T02:25:13Z")

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New Category- An Easy One- Your favorite viral videos from YouTube  
1- Bullied Australian kid gets tired of it  
2 - [Hurdling girls](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IComcntFffU) (it happened [in the county where I live](http://nicksbaseball.blogspot.com/2011/02/on-tosh0_23.html))

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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:** [March 20, 2011, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4357 "2011-03-20T02:59:58Z")

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New Category Your favorite viral videos from YouTube  
1- Bullied Australian kid gets tired of it  
2- Hurdling girls  
3- [Asians in the Library](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Xtdb7ixvw&feature=player_embedded)  
\*Also just last week but already viral and with dozens of parodies, including this really [great musical one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zulEMWj3sVA).

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4358 "2011-03-20T03:33:16Z")

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Your favorite viral videos from YouTube  
1- Bullied Australian kid gets tired of it  
2- Hurdling girls  
3- Asians in the Library  
4- [Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwNVE37BGVE)

Actually predates YouTube, but what the hell.

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4359 "2011-03-20T11:32:25Z")

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Your favorite viral videos from YouTube  
1- Bullied Australian kid gets tired of it  
2- Hurdling girls  
3- Asians in the Library  
4- Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me  
5. [Old Lady hits Car with Purse.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPlITw1YPj0)

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**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2011, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4360 "2011-03-20T11:38:53Z")

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Your favorite viral videos from YouTube  
1- Bullied Australian kid gets tired of it  
2- Hurdling girls  
3- Asians in the Library  
4- Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me  
5. [Old Lady hits Car with Purse.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPlITw1YPj0)  
6. [Numa Numa Guy](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmtzQCSh6xk)!!!

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