# 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:** 2188
**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 21, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43746 "2016-05-21T13:13:47Z")
Because we’re following the Egyptair story: anyone or anything connected with Egypt 1. the Library of Alexandria 2. The Nile River 3. The Nubian Monument. 4. Anubis 5. Omar Sharif 6. The Curse of the Revenge of the Ghost of the Son of the Crypt of the Mummy 7. Passover 8. The Sphinx 9. (“Little Red Riding Hood”, by Sam the Sham and) The Pharaohs 10. Cotton 11. Gamal Abdel Nasser ---
**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 21, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43747 "2016-05-21T14:46:56Z")
Because we’re following the Egyptair story: anyone or anything connected with Egypt 1. the Library of Alexandria 2. The Nile River 3. The Nubian Monument. 4. Anubis 5. Omar Sharif 6. The Curse of the Revenge of the Ghost of the Son of the Crypt of the Mummy 7. Passover 8. The Sphinx 9. (“Little Red Riding Hood”, by Sam the Sham and) The Pharaohs 10. Cotton 11. Gamal Abdel Nasser 12. Infant Jesus ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43748 "2016-05-21T15:06:07Z")
Because we’re following the Egyptair story: anyone or anything connected with Egypt 1. the Library of Alexandria 2. The Nile River 3. The Nubian Monument. 4. Anubis 5. Omar Sharif 6. The Curse of the Revenge of the Ghost of the Son of the Crypt of the Mummy 7. Passover 8. The Sphinx 9. (“Little Red Riding Hood”, by Sam the Sham and) The Pharaohs 10. Cotton 11. Gamal Abdel Nasser 12. Infant Jesus 13. Walk Like an Egyptian Dance Next: Two unrelated products with the same brand name, made by separate companies. 1. Mercury automobiles and outboard motors. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43749 "2016-05-21T15:39:26Z")
Unrelated products with the same brand name, made by separate companies. 1. Mercury automobiles and outboard motors. 2. Lotus Notes and Lotus sports cars 3. Paramount Studios and Paramount Poultry ---
**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 21, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43750 "2016-05-21T15:42:09Z")
Unrelated products with the same brand name, made by separate companies. 1. Mercury automobiles and outboard motors. 2. Lotus Notes and Lotus sports cars 3. Virgin Airlines and Virgin Records ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43751 "2016-05-21T15:44:47Z")
Unrelated products with the same brand name, made by separate companies. 1. Mercury automobiles and outboard motors. 2. Lotus Notes and Lotus sports cars 3. Virgin Airlines and Virgin Records 4. Paramount Studios and Paramount chickens ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43752 "2016-05-21T15:46:09Z")
Unrelated products with the same brand name, made by separate companies. 1. Mercury automobiles and outboard motors. 2. Lotus Notes and Lotus sports cars 3. Virgin Airlines and Virgin Records 4. Paramount Studios and Paramount chickens 5. Delta Airlines and Delta faucets ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43753 "2016-05-21T16:56:40Z")
Unrelated products with the same brand name, made by separate companies. 1. Mercury automobiles and outboard motors. 2. Lotus Notes and Lotus sports cars 3. Virgin Airlines and Virgin Records 4. Paramount Studios and Paramount chickens 5. Delta Airlines and Delta faucets 6. Bell telephones and Bell helicopters ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43754 "2016-05-21T18:22:20Z")
Unrelated products with the same brand name, made by separate companies. 1. Mercury automobiles and outboard motors. 2. Lotus Notes and Lotus sports cars 3. Virgin Airlines and Virgin Records 4. Paramount Studios and Paramount chickens 5. Delta Airlines and Delta faucets 6. Bell telephones and Bell helicopters 7. Dell publishing and Dell computers ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43755 "2016-05-21T18:26:20Z")
Unrelated products with the same brand name, made by separate companies. 1. Mercury automobiles and outboard motors. 2. Lotus Notes and Lotus sports cars 3. Virgin Airlines and Virgin Records 4. Paramount Studios and Paramount chickens 5. Delta Airlines and Delta faucets 6. Bell telephones and Bell helicopters 7. Dell publishing and Dell computers 8. Penguin Books and Penguin Brand Dry Ice ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43756 "2016-05-21T18:33:16Z")
Unrelated products with the same brand name, made by separate companies. 1. Mercury automobiles and outboard motors. 2. Lotus Notes and Lotus sports cars 3. Virgin Airlines and Virgin Records 4. Paramount Studios and Paramount chickens 5. Delta Airlines and Delta faucets 6. Bell telephones and Bell helicopters 7. Dell publishing and Dell computers 8. Penguin Books and Penguin Brand Dry Ice 9. Ace hardware and Ace bandages ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43757 "2016-05-21T18:49:39Z")
Unrelated products with the same brand name, made by separate companies. 1. Mercury automobiles and outboard motors. 2. Lotus Notes and Lotus sports cars 3. Virgin Airlines and Virgin Records 4. Paramount Studios and Paramount chickens 5. Delta Airlines and Delta faucets 6. Bell telephones and Bell helicopters 7. Dell publishing and Dell computers 8. Penguin Books and Penguin Brand Dry Ice 9. Ace hardware and Ace bandages 10. Apple Records (part of Apple Corps, founded by The Beatles) and Apple Music (part of Apple Inc., the Steve Jobs technology company). ---
**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 21, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43758 "2016-05-21T19:13:15Z")
Unrelated products with the same brand name, made by separate companies. 1. Mercury automobiles and outboard motors. 2. Lotus Notes and Lotus sports cars 3. Virgin Airlines and Virgin Records 4. Paramount Studios and Paramount chickens 5. Delta Airlines and Delta faucets 6. Bell telephones and Bell helicopters 7. Dell publishing and Dell computers 8. Penguin Books and Penguin Brand Dry Ice 9. Ace hardware and Ace bandages 10. Apple Records (part of Apple Corps, founded by The Beatles) and Apple Music (part of Apple Inc., the Steve Jobs technology company). 11. Columbia Records and Columbia Sportswear ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43759 "2016-05-21T19:34:25Z")
Unrelated products with the same brand name, made by separate companies. 1. Mercury automobiles and outboard motors. 2. Lotus Notes and Lotus sports cars 3. Virgin Airlines and Virgin Records 4. Paramount Studios and Paramount chickens 5. Delta Airlines and Delta faucets 6. Bell telephones and Bell helicopters 7. Dell publishing and Dell computers 8. Penguin Books and Penguin Brand Dry Ice 9. Ace hardware and Ace bandages 10. Apple Records (part of Apple Corps, founded by The Beatles) and Apple Music (part of Apple Inc., the Steve Jobs technology company). 11. Columbia Records and Columbia Sportswear 12. Acme Anvils and Acme Dynamite(not altogether unrelated though, as far as Wile E. Coyote is concerned) 😉 ---
**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 21, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43760 "2016-05-21T19:58:13Z")
Unrelated products with the same brand name, made by separate companies. 1. Mercury automobiles and outboard motors. 2. Lotus Notes and Lotus sports cars 3. Virgin Airlines and Virgin Records 4. Paramount Studios and Paramount chickens 5. Delta Airlines and Delta faucets 6. Bell telephones and Bell helicopters 7. Dell publishing and Dell computers 8. Penguin Books and Penguin Brand Dry Ice 9. Ace hardware and Ace bandages 10. Apple Records (part of Apple Corps, founded by The Beatles) and Apple Music (part of Apple Inc., the Steve Jobs technology company). 11. Columbia Records and Columbia Sportswear 12. Acme Anvils and Acme Dynamite(not altogether unrelated though, as far as Wile E. Coyote is concerned) 13. Marvel Comics and Marvel Meal Mate (food planning) New! Since It’s National Armed Forces Day, let’s close ranks: 14. Staff sergeant ---
**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 21, 2016, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43761 "2016-05-21T19:59:55Z")
Since It’s National Armed Forces Day, let’s close ranks: 1. Staff sergeant 2. 1st Lieutenant ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43762 "2016-05-21T20:34:01Z")
Since It’s National Armed Forces Day, let’s close ranks: 1. Staff sergeant 2. 1st Lieutenant 3. Herr Kommandant ---
**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:** [May 21, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43763 "2016-05-21T20:48:18Z")
Since It’s National Armed Forces Day, let’s close ranks: 1. Staff sergeant 2. 1st Lieutenant 3. Herr Kommandant 4. Private ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43764 "2016-05-21T20:52:13Z")
Since It’s National Armed Forces Day, let’s close ranks: 1. Staff sergeant 2. 1st Lieutenant 3. Herr Kommandant 4. Private 5. Commodore ---
**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 21, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43765 "2016-05-21T21:59:55Z")
Since It’s National Armed Forces Day, let’s close ranks: 1. Staff sergeant 2. 1st Lieutenant 3. Herr Kommandant 4. Private 5. Commodore 6. Four star general [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2187) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2189)