# 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:** 2189
**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 22, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43766 "2016-05-22T00:03:38Z")
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 7. Corporal ---
**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 22, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43767 "2016-05-22T00:16:41Z")
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 7. Corporal 8. Commander ---
**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 22, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43768 "2016-05-22T00:33:17Z")
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 7. Corporal 8. Commander 9. (The Dreaded) Rear Admiral ---
**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 22, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43769 "2016-05-22T01:47:40Z")
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 7. Corporal 8. Commander 9. (The Dreaded) Rear Admiral 10. Major ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43770 "2016-05-22T02:14:49Z")
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 7. Corporal 8. Commander 9. (The Dreaded) Rear Admiral 10. Major 11. Ensign ---
**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 22, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43771 "2016-05-22T03:21:47Z")
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 7. Corporal 8. Commander 9. (The Dreaded) Rear Admiral 10. Major 11. Ensign 12. Gunnery 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 22, 2016, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43772 "2016-05-22T03:39:51Z")
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 7. Corporal 8. Commander 9. (The Dreaded) Rear Admiral 10. Major 11. Ensign 12. Gunnery sergeant 13. Colonel New Category Great Scots, real or fictional 1. Robert the Bruce ---
**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 22, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43773 "2016-05-22T05:16:05Z")
“Kommandant” would be an assignment and not a rank, I think. Great Scots, real or fictional 1. Robert the Bruce 2. Groundskeeper Willie ---
**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 22, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43774 "2016-05-22T05:23:48Z")
Great Scots, real or fictional 1. Robert the Bruce 2. Groundskeeper Willie 3. David Tennant ---
**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 22, 2016, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43775 "2016-05-22T11:33:45Z")
Great Scots, real or fictional 1. Robert the Bruce 2. Groundskeeper Willie 3. David Tennant 4. Drew McIntyre ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43776 "2016-05-22T12:31:44Z")
Great Scots, real or fictional 1. Robert the Bruce 2. Groundskeeper Willie 3. David Tennant 4. Drew McIntyre 5. Miss Jean Brodie ---
**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 22, 2016, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43777 "2016-05-22T12:46:26Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Unrelated products with the same brand name, made by separate companies. > > 1. Virgin Airlines and Virgin Records I realize this list is over. But for the record, these are not really separate companies. They’re two branches of the Virgin Group, a multinational corporation founded by Richard Branson. ---
**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 22, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43778 "2016-05-22T12:49:59Z")
Great Scots, real or fictional 1. Robert the Bruce 2. Groundskeeper Willie 3. David Tennant 4. Drew McIntyre 5. Miss Jean Brodie 6. James Clerk Maxwell ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43779 "2016-05-22T13:03:08Z")
Great Scots, real or fictional 1. Robert the Bruce 2. Groundskeeper Willie 3. David Tennant 4. Drew McIntyre 5. Miss Jean Brodie 6. James Clerk Maxwell 7. Montgomery “Scotty” Scott > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I realize this list is over. But for the record, these are not really separate companies. They’re two branches of the Virgin Group, a multinational corporation founded by Richard Branson. Not any more. Virgin Records was spun off a while back. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43780 "2016-05-22T13:45:17Z")
Great Scots, real or fictional 1. Robert the Bruce 2. Groundskeeper Willie 3. David Tennant 4. Drew McIntyre 5. Miss Jean Brodie 6. James Clerk Maxwell 7. Montgomery “Scotty” Scott 8. Hamish MacBeth ---
**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 22, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43781 "2016-05-22T14:16:20Z")
Great Scots, real or fictional 1. Robert the Bruce 2. Groundskeeper Willie 3. David Tennant 4. Drew McIntyre 5. Miss Jean Brodie 6. James Clerk Maxwell 7. Montgomery “Scotty” Scott 8. Hamish MacBeth 9. Alexander Fleming ---
**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 22, 2016, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43782 "2016-05-22T14:25:17Z")
Great Scots, real or fictional 1. Robert the Bruce 2. Groundskeeper Willie 3. David Tennant 4. Drew McIntyre 5. Miss Jean Brodie 6. James Clerk Maxwell 7. Montgomery “Scotty” Scott 8. Hamish MacBeth 9. Alexander Fleming 10. William Wallace ---
**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 22, 2016, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43783 "2016-05-22T15:04:56Z")
Great Scots, real or fictional 1. Robert the Bruce 2. Groundskeeper Willie 3. David Tennant 4. Drew McIntyre 5. Miss Jean Brodie 6. James Clerk Maxwell 7. Montgomery “Scotty” Scott 8. Hamish MacBeth 9. Alexander Fleming 10. William Wallace 11. Robert Louis Stevenson ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43784 "2016-05-22T16:27:52Z")
Great Scots, real or fictional 1. Robert the Bruce 2. Groundskeeper Willie 3. David Tennant 4. Drew McIntyre 5. Miss Jean Brodie 6. James Clerk Maxwell 7. Montgomery “Scotty” Scott 8. Hamish MacBeth 9. Alexander Fleming 10. William Wallace 11. Robert Louis Stevenson 12. Andrew Carnegie ---
**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 22, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/43785 "2016-05-22T17:44:22Z")
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