# 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:** 2206
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44106 "2016-06-03T17:14:15Z")
28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month. 1. Fortnight 2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week) 3. Three-Day Weekend 4. A month of Sundays 5. Bank Holiday 6. Triduum (yes, I’m Catholic- does it show?) 7. A Lunar month 8. long weekend 9. Novena (yep, still Catholic) ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44107 "2016-06-03T17:31:40Z")
28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month. 1. Fortnight 2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week) 3. Three-Day Weekend 4. A month of Sundays 5. Bank Holiday 6. Triduum (yes, I’m Catholic- does it show?) 7. A Lunar month 8. long weekend 9. Novena (yep, still Catholic) 10. workweek ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44108 "2016-06-03T17:53:26Z")
28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month. 1. Fortnight 2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week) 3. Three-Day Weekend 4. A month of Sundays 5. Bank Holiday 6. Triduum (yes, I’m Catholic- does it show?) 7. A Lunar month 8. long weekend 9. Novena (yep, still Catholic) 10. workweek 11. Mañana ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44109 "2016-06-03T18:12:07Z")
28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month. 1. Fortnight 2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week) 3. Three-Day Weekend 4. A month of Sundays 5. Bank Holiday 6. Triduum (yes, I’m Catholic- does it show?) 7. A Lunar month 8. long weekend 9. Novena (yep, still Catholic) 10. workweek 11. decade Yes, I know ten years is longer than a month. But the old meaning of a decade was ten of anything and there are examples of a period of ten days being called a decade. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44110 "2016-06-03T18:55:05Z")
28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month. 1. Fortnight 2. Sennight (“seven nights” or one week) 3. Three-Day Weekend 4. A month of Sundays 5. Bank Holiday 6. Triduum (yes, I’m Catholic- does it show?) 7. A Lunar month 8. long weekend 9. Novena (yep, still Catholic) 10. workweek 11. Mañana 12. decade 13. a couple of days Although “couple of days” when said by a contractor or by someone who owes money could mean over a month ☹ New category A reliable car that you’ve driven and would recommend or buy for everyday use 1. Toyota Camry ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44111 "2016-06-03T19:27:44Z")
New category A reliable car that you’ve driven and would recommend or buy for everyday use 1. Toyota Camry 2. Hyundai Santa Fe Was very reliable til it’s timing belt went on a killing spree in the engine, but that would not have happened were it not for an incompetent mechanic misdiagnosing the problem. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44112 "2016-06-03T20:26:13Z")
A reliable car that you’ve driven and would recommend or buy for everyday use 1. Toyota Camry 2. Hyundai Santa Fe 3. Chevy Malibu The new ones. I drive one now and have been very pleased. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44113 "2016-06-04T00:03:29Z")
A reliable car that you’ve driven and would recommend or buy for everyday use 1. Toyota Camry 2. Hyundai Santa Fe 3. Chevy Malibu 4. 1970 Datsun 510 Try to get one with low mileage, say, less than a million. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44114 "2016-06-04T01:55:07Z")
A reliable car that you’ve driven and would recommend or buy for everyday use 1. Toyota Camry 2. Hyundai Santa Fe 3. Chevy Malibu 4. 1970 Datsun 510 5. Volvo 240 From the 1980s, wish they still made them ---
**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:** [June 4, 2016, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44115 "2016-06-04T11:47:52Z")
A reliable car that you’ve driven and would recommend or buy for everyday use 1. Toyota Camry 2. Hyundai Santa Fe 3. Chevy Malibu 4. 1970 Datsun 510 5. Volvo 240 6. Honda Civic ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44116 "2016-06-04T14:42:55Z")
A reliable car that you’ve driven and would recommend or buy for everyday use 1. Toyota Camry 2. Hyundai Santa Fe 3. Chevy Malibu 4. 1970 Datsun 510 5. Volvo 240 6. Honda Civic 7. Ford Taurus ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44117 "2016-06-04T22:28:34Z")
A reliable car that you’ve driven and would recommend or buy for everyday use 1. Toyota Camry 2. Hyundai Santa Fe 3. Chevy Malibu 4. 1970 Datsun 510 5. Volvo 240 6. Honda Civic 7. Ford Taurus 8. Dodge Colt The 1978 re-badged Mitsubishi Lancer ---
**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:** [June 4, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44118 "2016-06-04T23:23:43Z")
A reliable car that you’ve driven and would recommend or buy for everyday use 1. Toyota Camry 2. Hyundai Santa Fe 3. Chevy Malibu 4. 1970 Datsun 510 5. Volvo 240 6. Honda Civic 7. Ford Taurus 8. Dodge Colt 9. Hyundai Elantra - 430,000 highway kilometres with few issues. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44119 "2016-06-05T03:47:07Z")
A reliable car that you’ve driven and would recommend or buy for everyday use 1. Toyota Camry 2. Hyundai Santa Fe 3. Chevy Malibu 4. 1970 Datsun 510 5. Volvo 240 6. Honda Civic 7. Ford Taurus 8. Dodge Colt 9. Hyundai Elantra 10. Saturn Aura Not made anymore, but mine a few years ago was a great car. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44120 "2016-06-05T13:26:42Z")
A reliable car that you’ve driven and would recommend or buy for everyday use 1. Toyota Camry 2. Hyundai Santa Fe 3. Chevy Malibu 4. 1970 Datsun 510 5. Volvo 240 6. Honda Civic 7. Ford Taurus 8. Dodge Colt 9. Hyundai Elantra 10. Saturn Aura 11. Oldsmobile Cutlass Wagon, 1980s Twenty years after production stopped, an Olds dealer told me if he could get a boatload of those today, he could sell them all in a week. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44121 "2016-06-05T16:08:54Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 28 Days Later: colloquial expressions of time longer than a day but less than or equal to one month… > 6. Triduum (yes, I’m Catholic- does it show?)… > 9. Novena (yep, still Catholic) 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44122 "2016-06-05T16:11:00Z")
A reliable car that you’ve driven and would recommend or buy for everyday use 1. Toyota Camry 2. Hyundai Santa Fe 3. Chevy Malibu 4. 1970 Datsun 510 5. Volvo 240 6. Honda Civic 7. Ford Taurus 8. Dodge Colt 9. Hyundai Elantra 10. Saturn Aura 11. Oldsmobile Cutlass Wagon, 1980s 12. Honda Element ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44123 "2016-06-05T16:40:05Z")
A reliable car that you’ve driven and would recommend or buy for everyday use 1. Toyota Camry 2. Hyundai Santa Fe 3. Chevy Malibu 4. 1970 Datsun 510 5. Volvo 240 6. Honda Civic 7. Ford Taurus 8. Dodge Colt 9. Hyundai Elantra 10. Saturn Aura 11. Oldsmobile Cutlass Wagon, 1980s 12. Honda Element 13. Ford F150 truck Best vehicle i have ever owned. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44124 "2016-06-05T16:41:34Z")
New Topic: (To finish out the series…) The Yearling: Colloquial expressions of time longer than 1 month but less than or equal to one year. 1. Couple 'a months ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44125 "2016-06-05T17:21:48Z")
New Topic: (To finish out the series…) The Yearling: Colloquial expressions of time longer than 1 month but less than or equal to one year. 1. Couple 'a months 2. A swing around the sun [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2205) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2207)