# 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:** 2207
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44126 "2016-06-05T17:25:28Z")
(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 o’ months 2. A swing around the sun 3. four to six weeks ---
**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, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44127 "2016-06-05T19:28:16Z")
The Yearling: Colloquial expressions of time longer than 1 month but less than or equal to one year. 1. Couple o’ months 2. A swing around the sun 3. four to six weeks 4. A season ---
**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, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44128 "2016-06-05T19:29:51Z")
The Yearling: Colloquial expressions of time longer than 1 month but less than or equal to one year. 1. Couple o’ months 2. A swing around the sun 3. four to six weeks 4. A season 5. Summertime ---
**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 5, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44129 "2016-06-05T19:56:10Z")
The Yearling: Colloquial expressions of time longer than 1 month but less than or equal to one year. 1. Couple o’ months 2. A swing around the sun 3. four to six weeks 4. A season 5. Summertime 6. the school year ---
**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:** [June 5, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44130 "2016-06-05T21:03:33Z")
The Yearling: Colloquial expressions of time longer than 1 month but less than or equal to one year. 1. Couple o’ months 2. A swing around the sun 3. four to six weeks 4. A season 5. Summertime 6. the school year 7. Quarterly ---
**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, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44131 "2016-06-05T21:27:59Z")
The Yearling: Colloquial expressions of time longer than 1 month but less than or equal to one year. 1. Couple o’ months 2. A swing around the sun 3. four to six weeks 4. A season 5. Summertime 6. the school year 7. Quarterly 8. semester ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44132 "2016-06-05T21:59:41Z")
The Yearling: Colloquial expressions of time longer than 1 month but less than or equal to one year. 1. Couple o’ months 2. A swing around the sun 3. four to six weeks 4. A season 5. Summertime 6. the school year 7. Quarterly 8. semester 9. Trimester ---
**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, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44133 "2016-06-05T23:14:14Z")
The Yearling: Colloquial expressions of time longer than 1 month but less than or equal to one year. 1. Couple o’ months 2. A swing around the sun 3. four to six weeks 4. A season 5. Summertime 6. the school year 7. Quarterly 8. semester 9. Trimester 10. The un-named winter month of the calendar of Romulus ---
**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 5, 2016, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44134 "2016-06-05T23:51:17Z")
The Yearling: Colloquial expressions of time longer than 1 month but less than or equal to one year. 1. Couple o’ months 2. A swing around the sun 3. four to six weeks 4. A season 5. Summertime 6. the school year 7. Quarterly 8. semester 9. Trimester 10. The un-named winter month of the calendar of Romulus 11. Football season ---
**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 6, 2016, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44135 "2016-06-06T00:08:49Z")
The Yearling: Colloquial expressions of time longer than 1 month but less than or equal to one year. 1. Couple o’ months 2. A swing around the sun 3. four to six weeks 4. A season 5. Summertime 6. the school year 7. Quarterly 8. semester 9. Trimester 10. The un-named winter month of the calendar of Romulus 11. Football season 12. Deer season ---
**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 6, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44136 "2016-06-06T01:10:30Z")
The Yearling: Colloquial expressions of time longer than 1 month but less than or equal to one year. 1. Couple o’ months 2. A swing around the sun 3. four to six weeks 4. A season 5. Summertime 6. the school year 7. Quarterly 8. semester 9. Trimester 10. The un-named winter month of the calendar of Romulus 11. Football season 12. Deer season 13. the growing season New category In honor of Muhammad Ali: great boxers through the ages 1. Muhammad Ali Of course he would be happy to be at the head of the list ---
**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 6, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44137 "2016-06-06T01:20:39Z")
In honor of Muhammad Ali: great boxers through the ages 1. Muhammad Ali 2. Shawn O’Sullivan Famous in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44138 "2016-06-06T01:43:39Z")
In honor of Muhammad Ali: great boxers through the ages 1. Muhammad Ali 2. Shawn O’Sullivan 3. Joe Louis ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44139 "2016-06-06T02:42:43Z")
In honor of Muhammad Ali: great boxers through the ages 1. Muhammad Ali 2. Shawn O’Sullivan 3. Joe Louis 4. Sugar Ray Robinson ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44140 "2016-06-06T03:20:56Z")
In honor of Muhammad Ali: great boxers through the ages 1. Muhammad Ali 2. Shawn O’Sullivan 3. Joe Louis 4. Sugar Ray Robinson 5. Cassius Clay ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44141 "2016-06-06T04:55:13Z")
In honor of Muhammad Ali: great boxers through the ages 1. Muhammad Ali 2. Shawn O’Sullivan 3. Joe Louis 4. Sugar Ray Robinson 5. Cassius Clay 6. Rocky Graziano (Rocco Barbella) ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44142 "2016-06-06T06:30:27Z")
In honor of Muhammad Ali: great boxers through the ages 1. Muhammad Ali 2. Shawn O’Sullivan 3. Joe Louis 4. Sugar Ray Robinson 5. Cassius Clay 6. Rocky Graziano (Rocco Barbella) 7. Jack Dempsey ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44143 "2016-06-06T06:37:23Z")
In honor of Muhammad Ali: great boxers through the ages 1. Muhammad Ali 2. Shawn O’Sullivan 3. Joe Louis 4. Sugar Ray Robinson 5. George Foreman 6. Rocky Graziano (Rocco Barbella) 7. Jack Dempsey 8. Mike Tyson Changed 5. Cassius Clay to George Foreman. Clay and Ali were the same person. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2016, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44144 "2016-06-06T11:22:55Z")
In honor of Muhammad Ali: great boxers through the ages 1. Muhammad Ali 2. Shawn O’Sullivan 3. Joe Louis 4. Sugar Ray Robinson 5. George Foreman 6. Rocky Graziano (Rocco Barbella) 7. Jack Dempsey 8. Mike Tyson 9. John L. Sullivan ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44145 "2016-06-06T11:34:14Z")
In honor of Muhammad Ali: great boxers through the ages 1. Muhammad Ali 2. Shawn O’Sullivan 3. Joe Louis 4. Sugar Ray Robinson 5. George Foreman 6. Rocky Graziano (Rocco Barbella) 7. Jack Dempsey 8. Mike Tyson 9. John L. Sullivan 10. Sugar Ray Leonard How odd that the Champ dropped the name of Cassius Clay, who was an abolitionist, and took the name of Muhammad, who was a slave owner. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2206) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2208)