# 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:** 2209

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**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 6, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44166 "2016-06-06T17:59:01Z")

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Vehicles you’d never want to take a ride in/on

1. The Rolling Abattoir
2. The Hansom cab with Rusty the horse if Kramer was driving
3. Skis
4. [Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_163_Komet)
5. A rocket

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**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 6, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44167 "2016-06-06T19:04:38Z")

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Vehicles you’d never want to take a ride in/on

1. The Rolling Abattoir
2. The Hansom cab with Rusty the horse if Kramer was driving
3. Skis
4. Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
5. A rocket
6. Ford Pinto

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44168 "2016-06-06T19:06:36Z")

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Vehicles you’d never want to take a ride in/on

1. The Rolling Abattoir
2. The Hansom cab with Rusty the horse if Kramer was driving
3. Skis
4. Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
5. A rocket
6. Ford Pinto
7. a unicycle

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44169 "2016-06-06T19:15:55Z")

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Vehicles you’d never want to take a ride in/on

1. The Rolling Abattoir
2. The Hansom cab with Rusty the horse if Kramer was driving
3. Skis
4. Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
5. A rocket
6. Ford Pinto
7. a unicycle
8. [Cobra Firebat](http://gijoe.wikia.com/wiki/Firebat)

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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:** [June 6, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44170 "2016-06-06T19:39:32Z")

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Vehicles you’d never want to take a ride in/on

1. The Rolling Abattoir
2. The Hansom cab with Rusty the horse if Kramer was driving
3. Skis
4. Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
5. A rocket
6. Ford Pinto
7. a unicycle
8. Cobra Firebat
9. The Beverly Hillbillies truck in L.A. traffic

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**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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44171 "2016-06-06T23:50:55Z")

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Vehicles you’d never want to take a ride in/on

1. The Rolling Abattoir
2. The Hansom cab with Rusty the horse if Kramer was driving
3. Skis
4. Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
5. A rocket
6. Ford Pinto
7. a unicycle
8. Cobra Firebat
9. The Beverly Hillbillies truck in L.A. traffic
10. quadriga (a Roman Empire chariot drawn by four horses abreast, as seen in the _Ben Hur_ chariot race

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**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 7, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44172 "2016-06-07T04:44:18Z")

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Vehicles you’d never want to take a ride in/on

1. The Rolling Abattoir
2. The Hansom cab with Rusty the horse if Kramer was driving
3. Skis
4. Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
5. A rocket
6. Ford Pinto
7. a unicycle
8. Cobra Firebat
9. The Beverly Hillbillies truck in L.A. traffic
10. quadriga (a Roman Empire chariot drawn by four horses abreast, as seen in the Ben Hur chariot race)
11. any car driven by a grizzled, scarred Kurt Russell

> **[Death Proof](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Proof)**
>
> Death Proof is a 2007 American black comedy action-thriller film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. It stars Kurt Russell as a stuntman who murders young women with modified cars he purports to be "death-proof". Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Rose McGowan, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Tracie Thoms, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Zoë Bell co-star as the women he targets.
> The film was originally released theatrically as part of Grindhouse, a double feature that combined Death Proo...

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**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 7, 2016, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44173 "2016-06-07T05:14:27Z")

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Vehicles you’d never want to take a ride in/on

1. The Rolling Abattoir
2. The Hansom cab with Rusty the horse if Kramer was driving
3. Skis
4. Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
5. A rocket
6. Ford Pinto
7. a unicycle
8. Cobra Firebat
9. The Beverly Hillbillies truck in L.A. traffic
10. quadriga (a Roman Empire chariot drawn by four horses abreast, as seen in the Ben Hur chariot race)
11. any car driven by a grizzled, scarred Kurt Russell
12. A '58 Plymouth Fury named ‘Christine’

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**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 7, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44174 "2016-06-07T05:29:34Z")

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Vehicles you’d never want to take a ride in/on

1. The Rolling Abattoir
2. The Hansom cab with Rusty the horse if Kramer was driving
3. Skis
4. Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet
5. A rocket
6. Ford Pinto
7. a unicycle
8. Cobra Firebat
9. The Beverly Hillbillies truck in L.A. traffic
10. quadriga (a Roman Empire chariot drawn by four horses abreast, as seen in the Ben Hur chariot race)
11. any car driven by a grizzled, scarred Kurt Russell
12. A '58 Plymouth Fury named ‘Christine’
13. “My Mother the Car”

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Because today (or tomorrow, if you’re not in the Eastern time zone) is the California Primary: Californians, famous or infamous

1. Richard Nixon

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**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 7, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44175 "2016-06-07T05:40:26Z")

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Because today (or tomorrow, if you’re not in the Eastern time zone) is the California Primary: Californians, famous or infamous

1. Richard Nixon
2. Junípero Serra

Technically Spanish but indelibly linked to California history.

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44176 "2016-06-07T12:37:07Z")

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Because today (or tomorrow, if you’re not in the Eastern time zone) is the California Primary: Californians, famous or infamous

1. Richard Nixon
2. Junípero Serra
3. John Steinbeck

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44177 "2016-06-07T12:43:16Z")

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Because today (or tomorrow, if you’re not in the Eastern time zone) is the California Primary: Californians, famous or infamous

1. Richard Nixon
2. Junípero Serra
3. John Steinbeck
4. The Beach Boys

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44178 "2016-06-07T12:44:32Z")

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Because today (or tomorrow, if you’re not in the Eastern time zone) is the California Primary: Californians, famous or infamous

1. Richard Nixon
2. Junípero Serra
3. John Steinbeck
4. The Beach Boys
5. Ahnaud (former Governator)

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44179 "2016-06-07T13:13:12Z")

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Because today (or tomorrow, if you’re not in the Eastern time zone) is the California Primary: Californians, famous or infamous

1. Richard Nixon
2. Junípero Serra
3. John Steinbeck
4. The Beach Boys
5. Ahnaud (former Governator)
6. Ronald Reagan

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**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:** [June 7, 2016, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44180 "2016-06-07T13:27:23Z")

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Because today (or tomorrow, if you’re not in the Eastern time zone) is the California Primary: Californians, famous or infamous

1. Richard Nixon
2. Junípero Serra
3. John Steinbeck
4. The Beach Boys
5. Ahnaud (former Governator)
6. Ronald Reagan
7. Charles Manson

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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:** [June 7, 2016, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44181 "2016-06-07T13:31:48Z")

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Because today (or tomorrow, if you’re not in the Eastern time zone) is the California Primary: Californians, famous or infamous

1. Richard Nixon
2. Junípero Serra
3. John Steinbeck
4. The Beach Boys
5. Ahnaud (former Governator)
6. Ronald Reagan
7. Charles Manson
8. Marilyn Monroe

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44182 "2016-06-07T13:38:31Z")

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Because today (or tomorrow, if you’re not in the Eastern time zone) is the California Primary: Californians, famous or infamous

1. Richard Nixon
2. Junípero Serra
3. John Steinbeck
4. The Beach Boys
5. Ahnaud (former Governator)
6. Ronald Reagan
7. Charles Manson
8. Marilyn Monroe
9. Joe DiMaggio (born to a fishing family in San Francisco)

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**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 7, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44183 "2016-06-07T13:48:58Z")

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Because today (or tomorrow, if you’re not in the Eastern time zone) is the California Primary: Californians, famous or infamous

1. Richard Nixon
2. Junípero Serra
3. John Steinbeck
4. The Beach Boys
5. Ahnaud (former Governator)
6. Ronald Reagan
7. Charles Manson
8. Marilyn Monroe
9. Joe DiMaggio (born to a fishing family in San Francisco)
10. Betty White

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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:** [June 7, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44184 "2016-06-07T14:41:50Z")

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Because today (or tomorrow, if you’re not in the Eastern time zone) is the California Primary: Californians, famous or infamous

1. Richard Nixon
2. Junípero Serra
3. John Steinbeck
4. The Beach Boys
5. Ahnaud (former Governator)
6. Ronald Reagan
7. Charles Manson
8. Marilyn Monroe
9. Joe DiMaggio (born to a fishing family in San Francisco)
10. Betty White
11. Robert Duvall

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**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:** [June 7, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44185 "2016-06-07T14:44:30Z")

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Because today (or tomorrow, if you’re not in the Eastern time zone) is the California Primary: Californians, famous or infamous

1. Richard Nixon
2. Junípero Serra
3. John Steinbeck
4. The Beach Boys
5. Ahnaud (former Governator)
6. Ronald Reagan
7. Charles Manson
8. Marilyn Monroe
9. Joe DiMaggio (born to a fishing family in San Francisco)
10. Betty White
11. Robert Duvall
12. Jan & Dean (Jan Berry & Dean Torrence )

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