# 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:** 2248
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44946 "2016-07-11T15:34:06Z")
Odd things you’ve seen in people’s gardens 1. An Elegant Quail 2. A stick, stuck straight up in the soil. 3. A mountain lion 4. A beehive 5. Kohlrabi 6. A flock of plastic pink flamingos 7. A chicken nesting in the hands of a supplicant St. Francis 8. A rat 9. A snake, an apple, and a bare-naked lady. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44947 "2016-07-11T17:20:51Z")
Odd things you’ve seen in people’s gardens 1. An Elegant Quail 2. A stick, stuck straight up in the soil. 3. A mountain lion 4. A beehive 5. Kohlrabi 6. A flock of plastic pink flamingos 7. A chicken nesting in the hands of a supplicant St. Francis 8. A rat 9. A snake, an apple, and a bare-naked lady. 10. A duck blind Used for bird watching in a suburban garden. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44948 "2016-07-11T17:49:58Z")
Odd things you’ve seen in people’s gardens 1. An Elegant Quail 2. A stick, stuck straight up in the soil. 3. A mountain lion 4. A beehive 5. Kohlrabi 6. A flock of plastic pink flamingos 7. A chicken nesting in the hands of a supplicant St. Francis 8. A rat 9. A snake, an apple, and a bare-naked lady. 10. A duck blind 11. A statue of Nyarlathotep ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44949 "2016-07-11T21:10:01Z")
Odd things you’ve seen in people’s gardens 1. An Elegant Quail 2. A stick, stuck straight up in the soil. 3. A mountain lion 4. A beehive 5. Kohlrabi 6. A flock of plastic pink flamingos 7. A chicken nesting in the hands of a supplicant St. Francis 8. A rat 9. A snake, an apple, and a bare-naked lady. 10. A duck blind 11. A statue of Nyarlathotep 12. A recreation of the ruins of the Temple of Hera At Jasmine Hill, a formerly private/now public garden near Montgomery, AL. [Pic](http://blog.al.com/goforth/Temple-of-Hera-Jasmine-Hill-Gardens-Alabama.jpg). ---
**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:** [July 11, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44950 "2016-07-11T21:56:33Z")
Odd things you’ve seen in people’s gardens 1. An Elegant Quail 2. A stick, stuck straight up in the soil. 3. A mountain lion 4. A beehive 5. Kohlrabi 6. A flock of plastic pink flamingos 7. A chicken nesting in the hands of a supplicant St. Francis 8. A rat 9. A snake, an apple, and a bare-naked lady. 10. A duck blind 11. A statue of Nyarlathotep 12. A recreation of the ruins of the Temple of Hera 13. A puppy and a bunny, both asleep Next up: Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death 1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44951 "2016-07-11T22:02:03Z")
Next up: Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death 1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91. 2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52 He is credited with helping start America’s fitness revolution, popularizing the sport of running and demonstrating the health benefits of regular jogging. He died of a heart attack while jogging at 52 years of age ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44952 "2016-07-11T22:04:32Z")
Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death 1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91. 2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52. 3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44953 "2016-07-11T22:06:33Z")
Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death 1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91. 2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52. 3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69. 4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Died, died at 72. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44954 "2016-07-11T22:21:29Z")
Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death 1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91. 2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52. 3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69. 4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Died, died at 72. 5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44955 "2016-07-11T22:53:11Z")
]Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death 1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91. 2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52. 3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69. 4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Died, died at 72. 5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96. 6. Sidney Craig, founder of NutriSystem and cofounder of Jenny Craig, died aged 76. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44956 "2016-07-11T22:53:59Z")
Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death 1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91. 2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52. 3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69. 4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Died, died at 72. 5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96 6. Sidney Craig, founder of NutriSystem and cofounder of Jenny Craig, died aged 76. 7. Benjamin Franklin, 84. Yes, really: he was one of the first Americans to write to a large audience about diet (advocated a mostly vegetarian diet with seafood and poultry and very little red meat) and to advocate what we now call cardio exercise (he preferred swimming when possible and brisk walks when not). ---
**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:** [July 11, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44957 "2016-07-11T23:35:18Z")
Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death 1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91. 2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52. 3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69. 4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Diet, died at 72. 5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96 6. Sidney Craig, founder of NutriSystem and cofounder of Jenny Craig, died aged 76. 7. Benjamin Franklin, 84. 8. Joseph Pilates, bodybuilder, gymnast, founder of the Pilates system, 83 (in 1967) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44958 "2016-07-12T00:24:30Z")
Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death 1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91. 2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52. 3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69. 4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Diet, died at 72. 5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96 6. Sidney Craig, founder of NutriSystem and cofounder of Jenny Craig, died aged 76. 7. Benjamin Franklin, 84. 8. Joseph Pilates, bodybuilder, gymnast, founder of the Pilates system, 83 (in 1967) 9. W K Kellogg, breakfast cereal creator, 91 ---
**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:** [July 12, 2016, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44959 "2016-07-12T01:15:43Z")
Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death 1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91. 2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52. 3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69. 4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Diet, died at 72. 5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96 6. Sidney Craig, founder of NutriSystem and cofounder of Jenny Craig, died aged 76. 7. Benjamin Franklin, 84. 8. Joseph Pilates, bodybuilder, gymnast, founder of the Pilates system, 83 (in 1967) 9. W K Kellogg, breakfast cereal creator, 91 10. Herman Tarnower, co-creator of the Scarsdale Diet, 69 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44960 "2016-07-12T02:57:15Z")
Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death 1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91. 2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52. 3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69. 4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Diet, died at 72. 5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96 6. Sidney Craig, founder of NutriSystem and cofounder of Jenny Craig, died aged 76. 7. Benjamin Franklin, 84. 8. Joseph Pilates, bodybuilder, gymnast, founder of the Pilates system, 83 (in 1967) 9. W K Kellogg, breakfast cereal creator, 91 10. Herman Tarnower, co-creator of the Scarsdale Diet, 69 11. J.I. Rodale, organic diet advocate, 72 He is most remembered today for his ironic death: he died in his chair on the set of _The Dick Cavett Show_ minutes after saying he was going to live to be 100. ---
**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:** [July 12, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44961 "2016-07-12T04:50:21Z")
Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death 1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91. 2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52. 3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69. 4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Diet, died at 72. 5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96 6. Sidney Craig, founder of NutriSystem and cofounder of Jenny Craig, died aged 76. 7. Benjamin Franklin, 84. 8. Joseph Pilates, bodybuilder, gymnast, founder of the Pilates system, 83 (in 1967) 9. W K Kellogg, breakfast cereal creator, 91 10. Herman Tarnower, co-creator of the Scarsdale Diet, 69 11. J.I. Rodale, organic diet advocate, 72 12. Charles Atlas, 80 ---
**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:** [July 12, 2016, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44962 "2016-07-12T06:55:30Z")
Dead diet and/or exercise gurus, and their age at death 1. Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers, 91. 2. Jim Fixx, running advocate, 52. 3. Nathan Pritikin, creator of the Pritikin Diet, died at 69. 4. Robert Atkins, creator of the Atkins Diet, died at 72. 5. Jack LaLanne, died at 96 6. Sidney Craig, founder of NutriSystem and cofounder of Jenny Craig, died aged 76. 7. Benjamin Franklin, 84. 8. Joseph Pilates, bodybuilder, gymnast, founder of the Pilates system, 83 (in 1967) 9. W K Kellogg, breakfast cereal creator, 91 10. Herman Tarnower, co-creator of the Scarsdale Diet, 69 11. J.I. Rodale, organic diet advocate, 72 12. Charles Atlas, 80 13. Florence Griffith “Flo Jo” Joyner, 38 New: People Who Have Acted in a John Waters Movie 1. Ricki Lake ---
**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:** [July 12, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44963 "2016-07-12T11:19:35Z")
People Who Have Acted in a John Waters Movie 1. Ricki Lake 2. Divine ---
**Author:** ![Jesta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Jesta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesta)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44964 "2016-07-12T11:36:55Z")
People Who Have Acted in a John Waters Movie 1. Ricki Lake 2. Divine 3. Traci Lords ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/44965 "2016-07-12T12:49:16Z")
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