# 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:** 2262
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45226 "2016-07-22T18:30:25Z")
Memo to Hillary: important criteria for picking a running mate 1. Doesn’t drool in public 2. Has hair that doesn’t look fake or unnatural 3. Don’t pick a Republican 4. Has an IQ above 100 ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45227 "2016-07-22T19:41:53Z")
Memo to Hillary: important criteria for picking a running mate 1. Doesn’t drool in public 2. Has hair that doesn’t look fake or unnatural 3. Don’t pick a Republican 4. Has an IQ above 100 5. If he looks at all equine, check his belly. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45228 "2016-07-22T20:15:00Z")
Memo to Hillary: important criteria for picking a running mate 1. Doesn’t drool in public 2. Has hair that doesn’t look fake or unnatural 3. Don’t pick a Republican 4. Has an IQ above 100 5. If he looks at all equine, check his belly 6. Is nominally “Christian” but isn’t, you know, one of THOSE Christians ---
**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 22, 2016, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45229 "2016-07-22T20:16:35Z")
Memo to Hillary: important criteria for picking a running mate 1. Doesn’t drool in public 2. Has hair that doesn’t look fake or unnatural 3. Don’t pick a Republican 4. Has an IQ above 100 5. If he looks at all equine, check his belly 6. Is nominally “Christian” but isn’t, you know, one of THOSE Christians 7. Has a high irritation threshold with Bubba ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45230 "2016-07-22T22:54:33Z")
Memo to Hillary: important criteria for picking a running mate 1. Doesn’t drool in public 2. Has hair that doesn’t look fake or unnatural 3. Don’t pick a Republican 4. Has an IQ above 100 5. If he looks at all equine, check his belly 6. Is nominally “Christian” but isn’t, you know, one of THOSE Christians 7. Has a high irritation threshold with Bubba 8. Pick one who hasn’t boasted in writing of his/her infidelities ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45231 "2016-07-23T00:59:01Z")
Memo to Hillary: important criteria for picking a running mate 1. Doesn’t drool in public 2. Has hair that doesn’t look fake or unnatural 3. Don’t pick a Republican 4. Has an IQ above 100 5. If he looks at all equine, check his belly 6. Is nominally “Christian” but isn’t, you know, one of THOSE Christians 7. Has a high irritation threshold with Bubba 8. Pick one who hasn’t boasted in writing of his/her infidelities 9. Says fewer moronic things than Biden ---
**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 23, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45232 "2016-07-23T04:20:43Z")
Memo to Hillary: important criteria for picking a running mate 1. Doesn’t drool in public 2. Has hair that doesn’t look fake or unnatural 3. Don’t pick a Republican 4. Has an IQ above 100 5. If he looks at all equine, check his belly 6. Is nominally “Christian” but isn’t, you know, one of THOSE Christians 7. Has a high irritation threshold with Bubba 8. Pick one who hasn’t boasted in writing of his/her infidelities 9. Says fewer moronic things than Biden 10. Fluent in Spanish is a plus ---
**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:** [July 23, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45233 "2016-07-23T13:47:10Z")
Memo to Hillary: important criteria for picking a running mate 1. Doesn’t drool in public 2. Has hair that doesn’t look fake or unnatural 3. Don’t pick a Republican 4. Has an IQ above 100 5. If he looks at all equine, check his belly 6. Is nominally “Christian” but isn’t, you know, one of THOSE Christians 7. Has a high irritation threshold with Bubba 8. Pick one who hasn’t boasted in writing of his/her infidelities 9. Says fewer moronic things than Biden 10. Fluent in Spanish is a plus 11. Believes global warming is not a myth ---
**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 23, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45234 "2016-07-23T14:30:23Z")
Memo to Hillary: important criteria for picking a running mate 1. Doesn’t drool in public 2. Has hair that doesn’t look fake or unnatural 3. Don’t pick a Republican 4. Has an IQ above 100 5. If he looks at all equine, check his belly 6. Is nominally “Christian” but isn’t, you know, one of THOSE Christians 7. Has a high irritation threshold with Bubba 8. Pick one who hasn’t boasted in writing of his/her infidelities 9. Says fewer moronic things than Biden 10. Fluent in Spanish is a plus 11. Believes global warming is not a myth 12. Doesn’t have the last name Clinton (sorry Bill and Chelsea) ---
**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 23, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45235 "2016-07-23T14:36:30Z")
Sorry, double post ---
**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 23, 2016, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45236 "2016-07-23T14:37:54Z")
Memo to Hillary: important criteria for picking a running mate 1. Doesn’t drool in public 2. Has hair that doesn’t look fake or unnatural 3. Don’t pick a Republican 4. Has an IQ above 100 5. If he looks at all equine, check his belly 6. Is nominally “Christian” but isn’t, you know, one of THOSE Christians 7. Has a high irritation threshold with Bubba 8. Pick one who hasn’t boasted in writing of his/her infidelities 9. Says fewer moronic things than Biden 10. Fluent in Spanish is a plus 11. Believes global warming is not a myth 12. Doesn’t have the last name Clinton (sorry Bill and Chelsea) 13. Doesn’t talk about your [“big stick”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMRYuq4-PqI) Next up: Book to movie to TV series (comic books excluded) 1. In The Heat Of The Night ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45237 "2016-07-23T15:17:21Z")
Next up: Book to movie to TV series (comic books excluded) 1. In The Heat Of The Night 2. Peyton Place ---
**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:** [July 23, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45238 "2016-07-23T15:35:45Z")
Next up: Book to movie to TV series (comic books excluded) 1. In The Heat Of The Night 2. Peyton Place 3. M_A_S\*H ---
**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 23, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45239 "2016-07-23T15:38:23Z")
Next up: Book to movie to TV series (comic books excluded) 1. In The Heat Of The Night 2. Peyton Place 3. M_A_S\*H 4. The Dead Zone ---
**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:** [July 23, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45240 "2016-07-23T15:53:53Z")
Book to movie to TV series (comic books excluded) 1. In The Heat Of The Night 2. Peyton Place 3. M_A_S\*H 4. The Dead Zone 5. The Virginian ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45241 "2016-07-23T15:54:47Z")
Book to movie to TV series (comic books excluded) 1. In The Heat Of The Night 2. Peyton Place 3. M_A_S\*H 4. The Dead Zone 5. The Virginian 6. Friday Night Lights ---
**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 23, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45242 "2016-07-23T16:50:49Z")
Book to movie to TV series (comic books excluded) 1. In The Heat Of The Night 2. Peyton Place 3. M_A_S\*H 4. The Dead Zone 5. The Virginian 6. Friday Night Lights 7. Anne of Green Gables Published 1908, earliest film versions in 1919 and 1934, first TV miniseries (of many) in 1952 ---
**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:** [July 23, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45243 "2016-07-23T17:17:41Z")
Book to movie to TV series (comic books excluded) 1. In The Heat Of The Night 2. Peyton Place 3. M_A_S\*H 4. The Dead Zone 5. The Virginian 6. Friday Night Lights 7. Anne of Green Gables 8. Limitless The original title of the novel was _The Dark Fields_. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45244 "2016-07-23T17:28:22Z")
Book to movie to TV series (comic books excluded) 1. In The Heat Of The Night 2. Peyton Place 3. M_A_S\*H 4. The Dead Zone 5. The Virginian 6. Friday Night Lights 7. Anne of Green Gables 8. Limitless 9. Little Women Made into a TV series in 1978, with William Shatner as Professor Bhaer. The mind boggles. (Also, John de Lancie as Frank Vaughan, a would-be suitor of Amy’s.) ---
**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 23, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45245 "2016-07-23T21:32:44Z")
Book to movie to TV series (comic books excluded) 1. In The Heat Of The Night 2. Peyton Place 3. M_A_S\*H 4. The Dead Zone 5. The Virginian 6. Friday Night Lights 7. Anne of Green Gables 8. Limitless 9. Little Women 10. Captain Horatio Hornblower The first three Hornblower books (The Happy Return, Ship of the Line and Flying Colours) were made into a film with Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo, 1951. The miniseries followed decades later, in 1999, with Ioan Gruffudd. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2261) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2263)