# 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:** 2265
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45286 "2016-07-25T14:54:23Z")
Operas in which both the soprano and the tenor die: 1. Tosca 2. La Wally 3. Tristan und Isolde 4. Otello 5. Lucia di Lammermoor 6. Ermione 7. Romeo and Juliet 8. Aida ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45287 "2016-07-25T14:56:14Z")
Things you would do, but it’s just too hot. 1. Save the world 2. Complain about the weather 3. Walk home instead of taking the bus. 4. Go cross country skiing 5. Put on my steampunk gear and one of my new dressing gowns ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45288 "2016-07-25T14:59:19Z")
Things You Would Do But It’s Just Too Hot 1. Save the world 2. Complain about the weather 3. Walk home instead of taking the bus. 4. Go cross country skiing 5. Ride my bike ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45289 "2016-07-25T15:16:16Z")
Things you would do, but it’s just too hot. 1. Save the world 2. Complain about the weather 3. Walk home instead of taking the bus. 4. Go cross country skiing 5. Put on my steampunk gear and one of my new dressing gowns 6. Ride my bike 7. Try to figure out what this Pokemon Go thing is ---
**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 25, 2016, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45290 "2016-07-25T15:49:24Z")
Things you would do, but it’s just too hot. 1. Save the world 2. Complain about the weather 3. Walk home instead of taking the bus. 4. Go cross country skiing 5. Put on my steampunk gear and one of my new dressing gowns 6. Ride my bike 7. Try to figure out what this Pokemon Go thing is 8. Finish building the Killer Robot in my garage ---
**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 25, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45291 "2016-07-25T16:28:40Z")
Operas in which both the soprano and the tenor die: 1. Tosca 2. La Wally 3. Tristan und Isolde 4. Otello 5. Lucia di Lammermoor 6. Ermione 7. Romeo and Juliet 8. Aida 9. Il Trovatore ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45292 "2016-07-25T16:37:33Z")
Things you would do, but it’s just too hot. 1. Save the world 2. Complain about the weather 3. Walk home instead of taking the bus. 4. Go cross country skiing 5. Put on my steampunk gear and one of my new dressing gowns 6. Ride my bike 7. Try to figure out what this Pokemon Go thing is 8. Finish building the Killer Robot in my garage 9. Take long walks in the park with my dog ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45293 "2016-07-25T16:40:24Z")
Things you would do, but it’s just too hot. 1. Save the world 2. Complain about the weather 3. Walk home instead of taking the bus. 4. Go cross country skiing 5. Put on my steampunk gear and one of my new dressing gowns 6. Ride my bike 7. Try to figure out what this Pokemon Go thing is 8. Finish building the Killer Robot in my garage 9. Take long walks in the park with my dog 10. Fishing with my son ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45294 "2016-07-25T18:10:50Z")
Things you would do, but it’s just too hot. 1. Save the world 2. Complain about the weather 3. Walk home instead of taking the bus. 4. Go cross country skiing 5. Put on my steampunk gear and one of my new dressing gowns 6. Ride my bike 7. Try to figure out what this Pokemon Go thing is 8. Finish building the Killer Robot in my garage 9. Take long walks in the park with my dog 10. Fishing with my son 11. Google for operas in which both the soprano and the tenor die ---
**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 25, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45295 "2016-07-25T19:58:41Z")
Things you would do, but it’s just too hot. 1. Save the world 2. Complain about the weather 3. Walk home instead of taking the bus. 4. Go cross country skiing 5. Put on my steampunk gear and one of my new dressing gowns 6. Ride my bike 7. Try to figure out what this Pokemon Go thing is 8. Finish building the Killer Robot in my garage 9. Take long walks in the park with my dog 10. Fishing with my son 11. Google for operas in which both the soprano and the tenor die 12. Attend a Burning Man event ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45296 "2016-07-25T21:02:52Z")
Things you would do, but it’s just too hot. 1. Save the world 2. Complain about the weather 3. Walk home instead of taking the bus. 4. Go cross country skiing 5. Put on my steampunk gear and one of my new dressing gowns 6. Ride my bike 7. Try to figure out what this Pokemon Go thing is 8. Finish building the Killer Robot in my garage 9. Take long walks in the park with my dog 10. Fishing with my son 11. Google for operas in which both the soprano and the tenor die 12. Attend a Burning Man event 13. Canoeing We’ll resume the other one (to which I have nothing to add). Operas in which both the soprano and the tenor die: 1. Tosca 2. La Wally 3. Tristan und Isolde 4. Otello 5. Lucia di Lammermoor 6. Ermione 7. Romeo and Juliet 8. Aida 9. Il Trovatore ---
**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 25, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45297 "2016-07-25T21:17:00Z")
Operas in which both the soprano and the tenor die: 1. Tosca 2. La Wally 3. Tristan und Isolde 4. Otello 5. Lucia di Lammermoor 6. Ermione 7. Romeo and Juliet 8. Aida 9. Il Trovatore 10. Pagliacci In the immortal words of Spike Jones: “He stabs the louse who stole his spouse, and then he stabs the lady and himself. Tain’t very sanitary.” ---
**Author:** ![Nelson\_Pike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Nelson\_Pike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nelson_Pike)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45298 "2016-07-25T21:50:32Z")
Operas in which both the soprano and the tenor die: 1. Tosca 2. La Wally 3. Tristan und Isolde 4. Otello 5. Lucia di Lammermoor 6. Ermione 7. Romeo and Juliet 8. Aida 9. Il Trovatore 10. Pagliacci 11. Hamlet (French production, Ophelia was the soprano, Laerte was the tenor) ---
**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 26, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45299 "2016-07-26T02:34:27Z")
Operas in which both the soprano and the tenor die: 1. Tosca 2. La Wally 3. Tristan und Isolde 4. Otello 5. Lucia di Lammermoor 6. Ermione 7. Romeo and Juliet 8. Aida 9. Il Trovatore 10. Pagliacci 11. Hamlet (French production, Ophelia was the soprano, Laerte was the tenor) 12. Götterdämmerung ---
**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:** [July 26, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45300 "2016-07-26T17:16:08Z")
Operas in which both the soprano and the tenor die: 1. Tosca 2. La Wally 3. Tristan und Isolde 4. Otello 5. Lucia di Lammermoor 6. Ermione 7. Romeo and Juliet 8. Aida 9. Il Trovatore 10. Pagliacci 11. Hamlet (French production, Ophelia was the soprano, Laerte was the tenor) 12. Götterdämmerung 13. Orfeo (Monteverdi; at least in the original production, he gets shredded by the Bacchantes; since then he gets apotheosized by Apollo, which I think the judges will accept) New: Humanizing personal anecdote in upcoming Hillary speech: 1. Playing footsie during the Benghazi hearings ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45301 "2016-07-26T17:26:13Z")
Humanizing personal anecdote in upcoming Hillary speech: 1. Playing footsie during the Benghazi hearings 2. Caught the gold handcuffs at Donald’s wedding, meaning she gets to choose his next trophy bride ---
**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:** [July 26, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45302 "2016-07-26T17:32:01Z")
Humanizing personal anecdote in upcoming Hillary speech: 1. Playing footsie during the Benghazi hearings 2. Caught the gold handcuffs at Donald’s wedding, meaning she gets to choose his next trophy bride 3. Hides snacks in her pantsuit pockets in case she gets hungry during boring speeches ---
**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 26, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45303 "2016-07-26T18:28:36Z")
Humanizing personal anecdote in upcoming Hillary speech: 1. Playing footsie during the Benghazi hearings 2. Caught the gold handcuffs at Donald’s wedding, meaning she gets to choose his next trophy bride 3. Hides snacks in her pantsuit pockets in case she gets hungry during boring speeches 1. Bakes chocolate chip cookies (her own special recipe) for her Secret Service detail. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45304 "2016-07-26T19:24:42Z")
Humanizing personal anecdote in upcoming Hillary speech: 1. Playing footsie during the Benghazi hearings 2. Caught the gold handcuffs at Donald’s wedding, meaning she gets to choose his next trophy bride 3. Hides snacks in her pantsuit pockets in case she gets hungry during boring speeches 1. Bakes chocolate chip cookies (her own special recipe) for her Secret Service detail. 1. Paints each of her toe nails a different color. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45305 "2016-07-26T21:31:39Z")
Humanizing personal anecdote in upcoming Hillary speech: 1. Playing footsie during the Benghazi hearings 2. Caught the gold handcuffs at Donald’s wedding, meaning she gets to choose his next trophy bride 3. Hides snacks in her pantsuit pockets in case she gets hungry during boring speeches 1. Bakes chocolate chip cookies (her own special recipe) for her Secret Service detail. 1. Paints each of her toe nails a different color. 2. Sometimes checks the pandas out of the National Zoo and takes them to the drive through for ice cream. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2264) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2266)