# 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:** 2273
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45446 "2016-08-01T16:58:10Z")
Inexpensive ways to get one’s crunk on: 1. Boone’s Farm 2. Olde English 800 3. MD 20/20 4. PBR 5. Richards Wild Irish Rose 6. Night Train Express 7. Shoe polish filtered through a loaf of bread (thanks SD GQ!) 8. Pruno 9. Arbor Mist 10. Cisco Ack - forgot Strawberry Hill was a type of Boone’s Farm ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45447 "2016-08-01T17:10:48Z")
Inexpensive ways to get one’s crunk on: 1. Boone’s Farm 2. Olde English 800 3. MD 20/20 4. PBR 5. Richards Wild Irish Rose 6. Night Train Express 7. Shoe polish filtered through a loaf of bread (thanks SD GQ!) 8. Pruno 9. Arbor Mist 10. Cisco 11. Thunderbird (what’s the word?) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45448 "2016-08-01T17:19:55Z")
Inexpensive ways to get one’s crunk on: 1. Boone’s Farm 2. Olde English 800 3. MD 20/20 4. PBR 5. Richards Wild Irish Rose 6. Night Train Express 7. Shoe polish filtered through a loaf of bread (thanks SD GQ!) 8. Pruno 9. Arbor Mist 10. Cisco 11. Thunderbird (what’s the word?) 12. Purple drank ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45449 "2016-08-01T17:35:01Z")
Inexpensive ways to get one’s crunk on: 1. Boone’s Farm 2. Olde English 800 3. MD 20/20 4. PBR 5. Richards Wild Irish Rose 6. Night Train Express 7. Shoe polish filtered through a loaf of bread (thanks SD GQ!) 8. Pruno 9. Arbor Mist 10. Cisco 11. Thunderbird (what’s the word?) 12. Purple drank 13. Ripple (now White Star Chardonnay, bottled by Ernest & Julio Gallo) For Harry Potter’s birthday (one day late), spells from the Harry Potter series and what they do: 1. Luminos- brings light ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45450 "2016-08-01T18:34:51Z")
For Harry Potter’s birthday (one day late), spells from the Harry Potter series and what they do: 1. Luminos- brings light 2. Accio - summons object ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45451 "2016-08-01T18:36:52Z")
For Harry Potter’s birthday (one day late), spells from the Harry Potter series and what they do: 1. Luminos- brings light 2. Accio - summons object 3. Wingardium Leviosa - levitates objects. (btw, it’s “Lumos,” not “Luminos.” Yes, I’m a Potter nerd. :D) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45452 "2016-08-01T19:00:35Z")
For Harry Potter’s birthday (one day late), spells from the Harry Potter series and what they do: 1. Lumos- brings light 2. Accio - summons object 3. Wingardium Leviosa - levitates objects. 4. Avada Kedavra- a killing spell (Corrected to ‘lumos’- thanks Infovore. 😉 ) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45453 "2016-08-01T19:06:48Z")
For Harry Potter’s birthday (one day late), spells from the Harry Potter series and what they do: 1. Lumos- brings light 2. Accio - summons object 3. Wingardium Leviosa - levitates objects 4. Avada Kedavra- a killing spell 5. Alohomora - opens doors ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45454 "2016-08-01T19:12:40Z")
For Harry Potter’s birthday (one day late), spells from the Harry Potter series and what they do: 1. Lumos- brings light 2. Accio - summons object 3. Wingardium Leviosa - levitates objects 4. Avada Kedavra- a killing spell 5. Alohomora - opens doors 6. Oculus reparo - fixes eyeglasses ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45455 "2016-08-01T19:19:59Z")
For Harry Potter’s birthday (one day late), spells from the Harry Potter series and what they do: 1. Lumos- brings light 2. Accio - summons object 3. Wingardium Leviosa - levitates objects 4. Avada Kedavra- a killing spell 5. Alohomora - opens doors 6. Oculus reparo - fixes eyeglasses 7. Expecto Patronum - summons a magical guardian ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45456 "2016-08-01T20:49:25Z")
For Harry Potter’s birthday (one day late), spells from the Harry Potter series and what they do: 1. Lumos- brings light 2. Accio - summons object 3. Wingardium Leviosa - levitates objects 4. Avada Kedavra- a killing spell 5. Alohomora - opens doors 6. Oculus reparo - fixes eyeglasses 7. Expecto Patronum - summons a magical guardian 8. Sectumsempra- slashes a person like a sword ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45457 "2016-08-01T22:55:00Z")
For Harry Potter’s birthday (one day late), spells from the Harry Potter series and what they do: 1. Lumos- brings light 2. Accio - summons object 3. Wingardium Leviosa - levitates objects 4. Avada Kedavra- a killing spell 5. Alohomora - opens doors 6. Oculus reparo - fixes eyeglasses 7. Expecto Patronum - summons a magical guardian 8. Sectumsempra- slashes a person like a sword 9. Crucio - inflicts intense, excruciating pain, sometimes to the point of insanity Also known as the Cruciatus curse; one of the three Unforgivable Curses together with Avada Kedavra and another that may be named later in the list. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45458 "2016-08-01T23:22:40Z")
For Harry Potter’s birthday (one day late), spells from the Harry Potter series and what they do: 1. Lumos- brings light 2. Accio - summons object 3. Wingardium Leviosa - levitates objects 4. Avada Kedavra- a killing spell 5. Alohomora - opens doors 6. Oculus reparo - fixes eyeglasses 7. Expecto Patronum - summons a magical guardian 8. Sectumsempra- slashes a person like a sword 9. Ridikkilus - turns a boggart into something silly looking and harmless ---
**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:** [August 1, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45459 "2016-08-01T23:52:04Z")
For Harry Potter’s birthday (one day late), spells from the Harry Potter series and what they do: 1. Lumos- brings light 2. Accio - summons object 3. Wingardium Leviosa - levitates objects 4. Avada Kedavra- a killing spell 5. Alohomora - opens doors 6. Oculus reparo - fixes eyeglasses 7. Expecto Patronum - summons a magical guardian 8. Sectumsempra- slashes a person like a sword 9. Crucio - inflicts intense, excruciating pain, sometimes to the point of insanity 10. Ridikkilus - turns a boggart into something silly looking and harmless Renumbering to include the previous number 9 ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45460 "2016-08-02T02:13:14Z")
For Harry Potter’s birthday (one day late), spells from the Harry Potter series and what they do: 1. Lumos- brings light 2. Accio - summons object 3. Wingardium Leviosa - levitates objects 4. Avada Kedavra- a killing spell 5. Alohomora - opens doors 6. Oculus reparo - fixes eyeglasses 7. Expecto Patronum - summons a magical guardian 8. Sectumsempra- slashes a person like a sword 9. Crucio - inflicts intense, excruciating pain, sometimes to the point of insanity 10. Ridikkilus - turns a boggart into something silly looking and harmless 11. Expelliarmus! - [del]expels flatus[/del] forces victim to release what they’re holding ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45461 "2016-08-02T03:18:29Z")
For Harry Potter’s birthday (one day late), spells from the Harry Potter series and what they do: 1. Lumos- brings light 2. Accio - summons object 3. Wingardium Leviosa - levitates objects 4. Avada Kedavra- a killing spell 5. Alohomora - opens doors 6. Oculus reparo - fixes eyeglasses 7. Expecto Patronum - summons a magical guardian 8. Sectumsempra- slashes a person like a sword 9. Crucio - inflicts intense, excruciating pain, sometimes to the point of insanity 10. Ridikkilus - turns a boggart into something silly looking and harmless 11. Expelliarmus! - …forces victim to release what they’re holding 12. Aguamenti - makes water come out of wand ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45462 "2016-08-02T03:42:30Z")
For Harry Potter’s birthday (one day late), spells from the Harry Potter series and what they do: 1. Lumos- brings light 2. Accio - summons object 3. Wingardium Leviosa - levitates objects 4. Avada Kedavra- a killing spell 5. Alohomora - opens doors 6. Oculus reparo - fixes eyeglasses 7. Expecto Patronum - summons a magical guardian 8. Sectumsempra- slashes a person like a sword 9. Crucio - inflicts intense, excruciating pain, sometimes to the point of insanity 10. Ridikkilus - turns a boggart into something silly looking and harmless 11. Expelliarmus! - …forces victim to release what they’re holding 12. Aguamenti - makes water come out of wand 13. Imperio - forces victim to obey, the third of the Unforgivable Curses together with #s 4 & 9 New Category Heteronyms a k a heterophones, pairs of words written identically but with different pronunciation and meaning 1. august (adjective) and August (noun) ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45463 "2016-08-02T04:33:04Z")
Heteronyms a k a heterophones, pairs of words written identically but with different pronunciation and meaning 1. august (adjective) and August (noun) 2. resume (verb) and resume (noun) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2016, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45464 "2016-08-02T05:38:15Z")
Heteronyms a k a heterophones, pairs of words written identically but with different pronunciation and meaning 1. august (adjective) and August (noun) 2. resume (verb) and resume (noun) 3. tear (verb) and tear (noun) ---
**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:** [August 2, 2016, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45465 "2016-08-02T06:58:32Z")
Heteronyms a k a heterophones, pairs of words written identically but with different pronunciation and meaning 1. august (adjective) and August (noun) 2. resume (verb) and resume (noun) 3. tear (verb) and tear (noun) 4. unionization (having to do with unions) and unionization (having to do with ions) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2272) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2274)