# 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\
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**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:** [August 11, 2016, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45646 "2016-08-11T18:59:17Z")

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Popular U.S. movies that were remakes of foreign films/the foreign film

1. The Birdcage/La Cage Aux Folles
2. The Postman Always Rings Twice/Le Dernier Tournant
3. The Magnificent Seven/Seven Samurai
4. Breathless/A Bout de Souffle
5. Cousins/ Cousin, cousine
6. The Vanishing / Spoorloos
7. True Lies/La Totale!
8. Funny Games / Funny Games
9. Three Men and a Baby / Trois Hommes et un Couffin
10. Vanilla Sky/Abre los ojos

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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:** [August 11, 2016, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45647 "2016-08-11T19:37:37Z")

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Popular U.S. movies that were remakes of foreign films/the foreign film

1. The Birdcage/La Cage Aux Folles
2. The Postman Always Rings Twice/Le Dernier Tournant
3. The Magnificent Seven/Seven Samurai
4. Breathless/A Bout de Souffle
5. Cousins/ Cousin, cousine
6. The Vanishing / Spoorloos
7. True Lies/La Totale!
8. Funny Games / Funny Games
9. Three Men and a Baby / Trois Hommes et un Couffin
10. Vanilla Sky/Abre los ojos
11. Victor-Victoria/Viktor und Viktoria

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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:** [August 11, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45648 "2016-08-11T19:41:50Z")

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Popular U.S. movies that were remakes of foreign films/the foreign film

1. The Birdcage/La Cage Aux Folles
2. The Postman Always Rings Twice/Le Dernier Tournant
3. The Magnificent Seven/Seven Samurai
4. Breathless/A Bout de Souffle
5. Cousins/ Cousin, cousine
6. The Vanishing / Spoorloos
7. True Lies/La Totale!
8. Funny Games / Funny Games
9. Three Men and a Baby / Trois Hommes et un Couffin
10. Vanilla Sky/Abre los ojos
11. Victor-Victoria/Viktor und Viktoria
12. Let Me In / Let the Right One In

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**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:** [August 11, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45649 "2016-08-11T19:50:30Z")

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Popular U.S. movies that were remakes of foreign films/the foreign film

1. The Birdcage/La Cage Aux Folles
2. The Postman Always Rings Twice/Le Dernier Tournant
3. The Magnificent Seven/Seven Samurai
4. Breathless/A Bout de Souffle
5. Cousins/ Cousin, cousine
6. The Vanishing / Spoorloos
7. True Lies/La Totale!
8. Funny Games / Funny Games
9. Three Men and a Baby / Trois Hommes et un Couffin
10. Vanilla Sky/Abre los ojos
11. Victor-Victoria/Viktor und Viktoria
12. Let Me In / Let the Right One In
13. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo/Män som hatar kvinnor

Pass.

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**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:** [August 11, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45650 "2016-08-11T20:09:09Z")

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The punch line of a favorite joke. Just the punch line, please.

1. Didn’t you hear that guy say, “Look at the two assholes on the camel.”?

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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:** [August 11, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45651 "2016-08-11T20:11:49Z")

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The punch line of a favorite joke. Just the punch line, please.

1. Didn’t you hear that guy say, “Look at the two assholes on the camel.”?
2. “Twenty bucks, same as downtown.”

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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:** [August 11, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45652 "2016-08-11T20:33:44Z")

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The punch line of a favorite joke. Just the punch line, please.

1. Didn’t you hear that guy say, “Look at the two assholes on the camel”?
2. “Twenty bucks, same as downtown.”
3. “Not bad. But you’ll never guess who I had lunch with!”

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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:** [August 11, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45653 "2016-08-11T20:48:17Z")

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The punch line of a favorite joke. Just the punch line, please.

1. Didn’t you hear that guy say, “Look at the two assholes on the camel”?
2. “Twenty bucks, same as downtown.”
3. “Not bad. But you’ll never guess who I had lunch with!”
4. “Pinocchio?!?”

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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:** [August 11, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45654 "2016-08-11T21:11:09Z")

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The punch line of a favorite joke. Just the punch line, please.

1. Didn’t you hear that guy say, “Look at the two assholes on the camel”?
2. “Twenty bucks, same as downtown.”
3. “Not bad. But you’ll never guess who I had lunch with!”
4. “Pinocchio?!?”
5. “But fook just one goat!”

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**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 11, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45655 "2016-08-11T21:15:01Z")

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The punch line of a favorite joke. Just the punch line, please.

1. Didn’t you hear that guy say, “Look at the two assholes on the camel”?
2. “Twenty bucks, same as downtown.”
3. “Not bad. But you’ll never guess who I had lunch with!”
4. “Pinocchio?!?”
5. “But fook just one goat!”
6. “No shit?” Well…hardly any."

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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:** [August 11, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45656 "2016-08-11T21:15:46Z")

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The punch line of a favorite joke. Just the punch line, please.

1. Didn’t you hear that guy say, “Look at the two assholes on the camel”?
2. “Twenty bucks, same as downtown.”
3. “Not bad. But you’ll never guess who I had lunch with!”
4. “Pinocchio?!?”
5. “But fook just one goat!”
6. “No shit?” Well…hardly any."
7. “It just goes to show; you don’t fuck with the Lone Ranger.”

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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:** [August 11, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45657 "2016-08-11T21:19:38Z")

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The punch line of a favorite joke. Just the punch line, please.

1. Didn’t you hear that guy say, “Look at the two assholes on the camel”?
2. “Twenty bucks, same as downtown.”
3. “Not bad. But you’ll never guess who I had lunch with!”
4. “Pinocchio?!?”
5. “But fook just one goat!”
6. “No shit?” Well…hardly any."
7. “It just goes to show; you don’t fuck with the Lone Ranger.”
8. “Being able to wake up before noon.”

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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:** [August 11, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45658 "2016-08-11T21:32:17Z")

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The punch line of a favorite joke. Just the punch line, please.

1. Didn’t you hear that guy say, “Look at the two assholes on the camel”?
2. “Twenty bucks, same as downtown.”
3. “Not bad. But you’ll never guess who I had lunch with!”
4. “Pinocchio?!?”
5. “But fook just one goat!”
6. “No shit?” Well…hardly any."
7. “It just goes to show; you don’t fuck with the Lone Ranger.”
8. “Being able to wake up before noon.”
9. “You’re going to die.”

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**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 11, 2016, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45659 "2016-08-11T22:06:19Z")

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The punch line of a favorite joke. Just the punch line, please.

1. Didn’t you hear that guy say, “Look at the two assholes on the camel”?
2. “Twenty bucks, same as downtown.”
3. “Not bad. But you’ll never guess who I had lunch with!”
4. “Pinocchio?!?”
5. “But fook just one goat!”
6. “No shit?” Well…hardly any."
7. “It just goes to show; you don’t fuck with the Lone Ranger.”
8. “Being able to wake up before noon.”
9. “You’re going to die.”
10. “You have a drink named Bob?”

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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:** [August 11, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45660 "2016-08-11T22:09:12Z")

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The punch line of a favorite joke. Just the punch line, please.

1. Didn’t you hear that guy say, “Look at the two assholes on the camel”?
2. “Twenty bucks, same as downtown.”
3. “Not bad. But you’ll never guess who I had lunch with!”
4. “Pinocchio?!?”
5. “But fook just one goat!”
6. “No shit?” Well…hardly any."
7. “It just goes to show; you don’t fuck with the Lone Ranger.”
8. “Being able to wake up before noon.”
9. “You’re going to die.”
10. “You have a drink named Bob?”
11. “You know, Superman, you’re a real asshole when you’re drunk.”

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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:** [August 11, 2016, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45661 "2016-08-11T23:48:08Z")

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**Little Nemo** , I was going to post that next! Great joke.

The punch line of a favorite joke. Just the punch line, please.

1. Didn’t you hear that guy say, “Look at the two assholes on the camel”?
2. “Twenty bucks, same as downtown.”
3. “Not bad. But you’ll never guess who I had lunch with!”
4. “Pinocchio?!?”
5. “But fook just one goat!”
6. “No shit?” Well…hardly any."
7. “It just goes to show; you don’t fuck with the Lone Ranger.”
8. “Being able to wake up before noon.”
9. “You’re going to die.”
10. “You have a drink named Bob?”
11. “You know, Superman, you’re a real asshole when you’re drunk.”
12. “Don’t matter none. Only gonna be the two of us there anyway.”

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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:** [August 12, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45662 "2016-08-12T04:32:17Z")

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The punch line of a favorite joke. Just the punch line, please.

1. Didn’t you hear that guy say, “Look at the two assholes on the camel”?
2. “Twenty bucks, same as downtown.”
3. “Not bad. But you’ll never guess who I had lunch with!”
4. “Pinocchio?!?”
5. “But fook just one goat!”
6. “No shit?” Well…hardly any."
7. “It just goes to show; you don’t fuck with the Lone Ranger.”
8. “Being able to wake up before noon.”
9. “You’re going to die.”
10. “You have a drink named Bob?”
11. “You know, Superman, you’re a real asshole when you’re drunk.”
12. “Don’t matter none. Only gonna be the two of us there anyway.”
13. “Well, I guess you’re not going to like Thursdays either.”

I’ll pass.

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**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 12, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45663 "2016-08-12T05:44:19Z")

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Surgeries/procedures you’ve had.

1. 2012: Heart surgery: Aortic valve replacement, triple bypass.

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**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:** [August 12, 2016, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45664 "2016-08-12T07:38:09Z")

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Surgeries/procedures you’ve had.

1. 2012: Heart surgery: Aortic valve replacement, triple bypass.
2. 1998ish Wisdom Tooth Extraction

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**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45665 "2016-08-12T07:45:09Z")

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Surgeries/procedures you’ve had.

1. 2012: Heart surgery: Aortic valve replacement, triple bypass.
2. 1998ish Wisdom Tooth Extraction
3. 1985 Laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Piece o’ cake!

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