# 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:** 2285
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45686 "2016-08-12T21:00:04Z")
Unmade sequels to real movies 1. The King and II 2. Plan 10 from Outer Space 3. Feast Day of Aaron the Illustrious (Which falls on 2/3, so it’s the day after Groundhog Day.) 4. The Ghost of Mrs Muir 5. Dirtier Dancing 6. My Dinner with Andrea 7. Leonard Part 7 8. Electromagnetic (as a sequel to Gravity) 9. E.T. 2: Text home 10. The 15 Commandments: The Discovered Tablet 11. The Satiated Games 12. Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45687 "2016-08-12T21:12:55Z")
Unmade sequels to real movies 1. The King and II 2. Plan 10 from Outer Space 3. Feast Day of Aaron the Illustrious (Which falls on 2/3, so it’s the day after Groundhog Day.) 4. The Ghost of Mrs Muir 5. Dirtier Dancing 6. My Dinner with Andrea 7. Leonard Part 7 8. Electromagnetic (as a sequel to Gravity) 9. E.T. 2: Text home 10. The 15 Commandments: The Discovered Tablet 11. The Satiated Games 12. Close Encounters of the Fourth Kind 13. One A.M. in the Garden of Good and Evil Eastwood effed up source material to hell and back and worked in his kid once— can he do it again, this time with another kid? In recognition of Ruby Tuesdays closing 100 of its restaurants, next up: Ideas for Theme Restaurants that could take the place of Ruby Tuesdays 1. Ripper Jack’s Authentic Whitehall Pub An English pub that features actual cheap prostitutes, damp walls, bad hygiene, and a total lack of health inspection. ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45688 "2016-08-12T21:25:42Z")
Ideas for Theme Restaurants that could take the place of Ruby Tuesdays 1. Ripper Jack’s Authentic Whitehall Pub An English pub that features actual cheap prostitutes, damp walls, bad hygiene, and a total lack of health inspection. 2. MacDougal’s A Scottish fast-food restaurant, featuring Haggis, Scotch Pies, various colours of puddings. ---
**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 12, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45689 "2016-08-12T21:28:52Z")
Ideas for Theme Restaurants that could take the place of Ruby Tuesdays 1. Ripper Jack’s Authentic Whitehall Pub 2. MacDougal’s 3. Manic Monday’s 80s themed, featuring the song by The Bangles and other 80s hits and styles, including waitstaff in aerobics clothing, leg warmers and big hair. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45690 "2016-08-12T21:33:05Z")
Ideas for Theme Restaurants that could take the place of Ruby Tuesdays 1. Ripper Jack’s Authentic Whitehall Pub 2. MacDougal’s 3. Manic Monday’s 4. Cosby’s Pastels, waiters in nice sweaters, and free “mystery cocktails” for ladies. ---
**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, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45691 "2016-08-12T22:01:16Z")
Ideas for Theme Restaurants that could take the place of Ruby Tuesdays 1. Ripper Jack’s Authentic Whitehall Pub 2. MacDougal’s 3. Manic Monday’s 4. Cosby’s 5. Cooper’s Ligaments An offshoot of Hooters. You’re issued X-ray specs as you enter the restaurant. 😉 ---
**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 13, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45692 "2016-08-13T00:14:47Z")
Ideas for Theme Restaurants that could take the place of Ruby Tuesdays 1. Ripper Jack’s Authentic Whitehall Pub 2. MacDougal’s 3. Manic Monday’s 4. Cosby’s 5. Cooper’s Ligaments 6. 19th Nervous Breakdown Because all those Ruby Tuesdays closing is creating a void in Rolling Stones themed restaurants. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45693 "2016-08-13T00:46:46Z")
Ideas for Theme Restaurants that could take the place of Ruby Tuesdays 1. Ripper Jack’s Authentic Whitehall Pub 2. MacDougal’s 3. Manic Monday’s 4. Cosby’s 5. Cooper’s Ligaments 6. 19th Nervous Breakdown 7. Club Foot A Byron themed literary pub. Food includes She Walks in Poutine, Mary Shelley’s Franks’n’Steins, and Lady Carolune Lamb Chops. ---
**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 13, 2016, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45694 "2016-08-13T01:21:49Z")
Ideas for Theme Restaurants that could take the place of Ruby Tuesdays 1. Ripper Jack’s Authentic Whitehall Pub 2. MacDougal’s 3. Manic Monday’s 4. Cosby’s 5. Cooper’s Ligaments 6. 19th Nervous Breakdown 7. Club Foot 8. Drusilla Pennys ---
**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 13, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45695 "2016-08-13T02:48:36Z")
Ideas for Theme Restaurants that could take the place of Ruby Tuesdays 1. Ripper Jack’s Authentic Whitehall Pub 2. MacDougal’s 3. Manic Monday’s 4. Cosby’s 5. Cooper’s Ligaments 6. 19th Nervous Breakdown 7. Club Foot 8. Drusilla Pennys 9. Khaki 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:** [August 13, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45696 "2016-08-13T03:18:12Z")
Ideas for Theme Restaurants that could take the place of Ruby Tuesdays 1. Ripper Jack’s Authentic Whitehall Pub 2. MacDougal’s 3. Manic Monday’s 4. Cosby’s 5. Cooper’s Ligaments 6. 19th Nervous Breakdown 7. Club Foot 8. Drusilla Pennys 9. Khaki Garden 10. Burger Queen The decor and waiters are \*fa-\*bulous! ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45697 "2016-08-13T05:32:58Z")
Ideas for Theme Restaurants that could take the place of Ruby Tuesdays 1. Ripper Jack’s Authentic Whitehall Pub 2. MacDougal’s 3. Manic Monday’s 4. Cosby’s 5. Cooper’s Ligaments 6. 19th Nervous Breakdown 7. Club Foot 8. Drusilla Pennys 9. Khaki Garden 10. Burger Queen 11. [Tuesday Afternoon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM8JjT-97i8) Clearly, the problem with Ruby Tuesdays was that they chose the wrong Tuesday song to name it after. ---
**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 13, 2016, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45698 "2016-08-13T12:42:18Z")
Ideas for Theme Restaurants that could take the place of Ruby Tuesdays 1. Ripper Jack’s Authentic Whitehall Pub 2. MacDougal’s 3. Manic Monday’s 4. Cosby’s 5. Cooper’s Ligaments 6. 19th Nervous Breakdown 7. Club Foot 8. Drusilla Pennys 9. Khaki Garden 10. Burger Queen 11. Tuesday Afternoon 12. Sapphire Saturdays ---
**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:** [August 13, 2016, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45699 "2016-08-13T14:50:59Z")
Ideas for Theme Restaurants that could take the place of Ruby Tuesdays 1. Ripper Jack’s Authentic Whitehall Pub 2. MacDougal’s 3. Manic Monday’s 4. Cosby’s 5. Cooper’s Ligaments 6. 19th Nervous Breakdown 7. Club Foot 8. Drusilla Pennys 9. Khaki Garden 10. Burger Queen 11. Tuesday Afternoon 12. Sapphire Saturdays 13. Sweeny Todd’s (well, duh…) Next up: Movie remakes you’d like to see, in hopes it’s done right this time 1. Stephen King’s Children of the Corn ---
**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 13, 2016, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45700 "2016-08-13T14:59:21Z")
Next up: Movie remakes you’d like to see, in hopes it’s done right this time 1. Stephen King’s Children of the Corn 2. Krull ---
**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:** [August 13, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45701 "2016-08-13T16:27:33Z")
Movie remakes you’d like to see, in hopes it’s done right this time 1. Stephen King’s Children of the Corn 2. Krull 3. The Postman ---
**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 13, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45702 "2016-08-13T16:45:49Z")
Movie remakes you’d like to see, in hopes it’s done right this time 1. Stephen King’s Children of the Corn 2. Krull 3. The Postman 4. Starship Troopers Played straight, and with REAL powered armor, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45703 "2016-08-13T17:00:31Z")
Movie remakes you’d like to see, in hopes it’s done right this time 1. Stephen King’s Children of the Corn 2. Krull 3. The Postman 4. Starship Troopers 5. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Instead of padding out the first book with the non-existent romance between Arthur and Trillian, stick to the story and include _Restaurant at the End of the Universe_ and _Life, the Universe and Everything_ ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45704 "2016-08-13T21:42:20Z")
Movie remakes you’d like to see, in hopes it’s done right this time 1. Stephen King’s Children of the Corn 2. Krull 3. The Postman 4. Starship Troopers 5. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 6. Dune All agreed? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45705 "2016-08-13T22:18:40Z")
Movie remakes you’d like to see, in hopes it’s done right this time 1. Stephen King’s Children of the Corn 2. Krull 3. The Postman 4. Starship Troopers 5. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 6. Dune 7. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones God, I wanted to like that film. But I just couldn’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2284) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2286)