# 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\
**Page:** 2319

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46366 "2016-09-19T18:37:36Z")

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A food you recently tried for the first time and now know you can’t stand

1. Roast seaweed
2. Macrobiotic bread
3. Rice and fish . . .
4. Foie gras
5. Liverwurst
6. Creme brulee
7. Okra

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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:** [September 19, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46367 "2016-09-19T19:23:20Z")

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A food you recently tried for the first time and now know you can’t stand

1. Roast seaweed
2. Macrobiotic bread
3. Rice and fish . . .
4. Foie gras
5. Liverwurst
6. Creme brulee
7. Okra
8. Shark

I eat almost anything and actually like many of the foods listed above. But the shark somehow tasted pungent and gamy. Here’s why, I just found out when googling for a way to describe it:  
“Shark meat has to be soaked well before it’s eaten because sharks urinate through their skin.”

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**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:** [September 19, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46368 "2016-09-19T20:33:59Z")

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A food you recently tried for the first time and now know you can’t stand

1. Roast seaweed
2. Macrobiotic bread
3. Rice and fish . . .
4. Foie gras
5. Liverwurst
6. Creme brulee
7. Okra
8. Shark
9. Rattlesnake

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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:** [September 19, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46369 "2016-09-19T20:37:00Z")

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A food you recently tried for the first time and now know you can’t stand

1. Roast seaweed
2. Macrobiotic bread
3. Rice and fish . . .
4. Foie gras
5. Liverwurst
6. Creme brulee
7. Okra
8. Shark
9. Rattlesnake
10. Haggis

Stretching the meaning of “food”.

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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:** [September 19, 2016, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46370 "2016-09-19T20:48:56Z")

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A food you recently tried for the first time and now know you can’t stand

1. Roast seaweed
2. Macrobiotic bread
3. Rice and fish . . .
4. Foie gras
5. Liverwurst
6. Creme brulee
7. Okra
8. Shark
9. Rattlesnake
10. Haggis
11. Vegemite

It’s Australian for “yuk”.

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**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:** [September 19, 2016, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46371 "2016-09-19T20:54:34Z")

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A food you recently tried for the first time and now know you can’t stand

1. Roast seaweed
2. Macrobiotic bread
3. Rice and fish . . .
4. Foie gras
5. Liverwurst
6. Creme brulee
7. Okra
8. Shark
9. Rattlesnake
10. Haggis
11. Vegemite
12. Wheat grass

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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:** [September 19, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46372 "2016-09-19T21:13:22Z")

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A food you recently tried for the first time and now know you can’t stand

1. Roast seaweed
2. Macrobiotic bread
3. Rice and fish . . .
4. Foie gras
5. Liverwurst
6. Creme brulee
7. Okra
8. Shark
9. Rattlesnake
10. Haggis
11. Vegemite
12. Wheat grass
13. Raw kale

Kale chips are all right, kale soup too, but I couldn’t get raw kale down my throat without feeling like choking.

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For “Talk Like a Pirate” day, 9/19: Favorite Pirate phrases or props.

1. (Prop) Parrot perched on the shoulder

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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:** [September 19, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46373 "2016-09-19T21:16:40Z")

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For “Talk Like a Pirate” day, 9/19: Favorite Pirate phrases or props.

1. (Prop) Parrot perched on the shoulder
2. “Shiver me timbers!”

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46374 "2016-09-19T21:28:48Z")

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For “Talk Like a Pirate” day, 9/19: Favorite Pirate phrases or props.

1. (Prop) Parrot perched on the shoulder
2. “Shiver me timbers!”
3. Eye patch

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46375 "2016-09-19T21:52:58Z")

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For “Talk Like a Pirate” day, 9/19: Favorite Pirate phrases or props.

1. (Prop) Parrot perched on the shoulder
2. “Shiver me timbers!”
3. Eye patch
4. The plank

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**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:** [September 19, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46376 "2016-09-19T21:54:55Z")

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For “Talk Like a Pirate” day, 9/19: Favorite Pirate phrases or props.

1. (Prop) Parrot perched on the shoulder
2. “Shiver me timbers!”
3. Eye patch
4. The plank
5. Gold hoop earring

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2016, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46377 "2016-09-19T23:10:05Z")

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For “Talk Like a Pirate” day, 9/19: Favorite Pirate phrases or props.

1. (Prop) Parrot perched on the shoulder
2. “Shiver me timbers!”
3. Eye patch
4. The plank
5. Gold hoop earring
6. “…and really bad eggs”

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**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:** [September 19, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46378 "2016-09-19T23:55:17Z")

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For “Talk Like a Pirate” day, 9/19: Favorite Pirate phrases or props.

1. (Prop) Parrot perched on the shoulder
2. “Shiver me timbers!”
3. Eye patch
4. The plank
5. Gold hoop earring
6. “…and really bad eggs”
7. “Me hearties!”

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**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:** [September 20, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46379 "2016-09-20T00:37:22Z")

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For “Talk Like a Pirate” day, 9/19: Favorite Pirate phrases or props.

1. (Prop) Parrot perched on the shoulder
2. “Shiver me timbers!”
3. Eye patch
4. The plank
5. Gold hoop earring
6. “…and really bad eggs”
7. “Me hearties!”
8. “Aarrrrr!”

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46380 "2016-09-20T00:54:26Z")

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For “Talk Like a Pirate” day, 9/19: Favorite Pirate phrases or props.

1. (Prop) Parrot perched on the shoulder
2. “Shiver me timbers!”
3. Eye patch
4. The plank
5. Gold hoop earring
6. “…and really bad eggs”
7. “Me hearties!”
8. “Aarrrrr!”
9. Peg Leg

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46381 "2016-09-20T00:59:56Z")

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For “Talk Like a Pirate” day, 9/19: Favorite Pirate phrases or props.

1. (Prop) Parrot perched on the shoulder
2. “Shiver me timbers!”
3. Eye patch
4. The plank
5. Gold hoop earring
6. “…and really bad eggs”
7. “Me hearties!”
8. “Aarrrrr!”
9. Peg Leg
10. Rum

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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:** [September 20, 2016, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46382 "2016-09-20T01:10:50Z")

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For “Talk Like a Pirate” day, 9/19: Favorite Pirate phrases or props.

1. (Prop) Parrot perched on the shoulder
2. “Shiver me timbers!”
3. Eye patch
4. The plank
5. Gold hoop earring
6. “…and really bad eggs”
7. “Me hearties!”
8. “Aarrrrr!”
9. Peg Leg
10. Rum
11. Jolly Roger flag

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46383 "2016-09-20T01:19:44Z")

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nm

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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:** [September 20, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46384 "2016-09-20T04:56:05Z")

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For “Talk Like a Pirate” day, 9/19: Favorite Pirate phrases or props.

1. (Prop) Parrot perched on the shoulder
2. “Shiver me timbers!”
3. Eye patch
4. The plank
5. Gold hoop earring
6. “…and really bad eggs”
7. “Me hearties!”
8. “Aarrrrr!”
9. Peg Leg
10. Rum
11. Jolly Roger flag
12. Pieces of 8! Pieces of 8! Squawk!

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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:** [September 20, 2016, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46385 "2016-09-20T08:53:16Z")

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For “Talk Like a Pirate” day, 9/19: Favorite Pirate phrases or props.

1. (Prop) Parrot perched on the shoulder
2. “Shiver me timbers!”
3. Eye patch
4. The plank
5. Gold hoop earring
6. “…and really bad eggs”
7. “Me hearties!”
8. “Aarrrrr!”
9. Peg Leg
10. Rum
11. Jolly Roger flag
12. Pieces of 8! Pieces of 8! Squawk!
13. “Avast, ye scurvy dogs!”

Next: Band names that contain animals.

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