# 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:** 2323
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46446 "2016-09-23T05:38:59Z")
OK, too hard. Cancel this one, I pass, somebody open a new category. ---
**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 23, 2016, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46447 "2016-09-23T05:45:51Z")
Words (not phrases) that only geezers use: 1. Whippersnapper ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46448 "2016-09-23T05:51:41Z")
Words (not phrases) that only geezers use: 1. Whippersnapper 2. icebox ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46449 "2016-09-23T11:44:45Z")
Words (not phrases) that only geezers use: 1. Whippersnapper 2. icebox 3. Thongs (AKA flipflops) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46450 "2016-09-23T12:28:59Z")
Words (not phrases) that only geezers use: 1. Whippersnapper 2. icebox 3. Thongs (AKA flipflops) 4. Davenport (sofa) ---
**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 23, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46451 "2016-09-23T13:07:02Z")
Words (not phrases) that only geezers use: 1. Whippersnapper 2. icebox 3. Thongs (AKA flipflops) 4. Davenport (sofa) 5. Curmudgeon ---
**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:** [September 23, 2016, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46452 "2016-09-23T13:08:34Z")
Words (not phrases) that only geezers use: 1. Whippersnapper 2. icebox 3. Thongs (AKA flipflops) 4. Davenport (sofa) 5. Curmudgeon 6. Dungarees ---
**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 23, 2016, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46453 "2016-09-23T13:21:27Z")
Words (not phrases) that only geezers use: 1. Whippersnapper 2. icebox 3. Thongs (AKA flipflops) 4. Davenport (sofa) 5. Curmudgeon 6. Dungarees 7. Shucks ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46454 "2016-09-23T13:55:40Z")
Words (not phrases) that only geezers use: 1. Whippersnapper 2. icebox 3. Thongs (AKA flipflops) 4. Davenport (sofa) 5. Curmudgeon 6. Dungarees 7. Shucks 8. Victrola ---
**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 23, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46455 "2016-09-23T14:17:43Z")
Words (not phrases) that only geezers use: 1. Whippersnapper 2. icebox 3. Thongs (AKA flipflops) 4. Davenport (sofa) 5. Curmudgeon 6. Dungarees 7. Shucks 8. Victrola 9. Credenza ---
**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:** [September 23, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46456 "2016-09-23T14:23:37Z")
Words (not phrases) that only geezers use: 1. Whippersnapper 2. icebox 3. Thongs (AKA flipflops) 4. Davenport (sofa) 5. Curmudgeon 6. Dungarees 7. Shucks 8. Victrola 9. Credenza 10. Kerfuffle ---
**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 23, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46457 "2016-09-23T14:30:14Z")
Words (not phrases) that only geezers use: 1. Whippersnapper 2. icebox 3. Thongs (AKA flipflops) 4. Davenport (sofa) 5. Curmudgeon 6. Dungarees 7. Shucks 8. Victrola 9. Credenza 10. Kerfuffle 11. Drat ---
**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 23, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46458 "2016-09-23T14:48:59Z")
Words (not phrases) that only geezers use: 1. Whippersnapper 2. icebox 3. Thongs (AKA flipflops) 4. Davenport (sofa) 5. Curmudgeon 6. Dungarees 7. Shucks 8. Victrola 9. Credenza 10. Kerfuffle 11. Drat 12. Unmentionables ---
**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 23, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46459 "2016-09-23T15:14:42Z")
Words (not phrases) that only geezers use: 1. Whippersnapper 2. icebox 3. Thongs (AKA flipflops) 4. Davenport (sofa) 5. Curmudgeon 6. Dungarees 7. Shucks 8. Victrola 9. Credenza 10. Kerfuffle 11. Drat 12. Unmentionables 13. Groovy New! Conversation Starters 14. “I’ve heard so much about you from the NSA.” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46460 "2016-09-23T15:17:04Z")
Conversation Starters 1. “I’ve heard so much about you from the NSA.” 2. “You look just like that guy who’s been in the news this week.” ---
**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 23, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46461 "2016-09-23T15:19:09Z")
Conversation Starters 1. “I’ve heard so much about you from the NSA.” 2. “You look just like that guy who’s been in the news this week.” 3. “Boy it sure is nice breathing free air as a free man. I was released on parole today. You wanna know what I was in for?.” ---
**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 23, 2016, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46462 "2016-09-23T15:24:02Z")
Conversation Starters 1. “I’ve heard so much about you from the NSA.” 2. “You look just like that guy who’s been in the news this week.” 3. “Boy it sure is nice breathing free air as a free man. I was released on parole today. You wanna know what I was in for?.” 4. “So if you had a choice between winning a billion dollars and going back in time to kill Hitler, which would you choose?” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46463 "2016-09-23T16:30:10Z")
Conversation Starters 1. “I’ve heard so much about you from the NSA.” 2. “You look just like that guy who’s been in the news this week.” 3. “Boy it sure is nice breathing free air as a free man. I was released on parole today. You wanna know what I was in for?.” 4. “So if you had a choice between winning a billion dollars and going back in time to kill Hitler, which would you choose?” 5. “You look like a person fine upstanding citizen, which is why I’d like to tell you about Amway.” ---
**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 23, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46464 "2016-09-23T17:30:41Z")
Conversation Starters 1. “I’ve heard so much about you from the NSA.” 2. “You look just like that guy who’s been in the news this week.” 3. “Boy it sure is nice breathing free air as a free man. I was released on parole today. You wanna know what I was in for?.” 4. “So if you had a choice between winning a billion dollars and going back in time to kill Hitler, which would you choose?” 5. “You look like a person fine upstanding citizen, which is why I’d like to tell you about Amway.” 6. “Are you interested in buying a bridge? I have one that should be just right for you!” ---
**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 23, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46465 "2016-09-23T18:26:43Z")
Conversation Starters 1. “I’ve heard so much about you from the NSA.” 2. “You look just like that guy who’s been in the news this week.” 3. “Boy it sure is nice breathing free air as a free man. I was released on parole today. You wanna know what I was in for?.” 4. “So if you had a choice between winning a billion dollars and going back in time to kill Hitler, which would you choose?” 5. “You look like a person fine upstanding citizen, which is why I’d like to tell you about Amway.” 6. “Are you interested in buying a bridge? I have one that should be just right for you!” 7. “Ever let a total stranger tie you up and do nasty things to you?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2322) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2324)