# 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:** 2330
**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:** [October 4, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46586 "2016-10-04T14:07:05Z")
Biggest future surprises about Donald Trump’s taxes 1. $25 million deduction for toupee warehouse amortization 2. People will stop caring. 3. 79 illegitimate children claimed as dependents. 4. He never checked the box to contribute to the RNC. 5. He collects Social Security. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46587 "2016-10-04T14:42:45Z")
Biggest future surprises about Donald Trump’s taxes 1. $25 million deduction for toupee warehouse amortization 2. People will stop caring. 3. 79 illegitimate children claimed as dependents. 4. He never checked the box to contribute to the RNC. 5. He collects Social Security. 6. Large deductions for campaign costs as “job-search expenses” ---
**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:** [October 4, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46588 "2016-10-04T14:46:19Z")
Biggest future surprises about Donald Trump’s taxes 1. $25 million deduction for toupee warehouse amortization 2. People will stop caring. 3. 79 illegitimate children claimed as dependents. 4. He never checked the box to contribute to the RNC. 5. He collects Social Security. 6. Large deductions for campaign costs as “job-search expenses” 7. Chris Christie listed as a dependent ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46589 "2016-10-04T14:48:08Z")
Biggest future surprises about Donald Trump’s taxes 1. $25 million deduction for toupee warehouse amortization 2. People will stop caring. 3. 79 illegitimate children claimed as dependents. 4. He never checked the box to contribute to the RNC. 5. He collects Social Security. 6. Large deductions for campaign costs as “job-search expenses” 7. Chris Christie listed as a dependent 8. Counted the advice he gave a homeless guy to beg two streets over as a $500,000 pro-bono consulting fee charitable deduction ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46590 "2016-10-04T14:54:05Z")
Biggest future surprises about Donald Trump’s taxes 1. $25 million deduction for toupee warehouse amortization 2. People will stop caring. 3. 79 illegitimate children claimed as dependents. 4. He never checked the box to contribute to the RNC. 5. He collects Social Security. 6. Large deductions for campaign costs as “job-search expenses” 7. Chris Christie listed as a dependent 8. Counted the advice he gave a homeless guy to beg two streets over as a $500,000 pro-bono consulting fee charitable deduction 9. His conscience bothered him after declaring a loss of $900,000,000 in 1995 so he’s been overpaying for the last 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46591 "2016-10-04T19:25:31Z")
Biggest future surprises about Donald Trump’s taxes 1. $25 million deduction for toupee warehouse amortization 2. People will stop caring. 3. 79 illegitimate children claimed as dependents. 4. He never checked the box to contribute to the RNC. 5. He collects Social Security. 6. Large deductions for campaign costs as “job-search expenses” 7. Chris Christie listed as a dependent 8. Counted the advice he gave a homeless guy to beg two streets over as a $500,000 pro-bono consulting fee charitable deduction 9. His conscience bothered him after declaring a loss of $900,000,000 in 1995 so he’s been overpaying for the last 20 years. 10. CPA co-signature simply says “A short guy wearing a yarmulke”. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46592 "2016-10-04T20:38:39Z")
Biggest future surprises about Donald Trump’s taxes 1. $25 million deduction for toupee warehouse amortization 2. People will stop caring. 3. 79 illegitimate children claimed as dependents. 4. He never checked the box to contribute to the RNC. 5. He collects Social Security. 6. Large deductions for campaign costs as “job-search expenses” 7. Chris Christie listed as a dependent 8. Counted the advice he gave a homeless guy to beg two streets over as a $500,000 pro-bono consulting fee charitable deduction 9. His conscience bothered him after declaring a loss of $900,000,000 in 1995 so he’s been overpaying for the last 20 years. 10. CPA co-signature simply says “A short guy wearing a yarmulke”. 11. He tried to deduct all the money he gave to Hillary Clinton ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46593 "2016-10-04T22:01:59Z")
Biggest future surprises about Donald Trump’s taxes 1. $25 million deduction for toupee warehouse amortization 2. People will stop caring. 3. 79 illegitimate children claimed as dependents. 4. He never checked the box to contribute to the RNC. 5. He collects Social Security. 6. Large deductions for campaign costs as “job-search expenses” 7. Chris Christie listed as a dependent 8. Counted the advice he gave a homeless guy to beg two streets over as a $500,000 pro-bono consulting fee charitable deduction 9. His conscience bothered him after declaring a loss of $900,000,000 in 1995 so he’s been overpaying for the last 20 years. 10. CPA co-signature simply says “A short guy wearing a yarmulke”. 11. He tried to deduct all the money he gave to Hillary Clinton 12. He paid the best taxes. Huge taxes. He paid astonishingly excellent taxes. He paid taxes bigly. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2016, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46594 "2016-10-04T23:13:53Z")
Biggest future surprises about Donald Trump’s taxes 1. $25 million deduction for toupee warehouse amortization 2. People will stop caring. 3. 79 illegitimate children claimed as dependents. 4. He never checked the box to contribute to the RNC. 5. He collects Social Security. 6. Large deductions for campaign costs as “job-search expenses” 7. Chris Christie listed as a dependent 8. Counted the advice he gave a homeless guy to beg two streets over as a $500,000 pro-bono consulting fee charitable deduction 9. His conscience bothered him after declaring a loss of $900,000,000 in 1995 so he’s been overpaying for the last 20 years. 10. CPA co-signature simply says “A short guy wearing a yarmulke”. 11. He tried to deduct all the money he gave to Hillary Clinton 12. He paid the best taxes. Huge taxes. He paid astonishingly excellent taxes. He paid taxes bigly. 13. He always tithes 10% of his income to his church. New topic: Vice Presidential candidates from losing tickets 14. Edmund Muskie - Democratic Party - 1968 ---
**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:** [October 4, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46595 "2016-10-04T23:18:27Z")
Vice Presidential candidates from losing tickets 1. Edmund Muskie - Democratic Party - 1968 2. Geraldine Ferraro, Democrat, 1984 ---
**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:** [October 4, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46596 "2016-10-04T23:44:23Z")
Vice Presidential candidates from losing tickets 1. Edmund Muskie - Democratic Party - 1968 2. Geraldine Ferraro, Democrat, 1984 3. Joe Lieberman, 2000 ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46597 "2016-10-05T00:21:19Z")
Vice Presidential candidates from losing tickets 1. Edmund Muskie - Democratic Party - 1968 2. Geraldine Ferraro, Democrat, 1984 3. Joe Lieberman, 2000 4. Earl Warren, 1948 _(Dewey defeats Truman)_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46598 "2016-10-05T00:29:20Z")
Vice Presidential candidates from losing tickets 1. Edmund Muskie - Democratic Party - 1968 2. Geraldine Ferraro, Democrat, 1984 3. Joe Lieberman, 2000 4. Earl Warren, 1948 _(Dewey defeats Truman)_ 5. Sargent Shriver, McGovern’s twentieth choice in 1972 ---
**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:** [October 5, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46599 "2016-10-05T00:57:20Z")
Vice Presidential candidates from losing tickets 1. Edmund Muskie - Democratic Party - 1968 2. Geraldine Ferraro, Democrat, 1984 3. Joe Lieberman, 2000 4. Earl Warren, 1948 _(Dewey defeats Truman)_ 5. Sargent Shriver, McGovern’s twentieth choice in 1972 6. Lloyd Bentsen, 1988 The man who delivered the most memorable of VP debate lines: “Senator, you’re no Jack Kennedy” ---
**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:** [October 5, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46600 "2016-10-05T02:00:53Z")
Vice Presidential candidates from losing tickets 1. Edmund Muskie - Democratic Party - 1968 2. Geraldine Ferraro, Democrat, 1984 3. Joe Lieberman, 2000 4. Earl Warren, 1948 _(Dewey defeats Truman)_ 5. Sargent Shriver, McGovern’s twentieth choice in 1972 6. Lloyd Bentsen, 1988 7. Robert Dole, 1976 Replaced incumbent Nelson Rockefeller in Ford’s re-election attempt. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2016, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46601 "2016-10-05T02:38:30Z")
Vice Presidential candidates from losing tickets 1. Edmund Muskie - Democratic Party - 1968 2. Geraldine Ferraro, Democrat, 1984 3. Joe Lieberman, 2000 4. Earl Warren, 1948 _(Dewey defeats Truman)_ 5. Sargent Shriver, McGovern’s twentieth choice in 1972 6. Lloyd Bentsen, 1988 7. Robert Dole, 1976 8. Sarah Palin, 2008 The first mentally handicapped person to appear on a ticket. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46602 "2016-10-05T04:12:38Z")
Vice Presidential candidates from losing tickets 1. Edmund Muskie - Democratic Party - 1968 2. Geraldine Ferraro, Democrat, 1984 3. Joe Lieberman, 2000 4. Earl Warren, 1948 (Dewey defeats Truman) 5. Sargent Shriver, McGovern’s twentieth choice in 1972 6. Lloyd Bentsen, 1988 7. Robert Dole, 1976 8. Sarah Palin, 2008 9. Etses Kefauver (Adlai Sevenson), 1956. ---
**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:** [October 5, 2016, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46603 "2016-10-05T10:51:35Z")
Vice Presidential candidates from losing tickets 1. Edmund Muskie - Democratic Party - 1968 2. Geraldine Ferraro, Democrat, 1984 3. Joe Lieberman, 2000 4. Earl Warren, 1948 (Dewey defeats Truman) 5. Sargent Shriver, McGovern’s twentieth choice in 1972 6. Lloyd Bentsen, 1988 7. Robert Dole, 1976 8. Sarah Palin, 2008 9. Etses Kefauver (Adlai Sevenson), 1956. 10. Charles L. McNary (Wendell L. Willkie), 1940 ---
**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:** [October 5, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46604 "2016-10-05T13:14:00Z")
Vice Presidential candidates from losing tickets 1. Edmund Muskie - Democratic Party - 1968 2. Geraldine Ferraro, Democrat, 1984 3. Joe Lieberman, 2000 4. Earl Warren, 1948 (Dewey defeats Truman) 5. Sargent Shriver, McGovern’s twentieth choice in 1972 6. Lloyd Bentsen, 1988 7. Robert Dole, 1976 8. Sarah Palin, 2008 9. Etses Kefauver (Adlai Sevenson), 1956. 10. Charles L. McNary (Wendell L. Willkie), 1940 11. Paul Ryan - Republican Party - 2012 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/46605 "2016-10-05T15:32:55Z")
Vice Presidential candidates from losing tickets 1. Edmund Muskie - Democratic Party - 1968 2. Geraldine Ferraro, Democrat, 1984 3. Joe Lieberman, 2000 4. Earl Warren, 1948 (Dewey defeats Truman) 5. Sargent Shriver, McGovern’s twentieth choice in 1972 6. Lloyd Bentsen, 1988 7. Robert Dole, 1976 8. Sarah Palin, 2008 9. Etses Kefauver (Adlai Sevenson), 1956. 10. Charles L. McNary (Wendell L. Willkie), 1940 11. Paul Ryan - Republican Party - 2012 12. Bill Miller (Nixon) 1964 So thoroughly forgotten, he did a “Do you know who I am?” credit card commercial 20 years later. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2329) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2331)