# 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:** 236
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4701 "2011-04-05T01:26:03Z")
Common knowledge teachings that most people have heard and many believe but that are in fact wrong 1. According to the Laws of Physics hummingbirds and bumblebees can’t fly. 2. People use only 10% of their brains. 3. The average person swallows eight spiders a night while they’re sleeping. 4. Dog’s mouths are cleaner than human’s mouths. 5. You need to wait an hour (or some say half an hour) after eating to go swimming. 6. Duck quacks don’t echo. 7. Until Columbus people though the world was flat. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4702 "2011-04-05T01:30:22Z")
Common knowledge teachings that most people have heard and many believe but that are in fact wrong 1. According to the Laws of Physics hummingbirds and bumblebees can’t fly. 2. People use only 10% of their brains. 3. The average person swallows eight spiders a night while they’re sleeping. 4. Dog’s mouths are cleaner than human’s mouths. 5. You need to wait an hour (or some say half an hour) after eating to go swimming. 6. Duck quacks don’t echo. 7. Until Columbus people though the world was flat. 8. If you go out in cold weather with a wet head, you’ll catch your death! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4703 "2011-04-05T01:45:04Z")
Common knowledge teachings that most people have heard and many believe but that are in fact wrong 1. According to the Laws of Physics hummingbirds and bumblebees can’t fly. 2. People use only 10% of their brains. 3. The average person swallows eight spiders a night while they’re sleeping. 4. Dog’s mouths are cleaner than human’s mouths. 5. You need to wait an hour (or some say half an hour) after eating to go swimming. 6. Duck quacks don’t echo. 7. Until Columbus people though the world was flat. 8. If you go out in cold weather with a wet head, you’ll catch your death! 9. Healthy dogs have cold wet noses; sick dogs have warm dry noses. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4704 "2011-04-05T01:46:46Z")
Common knowledge teachings that most people have heard and many believe but that are in fact wrong 1. According to the Laws of Physics hummingbirds and bumblebees can’t fly. 2. People use only 10% of their brains. 3. The average person swallows eight spiders a night while they’re sleeping. 4. Dog’s mouths are cleaner than human’s mouths. 5. You need to wait an hour (or some say half an hour) after eating to go swimming. 6. Duck quacks don’t echo. 7. Until Columbus people though the world was flat. 8. If you go out in cold weather with a wet head, you’ll catch your death! 9. Healthy dogs have cold wet noses; sick dogs have warm dry noses. 10. Chewing gum will sit undigested in your intestines for seven years. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4705 "2011-04-05T03:23:26Z")
Common knowledge teachings that most people have heard and many believe but that are in fact wrong 1. According to the Laws of Physics hummingbirds and bumblebees can’t fly. 2. People use only 10% of their brains. 3. The average person swallows eight spiders a night while they’re sleeping. 4. Dog’s mouths are cleaner than human’s mouths. 5. You need to wait an hour (or some say half an hour) after eating to go swimming. 6. Duck quacks don’t echo. 7. Until Columbus people though the world was flat. 8. If you go out in cold weather with a wet head, you’ll catch your death! 9. Healthy dogs have cold wet noses; sick dogs have warm dry noses. 10. Chewing gum will sit undigested in your intestines for seven years. 11. Nero fiddled while Rome burned. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4706 "2011-04-05T03:25:30Z")
Common knowledge teachings that most people have heard and many believe but that are in fact wrong 1. According to the Laws of Physics hummingbirds and bumblebees can’t fly. 2. People use only 10% of their brains. 3. The average person swallows eight spiders a night while they’re sleeping. 4. Dog’s mouths are cleaner than human’s mouths. 5. You need to wait an hour (or some say half an hour) after eating to go swimming. 6. Duck quacks don’t echo. 7. Until Columbus people though the world was flat. 8. If you go out in cold weather with a wet head, you’ll catch your death! 9. Healthy dogs have cold wet noses; sick dogs have warm dry noses. 10. Chewing gum will sit undigested in your intestines for seven years. 11. Nero fiddled while Rome burned. 12. All of the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4707 "2011-04-05T04:44:20Z")
Common knowledge teachings that most people have heard and many believe but that are in fact wrong 1. According to the Laws of Physics hummingbirds and bumblebees can’t fly. 2. People use only 10% of their brains. 3. The average person swallows eight spiders a night while they’re sleeping. 4. Dog’s mouths are cleaner than human’s mouths. 5. You need to wait an hour (or some say half an hour) after eating to go swimming. 6. Duck quacks don’t echo. 7. Until Columbus people though the world was flat. 8. If you go out in cold weather with a wet head, you’ll catch your death! 9. Healthy dogs have cold wet noses; sick dogs have warm dry noses. 10. Chewing gum will sit undigested in your intestines for seven years. 11. Nero fiddled while Rome burned. 12. All of the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 13. Medieval women wore chastity belts while their husbands were away. New category: Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters 14. _On Golden Pond_ ---
**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:** [April 5, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4708 "2011-04-05T05:04:48Z")
New category: Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters 1. _On Golden Pond_ 2. _Going In Style_ ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4709 "2011-04-05T05:52:35Z")
Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters 1. _On Golden Pond_ 2. _Going In Style_ 3. _Cocoon_ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4710 "2011-04-05T06:17:32Z")
Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters 1. _On Golden Pond_ 2. _Going In Style_ 3. _Cocoon_ 4. _Driving Miss Daisy_ ---
**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:** [April 5, 2011, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4711 "2011-04-05T08:07:03Z")
Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters 1. _On Golden Pond_ 2. _Going In Style_ 3. _Cocoon_ 4. _Driving Miss Daisy_ 5. _Grumpy Old Men_ ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4712 "2011-04-05T08:47:01Z")
Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters 1. _On Golden Pond_ 2. _Going In Style_ 3. _Cocoon_ 4. _Driving Miss Daisy_ 5. _Grumpy Old Men_ 6. _Lolita_ ---
**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:** [April 5, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4713 "2011-04-05T14:34:19Z")
Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters 1. On Golden Pond 2. Going In Style 3. Cocoon 4. Driving Miss Daisy 5. Grumpy Old Men 6. Lolita 7. The Bucket List ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4714 "2011-04-05T14:42:29Z")
Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters 1. _On Golden Pond_ 2. _Going In Style_ 3. _Cocoon_ 4. _Driving Miss Daisy_ 5. _Grumpy Old Men_ 6. _Lolita_ 7. _The Bucket List_ 8. _Up_ ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4715 "2011-04-05T14:54:51Z")
Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters 1. _On Golden Pond_ 2. _Going In Style_ 3. _Cocoon_ 4. _Driving Miss Daisy_ 5. _Grumpy Old Men_ 6. _Lolita_ 7. _The Bucket List_ 8. _Up_ 9. _Harold and Maude_ ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4716 "2011-04-05T14:59:20Z")
Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters 1. On Golden Pond 2. Going In Style 3. Cocoon 4. Driving Miss Daisy 5. Grumpy Old Men 6. Lolita 7. The Bucket List 8. Up 9. Harold and Maude 10. Ghost Story ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4717 "2011-04-05T15:05:58Z")
Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters 1. On Golden Pond 2. Going In Style 3. Cocoon 4. Driving Miss Daisy 5. Grumpy Old Men 6. Lolita 7. The Bucket List 8. Up 9. Harold and Maude 10. Ghost Story 11. Highlander ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4718 "2011-04-05T16:59:30Z")
Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters 1. On Golden Pond 2. Going In Style 3. Cocoon 4. Driving Miss Daisy 5. Grumpy Old Men 6. Lolita 7. The Bucket List 8. Up 9. Harold and Maude 10. Ghost Story 11. Highlander 12. The Whales of August ---
**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:** [April 5, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4719 "2011-04-05T17:05:11Z")
Popular movies and books with senior citizens as main characters 1. On Golden Pond 2. Going In Style 3. Cocoon 4. Driving Miss Daisy 5. Grumpy Old Men 6. Lolita 7. The Bucket List 8. Up 9. Harold and Maude 10. Ghost Story 11. Highlander 12. The Whales of August 13. Space Cowboys Maxims we all know and use: 14. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. ---
**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:** [April 5, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/4720 "2011-04-05T17:23:18Z")
Maxims we all know and use: 1. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. 2. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=235) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=237)