# 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:** 2370
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47386 "2016-11-05T01:50:58Z")
Things that warm your heart, other than your significant other 1. my kitten’s purrs 2. pancakes with whipped cream and strawberries for dinner 3. my passport 4. ice cream 5. a flag snapping in the breeze 6. Cubs winning the World Series 7. A happy, tail-wagging, butt-shaking dog ---
**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:** [November 5, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47387 "2016-11-05T01:57:50Z")
Things that warm your heart, other than your significant other 1. my kitten’s purrs 2. pancakes with whipped cream and strawberries for dinner 3. my passport 4. ice cream 5. a flag snapping in the breeze 6. Cubs winning the World Series 7. A happy, tail-wagging, butt-shaking dog 8. Videos of completely different species of animals being great friends. It melts my heart to see, for example, cats and ducks, or dogs and deer just being friends! Yeah. I’m sappy. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47388 "2016-11-05T03:30:36Z")
Things that warm your heart, other than your significant other 1. my kitten’s purrs 2. pancakes with whipped cream and strawberries for dinner 3. my passport 4. ice cream 5. a flag snapping in the breeze 6. Cubs winning the World Series 7. A happy, tail-wagging, butt-shaking dog 8. Videos of completely different species of animals being great friends. It melts my heart to see, for example, cats and ducks, or dogs and deer just being friends! 9. A smiling baby jtur88, I need to learn to look at my passport positively. I just travelled unexpectedly and right now to me my passport means tight airport security, not losing my boarding pass and taking off my shoes. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2016, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47389 "2016-11-05T07:51:56Z")
Things that warm your heart, other than your significant other 1. my kitten’s purrs 2. pancakes with whipped cream and strawberries for dinner 3. my passport 4. ice cream 5. a flag snapping in the breeze 6. Cubs winning the World Series 7. A happy, tail-wagging, butt-shaking dog 8. Videos of completely different species of animals being great friends. It melts my heart to see, for example, cats and ducks, or dogs and deer just being friends! 9. A smiling baby 10. My artwork ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47390 "2016-11-05T11:56:58Z")
Things that warm your heart, other than your significant other 1. my kitten’s purrs 2. pancakes with whipped cream and strawberries for dinner 3. my passport 4. ice cream 5. a flag snapping in the breeze 6. Cubs winning the World Series 7. A happy, tail-wagging, butt-shaking dog 8. Videos of completely different species of animals being great friends. It melts my heart to see, for example, cats and ducks, or dogs and deer just being friends! 9. A smiling baby 10. My artwork 11. Thoughts of my mom, who passed away in 2000 ---
**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:** [November 5, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47391 "2016-11-05T13:05:59Z")
Things that warm your heart, other than your significant other 1. my kitten’s purrs 2. pancakes with whipped cream and strawberries for dinner 3. my passport 4. ice cream 5. a flag snapping in the breeze 6. Cubs winning the World Series 7. A happy, tail-wagging, butt-shaking dog 8. Videos of completely different species of animals being great friends. It melts my heart to see, for example, cats and ducks, or dogs and deer just being friends! 9. A smiling baby 10. My artwork 11. Thoughts of my mom, who passed away in 2000 12. Leaves changing color in the fall ---
**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:** [November 5, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47392 "2016-11-05T13:30:40Z")
Things that warm your heart, other than your significant other 1. my kitten’s purrs 2. pancakes with whipped cream and strawberries for dinner 3. my passport 4. ice cream 5. a flag snapping in the breeze 6. Cubs winning the World Series 7. A happy, tail-wagging, butt-shaking dog 8. Videos of completely different species of animals being great friends. It melts my heart to see, for example, cats and ducks, or dogs and deer just being friends! 9. A smiling baby 10. My artwork 11. Thoughts of my mom, who passed away in 2000 12. Leaves changing color in the fall 13. The appearance of the real Superman on _Supergirl_ this season New! Unusual holidays 14. Guy Fawkes Day Commemorating a failed attempt at assassinating the government. A penny for the old Guy! ---
**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:** [November 5, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47393 "2016-11-05T15:34:01Z")
New! Unusual holidays 1. Guy Fawkes Day 2. International Talk Like A Pirate Day What it says on the tin. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47394 "2016-11-05T16:38:46Z")
New! Unusual holidays 1. Guy Fawkes Day 2. International Talk Like A Pirate Day 3. Star Wars Day ---
**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:** [November 5, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47395 "2016-11-05T17:00:52Z")
New! Unusual holidays 1. Guy Fawkes Day 2. International Talk Like A Pirate Day 3. Star Wars Day 4. Mole Day It starts at 6:02 on October 23. (and Star Wars Day is, of course, on May the 4th) ---
**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:** [November 5, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47396 "2016-11-05T17:06:38Z")
New! Unusual holidays 1. Guy Fawkes Day 2. International Talk Like A Pirate Day 3. Star Wars Day 4. Mole Day 5. Pi Day (3/14) ---
**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:** [November 5, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47397 "2016-11-05T17:08:08Z")
Unusual holidays 1. Guy Fawkes Day 2. International Talk Like A Pirate Day 3. Star Wars Day 4. Mole Day 5. Pi Day (3/14) 6. Never Turn Your Back On The Ocean Day It might be waving to you. May 15th. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47398 "2016-11-05T19:55:33Z")
Unusual holidays 1. Guy Fawkes Day 2. International Talk Like A Pirate Day 3. Star Wars Day 4. Mole Day 5. Pi Day (3/14) 6. Never Turn Your Back On The Ocean Day 7. Halloween Admit it, dressing up in funky costumes and extorting the neighbors for candy is weird. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47399 "2016-11-05T21:38:28Z")
Unusual holidays 1. Guy Fawkes Day 2. International Talk Like A Pirate Day 3. Star Wars Day 4. Mole Day 5. Pi Day (3/14) 6. Never Turn Your Back On The Ocean Day 7. Halloween 8. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the dead) It’s not Mexican Halloween, though skulls and skeletons abound; it’s a celebration of the lives of loved ones who have died. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47400 "2016-11-05T22:29:25Z")
Unusual holidays 1. Guy Fawkes Day 2. International Talk Like A Pirate Day 3. Star Wars Day 4. Mole Day 5. Pi Day (3/14) 6. Never Turn Your Back On The Ocean Day 7. Halloween 8. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the dead) 9. Sandwich Day November 3, birthday of John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47401 "2016-11-05T23:30:07Z")
Unusual holidays 1. Guy Fawkes Day 2. International Talk Like A Pirate Day 3. Star Wars Day 4. Mole Day 5. Pi Day (3/14) 6. Never Turn Your Back On The Ocean Day 7. Halloween 8. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the dead) 9. Sandwich Day 10. Frog Jumping Day May 13, inspired by Mark Twain’s story “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” ---
**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:** [November 5, 2016, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47402 "2016-11-05T23:43:57Z")
Unusual holidays 1. Guy Fawkes Day 2. International Talk Like A Pirate Day 3. Star Wars Day 4. Mole Day 5. Pi Day (3/14) 6. Never Turn Your Back On The Ocean Day 7. Halloween 8. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the dead) 9. Sandwich Day 10. Frog Jumping Day 11. Diwali (Well, it’s unusual to me) Sent from my adequate mobile device using Tapatalk. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47403 "2016-11-06T00:57:25Z")
Unusual holidays 1. Guy Fawkes Day 2. International Talk Like A Pirate Day 3. Star Wars Day 4. Mole Day 5. Pi Day (3/14) 6. Never Turn Your Back On The Ocean Day 7. Halloween 8. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the dead) 9. Sandwich Day 10. Frog Jumping Day 11. Diwali (Well, it’s unusual to me) 12. [Weasel Stomping Day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k76IGLi6jWI) ---
**Author:** ![Victor\_Charlie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7ea924/32.png) [@Victor\_Charlie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Victor_Charlie)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2016, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47404 "2016-11-06T01:08:42Z")
Unusual holidays 1. Guy Fawkes Day 2. International Talk Like A Pirate Day 3. Star Wars Day 4. Mole Day 5. Pi Day (3/14) 6. Never Turn Your Back On The Ocean Day 7. Halloween 8. Dia de los Muertos (Day of the dead) 9. Sandwich Day 10. Frog Jumping Day 11. Diwali (Well, it’s unusual to me) 12. Weasel Stomping Day 13. Make Up Your Own Holiday Day **Next:** National landmarks the locals never visit. 1. Space Needle ---
**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:** [November 6, 2016, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47405 "2016-11-06T02:34:20Z")
National landmarks the locals never visit. 1. Space Needle 2. Niagara Falls The joke around here is that only time anybody local sees the falls is when they have people visiting from out of the area. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2369) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2371)