# 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:** 2383
**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 16, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47646 "2016-11-16T22:45:38Z")
NEW: Funny or notable typos you’ve seen in books or magazines, and the work 1. “Now, very quickly, he thought. Take all the time you want because you’ll do this just once. He put his hands into his coat and dried them against his shirt. He wiped his face with a BANANA then drew his pistol and wiped it carefully.” THE BOUNTY HUNTERS by Elmore Leonard ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47647 "2016-11-16T23:04:24Z")
NEW: Funny or notable typos you’ve seen in books or magazines, and the work 1. “Now, very quickly, he thought. Take all the time you want because you’ll do this just once. He put his hands into his coat and dried them against his shirt. He wiped his face with a BANANA then drew his pistol and wiped it carefully.” THE BOUNTY HUNTERS by Elmore Leonard 2. “The storm left the Trans-Canada Highway under eight inches of SNOT” – St. John’s Evening Telegram. ---
**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 16, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47648 "2016-11-16T23:24:51Z")
Funny or notable typos you’ve seen in books or magazines, and the work 1. “Now, very quickly, he thought. Take all the time you want because you’ll do this just once. He put his hands into his coat and dried them against his shirt. He wiped his face with a BANANA then drew his pistol and wiped it carefully.” THE BOUNTY HUNTERS by Elmore Leonard 2. “The storm left the Trans-Canada Highway under eight inches of SNOT” – St. John’s Evening Telegram. 3. “Thou shalt commit adultery.” 1631 edition of the King James Version. ---
**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 17, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47649 "2016-11-17T01:18:06Z")
Funny or notable typos you’ve seen in books or magazines, and the work 1. “Now, very quickly, he thought. Take all the time you want because you’ll do this just once. He put his hands into his coat and dried them against his shirt. He wiped his face with a BANANA then drew his pistol and wiped it carefully.” THE BOUNTY HUNTERS by Elmore Leonard 2. “The storm left the Trans-Canada Highway under eight inches of SNOT” – St. John’s Evening Telegram. 3. “Thou shalt commit adultery.” 1631 edition of the King James Version. 4. “salt and freshly ground black **people**.” 2010 edition of _The Pasta Bible_, Penguin Australia ---
**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:** [November 17, 2016, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47650 "2016-11-17T05:31:20Z")
Funny or notable typos you’ve seen in books or magazines, and the work 1. “Now, very quickly, he thought. Take all the time you want because you’ll do this just once. He put his hands into his coat and dried them against his shirt. He wiped his face with a BANANA then drew his pistol and wiped it carefully.” THE BOUNTY HUNTERS by Elmore Leonard 2. “The storm left the Trans-Canada Highway under eight inches of SNOT” – St. John’s Evening Telegram. 3. “Thou shalt commit adultery.” 1631 edition of the King James Version. 4. “salt and freshly ground black people.” 2010 edition of The Pasta Bible, Penguin Australia 5. “Leslie Smith, Fred Jones and a bunch of motherfuckers” - A group-photo caption in a local newspaper that the editor wrote as a placeholder and then forgot to go back to complete ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47651 "2016-11-17T15:14:15Z")
Funny or notable typos you’ve seen in books or magazines, and the work 1. “Now, very quickly, he thought. Take all the time you want because you’ll do this just once. He put his hands into his coat and dried them against his shirt. He wiped his face with a BANANA then drew his pistol and wiped it carefully.” THE BOUNTY HUNTERS by Elmore Leonard 2. “The storm left the Trans-Canada Highway under eight inches of SNOT” – St. John’s Evening Telegram. 3. “Thou shalt commit adultery.” 1631 edition of the King James Version. 4. “salt and freshly ground black people.” 2010 edition of The Pasta Bible, Penguin Australia 5. “Leslie Smith, Fred Jones and a bunch of motherfuckers” - A group-photo caption in a local newspaper that the editor wrote as a placeholder and then forgot to go back to complete 6. In St’ Johns, Newfoundland, phoographer Frank Kennedy submitted a photo of the 9 graduates at the St. Clair’s Nursing School, four of whom were named Mary. For the caption, he added Mary as a middle name to the other five, as a gag to see if his editor would catch it. He didn’t and it went to press. ---
**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 17, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47652 "2016-11-17T15:33:23Z")
Funny or notable typos you’ve seen in books or magazines, and the work 1. “Now, very quickly, he thought. Take all the time you want because you’ll do this just once. He put his hands into his coat and dried them against his shirt. He wiped his face with a BANANA then drew his pistol and wiped it carefully.” THE BOUNTY HUNTERS by Elmore Leonard 2. “The storm left the Trans-Canada Highway under eight inches of SNOT” – St. John’s Evening Telegram. 3. “Thou shalt commit adultery.” 1631 edition of the King James Version. 4. “salt and freshly ground black people.” 2010 edition of The Pasta Bible, Penguin Australia 5. “Leslie Smith, Fred Jones and a bunch of motherfuckers” - A group-photo caption in a local newspaper that the editor wrote as a placeholder and then forgot to go back to complete 6. In St’ Johns, Newfoundland, phoographer Frank Kennedy submitted a photo of the 9 graduates at the St. Clair’s Nursing School, four of whom were named Mary. For the caption, he added Mary as a middle name to the other five, as a gag to see if his editor would catch it. He didn’t and it went to press. 7. “If you have ever - like me - missed the R and hit the T, addressing some fat blister, as Mt. instead of Mr., I trust you left it unamended? Splendid!” ~Ogden Nash ---
**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 17, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47653 "2016-11-17T16:32:50Z")
Funny or notable typos you’ve seen in books or magazines, and the work 1. “Now, very quickly, he thought. Take all the time you want because you’ll do this just once. He put his hands into his coat and dried them against his shirt. He wiped his face with a BANANA then drew his pistol and wiped it carefully.” THE BOUNTY HUNTERS by Elmore Leonard 2. “The storm left the Trans-Canada Highway under eight inches of SNOT” – St. John’s Evening Telegram. 3. “Thou shalt commit adultery.” 1631 edition of the King James Version. 4. “salt and freshly ground black people.” 2010 edition of The Pasta Bible, Penguin Australia 5. “Leslie Smith, Fred Jones and a bunch of motherfuckers” - A group-photo caption in a local newspaper that the editor wrote as a placeholder and then forgot to go back to complete 6. In St’ Johns, Newfoundland, phoographer Frank Kennedy submitted a photo of the 9 graduates at the St. Clair’s Nursing School, four of whom were named Mary. For the caption, he added Mary as a middle name to the other five, as a gag to see if his editor would catch it. He didn’t and it went to press. 7. “If you have ever - like me - missed the R and hit the T, addressing some fat blister, as Mt. instead of Mr., I trust you left it unamended? Splendid!” ~Ogden Nash 8. “Unit will not eject dick properly.” As seen on a customer service report for a piece of equipment with a bad floppy drive. My boss demanded to know who had entered the description into the system. I never owned up to the fact that it was me. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47654 "2016-11-17T16:35:31Z")
Funny or notable typos you’ve seen in books or magazines, and the work 1. “Now, very quickly, he thought. Take all the time you want because you’ll do this just once. He put his hands into his coat and dried them against his shirt. He wiped his face with a BANANA then drew his pistol and wiped it carefully.” THE BOUNTY HUNTERS by Elmore Leonard 2. “The storm left the Trans-Canada Highway under eight inches of SNOT” – St. John’s Evening Telegram. 3. “Thou shalt commit adultery.” 1631 edition of the King James Version. 4. “salt and freshly ground black people.” 2010 edition of The Pasta Bible, Penguin Australia 5. “Leslie Smith, Fred Jones and a bunch of motherfuckers” - A group-photo caption in a local newspaper that the editor wrote as a placeholder and then forgot to go back to complete 6. In St’ Johns, Newfoundland, phoographer Frank Kennedy submitted a photo of the 9 graduates at the St. Clair’s Nursing School, four of whom were named Mary. For the caption, he added Mary as a middle name to the other five, as a gag to see if his editor would catch it. He didn’t and it went to press. 7. “If you have ever - like me - missed the R and hit the T, addressing some fat blister, as Mt. instead of Mr., I trust you left it unamended? Splendid!” ~Ogden Nash 8. “Unit will not eject dick properly.” 9. “Mush From the Wimp” - title of a 1980 Boston Globe editorial about Jimmy Carter (some typesetter put that in as a joke, but forgot to change it to the real title before they went to press!) ---
**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:** [November 18, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47655 "2016-11-18T18:27:20Z")
Funny or notable typos you’ve seen in books or magazines, and the work 1. “Now, very quickly, he thought. Take all the time you want because you’ll do this just once. He put his hands into his coat and dried them against his shirt. He wiped his face with a BANANA then drew his pistol and wiped it carefully.” THE BOUNTY HUNTERS by Elmore Leonard 2. “The storm left the Trans-Canada Highway under eight inches of SNOT” – St. John’s Evening Telegram. 3. “Thou shalt commit adultery.” 1631 edition of the King James Version. 4. “salt and freshly ground black people.” 2010 edition of The Pasta Bible, Penguin Australia 5. “Leslie Smith, Fred Jones and a bunch of motherfuckers” - A group-photo caption in a local newspaper that the editor wrote as a placeholder and then forgot to go back to complete 6. In St’ Johns, Newfoundland, phoographer Frank Kennedy submitted a photo of the 9 graduates at the St. Clair’s Nursing School, four of whom were named Mary. For the caption, he added Mary as a middle name to the other five, as a gag to see if his editor would catch it. He didn’t and it went to press. 7. “If you have ever - like me - missed the R and hit the T, addressing some fat blister, as Mt. instead of Mr., I trust you left it unamended? Splendid!” ~Ogden Nash 8. “Unit will not eject dick properly.” 9. “Mush From the Wimp” - title of a 1980 Boston Globe editorial about Jimmy Carter (some typesetter put that in as a joke, but forgot to change it to the real title before they went to press!) 10. [Rapefruit, good for every meal](https://media.balls.ie/uploads/2015/07/06120940/typo-11.jpg) ---
**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 19, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47656 "2016-11-19T19:58:14Z")
Funny or notable typos you’ve seen in books or magazines, and the work 1. “Now, very quickly, he thought. Take all the time you want because you’ll do this just once. He put his hands into his coat and dried them against his shirt. He wiped his face with a BANANA then drew his pistol and wiped it carefully.” THE BOUNTY HUNTERS by Elmore Leonard 2. “The storm left the Trans-Canada Highway under eight inches of SNOT” – St. John’s Evening Telegram. 3. “Thou shalt commit adultery.” 1631 edition of the King James Version. 4. “salt and freshly ground black people.” 2010 edition of The Pasta Bible, Penguin Australia 5. “Leslie Smith, Fred Jones and a bunch of motherfuckers” - A group-photo caption in a local newspaper that the editor wrote as a placeholder and then forgot to go back to complete 6. In St’ Johns, Newfoundland, phoographer Frank Kennedy submitted a photo of the 9 graduates at the St. Clair’s Nursing School, four of whom were named Mary. For the caption, he added Mary as a middle name to the other five, as a gag to see if his editor would catch it. He didn’t and it went to press. 7. “If you have ever - like me - missed the R and hit the T, addressing some fat blister, as Mt. instead of Mr., I trust you left it unamended? Splendid!” ~Ogden Nash 8. “Unit will not eject dick properly.” 9. “Mush From the Wimp” - title of a 1980 Boston Globe editorial about Jimmy Carter (some typesetter put that in as a joke, but forgot to change it to the real title before they went to press!) 10. [Rapefruit, good for every meal](https://media.balls.ie/uploads/2015/07/06120940/typo-11.jpg) 11. [Attention Incestors](http://img2.thejournal.ie/inline/939393/original/?width=455&version=939393) And BTW a funny typo in #6 above, with “phoographer Frank Kennedy” ---
**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 19, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47657 "2016-11-19T23:23:22Z")
Funny or notable typos you’ve seen in books or magazines, and the work 1. “Now, very quickly, he thought. Take all the time you want because you’ll do this just once. He put his hands into his coat and dried them against his shirt. He wiped his face with a BANANA then drew his pistol and wiped it carefully.” THE BOUNTY HUNTERS by Elmore Leonard 2. “The storm left the Trans-Canada Highway under eight inches of SNOT” – St. John’s Evening Telegram. 3. “Thou shalt commit adultery.” 1631 edition of the King James Version. 4. “salt and freshly ground black people.” 2010 edition of The Pasta Bible, Penguin Australia 5. “Leslie Smith, Fred Jones and a bunch of motherfuckers” - A group-photo caption in a local newspaper that the editor wrote as a placeholder and then forgot to go back to complete 6. In St’ Johns, Newfoundland, phoographer Frank Kennedy submitted a photo of the 9 graduates at the St. Clair’s Nursing School, four of whom were named Mary. For the caption, he added Mary as a middle name to the other five, as a gag to see if his editor would catch it. He didn’t and it went to press. 7. “If you have ever - like me - missed the R and hit the T, addressing some fat blister, as Mt. instead of Mr., I trust you left it unamended? Splendid!” ~Ogden Nash 8. “Unit will not eject dick properly.” 9. “Mush From the Wimp” - title of a 1980 Boston Globe editorial about Jimmy Carter (some typesetter put that in as a joke, but forgot to change it to the real title before they went to press!) 10. [Rapefruit, good for every meal](https://media.balls.ie/uploads/2015/07/06120940/typo-11.jpg) 11. [Attention Incestors](http://img2.thejournal.ie/inline/939393/original/?width=455&version=939393) 12. I was once typesetting a corporate annual report. There was a photo of a group of men, with all their names in the caption. One of the names was “Olivia de Havilland,” obviously a temporary place holder. It got printed that way. ---
**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 20, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47658 "2016-11-20T01:31:08Z")
Funny or notable typos you’ve seen in books or magazines, and the work 1. “Now, very quickly, he thought. Take all the time you want because you’ll do this just once. He put his hands into his coat and dried them against his shirt. He wiped his face with a BANANA then drew his pistol and wiped it carefully.” THE BOUNTY HUNTERS by Elmore Leonard 2. “The storm left the Trans-Canada Highway under eight inches of SNOT” – St. John’s Evening Telegram. 3. “Thou shalt commit adultery.” 1631 edition of the King James Version. 4. “salt and freshly ground black people.” 2010 edition of The Pasta Bible, Penguin Australia 5. “Leslie Smith, Fred Jones and a bunch of motherfuckers” - A group-photo caption in a local newspaper that the editor wrote as a placeholder and then forgot to go back to complete 6. In St’ Johns, Newfoundland, phoographer Frank Kennedy submitted a photo of the 9 graduates at the St. Clair’s Nursing School, four of whom were named Mary. For the caption, he added Mary as a middle name to the other five, as a gag to see if his editor would catch it. He didn’t and it went to press. 7. “If you have ever - like me - missed the R and hit the T, addressing some fat blister, as Mt. instead of Mr., I trust you left it unamended? Splendid!” ~Ogden Nash 8. “Unit will not eject dick properly.” 9. “Mush From the Wimp” - title of a 1980 Boston Globe editorial about Jimmy Carter (some typesetter put that in as a joke, but forgot to change it to the real title before they went to press!) 10. [Rapefruit, good for every meal](https://media.balls.ie/uploads/2015/07/06120940/typo-11.jpg) 11. [Attention Incestors](http://img2.thejournal.ie/inline/939393/original/?width=455&version=939393) 12. I was once typesetting a corporate annual report. There was a photo of a group of men, with all their names in the caption. One of the names was “Olivia de Havilland,” obviously a temporary place holder. It got printed that way. 13. [Shcool.](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7939487/US-road-painters-write-SHCOOL-outside-North-Carolina-high-school.html) Next: Fruits, A thru M 1. Apple ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47659 "2016-11-20T02:03:00Z")
Funny or notable typos you’ve seen in books or magazines, and the work 1. “Now, very quickly, he thought. Take all the time you want because you’ll do this just once. He put his hands into his coat and dried them against his shirt. He wiped his face with a BANANA then drew his pistol and wiped it carefully.” THE BOUNTY HUNTERS by Elmore Leonard 2. “The storm left the Trans-Canada Highway under eight inches of SNOT” – St. John’s Evening Telegram. 3. “Thou shalt commit adultery.” 1631 edition of the King James Version. 4. “salt and freshly ground black people.” 2010 edition of The Pasta Bible, Penguin Australia 5. “Leslie Smith, Fred Jones and a bunch of motherfuckers” - A group-photo caption in a local newspaper that the editor wrote as a placeholder and then forgot to go back to complete 6. In St’ Johns, Newfoundland, phoographer Frank Kennedy submitted a photo of the 9 graduates at the St. Clair’s Nursing School, four of whom were named Mary. For the caption, he added Mary as a middle name to the other five, as a gag to see if his editor would catch it. He didn’t and it went to press. 7. “If you have ever - like me - missed the R and hit the T, addressing some fat blister, as Mt. instead of Mr., I trust you left it unamended? Splendid!” ~Ogden Nash 8. “Unit will not eject dick properly.” 9. “Mush From the Wimp” - title of a 1980 Boston Globe editorial about Jimmy Carter (some typesetter put that in as a joke, but forgot to change it to the real title before they went to press!) 10. Rapefruit, good for every meal 11. Attention Incestors 12. I was once typesetting a corporate annual report. There was a photo of a group of men, with all their names in the caption. One of the names was “Olivia de Havilland,” obviously a temporary place holder. It got printed that way. 13. n the early 50s, shortly after the color bar was broken in baseball, the Fond du Lac (WI) Commonwealth Reported published a picture of a black player with the minor league Panthers, captioned “John Fucker”. I’ve searched the Panther rosters for those years, and can find no player with a name similar to that, so it may have been a place holder. Next: Plays on words with celebrity names. 1. What you get from a Keurig: Tony Perkin’s ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47660 "2016-11-20T03:06:05Z")
Plays on words with celebrity names. 1. What you get from a Keurig: Tony Perkin’s 2. What happens when Gracie forgets the Coppertone? George Burns ---
**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 20, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47661 "2016-11-20T04:08:34Z")
Plays on words with celebrity names. 1. What you get from a Keurig: Tony Perkin’s 2. What happens when Gracie forgets the Coppertone? George Burns Fruits, A thru M 3. Apple 4. Banana ---
**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:** [November 20, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47662 "2016-11-20T04:49:28Z")
Plays on words with celebrity names. 1. What you get from a Keurig: Tony Perkin’s 2. What happens when Gracie forgets the Coppertone? George Burns 3. Where to go to buy a discount replacement male organ? Peter Sellers (why start a new one?) ---
**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 20, 2016, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47663 "2016-11-20T05:06:41Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > (why start a new one?) This is the new one. Buddha\_david posted first. ---
**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 20, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47664 "2016-11-20T05:07:41Z")
Plays on words with celebrity names. 1. What you get from a Keurig: Tony Perkin’s 2. What happens when Gracie forgets the Coppertone? George Burns 3. Where to go to buy a discount replacement male organ? Peter Sellers Fruits, A thru M 1. Apple 2. Banana 3. Cherry Evening them up ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2016, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/47665 "2016-11-20T05:27:45Z")
Buddha David started first, I did not see the post that nijaed mine. It was rolled over onto the next page, which makes it not appear when I refresh. It seems to work to do two at once. Plays on words with celebrity names. 1. What you get from a Keurig: Tony Perkin’s 2. What happens when Gracie forgets the Coppertone? George Burns 3. Where to go to buy a discount replacement male organ? Peter Sellers 4. Best basket ball team in Philadelphia? Shirley Temple. (Surely not the 76ers) Fruits, A thru M 1. Apple 2. Banana 3. Cherry 4. Date [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2382) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2384)