# 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:** 2405
**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:** [December 7, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48086 "2016-12-07T18:19:22Z")
Oddball baby name of which you have first-hand knowledge 1. Knowledge 2. Chancellor 3. Pepper 4. Lingerie 5. Tweet 6. Silver 7. Word-Daily ---
**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:** [December 7, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48087 "2016-12-07T18:22:01Z")
Oddball baby name of which you have first-hand knowledge 1. Knowledge 2. Chancellor 3. Pepper 4. Lingerie 5. Tweet 6. Silver 7. Word-Daily 8. Stainless Sad to say, the last name is Steele. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48088 "2016-12-07T19:29:03Z")
Oddball baby name of which you have first-hand knowledge 1. Knowledge 2. Chancellor 3. Pepper 4. Lingerie 5. Tweet 6. Silver 7. Word-Daily 8. Stainless 9. Loverly As in the song from _My Fair Lady_, “Wouldn’t it be Loverly?”. The kid with the name was male and not at all loverly. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48089 "2016-12-07T20:42:01Z")
Oddball baby name of which you have first-hand knowledge 1. Knowledge 2. Chancellor 3. Pepper 4. Lingerie 5. Tweet 6. Silver 7. Word-Daily 8. Stainless 9. Loverly 10. Imhotep Didn’t look Egyptian in the least. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48090 "2016-12-07T22:05:00Z")
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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48091 "2016-12-07T23:17:59Z")
Oddball baby name of which you have first-hand knowledge 1. Knowledge 2. Chancellor 3. Pepper 4. Lingerie 5. Tweet 6. Silver 7. Word-Daily 8. Stainless 9. Loverly 10. Imhotep 11. Aigerim A popular girl’s name in Central Asia. EYE-g’-dim. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48092 "2016-12-08T01:51:19Z")
Oddball baby name of which you have first-hand knowledge 1. Knowledge 2. Chancellor 3. Pepper 4. Lingerie 5. Tweet 6. Silver 7. Word-Daily 8. Stainless 9. Loverly 10. Imhotep 11. Aigerim 12. Gravity I guess the parents wanted him to have the force of gravity? ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48093 "2016-12-08T02:33:32Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > I guess the parents wanted him to have the force of gravity? Or a down to earth personality. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48094 "2016-12-08T10:47:36Z")
Oddball baby name of which you have first-hand knowledge 1. Knowledge 2. Chancellor 3. Pepper 4. Lingerie 5. Tweet 6. Silver 7. Word-Daily 8. Stainless 9. Loverly 10. Imhotep 11. Aigerim 12. Gravity 13. Wonderful Next: Artist/performer you would bring back to life for just one more original performance 1. George Carlin ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48095 "2016-12-08T12:06:49Z")
Artist/performer you would bring back to life for just one more original performance 1. George Carlin 2. John Wilkes Booth ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48096 "2016-12-08T12:20:01Z")
Artist/performer you would bring back to life for just one more original performance 1. George Carlin 2. John Wilkes Booth 3. Sergei Rachmaninoff ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48097 "2016-12-08T12:36:12Z")
Artist/performer you would bring back to life for just one more original performance 1. George Carlin 2. John Wilkes Booth 3. Sergei Rachmaninoff 4. Elvis. Just so I could say I’d seen him live. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48098 "2016-12-08T12:53:26Z")
Artist/performer you would bring back to life for just one more original performance 1. George Carlin 2. John Wilkes Booth 3. Sergei Rachmaninoff 4. Elvis. Just so I could say I’d seen him live. 5. Alan Rickman ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48099 "2016-12-08T13:18:18Z")
Artist/performer you would bring back to life for just one more original performance 1. George Carlin 2. John Wilkes Booth 3. Sergei Rachmaninoff 4. Elvis. Just so I could say I’d seen him live. 5. Alan Rickman 6. Johann Sebastian Bach Who was nowhere nearly as appreciated in his lifetime as is he today. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2016, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48100 "2016-12-08T14:04:46Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Artist/performer you would bring back to life for just one more original performance > > 1. George Carlin > 2. John Wilkes Booth I’ve got to ask, jtur88, why Booth? What kind of performance? ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48101 "2016-12-08T14:09:40Z")
Artist/performer you would bring back to life for just one more original performance 1. George Carlin 2. John Wilkes Booth 3. Sergei Rachmaninoff 4. Elvis. Just so I could say I’d seen him live. 5. Alan Rickman 6. Johann Sebastian Bach 7. John Lennon (it was 36 years ago today) ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48102 "2016-12-08T14:12:21Z")
Booth was a pretty well-known actor in his day (although his older brother Edwin was generally considered to be more talented, not to mention not being a racist murderer: [Edwin Booth - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Booth)) Artist/performer you would bring back to life for just one more original performance 1. George Carlin 2. John Wilkes Booth 3. Sergei Rachmaninoff 4. Elvis. 5. Alan Rickman 6. Johann Sebastian Bach 7. John Lennon 8. Sam Kinison Scabrously funny and died too young. ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48103 "2016-12-08T14:13:26Z")
Artist/performer you would bring back to life for just one more original performance 1. George Carlin 2. John Wilkes Booth 3. Sergei Rachmaninoff 4. Elvis. Just so I could say I’d seen him live. 5. Alan Rickman 6. Johann Sebastian Bach 7. John Lennon 8. Sam Kinison 9. Jake Blues a/k/a John Belushi ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48104 "2016-12-08T14:31:26Z")
Artist/performer you would bring back to life for just one more original performance 1. George Carlin 2. John Wilkes Booth 3. Sergei Rachmaninoff 4. Elvis. Just so I could say I’d seen him live. 5. Alan Rickman 6. Johann Sebastian Bach 7. John Lennon 8. Sam Kinison 9. Jake Blues a/k/a John Belushi 10. Joey, Johnny, and Dee Dee Ramone ---
**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:** [December 8, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48105 "2016-12-08T16:01:01Z")
Artist/performer you would bring back to life for just one more original performance 1. George Carlin 2. John Wilkes Booth 3. Sergei Rachmaninoff 4. Elvis. Just so I could say I’d seen him live. 5. Alan Rickman 6. Johann Sebastian Bach 7. John Lennon 8. Sam Kinison 9. Jake Blues a/k/a John Belushi 10. Joey, Johnny, and Dee Dee Ramone 11. Graham Chapman So we can have one final, proper Monty Python reunion [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2404) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2406)