# 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:** 2415
**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:** [December 16, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48286 "2016-12-16T13:51:41Z")
Christmas stocking stuffers 1. Candy cane 2. Lottery tickets 3. Coal 4. Oranges (a tradition from a century ago when an orange was a treat) 5. Shiny new pennies, as many as the years of the child’s age 6. Colored Sharpies. 7. Brazil nuts 8. Dollar-store toys 9. Chocolate coins or mini bars 10. A severed foot (the perfect stocking stuffer, per Mitch Hedberg) 11. Condoms 12. Small stuffed animal 13. Figs New: Fiction in which someone goes on a vacation (doesn’t need to be the entire story) 1. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (Summer at a lighthouse) ---
**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:** [December 16, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48287 "2016-12-16T14:07:33Z")
Fiction in which someone goes on a vacation (doesn’t need to be the entire story) 1. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (Summer at a lighthouse) 2. [Vacation '58](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/read-john-hughes-original-national-811591) by John Hughes ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48288 "2016-12-16T14:21:35Z")
Fiction in which someone goes on a vacation (doesn’t need to be the entire story) 1. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (Summer at a lighthouse) 2. Vacation '58 by John Hughes 3. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn (It’s hard to think of a novel I’ve read that does NOT have somebody taking a vacation. Not many.) ---
**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 16, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48289 "2016-12-16T14:22:42Z")
Fiction in which someone goes on a vacation (doesn’t need to be the entire story) 1. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (Summer at a lighthouse) 2. [Vacation '58](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/read-john-hughes-original-national-811591) by John Hughes 3. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation (road trip to Wally World) ---
**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 16, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48290 "2016-12-16T14:24:31Z")
Fiction in which someone goes on a vacation (doesn’t need to be the entire story) 1. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (Summer at a lighthouse) 2. Vacation '58 by John Hughes 3. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation (road trip to Wally World) 5. Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation ---
**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 16, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48291 "2016-12-16T14:28:31Z")
Fiction in which someone goes on a vacation (doesn’t need to be the entire story) 1. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (Summer at a lighthouse) 2. Vacation '58 by John Hughes 3. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation (road trip to Wally World) 5. Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation 6. Burned by Carol Higgins Clark ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48292 "2016-12-16T15:02:52Z")
Fiction in which someone goes on a vacation (doesn’t need to be the entire story) 1. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (Summer at a lighthouse) 2. Vacation '58 by John Hughes 3. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation (road trip to Wally World) 5. Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation 6. Burned by Carol Higgins Clark 7. Fletch by Gregory McDonald (Irwin Fletcher takes a long vacation in Rio with the money of the millionaire who’d hired Fletch to kill him) ---
**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 16, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48293 "2016-12-16T15:16:34Z")
Fiction in which someone goes on a vacation (doesn’t need to be the entire story) 1. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (Summer at a lighthouse) 2. Vacation '58 by John Hughes 3. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation (road trip to Wally World) 5. Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation 6. Burned by Carol Higgins Clark 7. Fletch by Gregory McDonald (Irwin Fletcher takes a long vacation in Rio with the money of the millionaire who’d hired Fletch to kill him) 8. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48294 "2016-12-16T17:15:47Z")
Fiction in which someone goes on a vacation (doesn’t need to be the entire story) 1. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (Summer at a lighthouse) 2. Vacation '58 by John Hughes 3. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation (road trip to Wally World) 5. Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation 6. Burned by Carol Higgins Clark 7. Fletch by Gregory McDonald (Irwin Fletcher takes a long vacation in Rio with the money of the millionaire who’d hired Fletch to kill him) 8. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona) 9. Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot solves a murder while at a seaside vacation resort in Devonshire) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48295 "2016-12-16T17:28:19Z")
Fiction in which someone goes on a vacation (doesn’t need to be the entire story) 1. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (Summer at a lighthouse) 2. Vacation '58 by John Hughes 3. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation (road trip to Wally World) 5. Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation 6. Burned by Carol Higgins Clark 7. Fletch by Gregory McDonald (Irwin Fletcher takes a long vacation in Rio with the money of the millionaire who’d hired Fletch to kill him) 8. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona) 9. Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot solves a murder while at a seaside vacation resort in Devonshire) 10. Daisy Miller, by Henry James ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48296 "2016-12-16T17:32:05Z")
Fiction in which someone goes on a vacation (doesn’t need to be the entire story) 1. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (Summer at a lighthouse) 2. Vacation '58 by John Hughes 3. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation (road trip to Wally World) 5. Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation 6. Burned by Carol Higgins Clark 7. Fletch by Gregory McDonald (Irwin Fletcher takes a long vacation in Rio with the money of the millionaire who’d hired Fletch to kill him) 8. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona) 9. Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot solves a murder while at a seaside vacation resort in Devonshire) 10. Daisy Miller, by Henry James 11. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday ---
**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 16, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48297 "2016-12-16T17:49:24Z")
Fiction in which someone goes on a vacation (doesn’t need to be the entire story) 1. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (Summer at a lighthouse) 2. Vacation '58 by John Hughes 3. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation (road trip to Wally World) 5. Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation 6. Burned by Carol Higgins Clark 7. Fletch by Gregory McDonald (Irwin Fletcher takes a long vacation in Rio with the money of the millionaire who’d hired Fletch to kill him) 8. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona) 9. Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot solves a murder while at a seaside vacation resort in Devonshire) 10. Daisy Miller, by Henry James 11. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday 12. Roman Holiday ---
**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 16, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48298 "2016-12-16T17:51:21Z")
Fiction in which someone goes on a vacation (doesn’t need to be the entire story) 1. The Saturdays by Elizabeth Enright (Summer at a lighthouse) 2. Vacation '58 by John Hughes 3. Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn 4. National Lampoon’s Vacation (road trip to Wally World) 5. Mr. Hobbs Takes A Vacation 6. Burned by Carol Higgins Clark 7. Fletch by Gregory McDonald (Irwin Fletcher takes a long vacation in Rio with the money of the millionaire who’d hired Fletch to kill him) 8. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway (Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona) 9. Evil Under the Sun by Agatha Christie (Hercule Poirot solves a murder while at a seaside vacation resort in Devonshire) 10. Daisy Miller, by Henry James 11. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday 12. Roman Holiday 13. The Devil’s Foot by A. Conan Doyle Holmes and Watson on a beach holiday in Cornwall; of course there’s a mystery that Holmes must solve: [The Adventure of the Devil's Foot - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Devil%27s_Foot) Next topic: Something you’d like to receive this holiday season 1. Peace and quiet ---
**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 16, 2016, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48299 "2016-12-16T21:35:22Z")
Something you’d like to receive this holiday season 1. Peace and quiet 2. Better health for me and my sick kitty ---
**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 16, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48300 "2016-12-16T22:02:02Z")
Something you’d like to receive this holiday season 1. Peace and quiet 2. Better health for me and my sick kitty 3. More fruitcake and egg nog, please ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48301 "2016-12-16T22:31:51Z")
Something you’d like to receive this holiday season 1. Peace and quiet 2. Better health for me and my sick kitty 3. More fruitcake and egg nog, please 4. The 1976 Schwinn Cruiser Santa promised instead of that P.O.S. Huffy he tried to pass off on me. I’m growing impatient! ---
**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:** [December 16, 2016, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48302 "2016-12-16T23:41:27Z")
Something you’d like to receive this holiday season 1. Peace and quiet 2. Better health for me and my sick kitty 3. More fruitcake and egg nog, please 4. The 1976 Schwinn Cruiser Santa promised instead of that P.O.S. Huffy he tried to pass off on me. I’m growing impatient! 5. Less freezing rain than last year. ---
**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 17, 2016, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48303 "2016-12-17T05:30:57Z")
Something you’d like to receive this holiday season 1. Peace and quiet 2. Better health for me and my sick kitty 3. More fruitcake and egg nog, please 4. The 1976 Schwinn Cruiser Santa promised instead of that P.O.S. Huffy he tried to pass off on me. I’m growing impatient! 5. Less freezing rain than last year. 6. A different President-elect ---
**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 17, 2016, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48304 "2016-12-17T11:24:41Z")
Something you’d like to receive this holiday season 1. Peace and quiet 2. Better health for me and my sick kitty 3. More fruitcake and egg nog, please 4. The 1976 Schwinn Cruiser Santa promised instead of that P.O.S. Huffy he tried to pass off on me. I’m growing impatient! 5. Less freezing rain than last year. 6. A different President-elect 7. And a different VP-elect ---
**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 18, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48305 "2016-12-18T01:06:00Z")
Something you’d like to receive this holiday season 1. Peace and quiet 2. Better health for me and my sick kitty 3. More fruitcake and egg nog, please 4. The 1976 Schwinn Cruiser Santa promised instead of that P.O.S. Huffy he tried to pass off on me. I’m growing impatient! 5. Less freezing rain than last year. 6. A different President-elect 7. And a different VP-elect 8. A white Christmas [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2414) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2416)