# 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:** 2447
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48926 "2017-01-12T19:54:30Z")
Animals you have raised: 1. Praying mantises 2. Chameleons 3. Dogs 4. Cockatiels 5. Mice 6. Cockroaches, thriving 7. Cat 8. Black mollies (aquarium fish) 9. Cows 10. Chickens ---
**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:** [January 12, 2017, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48927 "2017-01-12T19:59:51Z")
Animals you have raised: 1. Praying mantises 2. Chameleons 3. Dogs 4. Cockatiels 5. Mice 6. Cockroaches, thriving 7. Cat 8. Black mollies (aquarium fish) 9. Cows 10. Chickens 11. Goldfish ---
**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:** [January 12, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48928 "2017-01-12T20:02:57Z")
Animals you have raised: 1. Praying mantises 2. Chameleons 3. Dogs 4. Cockatiels 5. Mice 6. Cockroaches, thriving 7. Cat 8. Black mollies (aquarium fish) 9. Cows 10. Chickens 11. Goldfish 12. My kid ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48929 "2017-01-12T20:10:03Z")
Animals you have raised: 1. Praying mantises 2. Chameleons 3. Dogs 4. Cockatiels 5. Mice 6. Cockroaches, thriving 7. Cat 8. Black mollies (aquarium fish) 9. Cows 10. Chickens 11. Goldfish 12. My kid 13. Pamplemousse, a grapefruit-colored Bolivian puppy. Next: Famous people with a president’s full name as first and middle name. 1. George Washington Ferris, inventor of Ferris Wheel ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48930 "2017-01-12T20:10:31Z")
Animals you have raised: 1. Praying mantises 2. Chameleons 3. Dogs 4. Cockatiels 5. Mice 6. Cockroaches, thriving 7. Cat 8. Black mollies (aquarium fish) 9. Cows 10. Chickens 11. Goldfish 12. My kid 13. Hamster Reasons you called out sick to work 1. Back Pain ---
**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:** [January 12, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48931 "2017-01-12T21:38:03Z")
Famous people with a president’s full name as first and middle name. 1. George Washington Ferris, inventor of Ferris Wheel 2. George Washington Carver, botanist Reasons you called out sick to work 1. Back Pain 2. Uterine Hemorrhage ---
**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:** [January 12, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48932 "2017-01-12T21:51:00Z")
Famous people with a president’s full name as first and middle name. 1. George Washington Ferris, inventor of Ferris Wheel 2. George Washington Carver, botanist 3. Theodore Roosevelt Radcliffe Reasons you called out sick to work 1. Back Pain 2. Uterine Hemorrhage 3. Colonoscopy ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48933 "2017-01-13T00:35:58Z")
Famous people with a president’s full name as first and middle name. 1. George Washington Ferris, inventor of Ferris Wheel 2. George Washington Carver, botanist 3. Theodore Roosevelt Radcliffe 4. John Adams, modern classical composer His full name is John Coolidge Adams, hope that counts. Reasons you called out sick to work 1. Back Pain 2. Uterine Hemorrhage 3. Colonoscopy 4. Flu ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48934 "2017-01-13T01:47:49Z")
Famous people with a president’s full name as first and middle name. 1. George Washington Ferris, inventor of Ferris Wheel 2. George Washington Carver, botanist 3. Theodore Roosevelt Radcliffe 4. John Adams, modern classical composer 5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. Reasons you called out sick to work 1. Back Pain 2. Uterine Hemorrhage 3. Colonoscopy 4. Flu 5. Open-heart surgery ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48935 "2017-01-13T01:51:17Z")
Famous people with a president’s full name as first and middle name. 1. George Washington Ferris, inventor of Ferris Wheel 2. George Washington Carver, botanist 3. Theodore Roosevelt Radcliffe 4. John Adams, modern classical composer 5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. 6. Franklin Delano Floyd, murderer Reasons you called out sick to work 1. Back Pain 2. Uterine Hemorrhage 3. Colonoscopy 4. Flu 5. Open-heart surgery 6. Pneumonia ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48936 "2017-01-13T02:34:53Z")
Famous people with a president’s full name as first and middle name. 1. George Washington Ferris, inventor of Ferris Wheel 2. George Washington Carver, botanist 3. Theodore Roosevelt Radcliffe 4. John Adams, modern classical composer 5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. 6. Franklin Delano Floyd, murderer 7. George Washington Williams, writer, minister, humanist Portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson in the 2016 film _The Legend of Tarzan_. Reasons you called out sick to work 1. Back Pain 2. Uterine Hemorrhage 3. Colonoscopy 4. Flu 5. Open-heart surgery 6. Pneumonia 7. Dislocated elbow with torn ligaments ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48937 "2017-01-13T04:33:16Z")
Famous people with a president’s full name as first and middle name. 1. George Washington Ferris, inventor of Ferris Wheel 2. George Washington Carver, botanist 3. Theodore Roosevelt Radcliffe 4. John Adams, modern classical composer 5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. 6. Franklin Delano Floyd, murderer 7. George Washington Williams, writer, minister, humanist 8. Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish , baseball pitcher Reasons you called out sick to work 9. Back Pain 10. Uterine Hemorrhage 11. Colonoscopy 12. Flu 13. Open-heart surgery 14. Pneumonia 15. Dislocated elbow with torn ligaments 16. Kidney stone ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48938 "2017-01-13T04:45:46Z")
Famous people with a president’s full name as first and middle name. 1. George Washington Ferris, inventor of Ferris Wheel 2. George Washington Carver, botanist 3. Theodore Roosevelt Radcliffe 4. Grover Cleveland Alexander, baseball player 5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. 6. Franklin Delano Floyd, murderer 7. George Washington Williams, writer, minister, humanist 8. Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish, baseball pitcher #4 substituted. John Adams, the composer, does not have “a president’s full name as first and _middle_ name.” Reasons you called out sick to work 1. Back Pain 2. Uterine Hemorrhage 3. Colonoscopy 4. Flu 5. Open-heart surgery 6. Pneumonia 7. Dislocated elbow with torn ligaments 8. Kidney stone 9. Diverticulitis ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48939 "2017-01-13T04:58:23Z")
Famous people with a president’s full name as first and middle name. 1. George Washington Ferris, inventor of Ferris Wheel 2. George Washington Carver, botanist 3. Theodore Roosevelt Radcliffe 4. Grover Cleveland Alexander, baseball player 5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. 6. Franklin Delano Floyd, murderer 7. George Washington Williams, writer, minister, humanist 8. Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish, baseball pitcher 9. John Adams Morgan, multimillionaire, descendant of John Adams and JP Morgan ex-husband of Sonja Morgan of “Real Housewives of New York” Reasons you called out sick to work 1. Back Pain 2. Uterine Hemorrhage 3. Colonoscopy 4. Flu 5. Open-heart surgery 6. Pneumonia 7. Dislocated elbow with torn ligaments 8. Kidney stone 9. Diverticulitis 10. “Tommy John” surgery for #7, Dislocated elbow ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48940 "2017-01-13T06:30:18Z")
Famous people with a president’s full name as first and middle name. 1. George Washington Ferris, inventor of Ferris Wheel 2. George Washington Carver, botanist 3. Theodore Roosevelt Radcliffe 4. Grover Cleveland Alexander, baseball player 5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. 6. Franklin Delano Floyd, murderer 7. George Washington Williams, writer, minister, humanist 8. Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish, baseball pitcher 9. John Adams Morgan, multimillionaire, descendant of John Adams and JP Morgan 10. Abraham Lincoln Lewis, businessman Reasons you called out sick to work 1. Back Pain 2. Uterine Hemorrhage 3. Colonoscopy 4. Flu 5. Open-heart surgery 6. Pneumonia 7. Dislocated elbow with torn ligaments 8. Kidney stone 9. Diverticulitis 10. “Tommy John” surgery 11. Gall stones ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48941 "2017-01-13T14:20:25Z")
Famous people with a president’s full name as first and middle name. 1. George Washington Ferris, inventor of Ferris Wheel 2. George Washington Carver, botanist 3. Theodore Roosevelt Radcliffe 4. Grover Cleveland Alexander, baseball player 5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. 6. Franklin Delano Floyd, murderer 7. George Washington Williams, writer, minister, humanist 8. Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish, baseball pitcher 9. John Adams Morgan, multimillionaire, descendant of John Adams and JP Morgan 10. Abraham Lincoln Lewis, businessman 11. John Tyler Bonner, scientist Reasons you called out sick to work 1. Back Pain 2. Uterine Hemorrhage 3. Colonoscopy 4. Flu 5. Open-heart surgery 6. Pneumonia 7. Dislocated elbow with torn ligaments 8. Kidney stone 9. Diverticulitis 10. “Tommy John” surgery 11. Gall stones 12. Stomach ache ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48942 "2017-01-13T16:18:00Z")
Famous people with a president’s full name as first and middle name. 1. George Washington Ferris, inventor of Ferris Wheel 2. George Washington Carver, botanist 3. Theodore Roosevelt Radcliffe 4. Grover Cleveland Alexander, baseball player 5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. 6. Franklin Delano Floyd, murderer 7. George Washington Williams, writer, minister, humanist 8. Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish, baseball pitcher 9. John Adams Morgan, multimillionaire, descendant of John Adams and JP Morgan 10. Abraham Lincoln Lewis, businessman 11. John Tyler Bonner, scientist 12. Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode Reasons you called out sick to work 1. Back Pain 2. Uterine Hemorrhage 3. Colonoscopy 4. Flu 5. Open-heart surgery 6. Pneumonia 7. Dislocated elbow with torn ligaments 8. Kidney stone 9. Diverticulitis 10. “Tommy John” surgery 11. Gall stones 12. Stomach ache 13. Hung over Surprised that one took so long. And I never called in sick because of a hangover… ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48943 "2017-01-13T16:46:16Z")
Famous people with a president’s full name as first and middle name. 1. George Washington Ferris, inventor of Ferris Wheel 2. George Washington Carver, botanist 3. Theodore Roosevelt Radcliffe 4. Grover Cleveland Alexander, baseball player 5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. 6. Franklin Delano Floyd, murderer 7. George Washington Williams, writer, minister, humanist 8. Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish, baseball pitcher 9. John Adams Morgan, multimillionaire, descendant of John Adams and JP Morgan 10. Abraham Lincoln Lewis, businessman 11. John Tyler Bonner, scientist 12. Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode 13. Theodore Roosevelt McElroy, noted telegrapher Reasons you called out sick to work 1. Back Pain 2. Uterine Hemorrhage 3. Colonoscopy 4. Flu 5. Open-heart surgery 6. Pneumonia 7. Dislocated elbow with torn ligaments 8. Kidney stone 9. Diverticulitis 10. “Tommy John” surgery 11. Gall stones 12. Stomach ache 13. Hung over Next category: Questions Donald Trump has had for President Obama in their phone conversations since Election Day 1. “Does the White House have its own vats of bronzer, or do I need to bring my own?” ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48944 "2017-01-13T16:55:35Z")
Questions Donald Trump has had for President Obama in their phone conversations since Election Day 1. “Does the White House have its own vats of bronzer, or do I need to bring my own?” 2. “Does the Library of Congress have Cliff Notes?” ---
**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:** [January 13, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/48945 "2017-01-13T17:25:47Z")
Questions Donald Trump has had for President Obama in their phone conversations since Election Day 1. “Does the White House have its own vats of bronzer, or do I need to bring my own?” 2. “Does the Library of Congress have Cliff Notes?” 3. “Is it OK if I just adapt your first inaugural address? Melania said she’d help.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2446) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2448)