# 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:** 2457
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49126 "2017-01-21T04:35:06Z")
Memorable moments related to any aspect of Presidential Inaugurals (preparation for the inaugural, the Inauguration ceremony, ball, aftermath etc) 1. Robert Frost, blinded by snow glare and unable to read his new poem, reciting “The Land Was Ours” from memory at JFK’s inaugural. 2. Maya Angelou read her poem On The Pulse Of Morning at Clinton’s inaugural (1993). 3. Abraham Lincoln delivers his second inaugural address. John Wilkes Booth is among the crowd listening. 4. William Henry Harrison speaks for two hours on a cold, rainy day for his inaugural address. He died a month later. (“I died in 30 days!”) ---
**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 21, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49127 "2017-01-21T05:26:59Z")
Memorable moments related to any aspect of Presidential Inaugurals (preparation for the inaugural, the Inauguration ceremony, ball, aftermath etc) 1. Robert Frost, blinded by snow glare and unable to read his new poem, reciting “The Land Was Ours” from memory at JFK’s inaugural. 2. Maya Angelou read her poem On The Pulse Of Morning at Clinton’s inaugural (1993). 3. Abraham Lincoln delivers his second inaugural address. John Wilkes Booth is among the crowd listening. 4. William Henry Harrison speaks for two hours on a cold, rainy day for his inaugural address. He died a month later. (“I died in 30 days!”) 5. As Ronald Reagan gives his inaugural address, the 52 American hostages held in Iran for the previous 444 days are released (1981). ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49128 "2017-01-21T08:00:16Z")
Memorable moments related to any aspect of Presidential Inaugurals (preparation for the inaugural, the Inauguration ceremony, ball, aftermath etc) 1. Robert Frost, blinded by snow glare and unable to read his new poem, reciting “The Land Was Ours” from memory at JFK’s inaugural. 2. Maya Angelou read her poem On The Pulse Of Morning at Clinton’s inaugural (1993). 3. Abraham Lincoln delivers his second inaugural address. John Wilkes Booth is among the crowd listening. 4. William Henry Harrison speaks for two hours on a cold, rainy day for his inaugural address. He died a month later. (“I died in 30 days!”) 5. As Ronald Reagan gives his inaugural address, the 52 American hostages held in Iran for the previous 444 days are released (1981). 6. Andrew Jackson invites the crowd at his inauguration to come on back to his place for some victuals and drinks. They do, and in addition to consuming tons of cheese and other food they trash the White House so badly that some damage is still visible until the place is gutted and rebuilt under Truman. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49129 "2017-01-21T16:34:06Z")
Memorable moments related to any aspect of Presidential Inaugurals (preparation for the inaugural, the Inauguration ceremony, ball, aftermath etc) 1. Robert Frost, blinded by snow glare and unable to read his new poem, reciting “The Land Was Ours” from memory at JFK’s inaugural. 2. Maya Angelou read her poem On The Pulse Of Morning at Clinton’s inaugural (1993). 3. Abraham Lincoln delivers his second inaugural address. John Wilkes Booth is among the crowd listening. 4. William Henry Harrison speaks for two hours on a cold, rainy day for his inaugural address. He died a month later. (“I died in 30 days!”) 5. As Ronald Reagan gives his inaugural address, the 52 American hostages held in Iran for the previous 444 days are released (1981). 6. Andrew Jackson invites the crowd at his inauguration to come on back to his place for some victuals and drinks. They do, and in addition to consuming tons of cheese and other food they trash the White House so badly that some damage is still visible until the place is gutted and rebuilt under Truman. 7. 1849, Inauguration Day fell on a Sunday, and Zachary Taylor refused to be sworn in on Sunday, so Missouri Senator David Atchison was president for a day. ---
**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 21, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49130 "2017-01-21T18:04:40Z")
Arguable, at best: [David Rice Atchison - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rice_Atchison) Memorable moments related to any aspect of Presidential Inaugurals (preparation for the inaugural, the Inauguration ceremony, ball, aftermath etc) 1. Robert Frost, blinded by snow glare and unable to read his new poem, reciting “The Land Was Ours” from memory at JFK’s inaugural. 2. Maya Angelou read her poem On The Pulse Of Morning at Clinton’s inaugural (1993). 3. Abraham Lincoln delivers his second inaugural address. John Wilkes Booth is among the crowd listening. 4. William Henry Harrison speaks for two hours on a cold, rainy day for his inaugural address. He died a month later. (“I died in 30 days!”) 5. As Ronald Reagan gives his inaugural address, the 52 American hostages held in Iran for the previous 444 days are released (1981). 6. Andrew Jackson invites the crowd at his inauguration to come on back to his place for some victuals and drinks. They do, and in addition to consuming tons of cheese and other food they trash the White House so badly that some damage is still visible until the place is gutted and rebuilt under Truman. 7. 1849, Inauguration Day fell on a Sunday, and Zachary Taylor refused to be sworn in on Sunday, so Missouri Senator David Atchison was president for a day. 8. George Washington speaks so quietly that he can barely be heard when he takes the oath Nicely depicted in HBO’s _John Adams_: [George Washington, oath of office - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgCQDZdlMdc) ---
**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 21, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49131 "2017-01-21T18:27:21Z")
Memorable moments related to any aspect of Presidential Inaugurals (preparation for the inaugural, the Inauguration ceremony, ball, aftermath etc) 1. Robert Frost, blinded by snow glare and unable to read his new poem, reciting “The Land Was Ours” from memory at JFK’s inaugural. 2. Maya Angelou read her poem On The Pulse Of Morning at Clinton’s inaugural (1993). 3. Abraham Lincoln delivers his second inaugural address. John Wilkes Booth is among the crowd listening. 4. William Henry Harrison speaks for two hours on a cold, rainy day for his inaugural address. He died a month later. (“I died in 30 days!”) 5. As Ronald Reagan gives his inaugural address, the 52 American hostages held in Iran for the previous 444 days are released (1981). 6. Andrew Jackson invites the crowd at his inauguration to come on back to his place for some victuals and drinks. They do, and in addition to consuming tons of cheese and other food they trash the White House so badly that some damage is still visible until the place is gutted and rebuilt under Truman. 7. 1849, Inauguration Day fell on a Sunday, and Zachary Taylor refused to be sworn in on Sunday, so Missouri Senator David Atchison was president for a day. 8. George Washington speaks so quietly that he can barely be heard when he takes the oath 9. Dwight Eisenhower placed his hand on two Bibles when taking the oath of office: the one used by George Washington and one he’d had at West Point. ---
**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 21, 2017, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49132 "2017-01-21T19:12:20Z")
Memorable moments related to any aspect of Presidential Inaugurals (preparation for the inaugural, the Inauguration ceremony, ball, aftermath etc) 1. Robert Frost, blinded by snow glare and unable to read his new poem, reciting “The Land Was Ours/The Gift Outright” from memory at JFK’s inaugural. 2. Maya Angelou read her poem On The Pulse Of Morning at Clinton’s inaugural (1993). 3. Abraham Lincoln delivers his second inaugural address. John Wilkes Booth is among the crowd listening. 4. William Henry Harrison speaks for two hours on a cold, rainy day for his inaugural address. He died a month later. (“I died in 30 days!”) 5. As Ronald Reagan gives his inaugural address, the 52 American hostages held in Iran for the previous 444 days are released (1981). 6. Andrew Jackson invites the crowd at his inauguration to come on back to his place for some victuals and drinks. They do, and in addition to consuming tons of cheese and other food they trash the White House so badly that some damage is still visible until the place is gutted and rebuilt under Truman. 7. 1849, Inauguration Day fell on a Sunday, and Zachary Taylor refused to be sworn in on Sunday, so Missouri Senator David Atchison was president for a day. 8. George Washington speaks so quietly that he can barely be heard when he takes the oath 9. Dwight Eisenhower placed his hand on two Bibles when taking the oath of office: the one used by George Washington and one he’d had at West Point. 10. After detective Allan Pinkerton finds evidence of assassins lying in wait in Baltimore, he escorts Abraham Lincoln into Washington DC in disguise for the first inaugural. ---
**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 21, 2017, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49133 "2017-01-21T19:32:38Z")
Memorable moments related to any aspect of Presidential Inaugurals (preparation for the inaugural, the Inauguration ceremony, ball, aftermath etc) 1. Robert Frost, blinded by snow glare and unable to read his new poem, reciting “The Land Was Ours/The Gift Outright” from memory at JFK’s inaugural. 2. Maya Angelou read her poem On The Pulse Of Morning at Clinton’s inaugural (1993). 3. Abraham Lincoln delivers his second inaugural address. John Wilkes Booth is among the crowd listening. 4. William Henry Harrison speaks for two hours on a cold, rainy day for his inaugural address. He died a month later. (“I died in 30 days!”) 5. As Ronald Reagan gives his inaugural address, the 52 American hostages held in Iran for the previous 444 days are released (1981). 6. Andrew Jackson invites the crowd at his inauguration to come on back to his place for some victuals and drinks. They do, and in addition to consuming tons of cheese and other food they trash the White House so badly that some damage is still visible until the place is gutted and rebuilt under Truman. 7. 1849, Inauguration Day fell on a Sunday, and Zachary Taylor refused to be sworn in on Sunday, so Missouri Senator David Atchison was president for a day. 8. George Washington speaks so quietly that he can barely be heard when he takes the oath 9. Dwight Eisenhower placed his hand on two Bibles when taking the oath of office: the one used by George Washington and one he’d had at West Point. 10. After detective Allan Pinkerton finds evidence of assassins lying in wait in Baltimore, he escorts Abraham Lincoln into Washington DC in disguise for the first inaugural. 11. Gerald Ford’s first call after his inauguration was to football coach Woody Hayes, who had recently suffered a heart attack. ---
**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 21, 2017, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49134 "2017-01-21T22:37:23Z")
Memorable moments related to any aspect of Presidential Inaugurals (preparation for the inaugural, the Inauguration ceremony, ball, aftermath etc) 1. Robert Frost, blinded by snow glare and unable to read his new poem, reciting “The Land Was Ours/The Gift Outright” from memory at JFK’s inaugural. 2. Maya Angelou read her poem On The Pulse Of Morning at Clinton’s inaugural (1993). 3. Abraham Lincoln delivers his second inaugural address. John Wilkes Booth is among the crowd listening. 4. William Henry Harrison speaks for two hours on a cold, rainy day for his inaugural address. He died a month later. (“I died in 30 days!”) 5. As Ronald Reagan gives his inaugural address, the 52 American hostages held in Iran for the previous 444 days are released (1981). 6. Andrew Jackson invites the crowd at his inauguration to come on back to his place for some victuals and drinks. They do, and in addition to consuming tons of cheese and other food they trash the White House so badly that some damage is still visible until the place is gutted and rebuilt under Truman. 7. 1849, Inauguration Day fell on a Sunday, and Zachary Taylor refused to be sworn in on Sunday, so Missouri Senator David Atchison was president for a day. 8. George Washington speaks so quietly that he can barely be heard when he takes the oath 9. Dwight Eisenhower placed his hand on two Bibles when taking the oath of office: the one used by George Washington and one he’d had at West Point. 10. After detective Allan Pinkerton finds evidence of assassins lying in wait in Baltimore, he escorts Abraham Lincoln into Washington DC in disguise for the first inaugural. 11. Gerald Ford’s first call after his inauguration was to football coach Woody Hayes, who had recently suffered a heart attack. 12. Abraham Lincoln’s eloquent closing of his first Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861, as the Civil War looms \*In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to “preserve, protect, and defend it.” I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. \* ---
**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:** [January 21, 2017, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49135 "2017-01-21T22:47:29Z")
Memorable moments related to any aspect of Presidential Inaugurals (preparation for the inaugural, the Inauguration ceremony, ball, aftermath etc) 1. Robert Frost, blinded by snow glare and unable to read his new poem, reciting “The Land Was Ours/The Gift Outright” from memory at JFK’s inaugural. 2. Maya Angelou read her poem On The Pulse Of Morning at Clinton’s inaugural (1993). 3. Abraham Lincoln delivers his second inaugural address. John Wilkes Booth is among the crowd listening. 4. William Henry Harrison speaks for two hours on a cold, rainy day for his inaugural address. He died a month later. (“I died in 30 days!”) 5. As Ronald Reagan gives his inaugural address, the 52 American hostages held in Iran for the previous 444 days are released (1981). 6. Andrew Jackson invites the crowd at his inauguration to come on back to his place for some victuals and drinks. They do, and in addition to consuming tons of cheese and other food they trash the White House so badly that some damage is still visible until the place is gutted and rebuilt under Truman. 7. 1849, Inauguration Day fell on a Sunday, and Zachary Taylor refused to be sworn in on Sunday, so Missouri Senator David Atchison was president for a day. 8. George Washington speaks so quietly that he can barely be heard when he takes the oath 9. Dwight Eisenhower placed his hand on two Bibles when taking the oath of office: the one used by George Washington and one he’d had at West Point. 10. After detective Allan Pinkerton finds evidence of assassins lying in wait in Baltimore, he escorts Abraham Lincoln into Washington DC in disguise for the first inaugural. 11. Gerald Ford’s first call after his inauguration was to football coach Woody Hayes, who had recently suffered a heart attack. 12. Abraham Lincoln’s eloquent closing of his first Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861, as the Civil War looms 13. Franklin Pierce is the only president who ‘affirmed’, rather than swore his oath. Because his son was killed two months before his inauguration, Pierce began to question his faith and did not swear on a bible. Next: Pairs of words that almost always go together. 1. Kith and kin ---
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Pairs of words that almost always go together. 1. Kith and kin 2. Ebb and flow ---
**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 21, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49137 "2017-01-21T23:07:08Z")
Pairs of words that almost always go together. 1. Kith and kin 2. Ebb and flow 3. Wrack and ruin ---
**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 21, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49138 "2017-01-21T23:24:57Z")
Pairs of words that almost always go together. 1. Kith and kin 2. Ebb and flow 3. Wrack and ruin 4. Flotsam and jetsam ---
**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 22, 2017, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49139 "2017-01-22T00:50:35Z")
Pairs of words that almost always go together. 1. Kith and kin 2. Ebb and flow 3. Wrack and ruin 4. Flotsam and jetsam 5. Hither and thither ---
**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 22, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49140 "2017-01-22T04:51:36Z")
Pairs of words that almost always go together. 1. Kith and kin 2. Ebb and flow 3. Wrack and ruin 4. Flotsam and jetsam 5. Hither and thither 6. spick and span ---
**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 22, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49141 "2017-01-22T04:55:00Z")
Pairs of words that almost always go together. 1. Kith and kin 2. Ebb and flow 3. Wrack and ruin 4. Flotsam and jetsam 5. Hither and thither 6. spick and span 7. cease and desist ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49142 "2017-01-22T04:57:39Z")
Pairs of words that almost always go together. 1. Kith and kin 2. Ebb and flow 3. Wrack and ruin 4. Flotsam and jetsam 5. Hither and thither 6. spick and span 7. cease and desist 8. beck and call ---
**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 22, 2017, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49143 "2017-01-22T05:41:36Z")
Pairs of words that almost always go together. 1. Kith and kin 2. Ebb and flow 3. Wrack and ruin 4. Flotsam and jetsam 5. Hither and thither 6. spick and span 7. cease and desist 8. beck and call 9. hail and farewell ---
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Pairs of words that almost always go together. 1. Kith and kin 2. Ebb and flow 3. Wrack and ruin 4. Flotsam and jetsam 5. Hither and thither 6. spick and span 7. cease and desist 8. beck and call 9. hail and farewell 10. hue and cry ---
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