# 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:** 2478
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49546 "2017-02-08T14:29:22Z")
Fictional eateries, diners to restaurants 1. Le Chateau Anglais - Chef! TV series 2. Hilltop Diner - Diner (1982 film) 3. Mel’s Diner - Alice (TV series) 4. Jack Rabbit Slim’s - Pulp Fiction (1994 film) 5. Milliways - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Douglas Adams) 6. Rusterman’s, the only restaurant Nero Wolfe willingly leaves his house to dine at 7. Central Perk (Friends) 8. The Frying Dutchman - The Simpsons 9. The Drunken Clam - (Family Guy) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49547 "2017-02-08T14:38:37Z")
Fictional eateries, diners to restaurants 1. Le Chateau Anglais - Chef! TV series 2. Hilltop Diner - Diner (1982 film) 3. Mel’s Diner - Alice (TV series) 4. Jack Rabbit Slim’s - Pulp Fiction (1994 film) 5. Milliways - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Douglas Adams) 6. Rusterman’s, the only restaurant Nero Wolfe willingly leaves his house to dine at 7. Central Perk (Friends) 8. The Frying Dutchman - The Simpsons 9. The Drunken Clam - (Family Guy) 10. Arnold’s - Happy Days ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49548 "2017-02-08T15:52:51Z")
Fictional eateries, diners to restaurants 1. Le Chateau Anglais - Chef! TV series 2. Hilltop Diner - Diner (1982 film) 3. Mel’s Diner - Alice (TV series) 4. Jack Rabbit Slim’s - Pulp Fiction (1994 film) 5. Milliways - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Douglas Adams) 6. Rusterman’s, the only restaurant Nero Wolfe willingly leaves his house to dine at 7. Central Perk (Friends) 8. The Frying Dutchman - The Simpsons 9. The Drunken Clam - (Family Guy) 10. Arnold’s - Happy Days 11. Lou’s Diner - Blondie comic strip ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49549 "2017-02-08T16:07:06Z")
Fictional eateries, diners to restaurants 1. Le Chateau Anglais - Chef! TV series 2. Hilltop Diner - Diner (1982 film) 3. Mel’s Diner - Alice (TV series) 4. Jack Rabbit Slim’s - Pulp Fiction (1994 film) 5. Milliways - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Douglas Adams) 6. Rusterman’s, the only restaurant Nero Wolfe willingly leaves his house to dine at 7. Central Perk (Friends) 8. The Frying Dutchman - The Simpsons 9. The Drunken Clam - (Family Guy) 10. Arnold’s - Happy Days 11. Lou’s Diner - Blondie comic strip 12. Monk’s Café - Seinfeld ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49550 "2017-02-08T19:57:02Z")
Fictional eateries, diners to restaurants 1. Le Chateau Anglais - Chef! TV series 2. Hilltop Diner - Diner (1982 film) 3. Mel’s Diner - Alice (TV series) 4. Jack Rabbit Slim’s - Pulp Fiction (1994 film) 5. Milliways - The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Douglas Adams) 6. Rusterman’s, the only restaurant Nero Wolfe willingly leaves his house to dine at 7. Central Perk (Friends) 8. The Frying Dutchman - The Simpsons 9. The Drunken Clam - (Family Guy) 10. Arnold’s - Happy Days 11. Lou’s Diner - Blondie comic strip 12. Monk’s Café - Seinfeld 13. Archie Bunker’s Place- All In the Family/Archie Bunker’s Place Pass. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49551 "2017-02-08T21:25:44Z")
New People, real or fictional, with last names starting with the particle or prefix de, De or D’ (that is, not just the letters De, not Dexter or Dean. Also capitalization and spacing may vary, as in de Blank, deBlank, De Blank, DeBlank) 1. Betsy DeVos ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49552 "2017-02-08T21:35:38Z")
People, real or fictional, with last names starting with the particle or prefix de, De or D’ (that is, not just the letters De, not Dexter or Dean. Also capitalization and spacing may vary, as in de Blank, deBlank, De Blank, DeBlank) 1. Betsy DeVos 2. Georges de La Tour ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49553 "2017-02-08T21:39:49Z")
People, real or fictional, with last names starting with the particle or prefix de, De or D’ (that is, not just the letters De, not Dexter or Dean. Also capitalization and spacing may vary, as in de Blank, deBlank, De Blank, DeBlank) 1. Betsy DeVos 2. Georges de La Tour 3. Olivia de Haviland ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49554 "2017-02-08T21:51:37Z")
People, real or fictional, with last names starting with the particle or prefix de, De or D’ (that is, not just the letters De, not Dexter or Dean. Also capitalization and spacing may vary, as in de Blank, deBlank, De Blank, DeBlank) 1. Betsy DeVos 2. Georges de La Tour 3. Olivia de Haviland 4. Beverly D’Angelo ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49555 "2017-02-08T22:19:39Z")
People, real or fictional, with last names starting with the particle or prefix de, De or D’ (that is, not just the letters De, not Dexter or Dean. Also capitalization and spacing may vary, as in de Blank, deBlank, De Blank, DeBlank) 1. Betsy DeVos 2. Georges de La Tour 3. Olivia de Haviland 4. Beverly D’Angelo 5. John de Lancie ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49556 "2017-02-08T22:48:41Z")
People, real or fictional, with last names starting with the particle or prefix de, De or D’ (that is, not just the letters De, not Dexter or Dean. Also capitalization and spacing may vary, as in de Blank, deBlank, De Blank, DeBlank) 1. Betsy DeVos 2. Georges de La Tour 3. Olivia de Haviland 4. Beverly D’Angelo 5. John de Lancie 6. Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc) Sent from my adequate mobile device using Tapatalk. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49557 "2017-02-08T23:02:28Z")
People, real or fictional, with last names starting with the particle or prefix de, De or D’ (that is, not just the letters De, not Dexter or Dean. Also capitalization and spacing may vary, as in de Blank, deBlank, De Blank, DeBlank) 1. Betsy DeVos 2. Georges de La Tour 3. Olivia de Haviland 4. Beverly D’Angelo 5. John de Lancie 6. Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc) 7. Robert De Niro ---
**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:** [February 8, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49558 "2017-02-08T23:48:44Z")
People, real or fictional, with last names starting with the particle or prefix de, De or D’ (that is, not just the letters De, not Dexter or Dean. Also capitalization and spacing may vary, as in de Blank, deBlank, De Blank, DeBlank) 1. Betsy DeVos 2. Georges de La Tour 3. Olivia de Haviland 4. Beverly D’Angelo 5. John de Lancie 6. Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc) 7. Robert De Niro 8. Joyce DeWitt (Janet from Three’s Company) ---
**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:** [February 9, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49559 "2017-02-09T00:22:18Z")
People, real or fictional, with last names starting with the particle or prefix de, De or D’ (that is, not just the letters De, not Dexter or Dean. Also capitalization and spacing may vary, as in de Blank, deBlank, De Blank, DeBlank) 1. Betsy DeVos 2. Georges de La Tour 3. Olivia de Haviland 4. Beverly D’Angelo 5. John de Lancie 6. Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc) 7. Robert De Niro 8. Joyce DeWitt (Janet from Three’s Company) 9. Rebecca de Winter ---
**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:** [February 9, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49560 "2017-02-09T00:23:12Z")
People, real or fictional, with last names starting with the particle or prefix de, De or D’ (that is, not just the letters De, not Dexter or Dean. Also capitalization and spacing may vary, as in de Blank, deBlank, De Blank, DeBlank) 1. Betsy DeVos 2. Georges de La Tour 3. Olivia de Haviland 4. Beverly D’Angelo 5. John de Lancie 6. Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc) 7. Robert De Niro 8. Joyce DeWitt (Janet from Three’s Company) 9. Rebecca de Winter 10. Charles de Batz-Castelmore d’Artagnan The basis for the Dumas character. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49561 "2017-02-09T00:25:38Z")
> [@Dendarii\_Dame](#): > > 1. Rebecca de Winter Are you perhaps thinking of Rebecca de Mornay who played Milady de Winter in _The Three Musketeers_? ---
**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:** [February 9, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49562 "2017-02-09T00:33:28Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Are you perhaps thinking of Rebecca de Mornay who played Milady de Winter in _The Three Musketeers_? My bad. Of course you’re talking about the title character from _Rebecca_. I guess my post made me too focused on Dumas. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49563 "2017-02-09T00:41:27Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > My bad. Of course you’re talking about the title character from _Rebecca_. > > I guess my post made me too focused on Dumas. Yes, I was thinking of the title character in Daphne du Maurier’s novel, **Rebecca**. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2017, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49564 "2017-02-09T00:54:33Z")
People, real or fictional, with last names starting with the particle or prefix de, De or D’ (that is, not just the letters De, not Dexter or Dean. Also capitalization and spacing may vary, as in de Blank, deBlank, De Blank, DeBlank) 1. Betsy DeVos 2. Georges de La Tour 3. Olivia de Haviland 4. Beverly D’Angelo 5. John de Lancie 6. Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc) 7. Robert De Niro 8. Joyce DeWitt (Janet from Three’s Company) 9. Rebecca de Winter 10. Charles de Batz-Castelmore d’Artagnan 11. James D’Arcy ---
**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:** [February 9, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49565 "2017-02-09T02:01:21Z")
People, real or fictional, with last names starting with the particle or prefix de, De or D’ (that is, not just the letters De, not Dexter or Dean. Also capitalization and spacing may vary, as in de Blank, deBlank, De Blank, DeBlank) 1. Betsy DeVos 2. Georges de La Tour 3. Olivia de Haviland 4. Beverly D’Angelo 5. John de Lancie 6. Jeanne d’Arc (Joan of Arc) 7. Robert De Niro 8. Joyce DeWitt (Janet from Three’s Company) 9. Rebecca de Winter 10. Charles de Batz-Castelmore d’Artagnan 11. James D’Arcy 12. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2477) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2479)