# 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:** 2528
**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:** [March 17, 2017, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50546 "2017-03-17T22:02:38Z")
13 Shades of Green 1. Seafoam green 2. Shamrock ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50547 "2017-03-17T22:09:32Z")
13 Shades of Green 1. Seafoam green 2. Shamrock 3. Snot green (an Irish literary allusion- name the book!) ---
**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:** [March 17, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50548 "2017-03-17T22:19:24Z")
13 Shades of Green 1. Seafoam green 2. Shamrock 3. Snot green (an Irish literary allusion- name the book!) 4. [Kelly green](https://d2d00szk9na1qq.cloudfront.net/Product/0253a8ef-822e-4033-b9fa-416eae53f379/Images/Large_UG-775.jpg) ---
**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:** [March 17, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50549 "2017-03-17T22:21:13Z")
13 Shades of Green 1. Seafoam green 2. Shamrock 3. Snot green (an Irish literary allusion- name the book!) 4. Kelly green 5. Baby poop green ---
**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:** [March 17, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50550 "2017-03-17T22:23:43Z")
13 Shades of Green 1. Seafoam green 2. Shamrock 3. Snot green (an Irish literary allusion- name the book!) 4. Kelly green 5. Baby poop green 6. Olive green ---
**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:** [March 17, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50551 "2017-03-17T22:34:03Z")
13 Shades of Green 1. Seafoam green 2. Shamrock 3. Snot green (an Irish literary allusion- name the book!) 4. Kelly green 5. Baby poop green 6. Olive green 7. Emerald ---
**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:** [March 18, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50552 "2017-03-18T00:07:44Z")
13 Shades of Green 1. Seafoam green 2. Shamrock 3. Snot green (an Irish literary allusion- name the book!) 4. Kelly green 5. Baby poop green 6. Olive green 7. Emerald 8. Sea green ---
**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:** [March 18, 2017, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50553 "2017-03-18T00:23:13Z")
13 Shades of Green 1. Seafoam green 2. Shamrock 3. Snot green (an Irish literary allusion- name the book!) 4. Kelly green 5. Baby poop green 6. Olive green 7. Emerald 8. Sea green 9. Jade green ---
**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:** [March 18, 2017, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50554 "2017-03-18T02:34:21Z")
13 Shades of Green 1. Seafoam green 2. Shamrock 3. Snot green (an Irish literary allusion- name the book!) 4. Kelly green 5. Baby poop green 6. Olive green 7. Emerald 8. Sea green 9. Jade green 10. Forest green ---
**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:** [March 18, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50555 "2017-03-18T03:03:36Z")
13 Shades of Green 1. Seafoam green 2. Shamrock 3. Snot green (an Irish literary allusion- name the book!) 4. Kelly green 5. Baby poop green 6. Olive green 7. Emerald 8. Sea green 9. Jade green 10. Forest green 11. Alien green [#6CC417 (Alien Green) HTML Color Code](http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/htmlcolor.pl?c=6CC417) And the literary allusion for #3: "the snotgreen sea, the scrotumtightening sea.” ― James Joyce, Ulysses ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50556 "2017-03-18T03:17:48Z")
13 Shades of Green 1. Seafoam green 2. Shamrock 3. Snot green (an Irish literary allusion- name the book!) 4. Kelly green 5. Baby poop green 6. Olive green 7. Emerald 8. Sea green 9. Jade green 10. Forest green 11. Alien green 1. Sage green ---
**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:** [March 18, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50557 "2017-03-18T03:18:08Z")
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**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:** [March 18, 2017, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50558 "2017-03-18T03:29:30Z")
13 Shades of Green 1. Seafoam green 2. Shamrock 3. Snot green (an Irish literary allusion- name the book!) 4. Kelly green 5. Baby poop green 6. Olive green 7. Emerald 8. Sea green 9. Jade green 10. Forest green 11. Alien green 1. Sage green 1. Al Green * * * ---
**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:** [March 18, 2017, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50559 "2017-03-18T03:50:16Z")
Unusual musical instruments 1. Theorbo, a type of huge plucked lute developed during the late sixteenth century in Italy. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qeUcGD4rRRc/maxresdefault.jpg "Robert de Visée Prélude et Allemande, Jonas Nordberg, theorbo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeUcGD4rRRc) ---
**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:** [March 18, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50560 "2017-03-18T04:02:19Z")
Unusual musical instruments 1. Theorbo 2. Mouse organ [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/F9nGyPz9uT0/hqdefault.jpg "Monty Python - mouse organ sketch") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9nGyPz9uT0) ---
**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:** [March 18, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50561 "2017-03-18T04:43:03Z")
Unusual musical instruments 1. Theorbo 2. Mouse organ 3. The Wave Organ > **[The Wave Organ | Exploratorium](https://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/wave-organ)** > > Peter Richards and George Gonzalez Exploratorium artists in residence, 1986 The Wave Organ is a wave-activated acoustic sculpture located on a jetty in the San Francisco Bay. The concept was developed by Peter Richards and was installed in... ---
**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:** [March 18, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50562 "2017-03-18T04:49:08Z")
Unusual musical instruments 1. Theorbo 2. Mouse organ 3. The Wave Organ 4. Snoot flute [http://blog.retroplanet.com/retro-nose-flute/](http://blog.retroplanet.com/retro-nose-flute/) ---
**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:** [March 18, 2017, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50563 "2017-03-18T05:06:28Z")
Unusual musical instruments 1. Theorbo 2. Mouse organ 3. The Wave Organ 4. Snoot flute 5. [Contrabass saxophone](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXBeu7o9uUM) ---
**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:** [March 18, 2017, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50564 "2017-03-18T05:32:10Z")
Unusual musical instruments 1. Theorbo 2. Mouse organ 3. The Wave Organ 4. Snoot flute 5. Contrabass saxophone 6. Octobass An extremely large bowed string instrument that was first built around 1850 in Paris. Playing starts at 1:24: [Octobass @ the Musical Instrument Museum - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP1QqtGe8ts) ---
**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:** [March 18, 2017, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/50565 "2017-03-18T12:07:57Z")
Unusual musical instruments 1. Theorbo 2. Mouse organ 3. The Wave Organ 4. Snoot flute 5. Contrabass saxophone 6. Octobass 7. Theremin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2527) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2529)