# 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:** 2596
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51906 "2017-05-07T07:34:20Z")
Things You Do Regularly That You Would NEVER Do If You Didn’t Have Kids 1. Fishing (I hadn’t done it in 30+ years before my son got obsessed with it) 2. Attend school soccer games 3. Watch animated films in theaters 4. Get up between 5:00 and 6:00 AM on weekends. 5. Read “Lord of the Rings” out loud. 6. Go to high school art shows 7. Attend school orchestra concerts 8. Be hugged 9. Clean up another person’s vomit or diarrhea 10. Listen to other parents talk about their kids 11. Eat at Chuck E. Cheese’s ---
**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:** [May 7, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51907 "2017-05-07T12:29:54Z")
Things You Do Regularly That You Would NEVER Do If You Didn’t Have Kids 1. Fishing (I hadn’t done it in 30+ years before my son got obsessed with it) 2. Attend school soccer games 3. Watch animated films in theaters 4. Get up between 5:00 and 6:00 AM on weekends. 5. Read “Lord of the Rings” out loud. 6. Go to high school art shows 7. Attend school orchestra concerts 8. Be hugged 9. Clean up another person’s vomit or diarrhea 10. Listen to other parents talk about their kids 11. Eat at Chuck E. Cheese’s 12. Watch dumb cartoons on Netflix I love cartoons and yet it seems that the Boy keeps finding the terrible ones. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51908 "2017-05-07T12:56:32Z")
Things You Do Regularly That You Would NEVER Do If You Didn’t Have Kids 1. Fishing (I hadn’t done it in 30+ years before my son got obsessed with it) 2. Attend school soccer games 3. Watch animated films in theaters 4. Get up between 5:00 and 6:00 AM on weekends. 5. Read “Lord of the Rings” out loud. 6. Go to high school art shows 7. Attend school orchestra concerts 8. Be hugged 9. Clean up another person’s vomit or diarrhea 10. Listen to other parents talk about their kids 11. Eat at Chuck E. Cheese’s 12. Watch dumb cartoons on Netflix 13. McDonald’s Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here 1. Morning sex – YES!! ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51909 "2017-05-07T16:39:40Z")
Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here 1. Morning sex – YES!! 2. Monitor my credit score. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51910 "2017-05-07T18:59:23Z")
Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here 1. Morning sex – YES!! 2. Monitor my credit score. 3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much ---
**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:** [May 7, 2017, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51911 "2017-05-07T19:18:57Z")
Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here 1. Morning sex – YES!! 2. Monitor my credit score. 3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much 4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon. Might be more “when the ex is gone” but nonetheless I’m enjoying something called “St. Ambrose - Double IPA” at the moment. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk ---
**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:** [May 7, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51912 "2017-05-07T20:25:27Z")
[Wait, kids leave when they grow up?] ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51913 "2017-05-07T21:25:32Z")
Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here 1. Morning sex – YES!! 2. Monitor my credit score. 3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much 4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon. 5. Golf ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51914 "2017-05-07T21:31:35Z")
Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here 1. Morning sex – YES!! 2. Monitor my credit score. 3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much 4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon. 5. Golf 6. Whatever the fuck I want ---
**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:** [May 7, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51915 "2017-05-07T22:28:42Z")
Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here 1. Morning sex – YES!! 2. Monitor my credit score. 3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much 4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon. 5. Golf 6. Whatever the fuck I want 7. Convert their bedroom into a den ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51916 "2017-05-08T00:14:19Z")
Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here 1. Morning sex – YES!! 2. Monitor my credit score. 3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much 4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon. 5. Golf 6. Whatever the fuck I want 7. Convert their bedroom into a den 8. Date night ---
**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:** [May 8, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51917 "2017-05-08T01:46:05Z")
Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here 1. Morning sex – YES!! 2. Monitor my credit score. 3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much 4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon. 5. Golf 6. Whatever the fuck I want 7. Convert their bedroom into a den 8. Date night 9. Sleep in and not have to worry about getting them off to school on weekday mornings or sports and activities on weekends At least I hope this will happen, ours aren’t gone yet, we still have one in HS ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51918 "2017-05-08T04:07:29Z")
Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here 1. Morning sex – YES!! 2. Monitor my credit score. 3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much 4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon. 5. Golf 6. Whatever the fuck I want 7. Convert their bedroom into a den 8. Date night 9. Sleep in and not have to worry about getting them off to school on weekday mornings or sports and activities on weekends 10. Social drinking ---
**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:** [May 8, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51919 "2017-05-08T04:54:48Z")
Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here 1. Morning sex – YES!! 2. Monitor my credit score. 3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much 4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon. 5. Golf 6. Whatever the fuck I want 7. Convert their bedroom into a den 8. Date night 9. Sleep in and not have to worry about getting them off to school on weekday mornings or sports and activities on weekends 10. Social drinking 11. Read for pleasure ---
**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:** [May 8, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51920 "2017-05-08T13:47:46Z")
Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here 1. Morning sex – YES!! 2. Monitor my credit score. 3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much 4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon. 5. Golf 6. Whatever the fuck I want 7. Convert their bedroom into a den 8. Date night 9. Sleep in and not have to worry about getting them off to school on weekday mornings or sports and activities on weekends 10. Social drinking 11. Read for pleasure 12. Have whatever for dinner since I don’t need to cook them a balanced meal Very much on my mind since my older kid is home from college this week and now eating vegetarian ---
**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:** [May 8, 2017, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51921 "2017-05-08T15:34:18Z")
Things You Do More When the Kids Are Grown and Gone, They’re Outta Here 1. Morning sex – YES!! 2. Monitor my credit score. 3. Realize I don’t have to clean up the house as much 4. Drink beer on a Sunday afternoon. 5. Golf 6. Whatever the fuck I want 7. Convert their bedroom into a den 8. Date night 9. Sleep in and not have to worry about getting them off to school on weekday mornings or sports and activities on weekends 10. Social drinking 11. Read for pleasure 12. Have whatever for dinner since I don’t need to cook them a balanced meal 13. No more dad’s taxi service (I assume, we’re not there yet). Next: Kurt Russell movies. 1. Escape fro New York ---
**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:** [May 8, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51922 "2017-05-08T15:36:33Z")
Next: Kurt Russell movies. 1. Escape from New York 2. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51923 "2017-05-08T15:39:33Z")
Kurt Russell movies. 1. Escape from New York 2. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 3. Overboard! One of my favorites. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51924 "2017-05-08T16:18:37Z")
Kurt Russell movies 1. Escape from New York 2. Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 3. Overboard! 4. It Happened at the World’s Fair His screen debut, in 1963, as “Boy Kicking Mike.” ---
**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:** [May 8, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/51925 "2017-05-08T16:21:33Z")
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