# 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:** 2654
**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:** [June 26, 2017, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53066 "2017-06-26T16:04:40Z")
Rhymes with June, one syllable 1. moon 2. spoon 3. croon 4. tune 5. boon 6. loon 7. swoon 8. strewn 9. noon 10. dune 11. goon 12. soon 13. prune Summertime activities 14. A day at the beach ---
**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:** [June 26, 2017, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53067 "2017-06-26T16:39:32Z")
Summertime activities 1. A day at the beach 2. Playing tennis outside ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53068 "2017-06-26T16:45:42Z")
Summertime activities 1. A day at the beach 2. Playing tennis outside 3. Road trips ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53069 "2017-06-26T16:55:19Z")
Summertime activities 1. A day at the beach 2. Playing tennis outside 3. Road trips 4. Baseball ---
**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:** [June 26, 2017, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53070 "2017-06-26T17:41:50Z")
Summertime activities 1. A day at the beach 2. Playing tennis outside 3. Road trips 4. Baseball 5. Flying a kite ---
**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:** [June 26, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53071 "2017-06-26T17:47:41Z")
Summertime activities 1. A day at the beach 2. Playing tennis outside 3. Road trips 4. Baseball 5. Flying a kite 6. Napping in a hammock ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53072 "2017-06-26T19:21:39Z")
Summertime activities 1. A day at the beach 2. Playing tennis outside 3. Road trips 4. Baseball 5. Flying a kite 6. Napping in a hammock 7. Getting sand out of my bathing suit ---
**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:** [June 26, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53073 "2017-06-26T19:34:42Z")
Summertime activities 1. A day at the beach 2. Playing tennis outside 3. Road trips 4. Baseball 5. Flying a kite 6. Napping in a hammock 7. Getting sand out of my bathing suit 8. Swimming ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53074 "2017-06-26T20:01:35Z")
Summertime activities 1. A day at the beach 2. Playing tennis outside 3. Road trips 4. Baseball 5. Flying a kite 6. Napping in a hammock 7. Getting sand out of my bathing suit 8. Swimming 9; Eating a pint of butter pecan ice cream for lunch ---
**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:** [June 26, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53075 "2017-06-26T20:16:03Z")
Summertime activities 1. A day at the beach 2. Playing tennis outside 3. Road trips 4. Baseball 5. Flying a kite 6. Napping in a hammock 7. Getting sand out of my bathing suit 8. Swimming 9. Eating a pint of butter pecan ice cream for lunch 10. Reading in the backyard, cool grass between my toes ---
**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:** [June 26, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53076 "2017-06-26T20:26:43Z")
Summertime activities 1. A day at the beach 2. Playing tennis outside 3. Road trips 4. Baseball 5. Flying a kite 6. Napping in a hammock 7. Getting sand out of my bathing suit 8. Swimming 9. Eating a pint of butter pecan ice cream for lunch 10. Reading in the backyard, cool grass between my toes 11. Cooking food on the grill ---
**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:** [June 26, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53077 "2017-06-26T20:38:11Z")
Summertime activities 1. A day at the beach 2. Playing tennis outside 3. Road trips 4. Baseball 5. Flying a kite 6. Napping in a hammock 7. Getting sand out of my bathing suit 8. Swimming 9. Eating a pint of butter pecan ice cream for lunch 10. Reading in the backyard, cool grass between my toes 11. Cooking food on the grill 12. Beer on a restaurant patio. 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:** [June 26, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53078 "2017-06-26T21:13:09Z")
Summertime activities 1. A day at the beach 2. Playing tennis outside 3. Road trips 4. Baseball 5. Flying a kite 6. Napping in a hammock 7. Getting sand out of my bathing suit 8. Swimming 9. Eating a pint of butter pecan ice cream for lunch 10. Reading in the backyard, cool grass between my toes 11. Cooking food on the grill 12. Beer on a restaurant patio. 13. Collapsing from sunstroke New! The oldest people you remember personally meeting. 1. My next door neighbor (as a child), Chet, born circa 1880. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53079 "2017-06-26T22:09:44Z")
The oldest people you remember personally meeting. 1. My next door neighbor (as a child), Chet, born circa 1880. 1. Rose, a friend’s mother, born 1898, aged 99 when I met her in 1997, died 2 years later. Prof. Pepperwinkle, do you want the answers to include how old the people were? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53080 "2017-06-26T22:16:48Z")
The oldest people you remember personally meeting. 1. My next door neighbor (as a child), Chet, born circa 1880. 1. Rose, a friend’s mother, born 1898, aged 99 when I met her in 1997. 2. My mom lived to be 98. I don’t think I ever met a centenarian. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53081 "2017-06-26T23:10:28Z")
The oldest people you remember personally meeting. 1. My next door neighbor (as a child), Chet, born circa 1880. 1. Rose, a friend’s mother, born 1898, aged 99 when I met her in 1997. 2. My mom lived to be 98. 3. All of my grandparents were born around 1880. One of them had a daughter who lived to be 99. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2017, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53082 "2017-06-27T01:56:54Z")
he oldest people you remember personally meeting. 1. My next door neighbor (as a child), Chet, born circa 1880. 2. Rose, a friend’s mother, born 1898, aged 99 when I met her in 1997. 3. My mom lived to be 98. 4. All of my grandparents were born around 1880. One of them had a daughter who lived to be 99. 5. Mr. Thompson, a sweet old guy who’d survived the Bataan Death March. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53083 "2017-06-27T01:58:51Z")
> [@gkster](#): > > The oldest people you remember personally meeting. > > 1. My next door neighbor (as a child), Chet, born circa 1880. > > 1. Rose, a friend’s mother, born 1898, aged 99 when I met her in 1997, died 2 years later. > > Prof. Pepperwinkle, do you want the answers to include how old the people were? Not necessarily, but feel free if you want to. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53084 "2017-06-27T03:08:40Z")
he oldest people you remember personally meeting. 1. My next door neighbor (as a child), Chet, born circa 1880. 2. Rose, a friend’s mother, born 1898, aged 99 when I met her in 1997. 3. My mom lived to be 98. 4. All of my grandparents were born around 1880. One of them had a daughter who lived to be 99. 5. Mr. Thompson, a sweet old guy who’d survived the Bataan Death March. 6. My great-grandfather passed away just shy of his 103rd birthday. (1881-1983) It’s amazing to think of the history, changes in society, technology, etc… that he lived through during that century! ---
**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:** [June 27, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/53085 "2017-06-27T03:24:05Z")
The oldest people you remember personally meeting. 1. My next door neighbor (as a child), Chet, born circa 1880. 2. Rose, a friend’s mother, born 1898, aged 99 when I met her in 1997. 3. My mom lived to be 98. 4. All of my grandparents were born around 1880. One of them had a daughter who lived to be 99. 5. Mr. Thompson, a sweet old guy who’d survived the Bataan Death March. 6. My great-grandfather passed away just shy of his 103rd birthday. (1881-1983) 7. My paternal grandmother lived till she was 93. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2653) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2655)