# 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:** 267
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5321 "2011-05-10T16:51:18Z")
Things you don’t want to hear on your wedding day. 1. “Honey, I’d like to you meet my first three husbands…” 2. “Your Majesty Henry VIII, do you take this woman…?” 3. Whew- now my dieting days are over and done with! ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5322 "2011-05-10T16:51:26Z")
Things you don’t want to hear on your wedding day. 1. “Honey, I’d like to you meet my first three husbands…” 2. “Your Majesty Henry VIII, do you take this woman…?” 3. “Whew- now my dieting days are over and done with!” 4. “Excuse me for interrupting, but since you asked, _I_ object to this union…” ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_of_Lucan)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5323 "2011-05-10T16:52:04Z")
Things you don’t want to hear on your wedding day. 1. “Honey, I’d like to you meet my first three husbands…” 2. “Your Majesty Henry VIII, do you take this woman…?” 3. “Whew- now my dieting days are over and done with!” 4. “Excuse me for interrupting, but since you asked, I object to this union…” 5. “You’ll have to be patient until they finish the sex-change operation…” ---
**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:** [May 10, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5324 "2011-05-10T18:01:06Z")
Things you don’t want to hear on your wedding day. 1. “Honey, I’d like to you meet my first three husbands…” 2. “Your Majesty Henry VIII, do you take this woman…?” 3. “Whew- now my dieting days are over and done with!” 4. “Excuse me for interrupting, but since you asked, I object to this union…” 5. “You’ll have to be patient until they finish the sex-change operation…” 6. “I’d like you to met the leader of my Satanist group, who is going to perform the ceremony.” ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5325 "2011-05-10T18:04:52Z")
Things you don’t want to hear on your wedding day. 1. “Honey, I’d like to you meet my first three husbands…” 2. “Your Majesty Henry VIII, do you take this woman…?” 3. “Whew- now my dieting days are over and done with!” 4. “Excuse me for interrupting, but since you asked, I object to this union…” 5. “You’ll have to be patient until they finish the sex-change operation…” 6. “I’d like you to met the leader of my Satanist group, who is going to perform the ceremony.” 7. “I don’t” ---
**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:** [May 10, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5326 "2011-05-10T18:07:17Z")
Things you don’t want to hear on your wedding day. 1. “Honey, I’d like to you meet my first three husbands…” 2. “Your Majesty Henry VIII, do you take this woman…?” 3. “Whew- now my dieting days are over and done with!” 4. “Excuse me for interrupting, but since you asked, I object to this union…” 5. “You’ll have to be patient until they finish the sex-change operation…” 6. “I’d like you to met the leader of my Satanist group, who is going to perform the ceremony.” 7. “I don’t” 8. “Your grandparents? But those are my grandparents…” ---
**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 10, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5327 "2011-05-10T18:27:49Z")
Things you don’t want to hear on your wedding day. 1. “Honey, I’d like you to meet my first three husbands…” 2. “Your Majesty Henry VIII, do you take this woman…?” 3. “Whew- now my dieting days are over and done with!” 4. “Excuse me for interrupting, but since you asked, I object to this union…” 5. “You’ll have to be patient until they finish the sex-change operation…” 6. “I’d like you to met the leader of my Satanist group, who is going to perform the ceremony.” 7. “I don’t” 8. “Your grandparents? But those are my grandparents…” 9. _“Fore!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5328 "2011-05-10T19:50:07Z")
Things you don’t want to hear on your wedding day. 1. “Honey, I’d like you to meet my first three husbands…” 2. “Your Majesty Henry VIII, do you take this woman…?” 3. “Whew- now my dieting days are over and done with!” 4. “Excuse me for interrupting, but since you asked, I object to this union…” 5. “You’ll have to be patient until they finish the sex-change operation…” 6. “I’d like you to met the leader of my Satanist group, who is going to perform the ceremony.” 7. “I don’t” 8. “Your grandparents? But those are my grandparents…” 9. _“Fore!”_ 10. “Forsaking all others with the following exceptions…” ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5329 "2011-05-10T19:54:16Z")
Things you don’t want to hear on your wedding day. 1. “Honey, I’d like you to meet my first three husbands…” 2. “Your Majesty Henry VIII, do you take this woman…?” 3. “Whew- now my dieting days are over and done with!” 4. “Excuse me for interrupting, but since you asked, I object to this union…” 5. “You’ll have to be patient until they finish the sex-change operation…” 6. “I’d like you to met the leader of my Satanist group, who is going to perform the ceremony.” 7. “I don’t” 8. “Your grandparents? But those are my grandparents…” 9. _“Fore!”_ 10. “Forsaking all others with the following exceptions…” 11. “… reading from the Letter of Paul to the Ephesians…” ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5330 "2011-05-10T20:07:59Z")
1. “I now pronounce you husband and wife. Please pull forward to the next window.” Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5331 "2011-05-10T21:18:54Z")
Things you don’t want to hear on your wedding day. 1. “Honey, I’d like you to meet my first three husbands…” 2. “Your Majesty Henry VIII, do you take this woman…?” 3. “Whew- now my dieting days are over and done with!” 4. “Excuse me for interrupting, but since you asked, I object to this union…” 5. “You’ll have to be patient until they finish the sex-change operation…” 6. “I’d like you to met the leader of my Satanist group, who is going to perform the ceremony.” 7. “I don’t” 8. “Your grandparents? But those are my grandparents…” 9. _“Fore!”_ 10. “Forsaking all others with the following exceptions…” 11. “… reading from the Letter of Paul to the Ephesians…” 12. “I now pronounce you husband and wife. Please pull forward to the next window.” 13. “Here’s to another [Exodus](http://exodusinternational.org/) success story! Has anybody seen the groom… and the bride’s cousin Larry?” Next category: Civil War Battles that did not involve Robert E. Lee 1. Chickamauga ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5332 "2011-05-10T22:12:03Z")
Next category: Civil War Battles that did not involve Robert E. Lee 1. Chickamauga 2. Vicksburg ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5333 "2011-05-10T22:39:51Z")
Next category: Civil War Battles that did not involve Robert E. Lee 1. Chickamauga 2. Vicksburg 3. Shiloh ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5334 "2011-05-10T23:44:02Z")
Next category: Civil War Battles that did not involve Robert E. Lee 1. Chickamauga 2. Vicksburg 3. Shiloh 4. Chattanooga ---
**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:** [May 10, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5335 "2011-05-10T23:58:28Z")
Next category: Civil War Battles that did not involve Robert E. Lee 1. Chickamauga 2. Vicksburg 3. Shiloh 4. Chattanooga 5. First Bull Run ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5336 "2011-05-11T00:05:10Z")
Next category: Civil War Battles that did not involve Robert E. Lee 1. Chickamauga 2. Vicksburg 3. Shiloh 4. Chattanooga 5. First Bull Run 6. The Atlanta Campaign Which is why I’ve always thought it was an irony he and Stonewall Jackson are carved 9000 feet tall on Stone Mountain; neither had a damned thing to do with the city’s extremely important Civil War history. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2011, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5337 "2011-05-11T01:34:12Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Which is why I’ve always thought it was an irony he and Stonewall Jackson are carved 9000 feet tall on Stone Mountain; neither had a damned thing to do with the city’s extremely important Civil War history. A 9000 foot tall statue of William Tecumseh Sherman tossing a match would have been in poor taste. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5338 "2011-05-11T02:31:03Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > A 9000 foot tall statue of William Tecumseh Sherman tossing a match would have been in poor taste. But more accurate and you could get some great barbecue joints as a tie in. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5339 "2011-05-11T02:56:55Z")
Next category: Civil War Battles that did not involve Robert E. Lee 1. Chickamauga 2. Vicksburg 3. Shiloh 4. Chattanooga 5. First Bull Run 6. The Atlanta Campaign 7. [Battle of Corydon](http://www.corydonbattlepark.com/battle.html) ---
**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:** [May 11, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5340 "2011-05-11T03:40:13Z")
Civil War Battles that did not involve Robert E. Lee 1. Chickamauga 2. Vicksburg 3. Shiloh 4. Chattanooga 5. First Bull Run 6. The Atlanta Campaign 7. [Battle of Corydon](http://www.corydonbattlepark.com/battle.html) 8. Murfreesboro [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=266) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=268)