# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 2712

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**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:** [August 23, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54226 "2017-08-23T19:16:51Z")

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World Cities attacked by terrorists in the 21st century, and the dates

1. New York City, NY, USA (September 11, 2001)
2. Mainok, Nigeria (September 19, 2014)
3. Ankara, Turkey (February 1, 2013)
4. Barcelona, Spain (August 17, 2017)
5. Netanya, Israel (January 1, 2001)
6. London, UK (July 7, 2005)
7. Moscow, Russia (October 23, 2002)
8. Washington, D.C. (September 11, 2001)

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**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:** [August 23, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54227 "2017-08-23T19:56:33Z")

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World Cities attacked by terrorists in the 21st century, and the dates

1. New York City, NY, USA (September 11, 2001)
2. Mainok, Nigeria (September 19, 2014)
3. Ankara, Turkey (February 1, 2013)
4. Barcelona, Spain (August 17, 2017)
5. Netanya, Israel (January 1, 2001)
6. London, UK (July 7, 2005)
7. Moscow, Russia (October 23, 2002)
8. Washington, D.C. (September 11, 2001)
9. Kuta, Indonesia (October 12, 2002 and October 1, 2005)

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**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:** [August 23, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54228 "2017-08-23T20:28:22Z")

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World Cities attacked by terrorists in the 21st century, and the dates

1. New York City, NY, USA (September 11, 2001)
2. Mainok, Nigeria (September 19, 2014)
3. Ankara, Turkey (February 1, 2013)
4. Barcelona, Spain (August 17, 2017)
5. Netanya, Israel (January 1, 2001)
6. London, UK (July 7, 2005)
7. Moscow, Russia (October 23, 2002)
8. Washington, D.C. (September 11, 2001)
9. Kuta, Indonesia (October 12, 2002 and October 1, 2005)
10. Mumbai, India (Nov. 26-29, 2008)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54229 "2017-08-23T22:42:48Z")

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World Cities attacked by terrorists in the 21st century, and the dates

1. New York City, NY, USA (September 11, 2001)
2. Mainok, Nigeria (September 19, 2014)
3. Ankara, Turkey (February 1, 2013)
4. Barcelona, Spain (August 17, 2017)
5. Netanya, Israel (January 1, 2001)
6. London, UK (July 7, 2005)
7. Moscow, Russia (October 23, 2002)
8. Washington, D.C. (September 11, 2001)
9. Kuta, Indonesia (October 12, 2002 and October 1, 2005)
10. Mumbai, India (Nov. 26-29, 2008)
11. Boston, Mass (USA), April 15, 2013

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54230 "2017-08-23T23:24:14Z")

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World Cities attacked by terrorists in the 21st century, and the dates

1. New York City, NY, USA (September 11, 2001)
2. Mainok, Nigeria (September 19, 2014)
3. Ankara, Turkey (February 1, 2013)
4. Barcelona, Spain (August 17, 2017)
5. Netanya, Israel (January 1, 2001)
6. London, UK (July 7, 2005)
7. Moscow, Russia (October 23, 2002)
8. Washington, D.C. (September 11, 2001)
9. Kuta, Indonesia (October 12, 2002 and October 1, 2005)
10. Mumbai, India (Nov. 26-29, 2008)
11. Boston, Mass (USA), April 15, 2013
12. Colorado Springs, Colorado (Nov 29 2005) abortion clinic

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**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:** [August 24, 2017, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54231 "2017-08-24T00:46:28Z")

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World Cities attacked by terrorists in the 21st century, and the dates

1. New York City, NY, USA (September 11, 2001)
2. Mainok, Nigeria (September 19, 2014)
3. Ankara, Turkey (February 1, 2013)
4. Barcelona, Spain (August 17, 2017)
5. Netanya, Israel (January 1, 2001)
6. London, UK (July 7, 2005)
7. Moscow, Russia (October 23, 2002)
8. Washington, D.C. (September 11, 2001)
9. Kuta, Indonesia (October 12, 2002 and October 1, 2005)
10. Mumbai, India (Nov. 26-29, 2008)
11. Boston, Mass (USA), April 15, 2013
12. Colorado Springs, Colorado (Nov 29 2005) abortion clinic
13. Madrid, Spain (March 11, 2004)

I’ll pass

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**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:** [August 24, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54232 "2017-08-24T00:52:29Z")

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Next: Create a pun based on a famous river.

1. “I’m offended by your Volga language!”

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54233 "2017-08-24T00:57:52Z")

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Next: Create a pun based on a famous river.

1. “I’m offended by your Volga language!”
2. Five sixes. Yangtze!

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**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:** [August 24, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54234 "2017-08-24T01:47:17Z")

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Create a pun based on a famous river.

1. “I’m offended by your Volga language!”
2. Five sixes. Yangtze!
3. “I’m Seine enough not to live in France.”

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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:** [August 24, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54235 "2017-08-24T02:19:05Z")

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Create a pun based on a famous river.

1. “I’m offended by your Volga language!”
2. Five sixes. Yangtze!
3. “I’m Seine enough not to live in France.”
4. “Yukon fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but Yukon not fool all of the people all of the time.”

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**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:** [August 24, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54236 "2017-08-24T03:30:45Z")

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Create a pun based on a famous river.

1. “I’m offended by your Volga language!”
2. Five sixes. Yangtze!
3. “I’m Seine enough not to live in France.”
4. “Yukon fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but Yukon not fool all of the people all of the time.”
5. Skinny-dipping time! Let’s go swimming in Danube!

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**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:** [August 24, 2017, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54237 "2017-08-24T04:02:20Z")

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Create a pun based on a famous river.

1. “I’m offended by your Volga language!”
2. Five sixes. Yangtze!
3. “I’m Seine enough not to live in France.”
4. “Yukon fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but Yukon not fool all of the people all of the time.”
5. Skinny-dipping time! Let’s go swimming in Danube!
6. “Did you hear Granola Joe got married?” “I did. But I haven’t met Mississippi yet.”

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54238 "2017-08-24T07:02:56Z")

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Create a pun based on a famous river.

1. “I’m offended by your Volga language!”
2. Five sixes. Yangtze!
3. “I’m Seine enough not to live in France.”
4. “Yukon fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but Yukon not fool all of the people all of the time.”
5. Skinny-dipping time! Let’s go swimming in Danube!
6. “Did you hear Granola Joe got married?” “I did. But I haven’t met Mississippi yet.”
7. “So what did Delaware?”

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54239 "2017-08-24T08:29:44Z")

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Create a pun based on a famous river.

1. “I’m offended by your Volga language!”
2. Five sixes. Yangtze!
3. “I’m Seine enough not to live in France.”
4. “Yukon fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but Yukon not fool all of the people all of the time.”
5. Skinny-dipping time! Let’s go swimming in Danube!
6. “Did you hear Granola Joe got married?” “I did. But I haven’t met Mississippi yet.”
7. “So what did Delaware?”
8. Iguacu Yenesei Bittereroot Yukon , No you cant, yes I can… . .

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54240 "2017-08-24T08:56:19Z")

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Create a pun based on a famous river.

1. “I’m offended by your Volga language!”
2. Five sixes. Yangtze!
3. “I’m Seine enough not to live in France.”
4. “Yukon fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but Yukon not fool all of the people all of the time.”
5. Skinny-dipping time! Let’s go swimming in Danube!
6. “Did you hear Granola Joe got married?” “I did. But I haven’t met Mississippi yet.”
7. “So what did Delaware?”
8. Iguacu Yenesei Bittereroot Yukon , No you cant, yes I can…
9. If you think you don’t have any problems, you’re totally in de Nile.

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54241 "2017-08-24T12:12:14Z")

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Create a pun based on a famous river.

1. “I’m offended by your Volga language!”
2. Five sixes. Yangtze!
3. “I’m Seine enough not to live in France.”
4. “Yukon fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but Yukon not fool all of the people all of the time.”
5. Skinny-dipping time! Let’s go swimming in Danube!
6. “Did you hear Granola Joe got married?” “I did. But I haven’t met Mississippi yet.”
7. “So what did Delaware?”
8. Iguacu Yenesei Bittereroot Yukon , No you cant, yes I can…
9. If you think you don’t have any problems, you’re totally in de Nile.
10. I am Ztan Laurel. I Amazon of ze dezert.

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**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:** [August 24, 2017, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54242 "2017-08-24T13:17:51Z")

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Create a pun based on a famous river.

1. “I’m offended by your Volga language!”
2. Five sixes. Yangtze!
3. “I’m Seine enough not to live in France.”
4. “Yukon fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but Yukon not fool all of the people all of the time.”
5. Skinny-dipping time! Let’s go swimming in Danube!
6. “Did you hear Granola Joe got married?” “I did. But I haven’t met Mississippi yet.”
7. “So what did Delaware?”
8. Iguacu Yenesei Bittereroot Yukon , No you cant, yes I can…
9. If you think you don’t have any problems, you’re totally in de Nile.
10. I am Ztan Laurel. I Amazon of ze dezert.
11. I don’t care if you think it’s the right thing to do to duplicate the river! Two Rhones don’t make a Rhine!

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**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:** [August 24, 2017, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54243 "2017-08-24T13:22:50Z")

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Create a pun based on a famous river.

1. “I’m offended by your Volga language!”
2. Five sixes. Yangtze!
3. “I’m Seine enough not to live in France.”
4. “Yukon fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but Yukon not fool all of the people all of the time.”
5. Skinny-dipping time! Let’s go swimming in Danube!
6. “Did you hear Granola Joe got married?” “I did. But I haven’t met Mississippi yet.”
7. “So what did Delaware?”
8. Iguacu Yenesei Bittereroot Yukon , No you cant, yes I can…
9. If you think you don’t have any problems, you’re totally in de Nile.
10. I am Ztan Laurel. I Amazon of ze dezert.
11. I don’t care if you think it’s the right thing to do to duplicate the river! Two Rhones don’t make a Rhine!
12. I didn’t realize until I was away from my smartphone for a long time how much I’d Missouri.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54244 "2017-08-24T21:19:26Z")

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Create a pun based on a famous river.

1. “I’m offended by your Volga language!”
2. Five sixes. Yangtze!
3. “I’m Seine enough not to live in France.”
4. “Yukon fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time, but Yukon not fool all of the people all of the time.”
5. Skinny-dipping time! Let’s go swimming in Danube!
6. “Did you hear Granola Joe got married?” “I did. But I haven’t met Mississippi yet.”
7. “So what did Delaware?”
8. Iguacu Yenesei Bittereroot Yukon , No you cant, yes I can…
9. If you think you don’t have any problems, you’re totally in de Nile.
10. I am Ztan Laurel. I Amazon of ze dezert.
11. I don’t care if you think it’s the right thing to do to duplicate the river! Two Rhones don’t make a Rhine!
12. I didn’t realize until I was away from my smartphone for a long time how much I’d Missouri.
13. “Is that tree an elm Orinoco it’s a maple! (or an oak? Oh,)”

Pass

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54245 "2017-08-24T21:40:53Z")

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Next up:

Movies with a character or characters who serve like a classical chorus (musical or non-musical):

1. _Babe_/The mice  
Classical chorus here means they come and go throughout the movie, sometimes commenting or lending exposition, but aren’t major characters otherwise.

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