# 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:** 2741
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54807 "2017-09-20T00:55:19Z")
All about the Benjamins (or Bens) 1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Benjamin Raspail 3. Benjamin Britten 4. Benjamin Harrison 5. Ben Zobrist 6. Benjamin Banneker 7. Richard Benjamin 8. Judah P. Benjamin 9. Ben Stiller 10. Benjamin Disraeli ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54808 "2017-09-20T01:15:30Z")
All about the Benjamins (or Bens) 1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Benjamin Raspail 3. Benjamin Britten 4. Benjamin Harrison 5. Ben Zobrist 6. Benjamin Banneker 7. Richard Benjamin 8. Judah P. Benjamin 9. Ben Stiller 10. Benjamin Disraeli 11. Ben Affleck ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54809 "2017-09-20T01:50:27Z")
All about the Benjamins (or Bens) 1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Benjamin Raspail 3. Benjamin Britten 4. Benjamin Harrison 5. Ben Zobrist 6. Benjamin Banneker 7. Richard Benjamin 8. Judah P. Benjamin 9. Ben Stiller 10. Benjamin Disraeli 11. Ben Affleck 12. Ben Kingsley ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54810 "2017-09-20T02:02:53Z")
All about the Benjamins (or Bens) 1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Benjamin Raspail 3. Benjamin Britten 4. Benjamin Harrison 5. Ben Zobrist 6. Benjamin Banneker 7. Richard Benjamin 8. Judah P. Benjamin 9. Ben Stiller 10. Benjamin Disraeli 11. Ben Affleck 12. Ben Kingsley 13. Ben Gunn New! A group of 13 SDMB members are being selected to be the first to meet with (hopefully benign) extraterrestrials! Who shall we send? 14. Ed Zotti ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54811 "2017-09-20T02:37:23Z")
A group of 13 SDMB members are being selected to be the first to meet with (hopefully benign) extraterrestrials! Who shall we send? 1. Ed Zotti 2. Qadgop the Mercotan ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54812 "2017-09-20T03:51:51Z")
A group of 13 SDMB members are being selected to be the first to meet with (hopefully benign) extraterrestrials! Who shall we send? 1. Ed Zotti 2. Qadgop the Mercotan 3. Airman Doors (need a show of military force) ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54813 "2017-09-20T13:10:54Z")
A group of 13 SDMB members are being selected to be the first to meet with (hopefully benign) extraterrestrials! Who shall we send? 1. Ed Zotti 2. Qadgop the Mercotan 3. Airman Doors (need a show of military force) 4. Professor Pepperwinkle (because science!) ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54814 "2017-09-20T13:30:32Z")
A group of 13 SDMB members are being selected to be the first to meet with (hopefully benign) extraterrestrials! Who shall we send? 1. Ed Zotti 2. Qadgop the Mercotan 3. Airman Doors (need a show of military force) 4. Professor Pepperwinkle (because science!) 5. Annie-Xmas (pick me! pick me!) You have to have at least one female. ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54815 "2017-09-20T13:32:57Z")
A group of 13 SDMB members are being selected to be the first to meet with (hopefully benign) extraterrestrials! Who shall we send? 1. Ed Zotti 2. Qadgop the Mercotan 3. Airman Doors (need a show of military force) 4. Professor Pepperwinkle (because science!) 5. Annie-Xmas (pick me! pick me!) You have to have at least one female. 6. Andy L (In case the ET’s are here because they can’t remember the title of a science fiction story…) ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54816 "2017-09-20T14:00:05Z")
A group of 13 SDMB members are being selected to be the first to meet with (hopefully benign) extraterrestrials! Who shall we send? 1. Ed Zotti 2. Qadgop the Mercotan 3. Airman Doors (need a show of military force) 4. Professor Pepperwinkle (because science!) 5. Annie-Xmas (pick me! pick me!) You have to have at least one female. 6. Andy L (In case the ET’s are here because they can’t remember the title of a science fiction story…) 7. Intergalactic Gladiator (another show of force) ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54817 "2017-09-20T14:42:05Z")
A group of 13 SDMB members are being selected to be the first to meet with (hopefully benign) extraterrestrials! Who shall we send? 1. Ed Zotti 2. Qadgop the Mercotan 3. Airman Doors (need a show of military force) 4. Professor Pepperwinkle (because science!) 5. Annie-Xmas (pick me! pick me!) You have to have at least one female. 6. Andy L (In case the ET’s are here because they can’t remember the title of a science fiction story…) 7. Intergalactic Gladiator (another show of force) 8. Elendil’s Heir, to explain human history ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54818 "2017-09-20T15:30:33Z")
A group of 13 SDMB members are being selected to be the first to meet with (hopefully benign) extraterrestrials! Who shall we send? 1. Ed Zotti 2. Qadgop the Mercotan 3. Airman Doors (need a show of military force) 4. Professor Pepperwinkle (because science!) 5. Annie-Xmas (pick me! pick me!) You have to have at least one female. 6. Andy L (In case the ET’s are here because they can’t remember the title of a science fiction story…) 7. Intergalactic Gladiator (another show of force) 8. Elendil’s Heir, to explain human history 9. Shodan (manners) Regards, Prof. P. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54819 "2017-09-20T15:48:47Z")
A group of 13 SDMB members are being selected to be the first to meet with (hopefully benign) extraterrestrials! Who shall we send? 1. Ed Zotti 2. Qadgop the Mercotan 3. Airman Doors (need a show of military force) 4. Professor Pepperwinkle (because science!) 5. Annie-Xmas (pick me! pick me!) You have to have at least one female. 6. Andy L (In case the ET’s are here because they can’t remember the title of a science fiction story…) 7. Intergalactic Gladiator (another show of force) 8. Elendil’s Heir, to explain human history 9. Shodan (manners) 10. RickJay (he can take the aliens to a ballgame, and tell them a few jokes) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54820 "2017-09-20T16:12:39Z")
A group of 13 SDMB members are being selected to be the first to meet with (hopefully benign) extraterrestrials! Who shall we send? 1. Ed Zotti 2. Qadgop the Mercotan 3. Airman Doors (need a show of military force) 4. Professor Pepperwinkle (because science!) 5. Annie-Xmas (pick me! pick me!) You have to have at least one female. 6. Andy L (In case the ET’s are here because they can’t remember the title of a science fiction story…) 7. Intergalactic Gladiator (another show of force) 8. Elendil’s Heir, to explain human history 9. Shodan (manners) 10. RickJay (he can take the aliens to a ballgame, and tell them a few jokes) 11. DendariiDame (as I understand it, she’s about to be appointed to the Supreme Court [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20480606&postcount=54727](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20480606&postcount=54727), so she’s an appropriate high-level government official to meet with the aliens). ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54821 "2017-09-20T17:25:17Z")
A group of 13 SDMB members are being selected to be the first to meet with (hopefully benign) extraterrestrials! Who shall we send? 1. Ed Zotti 2. Qadgop the Mercotan 3. Airman Doors (need a show of military force) 4. Professor Pepperwinkle (because science!) 5. Annie-Xmas (pick me! pick me!) You have to have at least one female. 6. Andy L (In case the ET’s are here because they can’t remember the title of a science fiction story…) 7. Intergalactic Gladiator (another show of force) 8. Elendil’s Heir, to explain human history 9. Shodan (manners) 10. RickJay (he can take the aliens to a ballgame, and tell them a few jokes) 11. DendariiDame (as I understand it, she’s about to be appointed to the Supreme Court [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20480606&postcount=54727](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=20480606&postcount=54727), so she’s an appropriate high-level government official to meet with the aliens). 12. BMalion, who’s read plenty of sf and can probably anticipate any problem likely to arise Thanks, Knowed Out, for nominating me! ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54822 "2017-09-20T17:49:41Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Thanks, Knowed Out, for nominating me! Sure thing. I was actually leaning towards \*\*Bricker \*\*to explain human laws, but decided that the aliens would need to know context first. Plus, who wants to talk about laws when meeting aliens for the first time? ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54823 "2017-09-20T23:32:15Z")
A group of 13 SDMB members are being selected to be the first to meet with (hopefully benign) extraterrestrials! Who shall we send? 1. Ed Zotti 2. Qadgop the Mercotan 3. Airman Doors (need a show of military force) 4. Professor Pepperwinkle (because science!) 5. Annie-Xmas (pick me! pick me!) You have to have at least one female. 6. Andy L (In case the ET’s are here because they can’t remember the title of a science fiction story…) 7. Intergalactic Gladiator (another show of force) 8. Elendil’s Heir, to explain human history 9. Shodan (manners) 10. RickJay (he can take the aliens to a ballgame, and tell them a few jokes) 11. DendariiDame (as I understand it, she’s about to be appointed to the Supreme Court [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...ostcount=54727](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...ostcount=54727), so she’s an appropriate high-level government official to meet with the aliens). 12. BMalion, who’s read plenty of sf and can probably anticipate any problem likely to arise 13. Knowed Out, whose name alone brings knowledge and certainty to the meeting New: Thinking about Mexico because of the earthquakes, so let’s show it some love All about Mexico: anyone, any place, anything (song, book, film, food, drink) with a connection to Mexico 1. Carlos Santana (born in Jalisco, Mexico) ---
**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:** [September 20, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54824 "2017-09-20T23:49:34Z")
All about Mexico: anyone, any place, anything (song, book, film, food, drink) with a connection to Mexico 1. Carlos Santana (born in Jalisco, Mexico) 2. Tacos I just made some for dinner tonight. Semi-authentic (no cilantro) and pretty tasty. ---
**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:** [September 21, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54825 "2017-09-21T00:03:11Z")
All about Mexico: anyone, any place, anything (song, book, film, food, drink) with a connection to Mexico 1. Carlos Santana (born in Jalisco, Mexico) 2. Tacos 3. Coco Upcoming movie by Pixar, set partly in Mexico and partly in the Land of the Dead ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54826 "2017-09-21T00:20:14Z")
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