# 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:** 2764
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2017, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55267 "2017-10-10T23:13:17Z")
A username you might otherwise have, and its origin 1. Quite Staggeringly Popular - from the Monty Python cheese shop sketch 2. Klapaucius - the skeptical robot scientist from Stanislaw Lem’s Cyberiad 3. Doug Piranha - Also from Monty Python. I wish I’d thought more carefully before registering. 4. jtur89 – so nuts will stop calling me a nazi 5. Jeremy Bender (silly old song by ELP) ---
**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:** [October 10, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55268 "2017-10-10T23:35:28Z")
A username you might otherwise have, and its origin 1. Quite Staggeringly Popular - from the Monty Python cheese shop sketch 2. Klapaucius - the skeptical robot scientist from Stanislaw Lem’s Cyberiad 3. Doug Piranha - Also from Monty Python. I wish I’d thought more carefully before registering. 4. jtur89 – so nuts will stop calling me a nazi 5. Jeremy Bender (silly old song by ELP) 6. Day Glo Pterodactyl – From the song “Mandelbrot Set” by Jonathan Coulton 7. Gore Blimey - from the Pogo comic strip ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55269 "2017-10-11T02:20:43Z")
A username you might otherwise have, and its origin 1. Quite Staggeringly Popular - from the Monty Python cheese shop sketch 2. Klapaucius - the skeptical robot scientist from Stanislaw Lem’s Cyberiad 3. Doug Piranha - Also from Monty Python. I wish I’d thought more carefully before registering. 4. jtur89 – so nuts will stop calling me a nazi 5. Jeremy Bender (silly old song by ELP) 6. Day Glo Pterodactyl – From the song “Mandelbrot Set” by Jonathan Coulton 7. Gore Blimey - from the Pogo comic strip 8. Christopher the Gopher - my mom used to call me that but I like that it subliminally causes some people to stress the second syllable to make it rhyme. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2017, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55270 "2017-10-11T03:33:30Z")
A username you might otherwise have, and its origin 1. Quite Staggeringly Popular - from the Monty Python cheese shop sketch 2. Klapaucius - the skeptical robot scientist from Stanislaw Lem’s Cyberiad 3. Doug Piranha - Also from Monty Python. I wish I’d thought more carefully before registering. 4. jtur89 – so nuts will stop calling me a nazi 5. Jeremy Bender (silly old song by ELP) 6. Day Glo Pterodactyl – From the song “Mandelbrot Set” by Jonathan Coulton 7. Gore Blimey - from the Pogo comic strip 8. Christopher the Gopher - my mom used to call me that but I like that it subliminally causes some people to stress the second syllable to make it rhyme. 9. Gatúbela - Catwoman in Spanish (from the 1960s Batman TV show) Like Leaffan, I wish I’d thought more carefully before registering. I didn’t realize how many cool usernames people had picked. ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55271 "2017-10-11T12:32:40Z")
A username you might otherwise have, and its origin 1. Quite Staggeringly Popular - from the Monty Python cheese shop sketch 2. Klapaucius - the skeptical robot scientist from Stanislaw Lem’s Cyberiad 3. Doug Piranha - Also from Monty Python. I wish I’d thought more carefully before registering. 4. jtur89 – so nuts will stop calling me a nazi 5. Jeremy Bender (silly old song by ELP) 6. Day Glo Pterodactyl – From the song “Mandelbrot Set” by Jonathan Coulton 7. Gore Blimey - from the Pogo comic strip 8. Christopher the Gopher - my mom used to call me that but I like that it subliminally causes some people to stress the second syllable to make it rhyme. 9. Gatúbela - Catwoman in Spanish (from the 1960s Batman TV show) 10. Slartibartfast - yes, the Hitchhiker reference, but it’s also kinda fun just to say it. Slartibartfast…Slartibartfast… Slartibartfast. See what I mean? ---
**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:** [October 11, 2017, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55272 "2017-10-11T14:21:28Z")
A username you might otherwise have, and its origin 1. Quite Staggeringly Popular - from the Monty Python cheese shop sketch 2. Klapaucius - the skeptical robot scientist from Stanislaw Lem’s Cyberiad 3. Doug Piranha - Also from Monty Python. I wish I’d thought more carefully before registering. 4. jtur89 – so nuts will stop calling me a nazi 5. Jeremy Bender (silly old song by ELP) 6. Day Glo Pterodactyl – From the song “Mandelbrot Set” by Jonathan Coulton 7. Gore Blimey - from the Pogo comic strip 8. Christopher the Gopher - my mom used to call me that but I like that it subliminally causes some people to stress the second syllable to make it rhyme. 9. Gatúbela - Catwoman in Spanish (from the 1960s Batman TV show) 10. Slartibartfast - yes, the Hitchhiker reference, but it’s also kinda fun just to say it. Slartibartfast…Slartibartfast… Slartibartfast. See what I mean? 11. Airborne – G.I.Joe character who jumped out of aircraft. I had this on some other forum some time ago. But come on, my current username is perfect just the way it is. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55273 "2017-10-11T15:47:51Z")
A username you might otherwise have, and its origin 1. Quite Staggeringly Popular - from the Monty Python cheese shop sketch 2. Klapaucius - the skeptical robot scientist from Stanislaw Lem’s Cyberiad 3. Doug Piranha - Also from Monty Python. I wish I’d thought more carefully before registering. 4. jtur89 – so nuts will stop calling me a nazi 5. Jeremy Bender (silly old song by ELP) 6. Day Glo Pterodactyl – From the song “Mandelbrot Set” by Jonathan Coulton 7. Gore Blimey - from the Pogo comic strip 8. Christopher the Gopher - my mom used to call me that but I like that it subliminally causes some people to stress the second syllable to make it rhyme. 9. Gatúbela - Catwoman in Spanish (from the 1960s Batman TV show) 10. Slartibartfast - yes, the Hitchhiker reference, but it’s also kinda fun just to say it. Slartibartfast…Slartibartfast… Slartibartfast. See what I mean? 11. Airborne – G.I.Joe character who jumped out of aircraft. I had this on some other forum some time ago. 12. Mr. Underhill - from LOTR ---
**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:** [October 11, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55274 "2017-10-11T19:33:44Z")
A username you might otherwise have, and its origin 1. Quite Staggeringly Popular - from the Monty Python cheese shop sketch 2. Klapaucius - the skeptical robot scientist from Stanislaw Lem’s Cyberiad 3. Doug Piranha - Also from Monty Python. I wish I’d thought more carefully before registering. 4. jtur89 – so nuts will stop calling me a nazi 5. Jeremy Bender (silly old song by ELP) 6. Day Glo Pterodactyl – From the song “Mandelbrot Set” by Jonathan Coulton 7. Gore Blimey - from the Pogo comic strip 8. Christopher the Gopher - my mom used to call me that but I like that it subliminally causes some people to stress the second syllable to make it rhyme. 9. Gatúbela - Catwoman in Spanish (from the 1960s Batman TV show) 10. Slartibartfast - yes, the Hitchhiker reference, but it’s also kinda fun just to say it. Slartibartfast…Slartibartfast… Slartibartfast. See what I mean? 11. Airborne – G.I.Joe character who jumped out of aircraft. I had this on some other forum some time ago. 12. Mr. Underhill - from LOTR 13. Supreme Ruler - my brother in law required his younger sibs to call him by this title, and I see that it’s now a computer game too New Chinese takeout menu items, yes or no? 1. Chicken with Chinese Eggplant - yes I’m putting in a phone order right after this ---
**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:** [October 11, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55275 "2017-10-11T19:44:01Z")
Chinese takeout menu items, yes or no? 1. Chicken with Chinese Eggplant - yes 2. General Tso’s chicken? - yes ---
**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:** [October 11, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55276 "2017-10-11T19:45:55Z")
[quote=“Intergalactic\_Gladiator, post:55275, topic:549173”] Chinese takeout menu items, yes or no? 1. Chicken with Chinese Eggplant - yes 2. General Tso’s chicken? - yes 3. Pepper steak - yes ---
**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:** [October 11, 2017, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55277 "2017-10-11T20:10:37Z")
Chinese takeout menu items, yes or no? 1. Chicken with Chinese Eggplant - yes 2. General Tso’s chicken? - yes 3. Pepper steak - yes 4. Mandarin Chicken (New Orleans style, no citrus) - yes! ---
**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:** [October 11, 2017, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55278 "2017-10-11T21:02:05Z")
Chinese takeout menu items, yes or no? 1. Chicken with Chinese Eggplant - yes 2. General Tso’s chicken? - yes 3. Pepper steak - yes 4. Mandarin Chicken (New Orleans style, no citrus) - yes! 5. Eight Precious Pearl Duck - YES!!! ---
**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:** [October 11, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55279 "2017-10-11T21:29:46Z")
Chinese takeout menu items, yes or no? 1. Chicken with Chinese Eggplant - yes 2. General Tso’s chicken? - yes 3. Pepper steak - yes 4. Mandarin Chicken (New Orleans style, no citrus) - yes! 5. Eight Precious Pearl Duck - YES!!! 6. Szechuan Chicken - yes ---
**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:** [October 12, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55280 "2017-10-12T01:01:50Z")
Chinese takeout menu items, yes or no? 1. Chicken with Chinese Eggplant - yes 2. General Tso’s chicken? - yes 3. Pepper steak - yes 4. Mandarin Chicken (New Orleans style, no citrus) - yes! 5. Eight Precious Pearl Duck - YES!!! 6. Szechuan Chicken - yes 7. Egg foo yung - no My husband likes it but I think it’s a waste of time and space Eight Precious Pearl Duck is a new dish to me, sounds yummy! ---
**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:** [October 12, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55281 "2017-10-12T01:54:17Z")
Chinese takeout menu items, yes or no? 1. Chicken with Chinese Eggplant - yes 2. General Tso’s chicken? - yes 3. Pepper steak - yes 4. Mandarin Chicken (New Orleans style, no citrus) - yes! 5. Eight Precious Pearl Duck - YES!!! 6. Szechuan Chicken - yes 7. Egg foo yung - no 8. Singapore Chow Mein Fun - yes ---
**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:** [October 12, 2017, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55282 "2017-10-12T02:28:29Z")
Chinese takeout menu items, yes or no? 1. Chicken with Chinese Eggplant - yes 2. General Tso’s chicken? - yes 3. Pepper steak - yes 4. Mandarin Chicken (New Orleans style, no citrus) - yes! 5. Eight Precious Pearl Duck - YES!!! 6. Szechuan Chicken - yes 7. Egg foo yung - no 8. Singapore Chow Mein Fun - yes 9. Garlic spare ribs - Fuck No ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55283 "2017-10-12T03:13:28Z")
Chinese takeout menu items, yes or no? 1. Chicken with Chinese Eggplant - yes 2. General Tso’s chicken? - yes 3. Pepper steak - yes 4. Mandarin Chicken (New Orleans style, no citrus) - yes! 5. Eight Precious Pearl Duck - YES!!! 6. Szechuan Chicken - yes 7. Egg foo yung - no 8. Singapore Chow Mein Fun - yes 9. Garlic spare ribs - Fuck No 10. Egg Rolls - No, overpriced nothing ---
**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:** [October 12, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55284 "2017-10-12T04:10:40Z")
Chinese takeout menu items, yes or no? 1. Chicken with Chinese Eggplant - yes 2. General Tso’s chicken? - yes 3. Pepper steak - yes 4. Mandarin Chicken (New Orleans style, no citrus) - yes! 5. Eight Precious Pearl Duck - YES!!! 6. Szechuan Chicken - yes 7. Egg foo yung - no 8. Singapore Chow Mein Fun - yes 9. Garlic spare ribs - Fuck No 10. Egg Rolls - No, overpriced nothing 11. Sweet and sour pork - hell, yes! ---
**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:** [October 12, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55285 "2017-10-12T04:23:21Z")
Chinese takeout menu items, yes or no? 1. Chicken with Chinese Eggplant - yes 2. General Tso’s chicken? - yes 3. Pepper steak - yes 4. Mandarin Chicken (New Orleans style, no citrus) - yes! 5. Eight Precious Pearl Duck - YES!!! 6. Szechuan Chicken - yes 7. Egg foo yung - no 8. Singapore Chow Mein Fun - yes 9. Garlic spare ribs - Fuck No 10. Egg Rolls - No, overpriced nothing 11. Sweet and sour pork - hell, yes! 12. Tea-smoked duck - yes Garlic spare ribs? I want some!! ---
**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:** [October 12, 2017, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55286 "2017-10-12T05:05:47Z")
Chinese takeout menu items, yes or no? 1. Chicken with Chinese Eggplant - yes 2. General Tso’s chicken? - yes 3. Pepper steak - yes 4. Mandarin Chicken (New Orleans style, no citrus) - yes! 5. Eight Precious Pearl Duck - YES!!! 6. Szechuan Chicken - yes 7. Egg foo yung - no 8. Singapore Chow Mein Fun - yes 9. Garlic spare ribs - Fuck No 10. Egg Rolls - No, overpriced nothing 11. Sweet and sour pork - hell, yes! 12. Tea-smoked duck - yes 13. House Special Broccoli w Beef, Chicken, and Shrimp - yes, it’s what I had for supper I’ll pass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2763) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2765)