# 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:** 2780
**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 30, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55587 "2017-10-30T13:25:05Z")
Landlocked countries 1. Austria 2. Kyrgyzstan 3. Paraguay 4. Switzerland 5. Bolivia 6. Laos 7. Uzbekistan 8. Liechtenstein 9. Nepal ---
**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 30, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55588 "2017-10-30T13:27:23Z")
Landlocked countries 1. Austria 2. Kyrgyzstan 3. Paraguay 4. Switzerland 5. Bolivia 6. Laos 7. Uzbekistan 8. Liechtenstein 9. Nepal 10. San Marino ---
**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 30, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55589 "2017-10-30T13:29:42Z")
> [@Thin\_Ice](#): > > This one’s dead so I’m burying it. > [@Sparky812](#): > > FTR, traditionally the list creator is the one who can make changes, clarify rules, or close out a list. You could have bumped it or added the last couple of entries but I’m not sure we’ve ever just left a list unfinished. A word of advice for anyone picking a category: don’t pick something where everyone can only answer one time. If you pick something like “The date you were born on” you’ll need thirteen different people to fill out the answers. Try to choose something where people can give multiple answers. ---
**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 30, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55590 "2017-10-30T13:38:19Z")
Landlocked countries 1. Austria 2. Kyrgyzstan 3. Paraguay 4. Switzerland 5. Bolivia 6. Laos 7. Uzbekistan 8. Liechtenstein 9. Nepal 10. San Marino 11. South Sudan ---
**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 30, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55591 "2017-10-30T14:18:39Z")
Landlocked countries 1. Austria 2. Kyrgyzstan 3. Paraguay 4. Switzerland 5. Bolivia 6. Laos 7. Uzbekistan 8. Liechtenstein 9. Nepal 10. San Marino 11. South Sudan 12. Vatican City ---
**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 30, 2017, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55592 "2017-10-30T14:59:35Z")
Landlocked countries 1. Austria 2. Kyrgyzstan 3. Paraguay 4. Switzerland 5. Bolivia 6. Laos 7. Uzbekistan 8. Liechtenstein 9. Nepal 10. San Marino 11. South Sudan 12. Vatican City 13. Swaziland New! Poems (not songs) appropriate for Halloween. 1. “Little Orphant Annie” by James Whitcomb Riley “…and the goblin’s’ll get YOU if you don’t watch out.” ---
**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 30, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55593 "2017-10-30T16:05:41Z")
Poems (not songs) appropriate for Halloween. 1. “Little Orphant Annie” by James Whitcomb Riley 2. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55594 "2017-10-30T16:29:21Z")
Poems (not songs) appropriate for Halloween. 1. “Little Orphant Annie” by James Whitcomb Riley 2. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe 3. “Dead Man’s Hate” by RE Howard [Dead Man's Hate - Wikisource, the free online library](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Hate) ---
**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 30, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55595 "2017-10-30T16:31:54Z")
Poems (not songs) appropriate for Halloween. 1. “Little Orphant Annie” by James Whitcomb Riley 2. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe 3. “Dead Man’s Hate” by RE Howard [Dead Man's Hate - Wikisource, the free online library](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Hate) 4. “The Ride-by-Nights” by Walter de la Mare ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55596 "2017-10-30T16:36:34Z")
Poems (not songs) appropriate for Halloween. 1. “Little Orphant Annie” by James Whitcomb Riley 2. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe 3. “Dead Man’s Hate” by RE Howard [Dead Man's Hate - Wikisource, the free online library](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Hate) 4. “The Ride-by-Nights” by Walter de la Mare 5. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” Emily Dickinson ---
**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 30, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55597 "2017-10-30T16:41:31Z")
Poems (not songs) appropriate for Halloween. 1. “Little Orphant Annie” by James Whitcomb Riley 2. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe 3. “Dead Man’s Hate” by RE Howard [Dead Man's Hate - Wikisource, the free online library](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Hate) 4. “The Ride-by-Nights” by Walter de la Mare 5. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” Emily Dickinson 6. “Request Number” by G. N. Sprod > **[Creepy Poems And Short Scary Stories | G. N. Sprod](https://www.quotev.com/story/6760346/Creepy-Poems-And-Short-Scary-Stories/2)** > > Tell me a story, Father, please do. > I've kissed Mama and I've said my prayers, > And I've bade goodnight to the soft pussycat > And the little gray mouse that lives under the stairs. > Tell me a story, Father, please do, > Of power-crazed vampires of... ---
**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 30, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55598 "2017-10-30T17:22:49Z")
Poems (not songs) appropriate for Halloween. 1. “Little Orphant Annie” by James Whitcomb Riley 2. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe 3. “Dead Man’s Hate” by RE Howard [Dead Man's Hate - Wikisource, the free online library](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Hate) 4. “The Ride-by-Nights” by Walter de la Mare 5. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” Emily Dickinson 6. “Request Number” by G. N. Sprod 7. “The Apparition” by John Donne > **[Dark Scary Poems - John Donne - The Apparition](http://www.thingsthatgoboo.com/scarypoems/dpapparitionthe.htm)** > > An extensive collection of dark and creepy poetry, scary poems, gothic poems, and halloween inspired poems for when you are feeling dark and morbid ---
**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 30, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55599 "2017-10-30T18:12:37Z")
Poems (not songs) appropriate for Halloween. 1. “Little Orphant Annie” by James Whitcomb Riley 2. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe 3. “Dead Man’s Hate” by RE Howard [Dead Man's Hate - Wikisource, the free online library](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Hate) 4. “The Ride-by-Nights” by Walter de la Mare 5. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” Emily Dickinson 6. “Request Number” by G. N. Sprod 7. “The Apparition” by John Donne 8. “Tam o’ Shanter” by Robert Burns Tam o’ Shanter (for whom the cap is named) spies on a party of dancing witches and warlocks. ---
**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 30, 2017, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55600 "2017-10-30T18:28:29Z")
Poems (not songs) appropriate for Halloween. 1. “Little Orphant Annie” by James Whitcomb Riley 2. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe 3. “Dead Man’s Hate” by RE Howard [Dead Man's Hate - Wikisource, the free online library](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Hate) 4. “The Ride-by-Nights” by Walter de la Mare 5. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” Emily Dickinson 6. “Request Number” by G. N. Sprod 7. “The Apparition” by John Donne 8. “Tam o’ Shanter” by Robert Burns 9. “Phantamagoria” by Lewis Carroll > **[Phantasmagoria Canto I (The Trystyng ) by Lewis Carroll](https://allpoetry.com/Phantasmagoria--Canto-I-%28The-Trystyng-%29)** > > Comments & analysis: ONE winter night, at half-past nine, / Cold, tired, and cross, and muddy, / I had come hom ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55601 "2017-10-30T19:14:03Z")
Poems (not songs) appropriate for Halloween. 1. “Little Orphant Annie” by James Whitcomb Riley 2. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe 3. “Dead Man’s Hate” by RE Howard [Dead Man's Hate - Wikisource, the free online library](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Hate) 4. “The Ride-by-Nights” by Walter de la Mare 5. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” Emily Dickinson 6. “Request Number” by G. N. Sprod 7. “The Apparition” by John Donne 8. “Tam o’ Shanter” by Robert Burns 9. “Phantamagoria” by Lewis Carroll 10. La Belle Dame Sans Mercl by Keats ---
**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 30, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55602 "2017-10-30T20:44:57Z")
Poems (not songs) appropriate for Halloween. 1. “Little Orphant Annie” by James Whitcomb Riley 2. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe 3. “Dead Man’s Hate” by RE Howard [Dead Man's Hate - Wikisource, the free online library](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Hate) 4. “The Ride-by-Nights” by Walter de la Mare 5. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” Emily Dickinson 6. “Request Number” by G. N. Sprod 7. “The Apparition” by John Donne 8. “Tam o’ Shanter” by Robert Burns 9. “Phantamagoria” by Lewis Carroll 10. La Belle Dame Sans Mercl by Keats 11. Proverbs of Hell by William Blake ---
**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 30, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55603 "2017-10-30T21:16:56Z")
Poems (not songs) appropriate for Halloween. 1. “Little Orphant Annie” by James Whitcomb Riley 2. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe 3. “Dead Man’s Hate” by RE Howard [Dead Man's Hate - Wikisource, the free online library](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Hate) 4. “The Ride-by-Nights” by Walter de la Mare 5. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” Emily Dickinson 6. “Request Number” by G. N. Sprod 7. “The Apparition” by John Donne 8. “Tam o’ Shanter” by Robert Burns 9. “Phantamagoria” by Lewis Carroll 10. La Belle Dame Sans Mercl by Keats 11. Proverbs of Hell by William Blake 12. “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossett ---
**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 31, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55604 "2017-10-31T00:08:16Z")
Poems (not songs) appropriate for Halloween. 1. “Little Orphant Annie” by James Whitcomb Riley 2. “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe 3. “Dead Man’s Hate” by RE Howard [Dead Man's Hate - Wikisource, the free online library](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dead_Man%27s_Hate) 4. “The Ride-by-Nights” by Walter de la Mare 5. “Because I Could Not Stop for Death,” Emily Dickinson 6. “Request Number” by G. N. Sprod 7. “The Apparition” by John Donne 8. “Tam o’ Shanter” by Robert Burns 9. “Phantasmagoria” by Lewis Carroll 10. La Belle Dame Sans Merci by Keats 11. Proverbs of Hell by William Blake 12. “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti 13. “Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave,” A. E. Housman Let’s modify and finish up our unfinished category (I changed the title so anyone who posted already can put in more than one entry) One of the first Actors or Actresses You Remember Seeing Nude In a Movie 1. Charlton Heston, “Planet of the Apes” (lucky me!) 2. Brooke Shields, “Pretty Baby” 3. Julie Montgomery, “Revenge of the Nerds” 4. Bo Derek, “10” 5. Kitten Natividad (uncredited), “Airplane!” 6. Jenny Agutter, Logan’s Run 7. Alan Bates and Oliver Reed, “Women in Love” 8. Valerie Perrine, “Steambath” on PBS 9. Linda Geiser, “The Pawnbroker” 10. Mariangela Melato - “Swept Away” (1974) on Saturday Night at the Movies on TVOntario!? 11. Angie Dickinson, “Big Bad Mama” (we had Showtime when I was a kid) 12. Emmanuelle Beart, Manon of the Spring ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2017, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55605 "2017-10-31T02:59:33Z")
One of the first Actors or Actresses You Remember Seeing Nude In a Movie 1. Charlton Heston, “Planet of the Apes” (lucky me!) 2. Brooke Shields, “Pretty Baby” 3. Julie Montgomery, “Revenge of the Nerds” 4. Bo Derek, “10” 5. Kitten Natividad (uncredited), “Airplane!” 6. Jenny Agutter, Logan’s Run 7. Alan Bates and Oliver Reed, “Women in Love” 8. Valerie Perrine, “Steambath” on PBS 9. Linda Geiser, “The Pawnbroker” 10. Mariangela Melato - “Swept Away” (1974) on Saturday Night at the Movies on TVOntario!? 11. Angie Dickinson, “Big Bad Mama” (we had Showtime when I was a kid) 12. Emmanuelle Beart, Manon of the Spring 13. Mary Steenburgen, “Howard and Melvin” Certainly the most unexpected. Now really dead and buried. Pass. ---
**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:** [October 31, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55606 "2017-10-31T03:21:17Z")
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