# 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:** 2782
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55627 "2017-11-01T01:37:59Z")
13 Halloween Specials that never were. 1. Jack Sparrow’s Halloween Adventure 2. Kevin Spacey’s Big Halloween Surprise 3. Pee Wee Herman’s Haunted Porn Theatre 4. Hilary and the Trump-O’Lantern 5. Rescue 911: There ARE Razors in These Apples! 6. Can You Hear Me Now? Because I’m Calling From Inside the House 7. Harvey Weinstein’s Jill-O-Lanterns 8. Scooby-Doo Meets Satan 9. Full House: The Olsen Twins Go to Hell ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55628 "2017-11-01T02:20:05Z")
13 Halloween Specials that never were. 1. Jack Sparrow’s Halloween Adventure 2. Kevin Spacey’s Big Halloween Surprise 3. Pee Wee Herman’s Haunted Porn Theatre 4. Hilary and the Trump-O’Lantern 5. Rescue 911: There ARE Razors in These Apples! 6. Can You Hear Me Now? Because I’m Calling From Inside the House 7. Harvey Weinstein’s Jill-O-Lanterns 8. Scooby-Doo Meets Satan 9. Full House: The Olsen Twins Go to Hell 10. Lawerence Welk: The Devil Rules ---
**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:** [November 1, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55629 "2017-11-01T03:34:38Z")
13 Halloween Specials that never were. 1. Jack Sparrow’s Halloween Adventure 2. Kevin Spacey’s Big Halloween Surprise 3. Pee Wee Herman’s Haunted Porn Theatre 4. Hilary and the Trump-O’Lantern 5. Rescue 911: There ARE Razors in These Apples! 6. Can You Hear Me Now? Because I’m Calling From Inside the House 7. Harvey Weinstein’s Jill-O-Lanterns 8. Scooby-Doo Meets Satan 9. Full House: The Olsen Twins Go to Hell 10. Lawerence Welk: The Devil Rules 11. It’s Pat Boone’s Prostate, Charlie Brown! ---
**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:** [November 1, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55630 "2017-11-01T04:29:03Z")
13 Halloween Specials that never were. 1. Jack Sparrow’s Halloween Adventure 2. Kevin Spacey’s Big Halloween Surprise 3. Pee Wee Herman’s Haunted Porn Theatre 4. Hilary and the Trump-O’Lantern 5. Rescue 911: There ARE Razors in These Apples! 6. Can You Hear Me Now? Because I’m Calling From Inside the House 7. Harvey Weinstein’s Jill-O-Lanterns 8. Scooby-Doo Meets Satan 9. Full House: The Olsen Twins Go to Hell 10. Lawerence Welk: The Devil Rules 11. It’s Pat Boone’s Prostate, Charlie Brown! 12. Rev. Pat Robertson’s Halloween Fun Night ---
**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:** [November 1, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55631 "2017-11-01T12:47:21Z")
13 Halloween Specials that never were. 1. Jack Sparrow’s Halloween Adventure 2. Kevin Spacey’s Big Halloween Surprise 3. Pee Wee Herman’s Haunted Porn Theatre 4. Hilary and the Trump-O’Lantern 5. Rescue 911: There ARE Razors in These Apples! 6. Can You Hear Me Now? Because I’m Calling From Inside the House 7. Harvey Weinstein’s Jill-O-Lanterns 8. Scooby-Doo Meets Satan 9. Full House: The Olsen Twins Go to Hell 10. Lawerence Welk: The Devil Rules 11. It’s Pat Boone’s Prostate, Charlie Brown! 12. Rev. Pat Robertson’s Halloween Fun Night 13. [Donald Trump Jr’s Scary Socialist Expose](https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-jr-teaches-daughter-005417342.html) Next topic: When good intentions lead to disaster 1. [The Four Pests Campaign](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_Campaign) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55632 "2017-11-01T13:00:12Z")
Next topic: When good intentions lead to disaster 1. The Four Pests Campaign 2. The War on Drugs ---
**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:** [November 1, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55633 "2017-11-01T13:44:17Z")
When good intentions lead to disaster 1. The Four Pests Campaign 2. The War on Drugs 3. Native assimilation schools in [America](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Indian_boarding_schools), [Australia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_Generations), and [Canada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system) ---
**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:** [November 1, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55634 "2017-11-01T15:07:16Z")
When good intentions lead to disaster 1. The Four Pests Campaign 2. The War on Drugs 3. Native assimilation schools in America, Australia, and Canada 4. Task Force Ranger/ Operation Restore Hope ---
**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:** [November 1, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55635 "2017-11-01T15:32:15Z")
When good intentions lead to disaster 1. The Four Pests Campaign 2. The War on Drugs 3. Native assimilation schools in America, Australia, and Canada 4. Task Force Ranger/ Operation Restore Hope 5. The introduction of rabbits into Australia > **[Rabbit-proof fence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit-proof_fence)** > > The State Barrier Fence of Western Australia, formerly known as the Rabbit-Proof Fence, the State Vermin Fence, and the Emu Fence, is a pest-exclusion fence constructed between 1901 and 1907 to keep rabbits, and other agricultural pests from the east, out of Western Australian pastoral areas. > There are three fences in Western Australia: the original No. 1 Fence crosses the state from north to south, No. 2 Fence is smaller and further west, and No. 3 Fence is smaller still and runs east–west. ... ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55636 "2017-11-01T15:40:08Z")
When good intentions lead to disaster 1. The Four Pests Campaign 2. The War on Drugs 3. Native assimilation schools in America, Australia, and Canada 4. Task Force Ranger/ Operation Restore Hope 5. The introduction of rabbits into Australia 6. The [High Arctic relocation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Arctic_relocation) in the Canada ---
**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:** [November 1, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55637 "2017-11-01T16:45:54Z")
When good intentions lead to disaster 1. The Four Pests Campaign 2. The War on Drugs 3. Native assimilation schools in America, Australia, and Canada 4. Task Force Ranger/ Operation Restore Hope 5. The introduction of rabbits into Australia 6. The High Arctic relocation in the Canada 7. The Second Amendment ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55638 "2017-11-01T17:15:30Z")
When good intentions lead to disaster 1. The Four Pests Campaign 2. The War on Drugs 3. Native assimilation schools in America, Australia, and Canada 4. Task Force Ranger/ Operation Restore Hope 5. The introduction of rabbits into Australia 6. The High Arctic relocation in the Canada 7. The Second Amendment 8. Prohibition ---
**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:** [November 1, 2017, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55639 "2017-11-01T17:40:32Z")
When good intentions lead to disaster 1. The Four Pests Campaign 2. The War on Drugs 3. Native assimilation schools in America, Australia, and Canada 4. Task Force Ranger/ Operation Restore Hope 5. The introduction of rabbits into Australia 6. The High Arctic relocation in the Canada 7. The Second Amendment 8. Prohibition 9. Importing kudzu ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55640 "2017-11-01T21:04:04Z")
When good intentions lead to disaster 1. The Four Pests Campaign 2. The War on Drugs 3. Native assimilation schools in America, Australia, and Canada 4. Task Force Ranger/ Operation Restore Hope 5. The introduction of rabbits into Australia 6. The High Arctic relocation in the Canada 7. The Second Amendment 8. Prohibition 9. Importing kudzu 10. Bringing African bees to America ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55641 "2017-11-02T01:47:02Z")
When good intentions lead to disaster 1. The Four Pests Campaign 2. The War on Drugs 3. Native assimilation schools in America, Australia, and Canada 4. Task Force Ranger/ Operation Restore Hope 5. The introduction of rabbits into Australia 6. The High Arctic relocation in the Canada 7. The Second Amendment 8. Prohibition 9. Importing kudzu 10. Bringing African bees to America 11. Nutria/coypu farming and release They’re a contributing factor in Louisiana’s loss of wetlands, at a rate of one football field per hour ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55642 "2017-11-02T13:14:09Z")
When good intentions lead to disaster 1. The Four Pests Campaign 2. The War on Drugs 3. Native assimilation schools in America, Australia, and Canada 4. Task Force Ranger/ Operation Restore Hope 5. The introduction of rabbits into Australia 6. The High Arctic relocation in the Canada 7. The Second Amendment 8. Prohibition 9. Importing kudzu 10. Bringing African bees to America 11. Nutria/coypu farming and release 12. Anita Bryant’s battle against the homosexuals. You might have won the battle, but they won the war. ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55643 "2017-11-02T14:45:10Z")
When good intentions lead to disaster 1. The Four Pests Campaign 2. The War on Drugs 3. Native assimilation schools in America, Australia, and Canada 4. Task Force Ranger/ Operation Restore Hope 5. The introduction of rabbits into Australia 6. The High Arctic relocation in the Canada 7. The Second Amendment 8. Prohibition 9. Importing kudzu 10. Bringing African bees to America 11. Nutria/coypu farming and release 12. Anita Bryant’s battle against the homosexuals. You might have won the battle, but they won the war. 13. the usual outpouring of private [disaster relief donations](https://www.cbsnews.com/videos/disaster-relief-donations-that-dont-bring-relief-2/) following, well, most disasters Statements made by world leaders they later came to rue 1. read my lips no new taxes ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55644 "2017-11-02T15:07:33Z")
Statements made by world leaders they later came to rue 1. read my lips no new taxes 2. I am not a crook ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55645 "2017-11-02T16:13:14Z")
Statements made by world leaders they later came to rue 1. read my lips no new taxes 2. I am not a crook 3. “He kept us out of war!” - Woodrow Wilson 1916 campaign slogan ---
**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:** [November 2, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55646 "2017-11-02T16:47:10Z")
Statements made by world leaders they later came to rue 1. read my lips no new taxes 2. I am not a crook 3. “He kept us out of war!” - Woodrow Wilson 1916 campaign slogan 4. “It is our will that this state (the Third Reich) shall endure for a thousand years” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2781) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2783)