# 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:** 2798
**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 25, 2017, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55947 "2017-11-25T05:41:03Z")
What Satan said when Charles Manson showed up. 1. Well, punk, you made my day 2. Ah, Charles, welcome - we have a lake of fire set aside just for you 3. Good-time Charlie’s really gonna have the blues now. 4. No, I don’t want to hear your songs. This place has standards. 5. Now YOU get to be pregnant and stabbed! 6. Wow, you really are a little shrimp, arent you? 7. Even here, you’re not making a good first impression with that tattoo. 8. Gilles de Rais, Elizabeth Báthory, and Vlad the Impaler are going to spend eternity laughing and pointing at you and telling you what a pansy you are. 9. You remember the Greek myth about Prometheus, his liver and the eagle? Well, you, your tattoo and Hitler are going to do a daily reenactment, of sorts… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55948 "2017-11-25T13:11:41Z")
What Satan said when Charles Manson showed up. 1. Well, punk, you made my day 2. Ah, Charles, welcome - we have a lake of fire set aside just for you 3. Good-time Charlie’s really gonna have the blues now. 4. No, I don’t want to hear your songs. This place has standards. 5. Now YOU get to be pregnant and stabbed! 6. Wow, you really are a little shrimp, arent you? 7. Even here, you’re not making a good first impression with that tattoo. 8. Gilles de Rais, Elizabeth Báthory, and Vlad the Impaler are going to spend eternity laughing and pointing at you and telling you what a pansy you are. 9. You remember the Greek myth about Prometheus, his liver and the eagle? Well, you, your tattoo and Hitler are going to do a daily reenactment, of sorts… 1. Ooh, you’re not gonna like Fridays. ---
**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 25, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55949 "2017-11-25T14:25:08Z")
What Satan said when Charles Manson showed up. 1. Well, punk, you made my day 2. Ah, Charles, welcome - we have a lake of fire set aside just for you 3. Good-time Charlie’s really gonna have the blues now. 4. No, I don’t want to hear your songs. This place has standards. 5. Now YOU get to be pregnant and stabbed! 6. Wow, you really are a little shrimp, arent you? 7. Even here, you’re not making a good first impression with that tattoo. 8. Gilles de Rais, Elizabeth Báthory, and Vlad the Impaler are going to spend eternity laughing and pointing at you and telling you what a pansy you are. 9. You remember the Greek myth about Prometheus, his liver and the eagle? Well, you, your tattoo and Hitler are going to do a daily reenactment, of sorts… 1. Ooh, you’re not gonna like Fridays. 2. You get to spend eternity hearing “It’s A Small World After All” over and over and over and over… ---
**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:** [November 25, 2017, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55950 "2017-11-25T14:42:36Z")
What Satan said when Charles Manson showed up. 1. Well, punk, you made my day 2. Ah, Charles, welcome - we have a lake of fire set aside just for you 3. Good-time Charlie’s really gonna have the blues now. 4. No, I don’t want to hear your songs. This place has standards. 5. Now YOU get to be pregnant and stabbed! 6. Wow, you really are a little shrimp, arent you? 7. Even here, you’re not making a good first impression with that tattoo. 8. Gilles de Rais, Elizabeth Báthory, and Vlad the Impaler are going to spend eternity laughing and pointing at you and telling you what a pansy you are. 9. You remember the Greek myth about Prometheus, his liver and the eagle? Well, you, your tattoo and Hitler are going to do a daily reenactment, of sorts… 1. Ooh, you’re not gonna like Fridays. 2. You get to spend eternity hearing “It’s A Small World After All” over and over and over and over… 3. Welcome. Meet your new roommates, David Koresh and Jim Jones. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55951 "2017-11-25T14:51:18Z")
What Satan said when Charles Manson showed up. 1. Well, punk, you made my day 2. Ah, Charles, welcome - we have a lake of fire set aside just for you 3. Good-time Charlie’s really gonna have the blues now. 4. No, I don’t want to hear your songs. This place has standards. 5. Now YOU get to be pregnant and stabbed! 6. Wow, you really are a little shrimp, arent you? 7. Even here, you’re not making a good first impression with that tattoo. 8. Gilles de Rais, Elizabeth Báthory, and Vlad the Impaler are going to spend eternity laughing and pointing at you and telling you what a pansy you are. 9. You remember the Greek myth about Prometheus, his liver and the eagle? Well, you, your tattoo and Hitler are going to do a daily reenactment, of sorts… 1. Ooh, you’re not gonna like Fridays. 2. You get to spend eternity hearing “It’s A Small World After All” over and over and over and over… 3. Welcome. Meet your new roommates, David Koresh and Jim Jones. 4. Meh. Pass. ---
**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 25, 2017, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55952 "2017-11-25T19:00:29Z")
Time magazine covers through the years: person / group / idea / object ‘of the year’ or on other occasions 1. Richard Nixon (indisputably and factually the record holder, with 55 appearances over the years) ---
**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 26, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55953 "2017-11-26T03:07:05Z")
Time magazine covers through the years: person / group / idea / object ‘of the year’ or on other occasions 1. Richard Nixon (indisputably and factually the record holder, with 55 appearances over the years) 2. Wallis Simpson (first “Woman of the Year”) ---
**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 26, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55954 "2017-11-26T03:32:01Z")
Time magazine covers through the years: person / group / idea / object ‘of the year’ or on other occasions 1. Richard Nixon (indisputably and factually the record holder, with 55 appearances over the years) 2. Wallis Simpson (first “Woman of the Year”) 3. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on the very first cover, March 3, 1923 [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)#/media/File:Time_Magazine_-_first_cover.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)#/media/File:Time_Magazine_-_first_cover.jpg) ---
**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 26, 2017, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55955 "2017-11-26T05:21:43Z")
Time magazine covers through the years: person / group / idea / object ‘of the year’ or on other occasions 1. Richard Nixon (indisputably and factually the record holder, with 55 appearances over the years) 2. Wallis Simpson (first “Woman of the Year”) 3. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on the very first cover, March 3, 1923 4. Bruce Springsteen, appeared on the cover of both Time and Newsweek in 1975. ---
**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 26, 2017, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55956 "2017-11-26T06:41:45Z")
Time magazine covers through the years: person / group / idea / object ‘of the year’ or on other occasions 1. Richard Nixon (indisputably and factually the record holder, with 55 appearances over the years) 2. Wallis Simpson (first “Woman of the Year”) 3. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on the very first cover, March 3, 1923 4. Bruce Springsteen, appeared on the cover of both Time and Newsweek in 1975. 5. Corazon Aquino: as President of the Philippines, the first woman in elected office to be “Woman of the Year”, 1986 ---
**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:** [November 26, 2017, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55957 "2017-11-26T06:57:36Z")
Time magazine covers through the years: person / group / idea / object ‘of the year’ or on other occasions 1. Richard Nixon (indisputably and factually the record holder, with 55 appearances over the years) 2. Wallis Simpson (first “Woman of the Year”) 3. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on the very first cover, March 3, 1923 4. Bruce Springsteen, appeared on the cover of both Time and Newsweek in 1975. 5. Corazon Aquino: as President of the Philippines, the first woman in elected office to be “Woman of the Year”, 1986 6. Wayne Gretzky and Larry Bird together, March 1985. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55958 "2017-11-26T08:25:18Z")
Time magazine covers through the years: person / group / idea / object ‘of the year’ or on other occasions 1. Richard Nixon (indisputably and factually the record holder, with 55 appearances over the years) 2. Wallis Simpson (first “Woman of the Year”) 3. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on the very first cover, March 3, 1923 4. Bruce Springsteen, appeared on the cover of both Time and Newsweek in 1975. 5. Corazon Aquino: as President of the Philippines, the first woman in elected office to be “Woman of the Year”, 1986 6. Wayne Gretzky and Larry Bird together, March 1985. Reply With Quote 7. Eisenhower in '44 and Truman in '45, back-to-back presidents in reverse order. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55959 "2017-11-26T10:01:34Z")
Time magazine covers through the years: person / group / idea / object ‘of the year’ or on other occasions 1. Richard Nixon (indisputably and factually the record holder, with 55 appearances over the years) 2. Wallis Simpson (first “Woman of the Year”) 3. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on the very first cover, March 3, 1923 4. Bruce Springsteen, appeared on the cover of both Time and Newsweek in 1975. 5. Corazon Aquino: as President of the Philippines, the first woman in elected office to be “Woman of the Year”, 1986 6. Wayne Gretzky and Larry Bird together, March 1985. Reply With Quote 7. Eisenhower in '44 and Truman in '45, back-to-back presidents in reverse order. 8. Albert Einstein on the 1999 Person of the Century cover ---
**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:** [November 26, 2017, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55960 "2017-11-26T10:07:03Z")
Time magazine covers through the years: person / group / idea / object ‘of the year’ or on other occasions 1. Richard Nixon (indisputably and factually the record holder, with 55 appearances over the years) 2. Wallis Simpson (first “Woman of the Year”) 3. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on the very first cover, March 3, 1923 4. Bruce Springsteen, appeared on the cover of both Time and Newsweek in 1975. 5. Corazon Aquino: as President of the Philippines, the first woman in elected office to be “Woman of the Year”, 1986 6. Wayne Gretzky and Larry Bird together, March 1985. 7. Eisenhower in '44 and Truman in '45, back-to-back presidents in reverse order. 8. Albert Einstein on the 1999 Person of the Century cover Just noticed and removed strange, superfluous text from post 6. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55961 "2017-11-26T14:46:18Z")
Time magazine covers through the years: person / group / idea / object ‘of the year’ or on other occasions 1. Richard Nixon (indisputably and factually the record holder, with 55 appearances over the years) 2. Wallis Simpson (first “Woman of the Year”) 3. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on the very first cover, March 3, 1923 4. Bruce Springsteen, appeared on the cover of both Time and Newsweek in 1975. 5. Corazon Aquino: as President of the Philippines, the first woman in elected office to be “Woman of the Year”, 1986 6. Wayne Gretzky and Larry Bird together, March 1985. 7. Eisenhower in '44 and Truman in '45, back-to-back presidents in reverse order. 8. Albert Einstein on the 1999 Person of the Century cover 9. Mahatma Gandhi, 1930 Person of the Year ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2017, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55962 "2017-11-26T15:32:03Z")
Time magazine covers through the years: person / group / idea / object ‘of the year’ or on other occasions 1. Richard Nixon (indisputably and factually the record holder, with 55 appearances over the years) 2. Wallis Simpson (first “Woman of the Year”) 3. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on the very first cover, March 3, 1923 4. Bruce Springsteen, appeared on the cover of both Time and Newsweek in 1975. 5. Corazon Aquino: as President of the Philippines, the first woman in elected office to be “Woman of the Year”, 1986 6. Wayne Gretzky and Larry Bird together, March 1985. 7. Eisenhower in '44 and Truman in '45, back-to-back presidents in reverse order. 8. Albert Einstein on the 1999 Person of the Century cover 9. Mahatma Gandhi, 1930 Person of the Year 10. Charles Lindbergh, first ever Man of the Year for 1927 ---
**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 26, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55963 "2017-11-26T16:15:20Z")
Time magazine covers through the years: person / group / idea / object ‘of the year’ or on other occasions 1. Richard Nixon (indisputably and factually the record holder, with 55 appearances over the years) 2. Wallis Simpson (first “Woman of the Year”) 3. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on the very first cover, March 3, 1923 4. Bruce Springsteen, appeared on the cover of both Time and Newsweek in 1975. 5. Corazon Aquino: as President of the Philippines, the first woman in elected office to be “Woman of the Year”, 1986 6. Wayne Gretzky and Larry Bird together, March 1985. 7. Eisenhower in '44 and Truman in '45, back-to-back presidents in reverse order. 8. Albert Einstein on the 1999 Person of the Century cover 9. Mahatma Gandhi, 1930 Person of the Year 10. Charles Lindbergh, first ever Man of the Year for 1927 11. [Are You Mom Enough?](https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/50012/1000222456/original/time-magazine-may-21-2012-all-people-photo-u1?w=650&q=60&fm=jpg&fit=crop&crop=faces) 2012 - Shows woman breastfeeding child ---
**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 26, 2017, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55964 "2017-11-26T18:20:52Z")
Time magazine covers through the years: person / group / idea / object ‘of the year’ or on other occasions 1. Richard Nixon (indisputably and factually the record holder, with 55 appearances over the years) 2. Wallis Simpson (first “Woman of the Year”) 3. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on the very first cover, March 3, 1923 4. Bruce Springsteen, appeared on the cover of both Time and Newsweek in 1975. 5. Corazon Aquino: as President of the Philippines, the first woman in elected office to be “Woman of the Year”, 1986 6. Wayne Gretzky and Larry Bird together, March 1985. 7. Eisenhower in '44 and Truman in '45, back-to-back presidents in reverse order. 8. Albert Einstein on the 1999 Person of the Century cover 9. Mahatma Gandhi, 1930 Person of the Year 10. Charles Lindbergh, first ever Man of the Year for 1927 11. [Are You Mom Enough?](https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/50012/1000222456/original/time-magazine-may-21-2012-all-people-photo-u1?w=650&q=60&fm=jpg&fit=crop&crop=faces) 2012 - Shows woman breastfeeding child 12. Robert F. Kennedy, with many covers in the 60s [TIME Magazine Cover: Robert F. Kennedy - May 24, 1968 - Politics - Robert Kennedy - Kennedys](http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19680524,00.html) The Roy Lichtenstein pop art cover linked above is from May 28, 1968; sadly, he was on the cover again 3 weeks later when he was killed ---
**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 27, 2017, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55965 "2017-11-27T05:03:20Z")
Time magazine covers through the years: person / group / idea / object ‘of the year’ or on other occasions 1. Richard Nixon (indisputably and factually the record holder, with 55 appearances over the years) 2. Wallis Simpson (first “Woman of the Year”) 3. Joseph G. Cannon, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, on the very first cover, March 3, 1923 4. Bruce Springsteen, appeared on the cover of both Time and Newsweek in 1975. 5. Corazon Aquino: as President of the Philippines, the first woman in elected office to be “Woman of the Year”, 1986 6. Wayne Gretzky and Larry Bird together, March 1985. 7. Eisenhower in '44 and Truman in '45, back-to-back presidents in reverse order. 8. Albert Einstein on the 1999 Person of the Century cover 9. Mahatma Gandhi, 1930 Person of the Year 10. Charles Lindbergh, first ever Man of the Year for 1927 11. [Are You Mom Enough?](https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/50012/1000222456/original/time-magazine-may-21-2012-all-people-photo-u1?w=650&q=60&fm=jpg&fit=crop&crop=faces) 2012 - Shows woman breastfeeding child 12. Robert F. Kennedy, with many covers in the 60s [TIME Magazine Cover: Robert F. Kennedy - May 24, 1968 - Politics - Robert Kennedy - Kennedys](http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19680524,00.html) 13. Barack Obama, rather presciently, in Oct. 2006: [http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/2006/1101061023\_400.jpg](http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/2006/1101061023_400.jpg) Next category: Other honors Donald Trump took a pass on (and why) 1. Nobel Peace Prize, 1987 (“don’t like Scandinavian weather”) ---
**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:** [November 27, 2017, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55966 "2017-11-27T05:38:28Z")
Other honors Donald Trump took a pass on (and why) 1. Nobel Peace Prize, 1987 (“don’t like Scandinavian weather”) 2. People magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive, 2016 (didn’t want to make his buddy Vladimir jealous) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2797) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2799)