# 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:** 2799
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55967 "2017-11-27T05:47:35Z")
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), 3. Emmy For Best Supporting Actor, Playing Himself In Miniseries “I’ll Take Manhattan” ---
**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 27, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55968 "2017-11-27T14:14:44Z")
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), 3. Emmy For Best Supporting Actor, Playing Himself In Miniseries “I’ll Take Manhattan” 4. Tony for Best Actor (I am not an actor, and I don’t play myself on stage) ---
**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, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55969 "2017-11-27T14:14:52Z")
Why, **astorian**? 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), 3. Emmy For Best Supporting Actor, Playing Himself In Miniseries “I’ll Take Manhattan” 4. Tony for Best Actor (I am not an actor, and I don’t play myself on stage) 5. Academy Award for Best Hair in a Cameo Appearance (“wanted to create the award just for me, but I was too busy”) ---
**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 27, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55970 "2017-11-27T15:20:16Z")
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), 3. Emmy For Best Supporting Actor, Playing Himself In Miniseries “I’ll Take Manhattan” 4. Tony for Best Actor (I am not an actor, and I don’t play myself on stage) 5. Academy Award for Best Hair in a Cameo Appearance (“wanted to create the award just for me, but I was too busy”) 6. The Neue Schule Best Hands Award (I don’t like the way the horses look at me.) ---
**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 27, 2017, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55971 "2017-11-27T16:05:00Z")
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), 3. Emmy For Best Supporting Actor, Playing Himself In Miniseries “I’ll Take Manhattan” 4. Tony for Best Actor (I am not an actor, and I don’t play myself on stage) 5. Academy Award for Best Hair in a Cameo Appearance (“wanted to create the award just for me, but I was too busy”) 6. The Neue Schule Best Hands Award (I don’t like the way the horses look at me.) 7. Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children (Too “busy” to write a children’s book) ---
**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, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55972 "2017-11-27T16:14:46Z")
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), 3. Emmy For Best Supporting Actor, Playing Himself In Miniseries “I’ll Take Manhattan” 4. Tony for Best Actor (I am not an actor, and I don’t play myself on stage) 5. Academy Award for Best Hair in a Cameo Appearance (“wanted to create the award just for me, but I was too busy”) 6. The Neue Schule Best Hands Award (I don’t like the way the horses look at me.) 7. Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children (Too “busy” to write a children’s book) 8. Election as the next Pope (“I’m not Catholic, which those idiot cardinals should have realized, and besides, the Vatican is a dump”) ---
**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 27, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55973 "2017-11-27T16:51:37Z")
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), 3. Emmy For Best Supporting Actor, Playing Himself In Miniseries “I’ll Take Manhattan” 4. Tony for Best Actor (I am not an actor, and I don’t play myself on stage) 5. Academy Award for Best Hair in a Cameo Appearance (“wanted to create the award just for me, but I was too busy”) 6. The Neue Schule Best Hands Award (I don’t like the way the horses look at me.) 7. Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children (Too “busy” to write a children’s book) 8. Election as the next Pope (“I’m not Catholic, which those idiot cardinals should have realized, and besides, the Vatican is a dump”) 9. The Pulitzer Prize for Literature (“I don’t want any award associated with the fake news industry.”) ---
**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 27, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55974 "2017-11-27T17:31:16Z")
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), 3. Emmy For Best Supporting Actor, Playing Himself In Miniseries “I’ll Take Manhattan” 4. Tony for Best Actor (I am not an actor, and I don’t play myself on stage) 5. Academy Award for Best Hair in a Cameo Appearance (“wanted to create the award just for me, but I was too busy”) 6. The Neue Schule Best Hands Award (I don’t like the way the horses look at me.) 7. Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children (Too “busy” to write a children’s book) 8. Election as the next Pope (“I’m not Catholic, which those idiot cardinals should have realized, and besides, the Vatican is a dump”) 9. The Pulitzer Prize for Literature (“I don’t want any award associated with the fake news industry.”) 10. Twit of the Year (“I started to accept and then realized that that wasn’t Tweeter of the Year.”) ---
**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 27, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55975 "2017-11-27T20:01:24Z")
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), 3. Emmy For Best Supporting Actor, Playing Himself In Miniseries “I’ll Take Manhattan” 4. Tony for Best Actor (I am not an actor, and I don’t play myself on stage) 5. Academy Award for Best Hair in a Cameo Appearance (“wanted to create the award just for me, but I was too busy”) 6. The Neue Schule Best Hands Award (I don’t like the way the horses look at me.) 7. Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children (Too “busy” to write a children’s book) 8. Election as the next Pope (“I’m not Catholic, which those idiot cardinals should have realized, and besides, the Vatican is a dump”) 9. The Pulitzer Prize for Literature (“I don’t want any award associated with the fake news industry.”) 10. Twit of the Year (“I started to accept and then realized that that wasn’t Tweeter of the Year.”) 11. Nobel Peace Prize (“Anwar Sadat, he stayed at my hotel many times, many many times, always asked me what to do about Egypt, because you know, they had those wars over there, and Jimmy Carter was supposed to meet him at my hotel, but couldn’t afford it, so I stepped in and comped him. He was really grateful for that, told me I should win the Nobel Prize for helping bring peace to the Middle East, which not many people know also includes Asia and Africa, very tremendous countries. I said no, I was just doing my duty, just like I did when Reagan met with Putin, who, by the way, was in some low-level meeting in another wing of the hotel, and I never met him, never saw him, but I’m told he enjoyed his stay immensely.”) ---
**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 27, 2017, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55976 "2017-11-27T20:16:47Z")
Ha! LOL, KO! ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55977 "2017-11-28T02:35:31Z")
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), 3. Emmy For Best Supporting Actor, Playing Himself In Miniseries “I’ll Take Manhattan” 4. Tony for Best Actor (I am not an actor, and I don’t play myself on stage) 5. Academy Award for Best Hair in a Cameo Appearance (“wanted to create the award just for me, but I was too busy”) 6. The Neue Schule Best Hands Award (I don’t like the way the horses look at me.) 7. Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children (Too “busy” to write a children’s book) 8. Election as the next Pope (“I’m not Catholic, which those idiot cardinals should have realized, and besides, the Vatican is a dump”) 9. The Pulitzer Prize for Literature (“I don’t want any award associated with the fake news industry.”) 10. Twit of the Year (“I started to accept and then realized that that wasn’t Tweeter of the Year.”) 11. Nobel Peace Prize (“Anwar Sadat, he stayed at my hotel many times, many many times, always asked me what to do about Egypt, because you know, they had those wars over there, and Jimmy Carter was supposed to meet him at my hotel, but couldn’t afford it, so I stepped in and comped him. He was really grateful for that, told me I should win the Nobel Prize for helping bring peace to the Middle East, which not many people know also includes Asia and Africa, very tremendous countries. I said no, I was just doing my duty, just like I did when Reagan met with Putin, who, by the way, was in some low-level meeting in another wing of the hotel, and I never met him, never saw him, but I’m told he enjoyed his stay immensely.”) 12. The Most Interesting Man in the World (because the company wouldn’t change it to The Most Interesting Human in the Universe, Forever) ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55978 "2017-11-28T14:18:24Z")
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), 3. Emmy For Best Supporting Actor, Playing Himself In Miniseries “I’ll Take Manhattan” 4. Tony for Best Actor (I am not an actor, and I don’t play myself on stage) 5. Academy Award for Best Hair in a Cameo Appearance (“wanted to create the award just for me, but I was too busy”) 6. The Neue Schule Best Hands Award (I don’t like the way the horses look at me.) 7. Caldecott Medal for the most distinguished American picture book for children (Too “busy” to write a children’s book) 8. Election as the next Pope (“I’m not Catholic, which those idiot cardinals should have realized, and besides, the Vatican is a dump”) 9. The Pulitzer Prize for Literature (“I don’t want any award associated with the fake news industry.”) 10. Twit of the Year (“I started to accept and then realized that that wasn’t Tweeter of the Year.”) 11. Nobel Peace Prize (“Anwar Sadat, he stayed at my hotel many times, many many times, always asked me what to do about Egypt, because you know, they had those wars over there, and Jimmy Carter was supposed to meet him at my hotel, but couldn’t afford it, so I stepped in and comped him. He was really grateful for that, told me I should win the Nobel Prize for helping bring peace to the Middle East, which not many people know also includes Asia and Africa, very tremendous countries. I said no, I was just doing my duty, just like I did when Reagan met with Putin, who, by the way, was in some low-level meeting in another wing of the hotel, and I never met him, never saw him, but I’m told he enjoyed his stay immensely.”) 12. The Most Interesting Man in the World (because the company wouldn’t change it to The Most Interesting Human in the Universe, Forever) 13. God (He thought he already had that one _nailed_. Get it? NAILED! Like on a cross) Next up: 13 reasons to go to work 1. Getting paid ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55979 "2017-11-28T14:23:21Z")
Next up: 13 reasons to go to work 1. Getting paid 2. Accomplish something ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55980 "2017-11-28T14:40:54Z")
Next up: 13 reasons to go to work 1. Getting paid 2. Accomplish something 3. Gets me out of the house ---
**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 28, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55981 "2017-11-28T14:46:38Z")
13 reasons to go to work 1. Getting paid 2. Accomplish something 3. Gets me out of the house 4. Build for retirement ---
**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 28, 2017, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55982 "2017-11-28T15:10:50Z")
13 reasons to go to work 1. Getting paid 2. Accomplish something 3. Gets me out of the house 4. Build for retirement 5. Free smiley face cookie on Wednesdays. To heck with all that build for retirement stuff, that’s what I go to work for. ---
**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 28, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55983 "2017-11-28T15:35:19Z")
13 reasons to go to work 1. Getting paid 2. Accomplish something 3. Gets me out of the house 4. Build for retirement 5. Free smiley face cookie on Wednesdays 6. See that justice is done That’s my job! ---
**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 28, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55984 "2017-11-28T15:42:37Z")
13 reasons to go to work 1. Getting paid 2. Accomplish something 3. Gets me out of the house 4. Build for retirement 5. Free smiley face cookie on Wednesdays 6. See that justice is done 7. I like what I do and most of the people I work with ---
**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 28, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55985 "2017-11-28T16:08:27Z")
13 reasons to go to work 1. Getting paid 2. Accomplish something 3. Gets me out of the house 4. Build for retirement 5. Free smiley face cookie on Wednesdays 6. See that justice is done 7. I like what I do and most of the people I work with 8. Build a career ---
**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:** [November 28, 2017, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55986 "2017-11-28T19:39:50Z")
13 reasons to go to work 1. Getting paid 2. Accomplish something 3. Gets me out of the house 4. Build for retirement 5. Free smiley face cookie on Wednesdays 6. See that justice is done 7. I like what I do and most of the people I work with 8. Build a career 9. Nothing good on TV [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2798) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2800)