# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 2800

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**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55987 "2017-11-28T20:20:24Z")

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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
10. To kick some employee butt

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**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 28, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55988 "2017-11-28T20:23:24Z")

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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
10. To kick some employee butt
11. To help people

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**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, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55989 "2017-11-28T20:37:48Z")

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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
10. To kick some employee butt
11. To help people
12. To pay off my mortgage and my kids’ college bills: “I owe, I owe, so off to work I go”

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55990 "2017-11-28T21:36:38Z")

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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

10. To kick some employee butt

11. To help people

12. To pay off my mortgage and my kids’ college bills: “I owe, I owe, so off to work I go”

13. I get to talk about History all day!  
Next: The Next 12 Days of Christmas Gifts, 13-24.

14. “Thirteen geezers golfing.”

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**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, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55991 "2017-11-28T21:57:19Z")

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1. “Thirteen geezers golfing.”
2. “Fourteen flailing farters.”

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**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, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55992 "2017-11-28T22:10:15Z")

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The Next 12 Days of Christmas Gifts, 13-24.

1. “Thirteen geezers golfing.”
2. “Fourteen flailing farters.”
3. “FIFTEEN GOLDEN PARACHUUUTES” (bah-dum-bum-bum…)

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**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 29, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55993 "2017-11-29T01:18:52Z")

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The Next 12 Days of Christmas Gifts, 13-24.

1. “Thirteen geezers golfing.”
2. “Fourteen flailing farters.”
3. “FIFTEEN GOLDEN PARACHUUUTES” (bah-dum-bum-bum…)
4. “Sixteen spiders spinning.”

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**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 29, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55994 "2017-11-29T01:19:29Z")

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The Next 12 Days of Christmas Gifts, 13-24.

1. “Thirteen geezers golfing.”
2. “Fourteen flailing farters.”
3. “FIFTEEN GOLDEN PARACHUUUTES” (bah-dum-bum-bum…)
4. “Sixteen spiders spinning.”
5. “Seventeen gifts returning”

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55995 "2017-11-29T02:20:14Z")

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The Next 12 Days of Christmas Gifts, 13-24.

1. “Thirteen geezers golfing.”
2. “Fourteen flailing farters.”
3. “FIFTEEN GOLDEN PARACHUUUTES” (bah-dum-bum-bum…)
4. “Sixteen spiders spinning.”
5. “Seventeen gifts returning”
6. “Eighteen drunks a drinking.”

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**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 29, 2017, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55996 "2017-11-29T02:25:12Z")

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The Next 12 Days of Christmas Gifts, 13-24.

1. “Thirteen geezers golfing.”
2. “Fourteen flailing farters.”
3. “FIFTEEN GOLDEN PARACHUUUTES” (bah-dum-bum-bum…)
4. “Sixteen spiders spinning.”
5. “Seventeen gifts returning”
6. “Eighteen drunks a drinking.”
7. “Nineteen dopes a-straightening”

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**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 29, 2017, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55997 "2017-11-29T02:51:05Z")

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The Next 12 Days of Christmas Gifts, 13-24.

1. “Thirteen geezers golfing.”
2. “Fourteen flailing farters.”
3. “FIFTEEN GOLDEN PARACHUUUTES” (bah-dum-bum-bum…)
4. “Sixteen spiders spinning.”
5. “Seventeen gifts returning”
6. “Eighteen drunks a drinking.”
7. “Nineteen dopes a-straightening”
8. “Twenty trolls a trolling”

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55998 "2017-11-29T04:07:53Z")

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The Next 12 Days of Christmas Gifts, 13-24.

1. “Thirteen geezers golfing.”
2. “Fourteen flailing farters.”
3. “FIFTEEN GOLDEN PARACHUUUTES” (bah-dum-bum-bum…)
4. “Sixteen spiders spinning.”
5. “Seventeen gifts returning”
6. “Eighteen drunks a drinking.”
7. “Nineteen dopes a-straightening”
8. “Twenty trolls a trolling”
9. “Twenty-one Buddhists a-chanting”

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**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:** [November 29, 2017, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/55999 "2017-11-29T06:25:31Z")

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The Next 12 Days of Christmas Gifts, 13-24.

1. “Thirteen geezers golfing.”
2. “Fourteen flailing farters.”
3. “FIFTEEN GOLDEN PARACHUUUTES” (bah-dum-bum-bum…)
4. “Sixteen spiders spinning.”
5. “Seventeen gifts returning”
6. “Eighteen drunks a drinking.”
7. “Nineteen dopes a-straightening”
8. “Twenty trolls a trolling”
9. “Twenty-one Buddhists a-chanting”
10. “Twenty-two trolls a-trolling.”

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56000 "2017-11-29T12:40:45Z")

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The Next 13 Days of Christmas Gifts, 13-25

1. “Thirteen geezers golfing.”
2. “Fourteen flailing farters.”
3. “FIFTEEN GOLDEN PARACHUUUTES” (bah-dum-bum-bum…)
4. “Sixteen spiders spinning.”
5. “Seventeen gifts returning”
6. “Eighteen drunks a drinking.”
7. “Nineteen dopes a-straightening”
8. “Twenty trolls a trolling”
9. “Twenty-one Buddhists a-chanting”
10. “Twenty-two trolls a-trolling.”
11. “Twenty-three football players a-kneeling.”

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**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 29, 2017, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56001 "2017-11-29T14:09:04Z")

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The Next 13 Days of Christmas Gifts, 13-25

1. “Thirteen geezers golfing.”
2. “Fourteen flailing farters.”
3. “FIFTEEN GOLDEN PARACHUUUTES” (bah-dum-bum-bum…)
4. “Sixteen spiders spinning.”
5. “Seventeen gifts returning”
6. “Eighteen drunks a drinking.”
7. “Nineteen dopes a-straightening”
8. “Twenty trolls a trolling”
9. “Twenty-one Buddhists a-chanting”
10. “Twenty-two trolls a-trolling.”
11. “Twenty-three football players a-kneeling.”
12. “Twenty-four years of Phantom”

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**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 29, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56002 "2017-11-29T20:57:50Z")

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The Next 13 Days of Christmas Gifts, 13-25

1. “Thirteen geezers golfing.”
2. “Fourteen flailing farters.”
3. “FIFTEEN GOLDEN PARACHUUUTES” (bah-dum-bum-bum…)
4. “Sixteen spiders spinning.”
5. “Seventeen gifts returning”
6. “Eighteen drunks a drinking.”
7. “Nineteen dopes a-straightening”
8. “Twenty trolls a trolling”
9. “Twenty-one Buddhists a-chanting”
10. “Twenty-two trolls a-trolling.”
11. “Twenty-three football players a-kneeling.”
12. “Twenty-four years of Phantom”
13. “Twenty-FIVE GOLDEN ORANGE WIGS!” (bah-dum-bum-bum…)

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November holidays and special events around the world

1 Day of the Dead, November 2, Mexico

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**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 29, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56003 "2017-11-29T22:36:57Z")

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November holidays and special events around the world

1 Day of the Dead, November 2, Mexico  
2. Veteran’s Day, November 11, USA

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**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 29, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56004 "2017-11-29T23:08:04Z")

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November holidays and special events around the world

1 Day of the Dead, November 2, Mexico  
2. Veteran’s Day, November 11, USA  
3. World Children’s Day, November 20

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56005 "2017-11-29T23:50:41Z")

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November holidays and special events around the world

1 Day of the Dead, November 2, Mexico  
2. Veteran’s Day, November 11, USA  
3. World Children’s Day, November 20  
4. Bonifacio Day, Today, celebrate Philippine revolutionary hero

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**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 29, 2017, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56006 "2017-11-29T23:58:24Z")

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November holidays and special events around the world

1 Day of the Dead, November 2, Mexico  
2. Veteran’s Day, November 11, USA  
3. World Children’s Day, November 20  
4. Bonifacio Day, Today, celebrate Philippine revolutionary hero  
5. Cities for Life Day, November 30, International

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