# 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:** 2814
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56267 "2017-12-15T23:54:46Z")
Fictional Babies 1. Jersiana, in Lois Lenski’s Judy’s Journey 2. Julius the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes 3. Little Walter, in Stephen King’s Under the Dome 4. Damien, The Omen by Richard Donne 5. Baby Huey, by Martin Taras 6. Baby Herman from Who Framed Roger Rabbit 7. Swee’Pea, from Popeye 8. Sunny Baudelaire, from Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events 9. Elanor, Sam and Rose Gamgee’s first baby in JRR Tolkien’s The Return of the King 10. Nathan Arizona Jr from Raising Arizona 11. Mary, the baby in Three Men and a Baby ---
**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:** [December 16, 2017, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56268 "2017-12-16T00:09:22Z")
Fictional Babies 1. Jersiana, in Lois Lenski’s Judy’s Journey 2. Julius the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes 3. Little Walter, in Stephen King’s Under the Dome 4. Damien, The Omen by Richard Donne 5. Baby Huey, by Martin Taras 6. Baby Herman from Who Framed Roger Rabbit 7. Swee’Pea, from Popeye 8. Sunny Baudelaire, from Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events 9. Elanor, Sam and Rose Gamgee’s first baby in JRR Tolkien’s The Return of the King 10. Nathan Arizona Jr from Raising Arizona 11. Mary, the baby in Three Men and a Baby 12. Baby Kermit, and all the other Muppet Babies ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56269 "2017-12-16T00:19:01Z")
Fictional Babies 1. Jersiana, in Lois Lenski’s Judy’s Journey 2. Julius the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes 3. Little Walter, in Stephen King’s Under the Dome 4. Damien, The Omen by Richard Donne 5. Baby Huey, by Martin Taras 6. Baby Herman from Who Framed Roger Rabbit 7. Swee’Pea, from Popeye 8. Sunny Baudelaire, from Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events 9. Elanor, Sam and Rose Gamgee’s first baby in JRR Tolkien’s The Return of the King 10. Nathan Arizona Jr from Raising Arizona 11. Mary, the baby in Three Men and a Baby 12. Baby Kermit, and all the other Muppet Babies 13. Eppie, Silas Marner’s adopted daughter New: Fictional Characters with PhDs 14. Indiana 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:** [December 16, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56270 "2017-12-16T00:21:50Z")
New: Fictional Characters with PhDs 1. Indiana Jones 2. Prof. Abraham van Helsing ---
**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:** [December 16, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56271 "2017-12-16T00:22:42Z")
New: Fictional Characters with PhDs 1. Indiana Jones 2. Prof. Abraham van Helsing 3. Dr. Daniel Jackson, Stargate ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56272 "2017-12-16T00:24:32Z")
New: Fictional Characters with PhDs 1. Indiana Jones 2. Prof. Abraham van Helsing 3. Dr. Daniel Jackson, Stargate 4. Dr. Sheldon Cooper ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56273 "2017-12-16T01:41:31Z")
Fictional Characters with PhDs 1. Indiana Jones 2. Prof. Abraham van Helsing 3. Dr. Daniel Jackson, Stargate 4. Dr. Sheldon Cooper 5. James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’ foe ---
**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:** [December 16, 2017, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56274 "2017-12-16T01:47:20Z")
Fictional Characters with PhDs 1. Indiana Jones 2. Prof. Abraham van Helsing 3. Dr. Daniel Jackson, Stargate 4. Dr. Sheldon Cooper 5. James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’ foe 6. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park ---
**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:** [December 16, 2017, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56275 "2017-12-16T02:19:39Z")
Fictional Characters with PhDs 1. Indiana Jones 2. Prof. Abraham van Helsing 3. Dr. Daniel Jackson, Stargate 4. Dr. Sheldon Cooper 5. James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’ foe 6. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park 7. Dr. Doom, University of Latveria ---
**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:** [December 16, 2017, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56276 "2017-12-16T03:45:26Z")
Fictional Characters with PhDs 1. Indiana Jones 2. Prof. Abraham van Helsing 3. Dr. Daniel Jackson, Stargate 4. Dr. Sheldon Cooper 5. James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’ foe 6. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park 7. Dr. Doom, University of Latveria 8. Dr. Vivian Bearing Protagonist of Margaret Edson’s Pulitzer prize winning play _Wit_. In the film version, portrayed by Emma Thompson. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2017, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56277 "2017-12-16T06:25:28Z")
Fictional Characters with PhDs 1. Indiana Jones 2. Prof. Abraham van Helsing 3. Dr. Daniel Jackson, Stargate 4. Dr. Sheldon Cooper 5. James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’ foe 6. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park 7. Dr. Doom, University of Latveria 8. Dr. Vivian Bearing 9. Dr. Evil “It’s Dr. Evil, I didn’t spend six years in Evil Medical School to be called “mister,” thank you very much.” ---
**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:** [December 16, 2017, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56278 "2017-12-16T09:55:15Z")
Fictional Characters with PhDs 1. Indiana Jones 2. Prof. Abraham van Helsing 3. Dr. Daniel Jackson, Stargate 4. Dr. Sheldon Cooper 5. James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’ foe 6. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park 7. Dr. Doom, University of Latveria 8. Dr. Vivian Bearing 9. Dr. Evil 10. Dr. Doolittle ---
**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:** [December 16, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56279 "2017-12-16T14:23:58Z")
Fictional Characters with PhDs 1. Indiana Jones 2. Prof. Abraham van Helsing 3. Dr. Daniel Jackson, Stargate 4. Dr. Sheldon Cooper 5. James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’ foe 6. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park 7. Dr. Doom, University of Latveria 8. Dr. Vivian Bearing 9. Dr. Evil 10. Dr. Doolittle 11. Dr. Spencer Reid ---
**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:** [December 16, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56280 "2017-12-16T19:52:27Z")
Fictional Characters with PhDs 1. Indiana Jones 2. Prof. Abraham van Helsing 3. Dr. Daniel Jackson, Stargate 4. Dr. Sheldon Cooper 5. James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’ foe 6. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park 7. Dr. Doom, University of Latveria 8. Dr. Vivian Bearing 9. Dr. Evil 10. Dr. Doolittle 11. Dr. Spencer Reid 12. Dr. Elizabeth Weir, Stargate Atlantis ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56281 "2017-12-16T20:28:36Z")
Fictional Characters with PhDs 1. Indiana Jones 2. Prof. Abraham van Helsing 3. Dr. Daniel Jackson, Stargate 4. Dr. Sheldon Cooper 5. James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’ foe 6. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park 7. Dr. Doom, University of Latveria 8. Dr. Vivian Bearing 9. Dr. Evil 10. Dr. Doolittle 11. Dr. Spencer Reid 12. Dr. Elizabeth Weir, Stargate Atlantis 13. Professor Roy Hinckley Next: Most recent Christmas gift you purchased for someone (with specifics) 1. His and her personalized coffee mugs for bro & sis-in-law, online, 10 minutes ago ---
**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:** [December 16, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56282 "2017-12-16T22:03:48Z")
Fictional Characters with PhDs 1. Indiana Jones 2. Prof. Abraham van Helsing 3. Dr. Daniel Jackson, Stargate 4. Dr. Sheldon Cooper 5. James Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’ foe 6. Ian Malcolm, Jurassic Park 7. Dr. Doom, University of Latveria 8. Dr. Vivian Bearing 9. Dr. Evil 10. Dr. Louise Banks, Arrival 11. Dr. Spencer Reid 12. Dr. Elizabeth Weir, Stargate Atlantis 13. Professor Roy Hinckley swapped out #10, Dr. Doolittle–he’s an MD not a PhD Next: Most recent Christmas gift you purchased for someone (with specifics) 1. His and her personalized coffee mugs for bro & sis-in-law, online, 10 minutes ago 2. Pack of 64 matchbox-style cars, for nephew, yesterday at a big-box warehouse store ---
**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:** [December 17, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56283 "2017-12-17T01:04:00Z")
Most recent Christmas gift you purchased for someone (with specifics) 1. His and her personalized coffee mugs for bro & sis-in-law, online, 10 minutes ago 2. Pack of 64 matchbox-style cars, for nephew, yesterday at a big-box warehouse store 3. A Google Mini for Madame Pepperwinkle, yesterday online ---
**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:** [December 17, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56284 "2017-12-17T01:23:44Z")
Most recent Christmas gift you purchased for someone (with specifics) 1. His and her personalized coffee mugs for bro & sis-in-law, online, 10 minutes ago 2. Pack of 64 matchbox-style cars, for nephew, yesterday at a big-box warehouse store 3. A Google Mini for Madame Pepperwinkle, yesterday online 4. A fancy snowman cookie for my son, at the supermarket in a display of stocking stuffer items ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56285 "2017-12-17T04:23:39Z")
Most recent Christmas gift you purchased for someone (with specifics) 1. His and her personalized coffee mugs for bro & sis-in-law, online, 10 minutes ago 2. Pack of 64 matchbox-style cars, for nephew, yesterday at a big-box warehouse store 3. A Google Mini for Madame Pepperwinkle, yesterday online 4. A fancy snowman cookie for my son, at the supermarket in a display of stocking stuffer items 5. A bottle of single-malt Scotch for a friend ---
**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:** [December 17, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/56286 "2017-12-17T04:25:04Z")
Most recent Christmas gift you purchased for someone (with specifics) 1. His and her personalized coffee mugs for bro & sis-in-law, online, 10 minutes ago 2. Pack of 64 matchbox-style cars, for nephew, yesterday at a big-box warehouse store 3. A Google Mini for Madame Pepperwinkle, yesterday online 4. A fancy snowman cookie for my son, at the supermarket in a display of stocking stuffer items 5. A Jack Daniels gift set for my brother, as a stocking stuffer. The last gift I needed to pick up so my shopping is done. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2813) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2815)