# 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:** 2890
**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:** [March 12, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57787 "2018-03-12T19:36:13Z")
Carnival sideshow exhibits 1. The Dog-Faced Boy 2. Lobster Boy 3. The Bearded Lady 4. The Sword-Swallower 5. The Hoochie Coochie show 6. The Human Caterpillar ---
**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:** [March 12, 2018, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57788 "2018-03-12T20:34:48Z")
Carnival sideshow exhibits 1. The Dog-Faced Boy 2. Lobster Boy 3. The Bearded Lady 4. The Sword-Swallower 5. The Hoochie Coochie show 6. The Human Caterpillar 7. The Fire-Breather ---
**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:** [March 12, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57789 "2018-03-12T21:14:31Z")
Carnival sideshow exhibits 1. The Dog-Faced Boy 2. Lobster Boy 3. The Bearded Lady 4. The Sword-Swallower 5. The Hoochie Coochie show 6. The Human Caterpillar 7. The Fire-Breather 8. The Man Eating Chicken Remember to tell all your friends … ---
**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:** [March 12, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57790 "2018-03-12T21:27:43Z")
Carnival sideshow exhibits 1. The Dog-Faced Boy 2. Lobster Boy 3. The Bearded Lady 4. The Sword-Swallower 5. The Hoochie Coochie show 6. The Human Caterpillar 7. The Fire-Breather 8. The Man Eating Chicken 9. The Siamese Twins Trivia note: The “original” Siamese Twins, Chang and Eng Bunker, retired to Mount Airy, NC which is the town where Andy Griffith grew up and upon which Mayberry was based. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57791 "2018-03-12T21:33:16Z")
Carnival sideshow exhibits 1. The Dog-Faced Boy 2. Lobster Boy 3. The Bearded Lady 4. The Sword-Swallower 5. The Hoochie Coochie show 6. The Human Caterpillar 7. The Fire-Breather 8. The Man Eating Chicken 9. The Siamese Twins 10. The Human Pin-Cushion ---
**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:** [March 12, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57792 "2018-03-12T21:38:45Z")
Carnival sideshow exhibits 1. The Dog-Faced Boy 2. Lobster Boy 3. The Bearded Lady 4. The Sword-Swallower 5. The Hoochie Coochie show 6. The Human Caterpillar 7. The Fire-Breather 8. The Man Eating Chicken 9. The Siamese Twins 10. The Human Pin-Cushion 11. Lion-faced Man ---
**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:** [March 12, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57793 "2018-03-12T23:04:23Z")
Carnival sideshow exhibits 1. The Dog-Faced Boy 2. Lobster Boy 3. The Bearded Lady 4. The Sword-Swallower 5. The Hoochie Coochie show 6. The Human Caterpillar 7. The Fire-Breather 8. The Man Eating Chicken 9. The Siamese Twins 10. The Human Pin-Cushion 11. Lion-faced Man 12. Fortune Teller ---
**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:** [March 13, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57794 "2018-03-13T00:44:58Z")
Carnival sideshow exhibits 1. The Dog-Faced Boy 2. Lobster Boy 3. The Bearded Lady 4. The Sword-Swallower 5. The Hoochie Coochie show 6. The Human Caterpillar 7. The Fire-Breather 8. The Man Eating Chicken 9. The Siamese Twins 10. The Human Pin-Cushion 11. Lion-faced Man 12. Fortune Teller 13. The World’s Smallest Man NEW: Carnival games, rigged or not 14. Shooting Gallery ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57795 "2018-03-13T01:03:58Z")
Carnival games, rigged or not 1. Shooting Gallery 2. Pickin’ Up Ducks ---
**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:** [March 13, 2018, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57796 "2018-03-13T01:06:43Z")
Carnival games, rigged or not 1. Shooting Gallery 2. Pickin’ Up Ducks 3. Whack-a-mole ---
**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:** [March 13, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57797 "2018-03-13T01:12:53Z")
Carnival games, rigged or not 1. Shooting Gallery 2. Pickin’ Up Ducks 3. Whack-a-mole 4. Free Throw aka Basketball Shoot aka Hoop Toss ---
**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:** [March 13, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57798 "2018-03-13T01:33:11Z")
Carnival games, rigged or not 1. Shooting Gallery 2. Pickin’ Up Ducks 3. Whack-a-mole 4. Free Throw aka Basketball Shoot aka Hoop Toss 5. Soda Toss ---
**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:** [March 13, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57799 "2018-03-13T01:34:53Z")
Carnival games, rigged or not 1. Shooting Gallery 2. Pickin’ Up Ducks 3. Whack-a-mole 4. Free Throw aka Basketball Shoot aka Hoop Toss 5. Soda Toss 6. Skee-Ball ---
**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:** [March 13, 2018, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57800 "2018-03-13T11:42:27Z")
Carnival games, rigged or not 1. Shooting Gallery 2. Pickin’ Up Ducks 3. Whack-a-mole 4. Free Throw aka Basketball Shoot aka Hoop Toss 5. Soda Toss 6. Skee-Ball 7. The one where you shoot water into a clown’s mouth and it makes a balloon inflate ---
**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:** [March 13, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57801 "2018-03-13T12:12:37Z")
Carnival games, rigged or not 1. Shooting Gallery 2. Pickin’ Up Ducks 3. Whack-a-mole 4. Free Throw aka Basketball Shoot aka Hoop Toss 5. Soda Toss 6. Skee-Ball 7. The one where you shoot water into a clown’s mouth and it makes a balloon inflate 8. Clown Tooth Beanbag ---
**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:** [March 13, 2018, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57802 "2018-03-13T12:24:12Z")
Carnival games, rigged or not 1. Shooting Gallery 2. Pickin’ Up Ducks 3. Whack-a-mole 4. Free Throw aka Basketball Shoot aka Hoop Toss 5. Soda Toss 6. Skee-Ball 7. The one where you shoot water into a clown’s mouth and it makes a balloon inflate 8. Clown Tooth Beanbag 9. Horse race ---
**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:** [March 13, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57803 "2018-03-13T13:49:56Z")
Carnival games, rigged or not 1. Shooting Gallery 2. Pickin’ Up Ducks 3. Whack-a-mole 4. Free Throw aka Basketball Shoot aka Hoop Toss 5. Soda Toss 6. Skee-Ball 7. The one where you shoot water into a clown’s mouth and it makes a balloon inflate 8. Clown Tooth Beanbag 9. Horse race 10. Knock over milk bottles ---
**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:** [March 13, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57804 "2018-03-13T13:57:21Z")
Carnival games, rigged or not 1. Shooting Gallery 2. Pickin’ Up Ducks 3. Whack-a-mole 4. Free Throw aka Basketball Shoot aka Hoop Toss 5. Soda Toss 6. Skee-Ball 7. The one where you shoot water into a clown’s mouth and it makes a balloon inflate 8. Clown Tooth Beanbag 9. Horse race 10. Knock over milk bottles 11. Ring toss ---
**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:** [March 13, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57805 "2018-03-13T14:27:25Z")
Carnival games, rigged or not 1. Shooting Gallery 2. Pickin’ Up Ducks 3. Whack-a-mole 4. Free Throw aka Basketball Shoot aka Hoop Toss 5. Soda Toss 6. Skee-Ball 7. The one where you shoot water into a clown’s mouth and it makes a balloon inflate 8. Clown Tooth Beanbag 9. Horse race 10. Knock over milk bottles 11. Ring toss 12. The Claw! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/atUUjSLMSiM/hqdefault.jpg "Pixar: Toy Story - movie clip - Little Green Men and the Claw! (Blu-Ray promo)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atUUjSLMSiM) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57806 "2018-03-13T14:59:31Z")
Carnival games, rigged or not 1. Shooting Gallery 2. Pickin’ Up Ducks 3. Whack-a-mole 4. Free Throw aka Basketball Shoot aka Hoop Toss 5. Soda Toss 6. Skee-Ball 7. The one where you shoot water into a clown’s mouth and it makes a balloon inflate 8. Clown Tooth Beanbag 9. Horse race 10. Knock over milk bottles 11. Ring toss 12. The Claw! 13. Guess Your Weight New: Tables Aesop Never Got Around to Writing 14. The Anaconda and the Poison Arrow Frog [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2889) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2891)