# 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:** 2891
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New: Tables Aesop Never Got Around to Writing 1. The Anaconda and the Poison Arrow Frog 2. The Fox and the Raisins ---
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Tables Aesop Never Got Around to Writing 1. The Anaconda and the Poison Arrow Frog 2. The Fox and the Raisins 3. The octopus and the roller disco ---
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Fables Aesop Never Got Around to Writing 1. The Anaconda and the Poison Arrow Frog 2. The Fox and the Raisins 3. The octopus and the roller disco 4. The Platypus and the Thomson’s Gazelle ---
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Fables Aesop Never Got Around to Writing 1. The Anaconda and the Poison Arrow Frog 2. The Fox and the Raisins 3. The octopus and the roller disco 4. The Platypus and the Thomson’s Gazelle 5. The Elephant and the Slightly Larger Elephant ---
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Fables Aesop Never Got Around to Writing 1. The Anaconda and the Poison Arrow Frog 2. The Fox and the Raisins 3. The octopus and the roller disco 4. The Platypus and the Thomson’s Gazelle 5. The Elephant and the Slightly Larger Elephant 6. The Meerkat and the Warthog ---
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Fables Aesop Never Got Around to Writing 1. The Anaconda and the Poison Arrow Frog 2. The Fox and the Raisins 3. The octopus and the roller disco 4. The Platypus and the Thomson’s Gazelle 5. The Elephant and the Slightly Larger Elephant 6. The Meerkat and the Warthog 7. The Rhinos Who Wanted a Pool ---
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Fables Aesop Never Got Around to Writing 1. The Anaconda and the Poison Arrow Frog 2. The Fox and the Raisins 3. The octopus and the roller disco 4. The Platypus and the Thomson’s Gazelle 5. The Elephant and the Slightly Larger Elephant 6. The Meerkat and the Warthog 7. The Rhinos Who Wanted a Pool 8. The Lion Who Wouldn’t Eat Meat. ---
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Fables Aesop Never Got Around to Writing 1. The Anaconda and the Poison Arrow Frog 2. The Fox and the Raisins 3. The octopus and the roller disco 4. The Platypus and the Thomson’s Gazelle 5. The Elephant and the Slightly Larger Elephant 6. The Meerkat and the Warthog 7. The Rhinos Who Wanted a Pool 8. The Lion Who Wouldn’t Eat Meat. 9. The Mac Mouse and the PC Mouse ---
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ables Aesop Never Got Around to Writing 1. The Anaconda and the Poison Arrow Frog 2. The Fox and the Raisins 3. The octopus and the roller disco 4. The Platypus and the Thomson’s Gazelle 5. The Elephant and the Slightly Larger Elephant 6. The Meerkat and the Warthog 7. The Rhinos Who Wanted a Pool 8. The Lion Who Wouldn’t Eat Meat. 9. The Mac Mouse and the PC Mouse 10. The Fox and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Grapes ---
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Fables Aesop Never Got Around to Writing 1. The Anaconda and the Poison Arrow Frog 2. The Fox and the Raisins 3. The octopus and the roller disco 4. The Platypus and the Thomson’s Gazelle 5. The Elephant and the Slightly Larger Elephant 6. The Meerkat and the Warthog 7. The Rhinos Who Wanted a Pool 8. The Lion Who Wouldn’t Eat Meat. 9. The Mac Mouse and the PC Mouse 10. The Fox and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Grapes 11. The Miller, His Son, and his Ass II ---
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Fables Aesop Never Got Around to Writing 1. The Anaconda and the Poison Arrow Frog 2. The Fox and the Raisins 3. The octopus and the roller disco 4. The Platypus and the Thomson’s Gazelle 5. The Elephant and the Slightly Larger Elephant 6. The Meerkat and the Warthog 7. The Rhinos Who Wanted a Pool 8. The Lion Who Wouldn’t Eat Meat. 9. The Mac Mouse and the PC Mouse 10. The Fox and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Grapes 11. The Miller, His Son, and his Ass II 12. The Man With Seven Daughters And One Pony ---
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Fables Aesop Never Got Around to Writing 1. The Anaconda and the Poison Arrow Frog 2. The Fox and the Raisins 3. The octopus and the roller disco 4. The Platypus and the Thomson’s Gazelle 5. The Elephant and the Slightly Larger Elephant 6. The Meerkat and the Warthog 7. The Rhinos Who Wanted a Pool 8. The Lion Who Wouldn’t Eat Meat. 9. The Mac Mouse and the PC Mouse 10. The Fox and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Grapes 11. The Miller, His Son, and his Ass II 12. The Man With Seven Daughters And One Pony 13. The Orange Man with Bad Hair and the Message Board Which Loathed Him Next category: Prisoner of war camps, location, war, and an informative link 1. Johnson’s Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, Civil War: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson’s\_Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%27s_Island) ---
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Prisoner of war camps, location, war, and an informative link 1. Johnson’s Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, Civil War: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson’s\_Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%27s_Island) 2. Stalag Luft III, German province of Lower Silesia, WWII, location of “The Great Escape” [Stalag Luft III - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III) ---
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Prisoner of war camps, location, war, and an informative link 1. Johnson’s Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, Civil War: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson’s\_Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%27s_Island) 2. Stalag Luft III, German province of Lower Silesia, WWII, location of “The Great Escape” [Stalag Luft III - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III) 3. Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Luzon, Phlipppines, WWII: [Raid at Cabanatuan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_at_Cabanatuan) Its liberation by US Rangers and Filipino guerrillas was retold in films, John Wayne’s _Back to Bataan_ and in _The Great Raid_ (2005) ---
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Prisoner of war camps, location, war, and an informative link 1. Johnson’s Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, Civil War: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson’s\_Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%27s_Island) 2. Stalag Luft III, German province of Lower Silesia, WWII, location of “The Great Escape” [Stalag Luft III - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III) 3. Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Luzon, Phlipppines, WWII: [Raid at Cabanatuan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_at_Cabanatuan) 4. Camp Sumter/Andersonville Prison, Georgia, Civil War: [https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/andersonville-prison](https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/andersonville-prison) ---
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Prisoner of war camps, location, war, and an informative link 1. Johnson’s Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, Civil War: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson’s\_Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%27s_Island) 2. Stalag Luft III, German province of Lower Silesia, WWII, location of “The Great Escape” [Stalag Luft III - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III) 3. Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Luzon, Philippines, WWII: [Raid at Cabanatuan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_at_Cabanatuan) 4. Camp Sumter/Andersonville Prison, Georgia, Civil War: [https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/andersonville-prison](https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/andersonville-prison) 5. Changi Prison, Singapore, WWII: [Changi Prison - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changi_Prison) Memorably described in James Clavell’s novel _King Rat_: [King Rat (Clavell novel) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Rat_(Clavell_novel)) ---
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Prisoner of war camps, location, war, and an informative link 1. Johnson’s Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, Civil War: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson’s\_Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%27s_Island) 2. Stalag Luft III, German province of Lower Silesia, WWII, location of “The Great Escape” [Stalag Luft III - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III) 3. Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Luzon, Philippines, WWII: [Raid at Cabanatuan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_at_Cabanatuan) 4. Camp Sumter/Andersonville Prison, Georgia, Civil War: [https://www.civilwar.org/learn/artic...onville-prison](https://www.civilwar.org/learn/artic...onville-prison) 5. Changi Prison, Singapore, WWII: [Changi Prison - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changi_Prison) 6. Hỏa Lò Prison aka the “Hanoi Hilton”, Vietnam War, [Hỏa Lò Prison - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%E1%BB%8Fa_L%C3%B2_Prison) ---
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Prisoner of war camps, location, war, and an informative link 1. Johnson’s Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, Civil War: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson’s\_Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%27s_Island) 2. Stalag Luft III, German province of Lower Silesia, WWII, location of “The Great Escape” [Stalag Luft III - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III) 3. Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Luzon, Philippines, WWII: [Raid at Cabanatuan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_at_Cabanatuan) 4. Camp Sumter/Andersonville Prison, Georgia, Civil War: [https://www.civilwar.org/learn/artic...onville-prison](https://www.civilwar.org/learn/artic...onville-prison) 5. Changi Prison, Singapore, WWII: [Changi Prison - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changi_Prison) 6. Hỏa Lò Prison aka the “Hanoi Hilton”, Vietnam War, [Hỏa Lò Prison - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%E1%BB%8Fa_L%C3%B2_Prison) 7. Camp Randall, Madison, WI / US Civil War [https://badgerherald.com/banter/2016/01/21/confederate-captives-in-madison-camp-randalls-history-as-civil-war-prisoner-of-war-camp/](https://badgerherald.com/banter/2016/01/21/confederate-captives-in-madison-camp-randalls-history-as-civil-war-prisoner-of-war-camp/) ---
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Prisoner of war camps, location, war, and an informative link 1. Johnson’s Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, Civil War: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson’s\_Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%27s_Island) 2. Stalag Luft III, German province of Lower Silesia, WWII, location of “The Great Escape” [Stalag Luft III - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III) 3. Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Luzon, Philippines, WWII: [Raid at Cabanatuan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_at_Cabanatuan) 4. Camp Sumter/Andersonville Prison, Georgia, Civil War: [https://www.civilwar.org/learn/artic...onville-prison](https://www.civilwar.org/learn/artic...onville-prison) 5. Changi Prison, Singapore, WWII: [Changi Prison - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changi_Prison) 6. Hỏa Lò Prison aka the “Hanoi Hilton”, Vietnam War, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H�%B...Lò\_Prison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%E1%25B...L%C3%B2_Prison) 7. Camp Randall, Madison, WI / US Civil War [https://badgerherald.com/banter/2016...r-of-war-camp/](https://badgerherald.com/banter/2016...r-of-war-camp/) 8. Camp Waupun, in Wisconsin, WWII, German prisoners of war [List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United States - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_prisoner-of-war_camps_in_the_United_States) Where my father volunteered to drive German prisoners from the camp to work fields. One of 38 such camps in Wisconsin, and 175 in the USA. ---
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Prisoner of war camps, location, war, and an informative link 1. Johnson’s Island, Sandusky Bay, Ohio, Civil War: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson’s\_Island](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%27s_Island) 2. Stalag Luft III, German province of Lower Silesia, WWII, location of “The Great Escape” [Stalag Luft III - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_Luft_III) 3. Cabanatuan Prison Camp, Luzon, Philippines, WWII: [Raid at Cabanatuan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_at_Cabanatuan) 4. Camp Sumter/Andersonville Prison, Georgia, Civil War: [https://www.civilwar.org/learn/artic...onville-prison](https://www.civilwar.org/learn/artic...onville-prison) 5. Changi Prison, Singapore, WWII: [Changi Prison - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changi_Prison) 6. Hỏa Lò Prison aka the “Hanoi Hilton”, Vietnam War, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H�%B...Lò\_Prison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%E1%25B...L%C3%B2_Prison) 7. Camp Randall, Madison, WI / US Civil War [https://badgerherald.com/banter/2016...r-of-war-camp/](https://badgerherald.com/banter/2016...r-of-war-camp/) 8. Camp Waupun, in Wisconsin, WWII, German prisoners of war [List of World War II prisoner-of-war camps in the United States - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_prisoner-of-war_camps_in_the_United_States) 9. [Bloemfontein, Second Anglo-Boer War/South African War (1899 - 1902)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloemfontein#Second_Anglo-Boer_War/South_African_War_(1899_-_1902)) - Also the birthplace of J.R.R. Tolkien [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2890) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2892)