# 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:** 2896
**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 17, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57907 "2018-03-17T14:07:51Z")
Surprising things from the divorce filing of Vanessa and Donald Trump Jr. 1. Household spends $2500/mo. on hair goop 2. Donald, Jr. has more shoes than Vanessa. 3. Those goofy looks he makes for photographs are his O face. 4. Eight kids he’s had by undocumented Mexican housemaid 5. Vanessa’s IQ is well into Mensa range. 6. Donald Jr initially asked his father if he could end the marriage with a Presidential Pardon. 7. The “white powder” cornstarch is actually what Donald Jr uses instead of makeup 8. His Secret Service codename is “Douchebag 2.0” 9. Don Jr. Is demanding half the royalties from “Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It” 10. Insists she refer to him as “My Trumpian Lord and Master” in bed 11. But… Hilary’s emails!!! 12. She’s leaving him for Anthony Scaramucci. ---
**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 17, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57908 "2018-03-17T14:10:46Z")
Surprising things from the divorce filing of Vanessa and Donald Trump Jr. 1. Household spends $2500/mo. on hair goop 2. Donald, Jr. has more shoes than Vanessa. 3. Those goofy looks he makes for photographs are his O face. 4. Eight kids he’s had by undocumented Mexican housemaid 5. Vanessa’s IQ is well into Mensa range. 6. Donald Jr initially asked his father if he could end the marriage with a Presidential Pardon. 7. The “white powder” cornstarch is actually what Donald Jr uses instead of makeup 8. His Secret Service codename is “Douchebag 2.0” 9. Don Jr. Is demanding half the royalties from “Bret Michaels: Life As I Know It” 10. Insists she refer to him as “My Trumpian Lord and Master” in bed 11. But… Hilary’s emails!!! 12. She’s leaving him for Anthony Scaramucci. 13. She “built a wall” and now he’s “paying for it.” Next: In his honor, facts about Stephen Hawking: 1. He coauthored five children’s books with his daughter Lucy. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57909 "2018-03-17T14:14:09Z")
Next: In his honor, facts about Stephen Hawking: 1. He coauthored five children’s books with his daughter Lucy. 2. He appeared or did a voice over in seven episodes of The Big Bang Theory ---
**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 17, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57910 "2018-03-17T14:15:45Z")
Next: In his honor, facts about Stephen Hawking: 1. He coauthored five children’s books with his daughter Lucy. 2. He appeared or did a voice over in seven episodes of The Big Bang Theory 3. He liked to sit in on script readings of episodes of _The Simpsons_, even when he wasn’t voicing a character. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57911 "2018-03-17T14:52:58Z")
Next: In his honor, facts about Stephen Hawking: 1. He coauthored five children’s books with his daughter Lucy. 2. He appeared or did a voice over in seven episodes of The Big Bang Theory 3. He liked to sit in on script readings of episodes of The Simpsons, even when he wasn’t voicing a character. 4. He was disappointed when he found his first voice synthesizer had an American accent. ---
**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 17, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57912 "2018-03-17T21:45:14Z")
In his honor, facts about Stephen Hawking: 1. He coauthored five children’s books with his daughter Lucy. 2. He appeared or did a voice over in seven episodes of “The Big Bang Theory” 3. He liked to sit in on script readings of episodes of “The Simpsons,” even when he wasn’t voicing a character. 4. He was disappointed when he found his first voice synthesizer had an American accent. 5. He was the only person to have played himself in a “Star Trek” episode [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/nEa7CfPaCRw/hqdefault.jpg "Star Trek Stephen Hawking") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEa7CfPaCRw) ---
**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 17, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57913 "2018-03-17T21:46:49Z")
In his honor, facts about Stephen Hawking: 1. He coauthored five children’s books with his daughter Lucy. 2. He appeared or did a voice over in seven episodes of The Big Bang Theory 3. He liked to sit in on script readings of episodes of The Simpsons, even when he wasn’t voicing a character. 4. He was disappointed when he found his first voice synthesizer had an American accent. 5. He is the only person to have played himself in a “Star Trek” episode 6. His book, _A Brief History of Time_, sold over 10 million copies in 20 years. ---
**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 17, 2018, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57914 "2018-03-17T21:49:32Z")
In his honor, facts about Stephen Hawking: 1. He coauthored five children’s books with his daughter Lucy. 2. He appeared or did a voice over in seven episodes of “The Big Bang Theory” 3. He liked to sit in on script readings of episodes of “The Simpsons,” even when he wasn’t voicing a character. 4. He was disappointed when he found his first voice synthesizer had an American accent. 5. He was the only person to have played himself in a “Star Trek” episode 6. His book, “A Brief History of Time,” sold over 10 million copies in 20 years 7. He saw and liked the movie “The Theory of Everything,” and afterwards met actor Eddie Redmayne, who played him in his youth ---
**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 18, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57915 "2018-03-18T04:59:25Z")
In his honor, facts about Stephen Hawking: 1. He coauthored five children’s books with his daughter Lucy. 2. He appeared or did a voice over in seven episodes of “The Big Bang Theory” 3. He liked to sit in on script readings of episodes of “The Simpsons,” even when he wasn’t voicing a character. 4. He was disappointed when he found his first voice synthesizer had an American accent. 5. He was the only person to have played himself in a “Star Trek” episode 6. His book, “A Brief History of Time,” sold over 10 million copies in 20 years 7. He saw and liked the movie “The Theory of Everything,” and afterwards met actor Eddie Redmayne, who played him in his youth 8. Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary of the day Galileo died. ---
**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 18, 2018, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57916 "2018-03-18T06:18:18Z")
In his honor, facts about Stephen Hawking: 1. He coauthored five children’s books with his daughter Lucy. 2. He appeared or did a voice over in seven episodes of “The Big Bang Theory” 3. He liked to sit in on script readings of episodes of “The Simpsons,” even when he wasn’t voicing a character. 4. He was disappointed when he found his first voice synthesizer had an American accent. 5. He was the only person to have played himself in a “Star Trek” episode 6. His book, “A Brief History of Time,” sold over 10 million copies in 20 years 7. He saw and liked the movie “The Theory of Everything,” and afterwards met actor Eddie Redmayne, who played him in his youth 8. Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary of the day Galileo died. 9. In 2007, he took a zero-gravity flight in a reduced-gravity aircraft. ---
**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 18, 2018, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57917 "2018-03-18T10:35:25Z")
In his honor, facts about Stephen Hawking: 1. He coauthored five children’s books with his daughter Lucy. 2. He appeared or did a voice over in seven episodes of “The Big Bang Theory” 3. He liked to sit in on script readings of episodes of “The Simpsons,” even when he wasn’t voicing a character. 4. He was disappointed when he found his first voice synthesizer had an American accent. 5. He was the only person to have played himself in a “Star Trek” episode 6. His book, “A Brief History of Time,” sold over 10 million copies in 20 years 7. He saw and liked the movie “The Theory of Everything,” and afterwards met actor Eddie Redmayne, who played him in his youth 8. Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary of the day Galileo died. 9. In 2007, he took a zero-gravity flight in a reduced-gravity aircraft. 10. Hawking argued that computer viruses should be considered a new form of life, and stated that “maybe it says something about human nature, that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. Talk about creating life in our own image.” ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57918 "2018-03-18T14:28:26Z")
In his honor, facts about Stephen Hawking: 1. He coauthored five children’s books with his daughter Lucy. 2. He appeared or did a voice over in seven episodes of “The Big Bang Theory” 3. He liked to sit in on script readings of episodes of “The Simpsons,” even when he wasn’t voicing a character. 4. He was disappointed when he found his first voice synthesizer had an American accent. 5. He was the only person to have played himself in a “Star Trek” episode 6. His book, “A Brief History of Time,” sold over 10 million copies in 20 years 7. He saw and liked the movie “The Theory of Everything,” and afterwards met actor Eddie Redmayne, who played him in his youth 8. Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary of the day Galileo died. 9. In 2007, he took a zero-gravity flight in a reduced-gravity aircraft. 10. Hawking argued that computer viruses should be considered a new form of life, and stated that “maybe it says something about human nature, that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. Talk about creating life in our own image.” 11. He provided guest vocals on Pink Floyd’s “Momentary Lapse of Reason” album. ---
**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 18, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57919 "2018-03-18T17:54:22Z")
In his honor, facts about Stephen Hawking: 1. He coauthored five children’s books with his daughter Lucy. 2. He appeared or did a voice over in seven episodes of “The Big Bang Theory” 3. He liked to sit in on script readings of episodes of “The Simpsons,” even when he wasn’t voicing a character. 4. He was disappointed when he found his first voice synthesizer had an American accent. 5. He was the only person to have played himself in a “Star Trek” episode 6. His book, “A Brief History of Time,” sold over 10 million copies in 20 years 7. He saw and liked the movie “The Theory of Everything,” and afterwards met actor Eddie Redmayne, who played him in his youth 8. Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary of the day Galileo died. 9. In 2007, he took a zero-gravity flight in a reduced-gravity aircraft. 10. Hawking argued that computer viruses should be considered a new form of life, and stated that “maybe it says something about human nature, that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. Talk about creating life in our own image.” 11. He provided guest vocals on Pink Floyd’s “Momentary Lapse of Reason” album. 12. Hawking’s original synthesizer was created by a California-based company called Words Plus, which ran a speech program called Equalizer on an Apple II computer. Adapted to a portable system that could be mounted on a wheelchair, the program enabled Hawking to “speak” by using a hand clicker to choose words on a screen. After he eventually lost use of his hands, Hawking had an infrared switch mounted on his glasses that generated words by detecting cheek movement. ---
**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:** [March 18, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57920 "2018-03-18T18:02:34Z")
In his honor, facts about Stephen Hawking: 1. He coauthored five children’s books with his daughter Lucy. 2. He appeared or did a voice over in seven episodes of “The Big Bang Theory” 3. He liked to sit in on script readings of episodes of “The Simpsons,” even when he wasn’t voicing a character. 4. He was disappointed when he found his first voice synthesizer had an American accent. 5. He was the only person to have played himself in a “Star Trek” episode 6. His book, “A Brief History of Time,” sold over 10 million copies in 20 years 7. He saw and liked the movie “The Theory of Everything,” and afterwards met actor Eddie Redmayne, who played him in his youth 8. Hawking was born on the 300th anniversary of the day Galileo died. 9. In 2007, he took a zero-gravity flight in a reduced-gravity aircraft. 10. Hawking argued that computer viruses should be considered a new form of life, and stated that “maybe it says something about human nature, that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. Talk about creating life in our own image.” 11. He provided guest vocals on Pink Floyd’s “Momentary Lapse of Reason” album. 12. Hawking’s original synthesizer was created by a California-based company called Words Plus, which ran a speech program called Equalizer on an Apple II computer. Adapted to a portable system that could be mounted on a wheelchair, the program enabled Hawking to “speak” by using a hand clicker to choose words on a screen. After he eventually lost use of his hands, Hawking had an infrared switch mounted on his glasses that generated words by detecting cheek movement. 13. His middle name was William. Next: 1970’s children’s movies: 1. Benji ---
**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 18, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57921 "2018-03-18T18:08:36Z")
1970’s children’s movies: 1. Benji 2. The Muppet Movie ---
**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 18, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57922 "2018-03-18T18:11:03Z")
1970’s children’s movies: 1. Benji 2. The Muppet Movie 3. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory ---
**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:** [March 18, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57923 "2018-03-18T19:42:20Z")
1970’s children’s movies: 1. Benji 2. The Muppet Movie 3. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 4. The Black Stallion ---
**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 18, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57924 "2018-03-18T20:49:07Z")
1970’s children’s movies: 1. Benji 2. The Muppet Movie 3. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 4. The Black Stallion 5. Bedknobs and Broomsticks ---
**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 18, 2018, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57925 "2018-03-18T21:51:04Z")
1970’s children’s movies: 1. Benji 2. The Muppet Movie 3. Willie Wonka & the Chocolate Factory 4. The Black Stallion 5. Bedknobs and Broomsticks 6. Escape to Witch Mountain ---
**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 18, 2018, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57926 "2018-03-18T22:29:41Z")
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