# 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:** 2903
**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 24, 2018, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58047 "2018-03-24T18:04:55Z")
North American birds 1. Blue Jay 2. Tufted titmouse 3. Chickadee 4. Robin redbreast 5. Goldfinch 6. Northern mockingbird 7. Canada goose 8. Turkey 9. Red Winged Blackbird 10. Common loon ---
**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 24, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58048 "2018-03-24T18:35:28Z")
North American birds 1. Blue Jay 2. Tufted titmouse 3. Chickadee 4. Robin redbreast 5. Goldfinch 6. Northern mockingbird 7. Canada goose 8. Turkey 9. Red Winged Blackbird 10. Common loon 11. Bald eagle Ah, thanks, Leaffan! My error. ---
**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 24, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58049 "2018-03-24T20:17:35Z")
North American birds 1. Blue Jay 2. Tufted titmouse 3. Chickadee 4. Robin redbreast 5. Goldfinch 6. Northern mockingbird 7. Canada goose 8. Turkey 9. Red Winged Blackbird 10. Common loon 11. Bald eagle 12. Peregrine falcon Making a home high above Cleveland: [https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2017/05/23/terminal-tower-welcomes-fifth-falcon-baby-and-a-dead-bat](https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2017/05/23/terminal-tower-welcomes-fifth-falcon-baby-and-a-dead-bat) ---
**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 24, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58050 "2018-03-24T20:20:36Z")
North American birds 1. Blue Jay 2. Tufted titmouse 3. Chickadee 4. Robin redbreast 5. Goldfinch 6. Northern mockingbird 7. Canada goose 8. Turkey 9. Red Winged Blackbird 10. Common loon 11. Bald eagle 12. Peregrine falcon 13. Northern flicker Next: Names of animals that might make you laugh: 14. Yellow shafted flicker ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58051 "2018-03-24T23:33:47Z")
Names of animals that might make you laugh: 1. Yellow shafted flicker 2. Blue-footed booby ---
**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 24, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58052 "2018-03-24T23:35:22Z")
Names of animals that might make you laugh: 1. Yellow shafted flicker 2. Blue-footed booby 3. Common shag ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58053 "2018-03-25T00:08:28Z")
Names of animals that might make you laugh: 1. Yellow shafted flicker 2. Blue-footed booby 3. Common shag 4. Transylvanian Naked Neck [these are all birds! (I looked up “shag” 🙂 Can we sharpen the game mid-game–[plus it picks up from last dozen]? We’ll do fish, etc. next?] ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58054 "2018-03-25T01:50:50Z")
Names of animals that might make you laugh: 1. Yellow shafted flicker 2. Blue-footed booby 3. Common shag 4. Transylvanian Naked Neck 5. Black-breasted tit, Periparus rufonuchalis ---
**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:** [March 25, 2018, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58055 "2018-03-25T02:23:36Z")
Names of animals that might make you laugh: 1. Yellow shafted flicker 2. Blue-footed booby 3. Common shag 4. Transylvanian Naked Neck 5. Black-breasted tit, Periparus rufonuchalis 6. Bushtit ---
**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 25, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58056 "2018-03-25T02:45:45Z")
Names of animals that might make you laugh: 1. Yellow shafted flicker 2. Blue-footed booby 3. Common shag 4. Transylvanian Naked Neck 5. Black-breasted tit, Periparus rufonuchalis 6. Bushtit 7. Dik-dik ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58057 "2018-03-25T02:55:25Z")
Names of animals that might make you laugh: 1. Yellow shafted flicker 2. Blue-footed booby 3. Common shag 4. Transylvanian Naked Neck 5. Black-breasted tit, Periparus rufonuchalis 6. Bushtit 7. Dik-dik 8. White-bellied-go-away-bird ---
**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 25, 2018, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58058 "2018-03-25T03:25:22Z")
Names of animals that might make you laugh: 1. Yellow shafted flicker 2. Blue-footed booby 3. Common shag 4. Transylvanian Naked Neck 5. Black-breasted tit, Periparus rufonuchalis 6. Bushtit 7. Dik-dik 8. White-bellied-go-away-bird 9. Tufted titmouse ---
**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 25, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58059 "2018-03-25T03:30:01Z")
Names of animals that might make you laugh: 1. Yellow shafted flicker 2. Blue-footed booby 3. Common shag 4. Transylvanian Naked Neck 5. Black-breasted tit, Periparus rufonuchalis 6. Bushtit 7. Dik-dik 8. White-bellied-go-away-bird 9. Tufted titmouse 10. Sarcastic fringehead You laugh at the name. Then you see [a picture of one](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--dpGeHvHY--/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_675,q_80,w_1200/17mxqoek45zubjpg.jpg) and you will never laugh again. Or sleep. ---
**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 25, 2018, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58060 "2018-03-25T05:27:59Z")
Names of animals that might make you laugh: 1. Yellow shafted flicker 2. Blue-footed booby 3. Common shag 4. Transylvanian Naked Neck 5. Black-breasted tit, Periparus rufonuchalis 6. Bushtit 7. Dik-dik 8. White-bellied-go-away-bird 9. Tufted titmouse 10. Sarcastic fringehead 11. masked booby, AKA blue-faced booby ---
**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 25, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58061 "2018-03-25T13:48:41Z")
Names of animals that might make you laugh: 1. Yellow shafted flicker 2. Blue-footed booby 3. Common shag 4. Transylvanian Naked Neck 5. Black-breasted tit, Periparus rufonuchalis 6. Bushtit 7. Dik-dik 8. White-bellied-go-away-bird 9. Tufted titmouse 10. Sarcastic fringehead 11. masked booby, AKA blue-faced booby 12. Earless skink ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58062 "2018-03-25T16:12:23Z")
Names of animals that might make you laugh: 1. Yellow shafted flicker 2. Blue-footed booby 3. Common shag 4. Transylvanian Naked Neck 5. Black-breasted tit, Periparus rufonuchalis 6. Bushtit 7. Dik-dik 8. White-bellied-go-away-bird 9. Tufted titmouse 10. Sarcastic fringehead 11. masked booby, AKA blue-faced booby 12. Earless skink 13. Axolotl (running gag in OLD Mad magazine) ---
**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 25, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58063 "2018-03-25T18:28:41Z")
Axolotls were also often mentioned in Frank Herbert’s _Dune_ series. Next category, **astorian**? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58064 "2018-03-25T21:56:42Z")
I’ll go: Weird technologies, pseudo-technologies, and masteries from Frank Herbert’s \*\*Dune \*\*series. “Spies within spies. And those spies spied on by other spies!” - inexact quote from Harvard Lampoon’s **Doon**. 1. Weirding Way- Bene Gesserit method of martial art (and other things) ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58065 "2018-03-25T22:23:57Z")
I’ll go: Weird technologies, pseudo-technologies, and masteries from Frank Herbert’s \*\*Dune \*\*series. “Spies within spies. And those spies spied on by other spies!” - inexact quote from Harvard Lampoon’s **Doon**. 1. Weirding Way- Bene Gesserit method of martial art (and other things) 2. the gom jabbar- a poisoned needle just to test subjects ---
**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 25, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58066 "2018-03-25T22:34:51Z")
Weird technologies, pseudo-technologies, and masteries from Frank Herbert’s \*\*Dune \*\*series. “Spies within spies. And those spies spied on by other spies!” - inexact quote from Harvard Lampoon’s **Doon**. 1. Weirding Way- Bene Gesserit method of martial art (and other things) 2. the gom jabbar- a poisoned needle just to test subjects 3. stillsuit - covers almost the entire body, provides cooling and ensures that almost no moisture is lost, by recycling and purifying body fluids [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2902) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2904)