# 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:** 2904
**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 26, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58067 "2018-03-26T02:22:03Z")
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 4. Ornithopters - aircraft that fly by flapping their wings They really exist, although not on that scale: [Ornithopter - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithopter) ---
**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 26, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58068 "2018-03-26T03:58:39Z")
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 4. Ornithopters - aircraft that fly by flapping their wings 5. the Holtzman Effect - Herbert never explained what it was in detail but it was the basis for both force fields and faster-than-light travel. ---
**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 26, 2018, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58069 "2018-03-26T11:43:35Z")
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 4. Ornithopters - aircraft that fly by flapping their wings 5. the Holtzman Effect - Herbert never explained what it was in detail but it was the basis for both force fields and faster-than-light travel. 6. Ixian Probe - used to capture the thoughts of a person, living or dead, for analysis ---
**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 26, 2018, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58070 "2018-03-26T11:51:22Z")
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 4. Ornithopters - aircraft that fly by flapping their wings 5. the Holtzman Effect - Herbert never explained what it was in detail but it was the basis for both force fields and faster-than-light travel. 6. Leto and Ghanima Atreides are “pre-born,” fully matured adults in the bodies of infants ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58071 "2018-03-26T13:26:24Z")
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 4. Ornithopters - aircraft that fly by flapping their wings 5. the Holtzman Effect - Herbert never explained what it was in detail but it was the basis for both force fields and faster-than-light travel. 6. Ixian Probe - used to capture the thoughts of a person, living or dead, for analysis 7. Leto and Ghanima Atreides are “pre-born,” fully matured adults in the bodies of infants 8. Genetic memory - the embedded and accessible knowledge and experiences of ancestors and/or previous lifetimes. ---
**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 26, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58072 "2018-03-26T14:51:42Z")
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 4. Ornithopters - aircraft that fly by flapping their wings 5. the Holtzman Effect - Herbert never explained what it was in detail but it was the basis for both force fields and faster-than-light travel. 6. Ixian Probe - used to capture the thoughts of a person, living or dead, for analysis 7. Leto and Ghanima Atreides are “pre-born,” fully matured adults in the bodies of infants 8. Genetic memory - the embedded and accessible knowledge and experiences of ancestors and/or previous lifetimes. 9. Mentats- a Mentat is a human who has been specially trained to mimic the analytical abilities of electronic computers ---
**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 26, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58073 "2018-03-26T17:55:35Z")
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 4. Ornithopters - aircraft that fly by flapping their wings 5. the Holtzman Effect - Herbert never explained what it was in detail but it was the basis for both force fields and faster-than-light travel. 6. Ixian Probe - used to capture the thoughts of a person, living or dead, for analysis 7. Leto and Ghanima Atreides are “pre-born,” fully matured adults in the bodies of infants 8. Genetic memory - the embedded and accessible knowledge and experiences of ancestors and/or previous lifetimes. 9. Mentats- a Mentat is a human who has been specially trained to mimic the analytical abilities of electronic computers 10. Suspensors - use the Holtzman Effect (see #5), obese Baron Harkonnen has suspensors to lift him and allow him to walk. ---
**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 26, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58074 "2018-03-26T18:09:21Z")
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 4. Ornithopters - aircraft that fly by flapping their wings 5. the Holtzman Effect - Herbert never explained what it was in detail but it was the basis for both force fields and faster-than-light travel. 6. Ixian Probe - used to capture the thoughts of a person, living or dead, for analysis 7. Leto and Ghanima Atreides are “pre-born,” fully matured adults in the bodies of infants 8. Genetic memory - the embedded and accessible knowledge and experiences of ancestors and/or previous lifetimes. 9. Mentats- a Mentat is a human who has been specially trained to mimic the analytical abilities of electronic computers 10. Suspensors - use the Holtzman Effect (see #5), obese Baron Harkonnen has suspensors to lift him and allow him to walk. 11. No-chamber - a room designed to hide those inside from prescient beings. ---
**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 26, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58075 "2018-03-26T19:00:59Z")
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 4. Ornithopters - aircraft that fly by flapping their wings 5. the Holtzman Effect - Herbert never explained what it was in detail but it was the basis for both force fields and faster-than-light travel. 6. Ixian Probe - used to capture the thoughts of a person, living or dead, for analysis 7. Leto and Ghanima Atreides are “pre-born,” fully matured adults in the bodies of infants 8. Genetic memory - the embedded and accessible knowledge and experiences of ancestors and/or previous lifetimes. 9. Mentats- a Mentat is a human who has been specially trained to mimic the analytical abilities of electronic computers 10. Suspensors - use the Holtzman Effect (see #5), obese Baron Harkonnen has suspensors to lift him and allow him to walk. 11. No-chamber - a room designed to hide those inside from prescient beings. 12. The box the Bene Gesserit leader uses to make Paul think his hand is being burned to a crisp… but it’s all in his mind ---
**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 26, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58076 "2018-03-26T20:20:08Z")
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 4. Ornithopters - aircraft that fly by flapping their wings 5. the Holtzman Effect - Herbert never explained what it was in detail but it was the basis for both force fields and faster-than-light travel. 6. Ixian Probe - used to capture the thoughts of a person, living or dead, for analysis 7. Leto and Ghanima Atreides are “pre-born,” fully matured adults in the bodies of infants 8. Genetic memory - the embedded and accessible knowledge and experiences of ancestors and/or previous lifetimes. 9. Mentats- a Mentat is a human who has been specially trained to mimic the analytical abilities of electronic computers 10. Suspensors - use the Holtzman Effect (see #5), obese Baron Harkonnen has suspensors to lift him and allow him to walk. 11. No-chamber - a room designed to hide those inside from prescient beings. 12. The box the Bene Gesserit leader uses to make Paul think his hand is being burned to a crisp… but it’s all in his mind 13. The spice - it apparently raises your physical and mental abilities. I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58077 "2018-03-26T20:49:40Z")
Person (Real or Fictional) Who Has a Spice or Herb in His/Her Name 1. Basil Rathbone ---
**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 26, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58078 "2018-03-26T20:52:08Z")
Person (Real or Fictional) Who Has a Spice or Herb in His/Her Name 1. Basil Rathbone 2. Rosemary’s Baby ---
**Author:** ![AlonzoSWhitebeard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@AlonzoSWhitebeard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlonzoSWhitebeard)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58079 "2018-03-26T20:54:00Z")
Person (Real or Fictional) Who Has a Spice or Herb in His/Her Name 1. Basil Rathbone 2. Rosemary’s baby 3. Nigella Lawson ---
**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 26, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58080 "2018-03-26T20:55:12Z")
Person (Real or Fictional) Who Has a Spice or Herb in His/Her Name 1. Basil Rathbone 2. Rosemary’s Baby 3. Nigella Lawson 4. Anthony “Spice” Adams. ---
**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 26, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58081 "2018-03-26T21:01:26Z")
Person (Real or Fictional) Who Has a Spice or Herb in His/Her Name 1. Basil Rathbone 2. Rosemary’s Baby 3. Nigella Lawson 4. Anthony “Spice” Adams 5. Lavender Brown A Harry Potter character ---
**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 26, 2018, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58082 "2018-03-26T21:04:08Z")
Person (Real or Fictional) Who Has a Spice or Herb in His/Her Name 1. Basil Rathbone 2. Rosemary’s Baby 3. Nigella Lawson 4. Anthony “Spice” Adams 5. Lavender Brown 6. Ginger Rogers ---
**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 26, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58083 "2018-03-26T21:13:29Z")
Person (Real or Fictional) Who Has a Spice or Herb in His/Her Name 1. Basil Rathbone 2. Rosemary’s Baby 3. Nigella Lawson 4. Anthony “Spice” Adams 5. Lavender Brown 6. Ginger Rogers 7. Angelica Huston ---
**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 26, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58084 "2018-03-26T21:24:25Z")
Person (Real or Fictional) Who Has a Spice or Herb in His/Her Name 1. Basil Rathbone 2. Rosemary’s Baby 3. Nigella Lawson 4. Anthony “Spice” Adams 5. Lavender Brown 6. Ginger Rogers 7. Angelica Huston 8. Mace Windu ---
**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 26, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58085 "2018-03-26T21:24:47Z")
Person (Real or Fictional) Who Has a Spice or Herb in His/Her Name 1. Basil Rathbone 2. Rosemary’s Baby 3. Nigella Lawson 4. Anthony “Spice” Adams 5. Lavender Brown 6. Ginger Rogers 7. Angelica Huston 8. Mace Windu 9. “Posh” Spice (etc, etc, etc) ---
**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 26, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58086 "2018-03-26T22:46:24Z")
Person (Real or Fictional) Who Has a Spice or Herb in His/Her Name 1. Basil Rathbone 2. Rosemary’s Baby 3. Nigella Lawson 4. Anthony “Spice” Adams 5. Lavender Brown 6. Ginger Rogers 7. Angelica Huston 8. Mace Windu 9. “Posh” Spice (etc, etc, etc) 10. Pepper Potts [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2903) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2905)