# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 293

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5841 "2011-06-08T23:42:18Z")

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Measurements:

1. Hectare
2. Deciliter
3. Parsec
4. Hogshead
5. Hand
6. Peck
7. Stone
8. Pint
9. Metric Ton(ne)
10. Light year
11. smidgen
12. Cubit

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5842 "2011-06-09T00:40:20Z")

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Measurements:

1. Hectare
2. Deciliter
3. Parsec
4. Hogshead
5. Hand
6. Peck
7. Stone
8. Pint
9. Metric Ton(ne)
10. Light year
11. smidgen
12. Cubit
13. Megabyte

Movies that would be really bad choices to show on an IMAX

1. Glengarry-Glenross

See 100 foot Jack Lemmon argue with 100 foot Kevin Spacey!

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5843 "2011-06-09T00:42:38Z")

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Movies that would be really bad choices to show on an IMAX

1. Glengarry-Glenross
2. My Dinner With Andre

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**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:** [June 9, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5844 "2011-06-09T00:59:43Z")

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Movies that would be really bad choices to show on an IMAX

1. Glengarry-Glenross
2. My Dinner With Andre
3. any Harvey Keitel movie

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5845 "2011-06-09T01:02:39Z")

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Movies that would be really bad choices to show on an IMAX

1. Glengarry-Glenross
2. My Dinner With Andre
3. any Harvey Keitel movie
4. Eat, Pray, Love

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5846 "2011-06-09T02:03:39Z")

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Movies that would be really bad choices to show on an IMAX

1. Glengarry Glen Ross
2. My Dinner With Andre
3. any Harvey Keitel movie
4. Eat, Pray, Love
5. Capturing the Friedman’s

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5847 "2011-06-09T02:07:18Z")

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Movies that would be really bad choices to show on an IMAX

1. Glengarry Glen Ross
2. My Dinner With Andre
3. any Harvey Keitel movie
4. Eat, Pray, Love
5. Capturing the Friedman’s
6. Steel Magnolias

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**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5848 "2011-06-09T02:49:04Z")

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Movies that would be really bad choices to show on an IMAX

1. Glengarry Glen Ross
2. My Dinner With Andre
3. any Harvey Keitel movie
4. Eat, Pray, Love
5. Capturing the Friedman’s
6. Steel Magnolias
7. The Human Centipede

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5849 "2011-06-09T03:25:31Z")

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Movies that would be really bad choices to show on an IMAX

1. Glengarry Glen Ross
2. My Dinner With Andre
3. any Harvey Keitel movie
4. Eat, Pray, Love
5. Capturing the Friedman’s
6. Steel Magnolias
7. The Human Centipede
8. Andy Warhol’s “Sleep”

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**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:** [June 9, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5850 "2011-06-09T03:44:24Z")

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Movies that would be really bad choices to show on an IMAX

1. Glengarry Glen Ross
2. My Dinner With Andre
3. any Harvey Keitel movie
4. Eat, Pray, Love
5. Capturing the Friedman’s
6. Steel Magnolias
7. The Human Centipede
8. Andy Warhol’s “Sleep”
9. Plan 9 from Outer Space

Of course, that’s a bad movie to show on _any_ size screen…

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5851 "2011-06-09T04:13:09Z")

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Movies that would be really bad choices to show on an IMAX

1. Glengarry Glen Ross
2. My Dinner With Andre
3. any Harvey Keitel movie
4. Eat, Pray, Love
5. Capturing the Friedman’s
6. Steel Magnolias
7. The Human Centipede
8. Andy Warhol’s “Sleep”
9. Plan 9 from Outer Space
10. The Blair Witch

The jiggling camera would probably make you seasick.

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5852 "2011-06-09T07:13:21Z")

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Movies that would be really bad choices to show on an IMAX

1. Glengarry Glen Ross
2. My Dinner With Andre
3. any Harvey Keitel movie
4. Eat, Pray, Love
5. Capturing the Friedman’s
6. Steel Magnolias
7. The Human Centipede
8. Andy Warhol’s “Sleep”
9. Plan 9 from Outer Space
10. The Blair Witch Project
11. Gigli

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5853 "2011-06-09T07:28:41Z")

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Movies that would be really bad choices to show on an IMAX

1. Glengarry Glen Ross
2. My Dinner With Andre
3. any Harvey Keitel movie
4. Eat, Pray, Love
5. Capturing the Friedman’s
6. Steel Magnolias
7. The Human Centipede
8. Andy Warhol’s “Sleep”
9. Plan 9 from Outer Space
10. The Blair Witch Project
11. Gigli
12. Spalding Gray’s Swimming to Cambodia

(A one man stage monologue for those who haven’t seen it)

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**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5854 "2011-06-09T11:45:21Z")

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Movies that would be really bad choices to show on an IMAX

1. Glengarry Glen Ross
2. My Dinner With Andre
3. any Harvey Keitel movie
4. Eat, Pray, Love
5. Capturing the Friedman’s
6. Steel Magnolias
7. The Human Centipede
8. Andy Warhol’s “Sleep”
9. Plan 9 from Outer Space
10. The Blair Witch Project
11. Gigli
12. Spalding Gray’s Swimming to Cambodia
13. Un Chien andalou (An Andalusian Dog).

A surrealist masterpiece by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali, famous for its graphic depiction of a razor cutting through an eyeball. I think I’d die of sheer horror seeing it that large…

New category: Single Malt Whyskies.

1. Talisker

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5855 "2011-06-09T12:11:23Z")

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New category: Single Malt Whiskies.

1. Talisker
2. Stranahan’s

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**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:** [June 9, 2011, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5856 "2011-06-09T14:15:18Z")

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Single Malt Whiskies.

1. Talisker
2. Stranahan’s
3. Glenlivet

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5857 "2011-06-09T14:30:40Z")

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Single Malt Whiskies.

1. Talisker
2. Stranahan’s
3. Glenlivet
4. Lagavulin

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5858 "2011-06-09T16:21:42Z")

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Single Malt Whiskies.

1. Talisker
2. Stranahan’s
3. Glenlivet
4. Lagavulin
5. The Macallan

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**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:** [June 9, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5859 "2011-06-09T17:03:32Z")

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Single Malt Whiskies.

1. Talisker
2. Stranahan’s
3. Glenlivet
4. Lagavulin
5. The Macallan
6. Glenfiddich

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**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5860 "2011-06-09T17:24:06Z")

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Single Malt Whiskies.

1. Talisker
2. Stranahan’s
3. Glenlivet
4. Lagavulin
5. The Macallan
6. Glenfiddich
7. Laphroaig

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