# 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:** 2946

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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:** [May 10, 2018, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58907 "2018-05-10T14:58:42Z")

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Military aircraft, past and present

1. C-130 transport
2. Wright Model A
3. Sopwith Camel
4. P-51 Mustang
5. UH-60 Blackhawk
6. F-4 Phantom II

[![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/QF-4_Holloman_AFB.jpg/1200px-QF-4_Holloman_AFB.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/QF-4_Holloman_AFB.jpg/1200px-QF-4_Holloman_AFB.jpg)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58908 "2018-05-10T15:38:23Z")

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Military aircraft, past and present

1. C-130 transport
2. Wright Model A
3. Sopwith Camel
4. P-51 Mustang
5. UH-60 Blackhawk
6. F-4 Phantom II
7. Spitfire

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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:** [May 10, 2018, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58909 "2018-05-10T17:07:11Z")

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Military aircraft, past and present

1. C-130 transport
2. Wright Model A
3. Sopwith Camel
4. P-51 Mustang
5. UH-60 Blackhawk
6. F-4 Phantom II
7. Spitfire
8. B-1B Lancer/Bone

One of my all-time favorites; I wrote a paper in college on its design and procurement: [http://www.military-today.com/aircraft/b\_1b\_lancer\_l3.jpg](http://www.military-today.com/aircraft/b_1b_lancer_l3.jpg)

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58910 "2018-05-10T17:26:49Z")

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Military aircraft, past and present

1. C-130 transport
2. Wright Model A
3. Sopwith Camel
4. P-51 Mustang
5. UH-60 Blackhawk
6. F-4 Phantom II
7. Spitfire
8. B-1B Lancer/Bone
9. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress

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**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:** [May 10, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58911 "2018-05-10T17:59:55Z")

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Military aircraft, past and present

1. C-130 transport
2. Wright Model A
3. Sopwith Camel
4. P-51 Mustang
5. UH-60 Blackhawk
6. F-4 Phantom II
7. Spitfire
8. B-1B Lancer/Bone
9. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
10. Hurricane

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58912 "2018-05-10T18:05:52Z")

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Military aircraft, past and present

1. C-130 transport
2. Wright Model A
3. Sopwith Camel
4. P-51 Mustang
5. UH-60 Blackhawk
6. F-4 Phantom II
7. Spitfire
8. B-1B Lancer/Bone
9. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
10. Hurricane
11. [Fokker Triplane](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker_Dr.I)

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**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:** [May 10, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58913 "2018-05-10T18:30:19Z")

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Military aircraft, past and present

1. C-130 transport
2. Wright Model A
3. Sopwith Camel
4. P-51 Mustang
5. UH-60 Blackhawk
6. F-4 Phantom II
7. Spitfire
8. B-1B Lancer/Bone
9. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
10. Hurricane
11. Fokker Triplane
12. A-10 Thunderbolt II

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**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:** [May 10, 2018, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58914 "2018-05-10T19:06:03Z")

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Military aircraft, past and present

1. C-130 transport
2. Wright Model A
3. Sopwith Camel
4. P-51 Mustang
5. UH-60 Blackhawk
6. F-4 Phantom II
7. Spitfire
8. B-1B Lancer/Bone
9. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
10. Hurricane
11. Fokker Triplane
12. A-10 Thunderbolt II
13. Zero

AKA Mitsubishi A6M  
Authors and Literary works you remember reading in high school or college, and thumbs up or down

1. Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, thumbs up

I had a great teacher! Thank you Mrs C!

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**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:** [May 10, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58915 "2018-05-10T19:16:13Z")

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Authors and Literary works you remember reading in high school or college, and thumbs up or down

1. Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, thumbs up
2. Lois Duncan, I Know What You Did Last Summer, thumbs up

Nice, engaging, pulpy yet memorable storyline which was completely changed in the movie released 20 years later.

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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:** [May 10, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58916 "2018-05-10T19:16:40Z")

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Authors and Literary works you remember reading in high school or college, and thumbs up or down

1. Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, thumbs up
2. Lois Duncan, I Know What You Did Last Summer, thumbs up
3. Walter Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz, thumbs up

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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:** [May 10, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58917 "2018-05-10T19:19:22Z")

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Authors and Literary works you remember reading in high school or college, and thumbs up or down

1. Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, thumbs up
2. Lois Duncan, I Know What You Did Last Summer, thumbs up
3. Walter Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz, thumbs up
4. Herman Melville, Moby Dick, thumbs down

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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:** [May 10, 2018, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58918 "2018-05-10T19:19:45Z")

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Have a look here, **tripthicket** : [The A-10 Thunderbolt/Warthog: Air Force: "We don't want it" Army: We'll take it - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=719159)

Authors and Literary works you remember reading in high school or college, and thumbs up or down

1. Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, thumbs up
2. Lois Duncan, I Know What You Did Last Summer, thumbs up
3. Walter Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz, thumbs up
4. Herman Melville, Moby Dick, thumbs down
5. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, thumbs up

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**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58919 "2018-05-10T19:46:41Z")

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Authors and Literary works you remember reading in high school or college, and thumbs up or down

1. Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, thumbs up
2. Lois Duncan, I Know What You Did Last Summer, thumbs up
3. Walter Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz, thumbs up
4. Herman Melville, Moby Dick, thumbs down
5. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, thumbs up
6. Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Foretopman; thumbs up

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**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:** [May 10, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58920 "2018-05-10T20:09:50Z")

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Authors and Literary works you remember reading in high school or college, and thumbs up or down

1. Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, thumbs up
2. Lois Duncan, I Know What You Did Last Summer, thumbs up
3. Walter Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz, thumbs up
4. Herman Melville, Moby Dick, thumbs down
5. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, thumbs up
6. Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Foretopman; thumbs up
7. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck; thumbs up  
Perhaps buoyed by imagining all of Lenny’s lines sounding like the Abominable Snowman from the Bugs Bunny cartoons but I really liked this book back then and have read it several times since.

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**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58921 "2018-05-10T20:48:23Z")

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Authors and Literary works you remember reading in high school or college, and thumbs up or down

1. Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, thumbs up
2. Lois Duncan, I Know What You Did Last Summer, thumbs up
3. Walter Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz, thumbs up
4. Herman Melville, Moby Dick, thumbs down
5. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, thumbs up
6. Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Foretopman; thumbs up
7. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck; thumbs up
8. Ayn Rand, Anthem: thumbs down

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**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:** [May 10, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58922 "2018-05-10T20:56:17Z")

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Authors and Literary works you remember reading in high school or college, and thumbs up or down

1. Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, thumbs up
2. Lois Duncan, I Know What You Did Last Summer, thumbs up
3. Walter Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz, thumbs up
4. Herman Melville, Moby Dick, thumbs down
5. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, thumbs up
6. Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Foretopman; thumbs up
7. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck; thumbs up
8. Ayn Rand, Anthem: thumbs down
9. Feodor Dostoevski, The Brothers Karmazov, thumbs up

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**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58923 "2018-05-10T22:02:36Z")

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Authors and Literary works you remember reading in high school or college, and thumbs up or down

1. Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, thumbs up
2. Lois Duncan, I Know What You Did Last Summer, thumbs up
3. Walter Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz, thumbs up
4. Herman Melville, Moby Dick, thumbs down
5. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, thumbs up
6. Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Foretopman; thumbs up
7. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck; thumbs up
8. Ayn Rand, Anthem: thumbs down
9. Feodor Dostoevski, The Brothers Karmazov, thumbs up
10. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte, thumbs down

This was the worst thing I ever had to read in school.

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**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:** [May 10, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58924 "2018-05-10T22:41:38Z")

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Authors and Literary works you remember reading in high school or college, and thumbs up or down

1. Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, thumbs up
2. Lois Duncan, I Know What You Did Last Summer, thumbs up
3. Walter Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz, thumbs up
4. Herman Melville, Moby Dick, thumbs down
5. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, thumbs up
6. Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Foretopman; thumbs up
7. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck; thumbs up
8. Ayn Rand, Anthem: thumbs down
9. Feodor Dostoevski, The Brothers Karmazov, thumbs up
10. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte, thumbs down
11. Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird, thumbs up

I grew up in an All-White Black-People-Better-Not-Be-Here-After-Dark small town. It made an impression.

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58925 "2018-05-11T01:04:10Z")

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Authors and Literary works you remember reading in high school or college, and thumbs up or down

1. Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, thumbs up
2. Lois Duncan, I Know What You Did Last Summer, thumbs up
3. Walter Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz, thumbs up
4. Herman Melville, Moby Dick, thumbs down
5. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, thumbs up
6. Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Foretopman; thumbs up
7. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck; thumbs up
8. Ayn Rand, Anthem: thumbs down
9. Feodor Dostoevski, The Brothers Karmazov, thumbs up
10. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte, thumbs down
11. Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird, thumbs up
12. Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, thumbs up

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**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:** [May 11, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/58926 "2018-05-11T01:49:35Z")

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Authors and Literary works you remember reading in high school or college, and thumbs up or down

1. Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, thumbs up
2. Lois Duncan, I Know What You Did Last Summer, thumbs up
3. Walter Miller, A Canticle for Leibowitz, thumbs up
4. Herman Melville, Moby Dick, thumbs down
5. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, thumbs up
6. Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Foretopman; thumbs up
7. Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck; thumbs up
8. Ayn Rand, Anthem: thumbs down
9. Feodor Dostoevski, The Brothers Karmazov, thumbs up
10. Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte, thumbs down
11. Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird, thumbs up
12. Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, thumbs up
13. Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead, thumbs down

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