# 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:** 2966

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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 31, 2018, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59307 "2018-05-31T06:11:38Z")

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Movies where the wife or girlfriend is batshit

1. Fatal Attraction – whatever the hell her name is, Glenn Close
2. Basic Instinct - Sharon Stone
3. My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Uma Thurman as Jenny Johnson/G-Girl

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59308 "2018-05-31T11:35:01Z")

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Movies where the wife or girlfriend is batshit

1. Fatal Attraction – whatever the hell her name is, Glenn Close
2. Basic Instinct - Sharon Stone
3. My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Uma Thurman as Jenny Johnson/G-Girl
4. Gone Girl - Rosamund Pike

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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 31, 2018, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59309 "2018-05-31T13:21:24Z")

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Movies where the wife or girlfriend is batshit

1. Fatal Attraction – Alex, Glenn Close
2. Basic Instinct - Sharon Stone
3. My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Uma Thurman as Jenny Johnson/G-Girl
4. Gone Girl - Rosamund Pike
5. “The Problem of Thor Bridge” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

(Also found the name of Glenn Close’s character)

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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 31, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59310 "2018-05-31T13:32:20Z")

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Movies where the wife or girlfriend is batshit

1. Fatal Attraction – Alex, Glenn Close
2. Basic Instinct - Sharon Stone
3. My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Uma Thurman as Jenny Johnson/G-Girl
4. Gone Girl - Rosamund Pike
5. “The Problem of Thor Bridge” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6. So I Married An Axe Murderer - Harriet

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59311 "2018-05-31T14:12:26Z")

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Movies where the wife or girlfriend is batshit

1. Fatal Attraction – Alex, Glenn Close
2. Basic Instinct - Sharon Stone
3. My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Uma Thurman as Jenny Johnson/G-Girl
4. Gone Girl - Rosamund Pike
5. “The Problem of Thor Bridge” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6. Swim Fan - Erika Christensen

I thought of “So I Married an Axe Murderer” as well, I removed it since…

The girlfriend/wife Harriet is not batshit… but her sister Rose is.

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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 31, 2018, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59312 "2018-05-31T14:25:45Z")

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Ah, thanks. Never saw it myself.

Movies where the wife or girlfriend is batshit

1. Fatal Attraction – Alex, Glenn Close
2. Basic Instinct - Sharon Stone
3. My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Uma Thurman as Jenny Johnson/G-Girl
4. Gone Girl - Rosamund Pike
5. “The Problem of Thor Bridge” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6. Swim Fan - Erika Christensen
7. Sid & Nancy - Nancy Spungen

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59313 "2018-05-31T15:52:35Z")

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Ah, thanks. Never saw it myself.

Movies where the wife or girlfriend is batshit

1. Fatal Attraction – Alex, Glenn Close
2. Basic Instinct - Sharon Stone
3. My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Uma Thurman as Jenny Johnson/G-Girl
4. Gone Girl - Rosamund Pike
5. “The Problem of Thor Bridge” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6. Swim Fan - Erika Christensen
7. Sid & Nancy - Nancy Spungen
8. Natural Born Killers - Juliette Lewis

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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 31, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59314 "2018-05-31T18:02:16Z")

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Movies where the wife or girlfriend is batshit

1. Fatal Attraction – Alex, Glenn Close
2. Basic Instinct - Sharon Stone
3. My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Uma Thurman as Jenny Johnson/G-Girl
4. Gone Girl - Rosamund Pike
5. “The Problem of Thor Bridge” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6. Swim Fan - Erika Christensen
7. Sid & Nancy - Nancy Spungen
8. Natural Born Killers - Juliette Lewis
9. Chicken Run - Mrs. Tweedy

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**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:** [May 31, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59315 "2018-05-31T19:53:59Z")

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Movies where the wife or girlfriend is batshit

1. Fatal Attraction – Alex, Glenn Close
2. Basic Instinct - Sharon Stone
3. My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Uma Thurman as Jenny Johnson/G-Girl
4. Gone Girl - Rosamund Pike
5. “The Problem of Thor Bridge” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6. Swim Fan - Erika Christensen
7. Sid & Nancy - Nancy Spungen
8. Natural Born Killers - Juliette Lewis
9. Chicken Run - Mrs. Tweedy
10. Monster - Aileen Wuornos

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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 31, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59316 "2018-05-31T20:52:59Z")

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Movies where the wife or girlfriend is batshit

1. Fatal Attraction – Alex, Glenn Close
2. Basic Instinct - Sharon Stone
3. My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Uma Thurman as Jenny Johnson/G-Girl
4. Gone Girl - Rosamund Pike
5. “The Problem of Thor Bridge” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6. Swim Fan - Erika Christensen
7. Sid & Nancy - Nancy Spungen
8. Natural Born Killers - Juliette Lewis
9. Chicken Run - Mrs. Tweedy
10. Monster - Aileen Wuornos
11. Jane Eyre - Bertha Mason Rochester

played by Maria Schneider in the Zeffirelli version (1996) and by Valentina Cervi in the 2011 version

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**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:** [May 31, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59317 "2018-05-31T23:58:46Z")

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Movies where the wife or girlfriend is batshit

1. Fatal Attraction – Alex, Glenn Close
2. Basic Instinct - Sharon Stone
3. My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Uma Thurman as Jenny Johnson/G-Girl
4. Gone Girl - Rosamund Pike
5. “The Problem of Thor Bridge” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6. Swim Fan - Erika Christensen
7. Sid & Nancy - Nancy Spungen
8. Natural Born Killers - Juliette Lewis
9. Chicken Run - Mrs. Tweedy
10. Monster - Aileen Wuornos
11. Jane Eyre - Bertha Mason Rochester

played by Maria Schneider in the Zeffirelli version (1996) and by Valentina Cervi in the 2011 version  
12. Nurse Betty - Renee Zellweger–They do start dating

[I’m allowed to double dip, right?]

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**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:** [June 1, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59318 "2018-06-01T13:10:46Z")

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Movies where the wife or girlfriend is batshit

1. Fatal Attraction – Alex, Glenn Close
2. Basic Instinct - Sharon Stone
3. My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Uma Thurman as Jenny Johnson/G-Girl
4. Gone Girl - Rosamund Pike
5. “The Problem of Thor Bridge” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
6. Swim Fan - Erika Christensen
7. Sid & Nancy - Nancy Spungen
8. Natural Born Killers - Juliette Lewis
9. Chicken Run - Mrs. Tweedy
10. Monster - Aileen Wuornos
11. Jane Eyre - Bertha Mason Rochester
12. Nurse Betty - Renee Zellweger–They do start dating
13. The Blues Brothers - Jake’s ex-girlfriend, played by Carrie Fisher (if she ain’t batshit, who is?)

Next up: Male singers who play the piano (sing us a song)

1. Billy Joel

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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:** [June 1, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59319 "2018-06-01T14:15:03Z")

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Male singers who play the piano (sing us a song)

1. Billy Joel
2. Jerry Lee Lewis

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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:** [June 1, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59320 "2018-06-01T14:26:57Z")

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Male singers who play the piano (sing us a song)

1. Billy Joel
2. Jerry Lee Lewis
3. Ronnie Milsap

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**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:** [June 1, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59321 "2018-06-01T15:20:57Z")

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Male singers who play the piano (sing us a song)

1. Billy Joel
2. Jerry Lee Lewis
3. Ronnie Milsap
4. Paul McCartney

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59322 "2018-06-01T15:33:26Z")

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Male singers who play the piano (sing us a song)

1. Billy Joel
2. Jerry Lee Lewis
3. Ronnie Milsap
4. Paul McCartney
5. Vladimir John Ondrasik III AKA Five for Fighting

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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 1, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59323 "2018-06-01T15:42:21Z")

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Male singers who play the piano (sing us a song)

1. Billy Joel
2. Jerry Lee Lewis
3. Ronnie Milsap
4. Paul McCartney
5. Vladimir John Ondrasik III AKA Five for Fighting
6. Tom Lehrer

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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 1, 2018, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59324 "2018-06-01T15:46:42Z")

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Male singers who play the piano (sing us a song)

1. Billy Joel
2. Jerry Lee Lewis
3. Ronnie Milsap
4. Paul McCartney
5. Vladimir John Ondrasik III AKA Five for Fighting
6. Tom Lehrer
7. John Legend

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**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:** [June 1, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59325 "2018-06-01T16:22:51Z")

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Male singers who play the piano (sing us a song)

1. Billy Joel
2. Jerry Lee Lewis
3. Ronnie Milsap
4. Paul McCartney
5. Vladimir John Ondrasik III AKA Five for Fighting
6. Tom Lehrer
7. John Legend
8. Elton John

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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 1, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59326 "2018-06-01T16:33:19Z")

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Male singers who play the piano (sing us a song)

1. Billy Joel
2. Jerry Lee Lewis
3. Ronnie Milsap
4. Paul McCartney
5. Vladimir John Ondrasik III AKA Five for Fighting
6. Tom Lehrer
7. John Legend
8. Elton John
9. Stevie Wonder

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