# 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:** 3000
**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:** [July 1, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59987 "2018-07-01T13:00:21Z")
Women in fiction who regularly go barefoot 1. Rapunzel, “Tangled” 2. Wilma Flintstone 3. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle 4. Lady Pole, “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” 5. Arya Stark, A Song of Ice and Fire 6. Maria Vargas, the Barefoot Contessa 7. Luna Lovegood, “Harry Potter” 8. Jane (as in “Me Tarzan, you Jane”) ---
**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:** [July 1, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59988 "2018-07-01T17:25:34Z")
Women in fiction who regularly go barefoot 1. Rapunzel, “Tangled” 2. Wilma Flintstone 3. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle 4. Lady Pole, “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” 5. Arya Stark, A Song of Ice and Fire 6. Maria Vargas, the Barefoot Contessa 7. Luna Lovegood, “Harry Potter” 8. Jane (as in “Me Tarzan, you Jane”) 9. Rima (Green Mansions, by William Henry Hudson) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59989 "2018-07-01T18:34:35Z")
Women in fiction who regularly go barefoot 1. Rapunzel, “Tangled” 2. Wilma Flintstone 3. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle 4. Lady Pole, “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” 5. Arya Stark, A Song of Ice and Fire 6. Maria Vargas, the Barefoot Contessa 7. Luna Lovegood, “Harry Potter” 8. Jane (as in “Me Tarzan, you Jane”) 9. Rima (Green Mansions, by William Henry Hudson) 10. Nim, “Nim’s Island” ---
**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:** [July 1, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59990 "2018-07-01T19:51:42Z")
Women in fiction who regularly go barefoot 1. Rapunzel, “Tangled” 2. Wilma Flintstone 3. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle 4. Lady Pole, “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” 5. Arya Stark, A Song of Ice and Fire 6. Maria Vargas, the Barefoot Contessa 7. Luna Lovegood, “Harry Potter” 8. Jane (as in “Me Tarzan, you Jane”) 9. Rima (Green Mansions, by William Henry Hudson) 10. Nim, “Nim’s Island” 11. Phyllis, in the original Pierre Boulle novel “Planet of the Apes” ---
**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:** [July 1, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59991 "2018-07-01T20:23:27Z")
Women in fiction who regularly go barefoot 1. Rapunzel, “Tangled” 2. Wilma Flintstone 3. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle 4. Lady Pole, “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” 5. Arya Stark, _A Song of Ice and Fire_ 6. Maria Vargas, the Barefoot Contessa 7. Luna Lovegood, “Harry Potter” 8. Jane (as in “Me Tarzan, you Jane”) 9. Rima (Green Mansions, by William Henry Hudson) 10. Nim, “Nim’s Island” 11. Phyllis, in the original Pierre Boulle novel “Planet of the Apes” 12. Sierra Snow, _It’s Walky!_ and _Dumbing of Age_ ---
**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:** [July 1, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59992 "2018-07-01T20:46:54Z")
Women in fiction who regularly go barefoot 1. Rapunzel, “Tangled” 2. Wilma Flintstone 3. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle 4. Lady Pole, “Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell” 5. Arya Stark, A Song of Ice and Fire 6. Maria Vargas, the Barefoot Contessa 7. Luna Lovegood, “Harry Potter” 8. Jane (as in “Me Tarzan, you Jane”) 9. Rima (Green Mansions, by William Henry Hudson) 10. Nim, “Nim’s Island” 11. Phyllis, in the original Pierre Boulle novel “Planet of the Apes” 12. Sierra Snow, It’s Walky! and Dumbing of Age 13. Joy, “Inside Out” Next category: Things that don’t go together 1. Chalk and cheese ---
**Author:** ![CharmaChameleon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@CharmaChameleon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CharmaChameleon)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59993 "2018-07-01T20:50:23Z")
Things that don’t go together 1. Chalk and cheese 2. Beer and ice cream ---
**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:** [July 1, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59994 "2018-07-01T22:58:50Z")
Things that don’t go together 1. Chalk and cheese 2. Beer and ice cream 3. Drinking and driving ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59995 "2018-07-01T23:01:40Z")
Things that don’t go together 1. Chalk and cheese 2. Beer and ice cream 3. Drinking and driving 4. Oil and water ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59996 "2018-07-02T01:46:22Z")
Things that don’t go together 1. Chalk and cheese 2. Beer and ice cream 3. Drinking and driving 4. Oil and water 5. Asteroids and dinosaurs ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59997 "2018-07-02T04:45:01Z")
Things that don’t go together 1. Chalk and cheese 2. Beer and ice cream 3. Drinking and driving 4. Oil and water 5. Asteroids and dinosaurs 6. Liz Taylor and Richard Burton ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59998 "2018-07-02T05:35:39Z")
Things that don’t go together 1. Chalk and cheese 2. Beer and ice cream 3. Drinking and driving 4. Oil and water 5. Asteroids and dinosaurs 6. Liz Taylor and Richard Burton 7. Twenty-seven kilograms of Uranium-235 and twenty-seven more kilograms of Uranium-235 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59999 "2018-07-02T05:47:13Z")
Things that don’t go together 1. Chalk and cheese 2. Beer and ice cream 3. Drinking and driving 4. Oil and water 5. Asteroids and dinosaurs 6. Liz Taylor and Richard Burton 7. Twenty-seven kilograms of Uranium-235 and twenty-seven more kilograms of Uranium-235 8. Toothpaste and orange juice ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60000 "2018-07-02T06:41:33Z")
Technology that played a significant role in your life and is now off the market (see post 59967 above) 1. Nota Bene wordprocessor: Once the “scholarly” no-mouse speedster 2. IBM Selectric Typewriter. A typewriter were the carriage doesn’t move? And with correcting tape? What a concept! 3. Apple Mac XL - seemed amazing at the time; badly obsolete now 4. the slide rule. We spent months and months in high school learning to use it. Things that don’t go together 1. Chalk and cheese 2. Beer and ice cream 3. Drinking and driving 4. Oil and water 5. Asteroids and dinosaurs 6. Liz Taylor and Richard Burton 7. Twenty-seven kilograms of Uranium-235 and twenty-seven more kilograms of Uranium-235 8. Toothpaste and orange juice ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60001 "2018-07-02T09:54:27Z")
Technology that played a significant role in your life and is now off the market (see post 59967 above) 1. Nota Bene wordprocessor: Once the “scholarly” no-mouse speedster 2. IBM Selectric Typewriter. A typewriter were the carriage doesn’t move? And with correcting tape? What a concept! 3. Apple Mac XL - seemed amazing at the time; badly obsolete now 4. the slide rule. We spent months and months in high school learning to use it. 5. FM converter for vehicles that have AM only radios Things that don’t go together 1. Chalk and cheese 2. Beer and ice cream 3. Drinking and driving 4. Oil and water 5. Asteroids and dinosaurs 6. Liz Taylor and Richard Burton 7. Twenty-seven kilograms of Uranium-235 and twenty-seven more kilograms of Uranium-235 8. Toothpaste and orange juice 9. Me and humidity ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60002 "2018-07-02T13:14:07Z")
Technology that played a significant role in your life and is now off the market (see post 59967 above) 1. Nota Bene wordprocessor: Once the “scholarly” no-mouse speedster 2. IBM Selectric Typewriter. A typewriter were the carriage doesn’t move? And with correcting tape? What a concept! 3. Apple Mac XL - seemed amazing at the time; badly obsolete now 4. the slide rule. We spent months and months in high school learning to use it. 5. FM converter for vehicles that have AM only radios 6. Beepers. Things that don’t go together 1. Chalk and cheese 2. Beer and ice cream 3. Drinking and driving 4. Oil and water 5. Asteroids and dinosaurs 6. Liz Taylor and Richard Burton 7. Twenty-seven kilograms of Uranium-235 and twenty-seven more kilograms of Uranium-235 8. Toothpaste and orange juice 9. Me and humidity 10. Homosexuals and the Fred Phelps clan ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60003 "2018-07-02T13:39:08Z")
Technology that played a significant role in your life and is now off the market 1. Nota Bene wordprocessor: Once the “scholarly” no-mouse speedster 2. IBM Selectric Typewriter. A typewriter were the carriage doesn’t move? And with correcting tape? What a concept! 3. Apple Mac XL - seemed amazing at the time; badly obsolete now 4. the slide rule. We spent months and months in high school learning to use it. 5. FM converter for vehicles that have AM only radios 6. Beepers 7. Eight-track tapes Things that don’t go together 1. Chalk and cheese 2. Beer and ice cream 3. Drinking and driving 4. Oil and water 5. Asteroids and dinosaurs 6. Liz Taylor and Richard Burton 7. Twenty-seven kilograms of Uranium-235 and twenty-seven more kilograms of Uranium-235 8. Toothpaste and orange juice 9. Me and humidity 10. Homosexuals and the Fred Phelps clan 11. Adolf Hitler and David Ben-Gurion ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60004 "2018-07-02T14:44:07Z")
Technology that played a significant role in your life and is now off the market 1. Nota Bene wordprocessor: Once the “scholarly” no-mouse speedster 2. IBM Selectric Typewriter. A typewriter were the carriage doesn’t move? And with correcting tape? What a concept! 3. Apple Mac XL - seemed amazing at the time; badly obsolete now 4. the slide rule. We spent months and months in high school learning to use it. 5. FM converter for vehicles that have AM only radios 6. Beepers 7. Eight-track tapes 8. Analog televisions Things that don’t go together 1. Chalk and cheese 2. Beer and ice cream 3. Drinking and driving 4. Oil and water 5. Asteroids and dinosaurs 6. Liz Taylor and Richard Burton 7. Twenty-seven kilograms of Uranium-235 and twenty-seven more kilograms of Uranium-235 8. Toothpaste and orange juice 9. Me and humidity 10. Homosexuals and the Fred Phelps clan 11. Adolf Hitler and David Ben-Gurion 12. bicycles and fish ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60005 "2018-07-02T15:34:08Z")
Technology that played a significant role in your life and is now off the market 1. Nota Bene wordprocessor: Once the “scholarly” no-mouse speedster 2. IBM Selectric Typewriter. A typewriter were the carriage doesn’t move? And with correcting tape? What a concept! 3. Apple Mac XL - seemed amazing at the time; badly obsolete now 4. the slide rule. We spent months and months in high school learning to use it. 5. FM converter for vehicles that have AM only radios 6. Beepers 7. Eight-track tapes 8. Analog televisions 9. Printing presses Things that don’t go together 1. Chalk and cheese 2. Beer and ice cream 3. Drinking and driving 4. Oil and water 5. Asteroids and dinosaurs 6. Liz Taylor and Richard Burton 7. Twenty-seven kilograms of Uranium-235 and twenty-seven more kilograms of Uranium-235 8. Toothpaste and orange juice 9. Me and humidity 10. Homosexuals and the Fred Phelps clan 11. Adolf Hitler and David Ben-Gurion 12. bicycles and fish 13. Scott Pruitt and the EPA ---
**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:** [July 2, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/60006 "2018-07-02T15:42:08Z")
Technology that played a significant role in your life and is now off the market 1. Nota Bene wordprocessor: Once the “scholarly” no-mouse speedster 2. IBM Selectric Typewriter. A typewriter were the carriage doesn’t move? And with correcting tape? What a concept! 3. Apple Mac XL - seemed amazing at the time; badly obsolete now 4. the slide rule. We spent months and months in high school learning to use it. 5. FM converter for vehicles that have AM only radios 6. Beepers 7. Eight-track tapes 8. Analog televisions 9. Printing presses 10. Commodore 64 computer I started with a Vic 20 and did got a used Commodore 128 but Commodores were on their last legs by then. Great games, decent word processing, and was key in my initial interest in technology. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2999) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3001)