# 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:** 311
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6202 "2011-06-25T20:30:41Z")
New list - Phobias 1. Allodoxaphobia - fear of opinions 2. Coulrophobia- fear of clowns 3. Siderodromophobia - fear of trains, railroads or train travel. ---
**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 25, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6203 "2011-06-25T21:35:16Z")
New list - Phobias 1. Allodoxaphobia - fear of opinions 2. Coulrophobia- fear of clowns 3. Siderodromophobia - fear of trains, railroads or train travel. 4. Pteridophobia - fear of ferns ---
**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 25, 2011, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6204 "2011-06-25T23:04:53Z")
Phobias 1. Allodoxaphobia - fear of opinions 2. Coulrophobia- fear of clowns 3. Siderodromophobia - fear of trains, railroads or train travel. 4. Pteridophobia - fear of ferns 5. Alektorophobia - fear of chickens ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6205 "2011-06-25T23:35:03Z")
Phobias 1. Allodoxaphobia - fear of opinions 2. Coulrophobia- fear of clowns 3. Siderodromophobia - fear of trains, railroads or train travel. 4. Pteridophobia - fear of ferns 5. Alektorophobia - fear of chickens 6. Astraphobia- fear of thunder and lightning ---
**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 26, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6206 "2011-06-26T00:01:27Z")
Phobias 1. Allodoxaphobia - fear of opinions 2. Coulrophobia- fear of clowns 3. Siderodromophobia - fear of trains, railroads or train travel. 4. Pteridophobia - fear of ferns 5. Alektorophobia - fear of chickens 6. Astraphobia- fear of thunder and lightning 7. Triskaidekaphobia - fear of the number thirteen. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6207 "2011-06-26T03:27:37Z")
Phobias 1. Allodoxaphobia - fear of opinions 2. Coulrophobia- fear of clowns 3. Siderodromophobia - fear of trains, railroads or train travel. 4. Pteridophobia - fear of ferns 5. Alektorophobia - fear of chickens 6. Astraphobia- fear of thunder and lightning 7. Triskaidekaphobia - fear of the number thirteen. 8. Heliphobia - fear of sunlight ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6208 "2011-06-26T03:42:15Z")
Phobias 1. Allodoxaphobia - fear of opinions 2. Coulrophobia- fear of clowns 3. Siderodromophobia - fear of trains, railroads or train travel. 4. Pteridophobia - fear of ferns 5. Alektorophobia - fear of chickens 6. Astraphobia- fear of thunder and lightning 7. Triskaidekaphobia - fear of the number thirteen. 8. Heliphobia - fear of sunlight 9. Batrachophobia- Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc. ---
**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 26, 2011, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6209 "2011-06-26T03:53:14Z")
Phobias 1. Allodoxaphobia - fear of opinions 2. Coulrophobia- fear of clowns 3. Siderodromophobia - fear of trains, railroads or train travel. 4. Pteridophobia - fear of ferns 5. Alektorophobia - fear of chickens 6. Astraphobia- fear of thunder and lightning 7. Triskaidekaphobia - fear of the number thirteen. 8. Heliphobia - fear of sunlight 9. Batrachophobia- Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc. 10. Porphyrophobia - fear of the color purple ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6210 "2011-06-26T04:11:24Z")
Phobias 1. Allodoxaphobia - fear of opinions 2. Coulrophobia- fear of clowns 3. Siderodromophobia - fear of trains, railroads or train travel. 4. Pteridophobia - fear of ferns 5. Alektorophobia - fear of chickens 6. Astraphobia- fear of thunder and lightning 7. Triskaidekaphobia - fear of the number thirteen. 8. Heliphobia - fear of sunlight 9. Batrachophobia- Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc. 10. Porphyrophobia - fear of the color purple 11. Luposlipaphobia - fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@Michael\_of\_Lucan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_of_Lucan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6211 "2011-06-26T18:50:07Z")
Phobias 1. Allodoxaphobia - fear of opinions 2. Coulrophobia- fear of clowns 3. Siderodromophobia - fear of trains, railroads or train travel. 4. Pteridophobia - fear of ferns 5. Alektorophobia - fear of chickens 6. Astraphobia- fear of thunder and lightning 7. Triskaidekaphobia - fear of the number thirteen. 8. Heliphobia - fear of sunlight 9. Batrachophobia- Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc. 10. Porphyrophobia - fear of the color purple 11. Luposlipaphobia - fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor 12. Katastichophobia - Fear of lists The obvious one surely …? ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6212 "2011-06-26T20:09:51Z")
Phobias 1. Allodoxaphobia - fear of opinions 2. Coulrophobia- fear of clowns 3. Siderodromophobia - fear of trains, railroads or train travel. 4. Pteridophobia - fear of ferns 5. Alektorophobia - fear of chickens 6. Astraphobia- fear of thunder and lightning 7. Triskaidekaphobia - fear of the number thirteen. 8. Heliphobia - fear of sunlight 9. Batrachophobia- Fear of amphibians, such as frogs, newts, salamanders, etc. 10. Porphyrophobia - fear of the color purple 11. Luposlipaphobia - fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor 12. Katastichophobia - Fear of lists The obvious one surely …? must be 13. Phobophobia- fear of fear itself Poems by English Romantic writers 1. _The Prelude_ (Wordsworth) ---
**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 26, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6213 "2011-06-26T20:20:23Z")
Poems by English Romantic writers 1. “The Prelude” (Wordsworth) 2. “Ozymandias” (Shelley) Let’s provide links, shall we? > **[BOOK FIRST - Collection at Bartleby.com](https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/the-complete-poetical-works-4/book-first-2/)** > > BOOK FIRST THE PRELUDE OH there is blessing in this gentle breeze, A visitant that while it fans my cheek Doth seem half-conscious of the joy it brings From the > **[515. Ozymandias of Egypt - Collection at Bartleby.com](https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/hc/english-poetry-ii/515-ozymandias-of-egypt/)** > > 515. Ozymandias of Egypt I MET a traveller from an antique landWho said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert. Near them on the sandHalf sunk, a shatter’d ---
**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 26, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6214 "2011-06-26T21:25:17Z")
Poems by English Romantic writers 1. “The Prelude” (Wordsworth) [BOOK FIRST - Collection at Bartleby.com](http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww287.html) 2. “Ozymandias” (Shelley) [515. Ozymandias of Egypt - Collection at Bartleby.com](http://www.bartleby.com/41/515.html) 3. “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” Lord Byron [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/chpl10h.htm#startoftext](http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/chpl10h.htm#startoftext) ---
**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 26, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6215 "2011-06-26T21:25:27Z")
Poems by English Romantic writers 1. “[The Prelude](http://www.bartleby.com/145/ww287.html)” (Wordsworth) 2. “[Ozymandias](http://www.bartleby.com/41/515.html)” (Shelley) 3. “[Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage](http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext04/chpl10h.htm#startoftext)” Lord Byron 4. “[The Rime of the Ancient Mariner](http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/151/pg151.txt)” - Samuel Taylor Coleridge ---
**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 26, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6216 "2011-06-26T22:59:34Z")
Poems by English Romantic writers 1. “The Prelude” - Wordsworth 2. “Ozymandias” - Shelley 3. “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” - Lord Byron 4. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” - Samuel Taylor Coleridge 5. “No Man is an Island” - John Donne [http://www.poetry-online.org/donne\_for\_whom\_the\_bell\_tolls.htm](http://www.poetry-online.org/donne_for_whom_the_bell_tolls.htm) ---
**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 26, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6217 "2011-06-26T23:29:49Z")
Poems by English Romantic writers 1. “The Prelude” - Wordsworth 2. “Ozymandias” - Shelley 3. “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” - Lord Byron 4. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” - Samuel Taylor Coleridge 5. “No Man is an Island” - John Donne 6. “The Eve of St. Agnes” - John Keats > **[39. The Eve of St. Agnes - Collection at Bartleby.com](https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/poetical-works/39-the-eve-of-st-agnes/)** > > 39. The Eve of St. Agnes I.ST. AGNES’ Eve—Ah, bitter chill it was!The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold;The hare limp’d trembling through the frozen ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6218 "2011-06-26T23:43:33Z")
Poems by English Romantic writers 1. “The Prelude” - Wordsworth 2. “Ozymandias” - Shelley 3. “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” - Lord Byron 4. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” - Samuel Taylor Coleridge 5. “No Man is an Island” - John Donne (Elizabethan, not Romantic- want to make a change?) 6. “The Eve of St. Agnes” - John Keats 7. “Ode on Melancholy”- John Keats ---
**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 27, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6219 "2011-06-27T02:21:17Z")
Poems by English Romantic writers 1. “The Prelude” - Wordsworth 2. “Ozymandias” - Shelley 3. “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” - Lord Byron 4. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” - Samuel Taylor Coleridge 5. “She Walks in Beauty” - Lord Byron 6. “The Eve of St. Agnes” - John Keats 7. “Ode on Melancholy”- John Keats > **[\- Collection at Bartleby.com](https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/the-golden-treasury/106123/)** > > SHE walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies,And all that’s best of dark and brightMeets in her aspect and her eyes;Thus > **[48. Ode on Melancholy - Collection at Bartleby.com](https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/poetical-works/48-ode-on-melancholy/)** > > 48. Ode on Melancholy 1.NO, no, go not to Lethe, neither twistWolfs-bane, tight-rooted, for its poisonous wine;Nor suffer thy pale forehead to be kiss’dBy nightshade, Fixed. ---
**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 27, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6220 "2011-06-27T03:57:29Z")
Do you guys realize if you use the quote button it copies all the html commands for you automatically? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6221 "2011-06-27T06:44:05Z")
Poems by English Romantic writers 1. “The Prelude” - Wordsworth 2. “Ozymandias” - Shelley 3. “Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage” - Lord Byron 4. “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” - Samuel Taylor Coleridge 5. “No Man is an Island” - John Donne (Elizabethan, not Romantic- want to make a change?) 6. “The Eve of St. Agnes” - John Keats 7. “Ode on Melancholy”- John Keats 8. [“Tiger”](http://www.bartleby.com/101/489.html)- William Blake [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=310) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=312)