# 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:** 312
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6222 "2011-06-27T07:47:27Z")
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 8. “Tiger”- William Blake 9. “To Toussaint L’Ouverture”- Wordsworth > **[TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE - Collection at Bartleby.com](https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/the-complete-poetical-works-4/to-toussaint-louverture-2/)** > > TO TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE TOUSSAINT, the most unhappy man of men! Whether the whistling Rustic tend his plough Within thy hearing, or thy head be now Pillowed in some deep ---
**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, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6223 "2011-06-27T13:41:27Z")
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 8. “Tiger”- William Blake 9. “To Toussaint L’Ouverture”- Wordsworth 10. “Dover Beach” - Matthew Arnold [http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/arnold/writings/doverbeach.html](http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/arnold/writings/doverbeach.html) ---
**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 27, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6224 "2011-06-27T18:24:32Z")
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 8. “Tiger”- William Blake 9. “To Toussaint L’Ouverture”- Wordsworth 10. “Dover Beach” - Matthew Arnold 11. “She, to Him, I - IV” - Thomas Hardy [http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk\_files=1451392&pageno=15](http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=1451392&pageno=15) ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6225 "2011-06-27T19:40:25Z")
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 8. “Tiger”- William Blake 9. “To Toussaint L’Ouverture”- Wordsworth 10. “Dover Beach” - Matthew Arnold 11. “She, to Him, I - IV” - Thomas Hardy (Hardy was a Victorian writer, not a Romantic) 11’. The Fall of Hyperion- Keats [http://www.john-keats.com/gedichte/the\_fall\_of\_hyperion.htm](http://www.john-keats.com/gedichte/the_fall_of_hyperion.htm) ---
**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, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6226 "2011-06-27T19:51:32Z")
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 8. “Tiger”- William Blake 9. “To Toussaint L’Ouverture”- Wordsworth 10. “Dover Beach” - Matthew Arnold 11. “She, to Him, I - IV” - Thomas Hardy 12. “The Fall of Hyperion” - Keats 13. “She was a Phantom of Delight” - Wordsworth > **["SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT" - Collection at Bartleby.com](https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/the-complete-poetical-works-4/she-was-a-phantom-of-delight-2/)** > > "SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT" SHE was a Phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight; A lovely Apparition, sent To be a moment's ornament; Her eyes as stars of Twilight Next category: Great lines from sports movies 1. “There’s the grass, girls - don’t eat it!” - A League of Their Own ---
**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, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6227 "2011-06-27T21:32:45Z")
Great lines from sports movies 1. “There’s the grass, girls - don’t eat it!” - A League of Their Own 2. “You’re not supposed to have open liquor in the car. It’s against the law.” “So is murder, Engleberg. Now put that back before you get me in real trouble.” - _The Bad News Bears_ ---
**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 27, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6228 "2011-06-27T21:55:41Z")
Great lines from sports movies 1. “There’s the grass, girls - don’t eat it!” - A League of Their Own 2. “You’re not supposed to have open liquor in the car. It’s against the law.” “So is murder, Engleberg. Now put that back before you get me in real trouble.” - _The Bad News Bears_ 3. “There’s no crying in baseball!” - A League of Their Own ---
**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, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6229 "2011-06-27T23:57:52Z")
Great lines from sports movies 1. “There’s the grass, girls - don’t eat it!” - A League of Their Own 2. “You’re not supposed to have open liquor in the car. It’s against the law.” “So is murder, Engleberg. Now put that back before you get me in real trouble.” - _The Bad News Bears_ 3. “There’s no crying in baseball!” - A League of Their Own 4. “Show me the money!”- Jerry Maguire ---
**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 27, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6230 "2011-06-27T23:59:59Z")
Great lines from sports movies 1. “There’s the grass, girls - don’t eat it!” - A League of Their Own 2. “You’re not supposed to have open liquor in the car. It’s against the law.” “So is murder, Engleberg. Now put that back before you get me in real trouble.” - _The Bad News Bears_ 3. “There’s no crying in baseball!” - A League of Their Own 4. "From the ashes, we rose… " -\* We are Marshall\* ---
**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 28, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6231 "2011-06-28T00:42:15Z")
Great lines from sports movies 1. “There’s the grass, girls - don’t eat it!” - A League of Their Own 2. “You’re not supposed to have open liquor in the car. It’s against the law.” “So is murder, Engleberg. Now put that back before you get me in real trouble.” - _The Bad News Bears_ 3. “There’s no crying in baseball!” - A League of Their Own 4. "From the ashes, we rose… " -\* We are Marshall\* 5. “If you build it, they will come” - Field of Dreams ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6232 "2011-06-28T01:00:32Z")
Great lines from sports movies 1. “There’s the grass, girls - don’t eat it!” - A League of Their Own 2. “You’re not supposed to have open liquor in the car. It’s against the law.” “So is murder, Engleberg. Now put that back before you get me in real trouble.” - The Bad News Bears 3. “There’s no crying in baseball!” - A League of Their Own 4. "From the ashes, we rose… " - We are Marshall 5. “If you build it, they will come” - Field of Dreams 6. “They’re Russians, they get shot if they smile.” - Miracle ---
**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 28, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6233 "2011-06-28T01:04:40Z")
Great lines from sports movies 1. “There’s the grass, girls - don’t eat it!” - A League of Their Own 2. “You’re not supposed to have open liquor in the car. It’s against the law.” “So is murder, Engleberg. Now put that back before you get me in real trouble.” - _The Bad News Bears_ 3. “There’s no crying in baseball!” - A League of Their Own 4. "From the ashes, we rose… " -\* We are Marshall\* 5. “If you build it, they will come” - Field of Dreams 6. “They’re Russians, they get shot if they smile.” - Miracle 7. “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.” - _Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story_ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6234 "2011-06-28T02:00:20Z")
Great lines from sports movies 1. “There’s the grass, girls - don’t eat it!” - A League of Their Own 2. “You’re not supposed to have open liquor in the car. It’s against the law.” “So is murder, Engleberg. Now put that back before you get me in real trouble.” - The Bad News Bears 3. “There’s no crying in baseball!” - A League of Their Own 4. "From the ashes, we rose… " - We are Marshall 5. “If you build it, they will come” - Field of Dreams 6. “They’re Russians, they get shot if they smile.” - Miracle 7. “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.” - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 8. “Show me the money!”- Jerry Maguire (got skipped after a simulpost) 9. “I think you’ll find it’s the exact same measurements as our gym back in Hickory.” – Hoosiers ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6235 "2011-06-28T02:36:07Z")
Great lines from sports movies 1. “There’s the grass, girls - don’t eat it!” - A League of Their Own 2. “You’re not supposed to have open liquor in the car. It’s against the law.” “So is murder, Engleberg. Now put that back before you get me in real trouble.” - The Bad News Bears 3. “There’s no crying in baseball!” - A League of Their Own 4. "From the ashes, we rose… " - We are Marshall 5. “If you build it, they will come” - Field of Dreams 6. “They’re Russians, they get shot if they smile.” - Miracle 7. “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.” - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 8. “Show me the money!”- Jerry Maguire (got skipped after a simulpost) 9. “I think you’ll find it’s the exact same measurements as our gym back in Hickory.” – Hoosiers 10. “Despite my rejection of most Judeo-Christian ethics, I am, within the framework of the baseball season, monogamous.” - Bull Durham ---
**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 28, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6236 "2011-06-28T03:35:13Z")
Great lines from sports movies 1. “There’s the grass, girls - don’t eat it!” - A League of Their Own 2. “You’re not supposed to have open liquor in the car. It’s against the law.” “So is murder, Engleberg. Now put that back before you get me in real trouble.” - The Bad News Bears 3. “There’s no crying in baseball!” - A League of Their Own 4. "From the ashes, we rose… " - We are Marshall 5. “If you build it, they will come” - Field of Dreams 6. “They’re Russians, they get shot if they smile.” - Miracle 7. “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.” - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 8. “Show me the money!”- Jerry Maguire (got skipped after a simulpost) 9. “I think you’ll find it’s the exact same measurements as our gym back in Hickory.” – Hoosiers 10. “Despite my rejection of most Judeo-Christian ethics, I am, within the framework of the baseball season, monogamous.” - Bull Durham 11. “I think this place is restricted, Wang, so don’t tell 'em you’re Jewish.” - Caddyshack ---
**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 28, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6237 "2011-06-28T04:02:44Z")
Great lines from sports movies 1. “There’s the grass, girls - don’t eat it!” - A League of Their Own 2. “You’re not supposed to have open liquor in the car. It’s against the law.” “So is murder, Engleberg. Now put that back before you get me in real trouble.” - The Bad News Bears 3. “There’s no crying in baseball!” - A League of Their Own 4. "From the ashes, we rose… " - We are Marshall 5. “If you build it, they will come” - Field of Dreams 6. “They’re Russians, they get shot if they smile.” - Miracle 7. “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.” - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 8. “Show me the money!”- Jerry Maguire 9. “I think you’ll find it’s the exact same measurements as our gym back in Hickory.” – Hoosiers 10. “Despite my rejection of most Judeo-Christian ethics, I am, within the framework of the baseball season, monogamous.” - Bull Durham 11. “I think this place is restricted, Wang, so don’t tell 'em you’re Jewish.” - Caddyshack 12. “I sure miss playing basketball. I got depressed as hell when my athlete’s foot and jock itch went away.” - Breaking Away ---
**Author:** ![copperwindow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6238 "2011-06-28T05:50:46Z")
Great lines from sports movies 1. “There’s the grass, girls - don’t eat it!” - A League of Their Own 2. “You’re not supposed to have open liquor in the car. It’s against the law.” “So is murder, Engleberg. Now put that back before you get me in real trouble.” - The Bad News Bears 3. “There’s no crying in baseball!” - A League of Their Own 4. "From the ashes, we rose… " - We are Marshall 5. “If you build it, they will come” - Field of Dreams 6. “They’re Russians, they get shot if they smile.” - Miracle 7. “If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.” - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 8. “Show me the money!”- Jerry Maguire 9. “I think you’ll find it’s the exact same measurements as our gym back in Hickory.” – Hoosiers 10. “Despite my rejection of most Judeo-Christian ethics, I am, within the framework of the baseball season, monogamous.” - Bull Durham 11. “I think this place is restricted, Wang, so don’t tell 'em you’re Jewish.” - Caddyshack 12. “I sure miss playing basketball. I got depressed as hell when my athlete’s foot and jock itch went away.” - Breaking Away 13. "In case you haven’t noticed, and judging by the attendance you haven’t, the Indians have managed to win a few here and there, and are threatening to climb out of the cellar. " -major leages next is sister cities 1: Alba, Italy and Banská Bystrica, Slovakia ---
**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 28, 2011, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6239 "2011-06-28T06:18:21Z")
sister cities 1: Alba, Italy and Banská Bystrica, Slovakia 2: Rochester, NY, USA and Krakow, Poland ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6240 "2011-06-28T06:20:57Z")
sister cities 1: Alba, Italy and Banská Bystrica, Slovakia 2: Rochester, NY, USA and Krakow, Poland 3. Peoria IL USA & Benxi, China ---
**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 28, 2011, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6241 "2011-06-28T11:59:03Z")
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