# 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:** 3133
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62647 "2018-11-17T03:40:59Z")
13 things you’d rather be doing right now. 1. Sitting on a Beach 2. Driving across the country to somewhere I’ve never been 3. Getting to know Keira Knightley a whole lot better 4. Napping in a hammock on the beach 5. Decorating the house for Christmas 6. Sipping a fine single malt scotch and sampling some legal cannabis. 7. Out to dinner with friends ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62648 "2018-11-17T03:47:27Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Lincoln > > …did not win Best Picture. > > mmm Oops…there’s selective memory for you! Now I remember thinking that Lincoln _should have_ won, not Argo. Chariots of Fire is a good substitute, too. I was about to post Rebecca but then thought that somebody should put in Lincoln–without checking whether it really did win, of course. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62649 "2018-11-17T04:08:26Z")
13 things you’d rather be doing right now. 1. Sitting on a Beach 2. Driving across the country to somewhere I’ve never been 3. Getting to know Keira Knightley a whole lot better 4. Napping in a hammock on the beach 5. Decorating the house for Christmas 6. Sipping a fine single malt scotch and sampling some legal cannabis. 7. Out to dinner with friends 8. Taking a brisk nighttime walk ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62650 "2018-11-17T05:46:24Z")
13 things you’d rather be doing right now. 1. Sitting on a Beach 2. Driving across the country to somewhere I’ve never been 3. Getting to know Keira Knightley a whole lot better 4. Napping in a hammock on the beach 5. Decorating the house for Christmas 6. Sipping a fine single malt scotch and sampling some legal cannabis. 7. Out to dinner with friends 8. Taking a brisk nighttime walk 9. Sleeping ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62651 "2018-11-17T07:49:11Z")
13 things you’d rather be doing right now. 1. Sitting on a Beach 2. Driving across the country to somewhere I’ve never been 3. Getting to know Keira Knightley a whole lot better 4. Napping in a hammock on the beach 5. Decorating the house for Christmas 6. Sipping a fine single malt scotch and sampling some legal cannabis. 7. Out to dinner with friends 8. Taking a brisk nighttime walk 9. Sleeping 10. Working on my art ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62652 "2018-11-17T14:10:53Z")
13 things you’d rather be doing right now. 1. Sitting on a Beach 2. Driving across the country to somewhere I’ve never been 3. Getting to know Keira Knightley a whole lot better 4. Napping in a hammock on the beach 5. Decorating the house for Christmas 6. Sipping a fine single malt scotch and sampling some legal cannabis. 7. Out to dinner with friends 8. Taking a brisk nighttime walk 9. Sleeping 10. Working on my art 11. Looking for wood bison ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62653 "2018-11-17T14:19:51Z")
13 things you’d rather be doing right now. 1. Sitting on a Beach 2. Driving across the country to somewhere I’ve never been 3. Getting to know Keira Knightley a whole lot better 4. Napping in a hammock on the beach 5. Decorating the house for Christmas 6. Sipping a fine single malt scotch and sampling some legal cannabis. 7. Out to dinner with friends 8. Taking a brisk nighttime walk 9. Sleeping 10. Working on my art 11. Looking for wood bison 12. Reading a good book and listening to good music ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62654 "2018-11-17T15:42:13Z")
13 things you’d rather be doing right now. 1. Sitting on a Beach 2. Driving across the country to somewhere I’ve never been 3. Getting to know Keira Knightley a whole lot better 4. Napping in a hammock on the beach 5. Decorating the house for Christmas 6. Sipping a fine single malt scotch and sampling some legal cannabis. 7. Out to dinner with friends 8. Taking a brisk nighttime walk 9. Sleeping 10. Working on my art 11. Looking for wood bison 12. Reading a good book and listening to good music 13. Playing a board game with friends New! Folk Singers 14. Gordon Lightfoot He turns 80 today. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62655 "2018-11-17T15:43:42Z")
Folk Singers 1. Gordon Lightfoot 2. JT. James Taylor ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62656 "2018-11-17T16:47:42Z")
Folk Singers 1. Gordon Lightfoot 2. JT. James Taylor 3. Elizabeth Cotten ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62657 "2018-11-17T17:19:04Z")
Folk Singers 1. Gordon Lightfoot 2. JT. James Taylor 3. Elizabeth Cotten 4. Tom Paxton (who turned 81 on October 31th) ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62658 "2018-11-17T17:42:41Z")
Folk Singers 1. Gordon Lightfoot 2. JT. James Taylor 3. Elizabeth Cotten 4. Tom Paxton (who turned 81 on October 31st) 5. Patty Griffin Here’s “Heavenly Day,” one of my favorites of hers: [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVy4w6vq8y8) ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62659 "2018-11-17T17:51:34Z")
Folk Singers 1. Gordon Lightfoot 2. JT. James Taylor 3. Elizabeth Cotten 4. Tom Paxton ) 5. Patty Griffin 6. Arlo Guthrie (You can get anything you want…) ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62660 "2018-11-17T18:24:59Z")
Folk Singers 1. Gordon Lightfoot 2. JT. James Taylor 3. Elizabeth Cotten 4. Tom Paxton ) 5. Patty Griffin 6. Arlo Guthrie (You can get anything you want…) 7. Joan Baez ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62661 "2018-11-17T20:14:09Z")
Folk Singers 1. Gordon Lightfoot 2. JT. James Taylor 3. Elizabeth Cotten 4. Tom Paxton ) 5. Patty Griffin 6. Arlo Guthrie (You can get anything you want…) 7. Joan Baez 8. John Denver ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62662 "2018-11-17T22:52:52Z")
Folk Singers 1. Gordon Lightfoot 2. JT. James Taylor 3. Elizabeth Cotten 4. Tom Paxton ) 5. Patty Griffin 6. Arlo Guthrie (You can get anything you want…) 7. Joan Baez 8. John Denver 9. Bob Dylan ---
**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:** [November 17, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62663 "2018-11-17T23:43:13Z")
Folk Singers 1. Gordon Lightfoot 2. JT. James Taylor 3. Elizabeth Cotten 4. Tom Paxton ) 5. Patty Griffin 6. Arlo Guthrie (You can get anything you want…) 7. Joan Baez 8. John Denver 9. Bob Dylan 10. Phil Ochs ---
**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:** [November 18, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62664 "2018-11-18T00:37:30Z")
Folk Singers 1. Gordon Lightfoot 2. JT. James Taylor 3. Elizabeth Cotten 4. Tom Paxton ) 5. Patty Griffin 6. Arlo Guthrie (You can get anything you want…) 7. Joan Baez 8. John Denver 9. Bob Dylan 10. Phil Ochs 11. Pete Seeger ---
**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:** [November 18, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62665 "2018-11-18T00:54:35Z")
Folk Singers 1. Gordon Lightfoot 2. JT. James Taylor 3. Elizabeth Cotten 4. Tom Paxton ) 5. Patty Griffin 6. Arlo Guthrie (You can get anything you want…) 7. Joan Baez 8. John Denver 9. Bob Dylan 10. Phil Ochs 11. Pete Seeger 12. Burl Ives ---
**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:** [November 18, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/62666 "2018-11-18T02:18:24Z")
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