# 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:** 3164
**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:** [December 14, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63268 "2018-12-14T06:25:45Z")
A color that is also either a first or a last name 1. Black 2. Gray 3. Green ---
**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:** [December 14, 2018, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63269 "2018-12-14T06:34:01Z")
A color that is also either a first or a last name 1. Black 2. Gray 3. Green 4. White ---
**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:** [December 14, 2018, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63270 "2018-12-14T06:38:43Z")
A color that is also either a first or a last name 1. Black 2. Gray 3. Green 4. White 5. Olive 😉 ---
**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:** [December 14, 2018, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63271 "2018-12-14T06:40:34Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I feel just the opposite. I’ve seen us run into problems when we have a category where everyone can only post one entry. (“What was you first car” for example.) > > The people who are posting in this thread are a handful of regulars and a lot of other people who just occasionally drop in. Which is fine; the way the game works, a person can join in even if they only stop by once a month. But it’s the regulars who are keeping the thread active. > > If we had a rule that said the regulars could only fill in one entry in each category and then we had to wait for the occasional people to show up and finish the rest, we’d see categories that would take days or even weeks to finish. > > And that’s at the beginning. Once the thread stopped being active, it would drop off the first page of the forum and that would make it far less likely that any occasional people would see it and post in it. I stand with this guy. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2018, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63272 "2018-12-14T13:14:13Z")
A color that is also either a first or a last name 1. Black 2. Gray 3. Green 4. White 5. Olive 6. Brown ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63273 "2018-12-14T13:23:28Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I feel just the opposite. I’ve seen us run into problems when we have a category where everyone can only post one entry. (“What was you first car” for example.) > > The people who are posting in this thread are a handful of regulars and a lot of other people who just occasionally drop in. Which is fine; the way the game works, a person can join in even if they only stop by once a month. But it’s the regulars who are keeping the thread active. > > If we had a rule that said the regulars could only fill in one entry in each category and then we had to wait for the occasional people to show up and finish the rest, we’d see categories that would take days or even weeks to finish. > > And that’s at the beginning. Once the thread stopped being active, it would drop off the first page of the forum and that would make it far less likely that any occasional people would see it and post in it. Over the years we’ve discussed “rules” and have adopted some as convention. Multiple entries are acceptable but only after there has been ample opportunity for everyone to submit an answer. i.e. if a list has stalled for a day or two or say a niche list that may not be common. Note: We’ve also established that the list creator should be the one to clarify their intended criteria, judge acceptable answers, etc… Other posters can question entries, and posters can withdraw and replace their answers. Anyone, other than the creator, removing another poster’s entry without discussion is generally frowned upon. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63274 "2018-12-14T13:25:30Z")
A color that is also either a first or a last name 1. Black 2. Gray 3. Green 4. White 5. Olive 6. Brown 7. Burgundy 😃 ---
**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:** [December 14, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63275 "2018-12-14T13:33:02Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Yeah I was beginning to think that was what you folks thought **Intergalactic Gladiator** meant. And just by a stroke of luck, my first play in the category was olive drab, which just so happened to meet that misinterpreted requirement. But I’ll stand by my play, because as written that’s the category, name or color. I _was_ thinking about entries that could be both colors and names but I didn’t specify that because I was really more interested in keeping it a little vague in order to see what the entries would turn out to be. I wanted to see what could be both but either or was OK in my book too. Anyway, A color that is also either a first or a last name 1. Black 2. Gray 3. Green 4. White 5. Olive 6. Brown 7. Burgundy 8. Mustard ---
**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:** [December 14, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63276 "2018-12-14T13:39:15Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > I _was_ thinking about entries that could be both colors and names but I didn’t specify that because I was really more interested in keeping it a little vague in order to see what the entries would turn out to be. I wanted to see what could be both but either or was OK in my book too. Looks like most, if not all, got that except for me then. Oh well… A color that is also either a first or a last name 1. Black 2. Gray 3. Green 4. White 5. Olive 6. Brown 7. Burgundy 8. Mustard 9. Salmon ---
**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:** [December 14, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63277 "2018-12-14T14:34:04Z")
A color that is also either a first or a last name 1. Black 2. Gray 3. Green 4. White 5. Olive 6. Brown 7. Burgundy 8. Mustard 9. Salmon 10. Scarlet ---
**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:** [December 14, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63278 "2018-12-14T14:47:13Z")
A color that is also either a first or a last name 1. Black 2. Gray 3. Green 4. White 5. Olive 6. Brown 7. Burgundy 8. Mustard 9. Salmon 10. Scarlet 11. Rose ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63279 "2018-12-14T14:48:37Z")
A color that is also either a first or a last name 1. Black 2. Gray 3. Green 4. White 5. Olive 6. Brown 7. Burgundy 8. Mustard 9. Salmon 10. Scarlet 11. Rose 12. Gold ---
**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:** [December 14, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63280 "2018-12-14T15:16:13Z")
A color that is also either a first or a last name 1. Black 2. Gray 3. Green 4. White 5. Olive 6. Brown 7. Burgundy 8. Mustard 9. Salmon 10. Scarlet 11. Rose 12. Gold 13. Silver Next Phenomenon associated with the Christmas holiday season 1. Hallmark tv specials ---
**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:** [December 14, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63281 "2018-12-14T15:20:46Z")
Phenomenon associated with the Christmas holiday season 1. Hallmark tv specials 2. The birth of Jesus ---
**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:** [December 14, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63282 "2018-12-14T15:25:40Z")
Phenomenon associated with the Christmas holiday season 1. Hallmark tv specials 2. The birth of Jesus 3. The “war on Christmas” ---
**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:** [December 14, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63283 "2018-12-14T15:41:59Z")
Phenomenon associated with the Christmas holiday season 1. Hallmark tv specials 2. The birth of Jesus 3. The “war on Christmas” 4. Christmas caroling ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63284 "2018-12-14T15:59:28Z")
Phenomenon associated with the Christmas holiday season 1. Hallmark tv specials 2. The birth of Jesus 3. The “war on Christmas” 4. Christmas caroling 5. Christmas Lights displays ---
**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:** [December 14, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63285 "2018-12-14T16:06:34Z")
Phenomenon associated with the Christmas holiday season 1. Hallmark tv specials 2. The birth of Jesus 3. The “war on Christmas” 4. Christmas caroling 5. Christmas Lights displays 6. “It’s a Wonderful Life” on TV ---
**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:** [December 14, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63286 "2018-12-14T16:09:52Z")
Phenomenon associated with the Christmas holiday season 1. Hallmark tv specials 2. The birth of Jesus 3. The “war on Christmas” 4. Christmas caroling 5. Christmas Lights displays 6. “It’s a Wonderful Life” on TV 7. WEGEs — White Elephant Gift Exchanges ---
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