# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 3175

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63488 "2018-12-23T02:48:59Z")

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Words of four or more letters drawn from the word “MISTLETOE”

1. moist
2. times
3. omelet
4. sleet
5. motliest
6. mist
7. tomes
8. steel
9. toes
10. Toilets

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**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:** [December 23, 2018, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63489 "2018-12-23T02:58:48Z")

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Words of four or more letters drawn from the word “MISTLETOE”

1. moist
2. times
3. omelet
4. sleet
5. motliest
6. mist
7. tomes
8. steel
9. toes
10. Toilets
11. Tiles

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**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 23, 2018, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63490 "2018-12-23T06:36:39Z")

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Words of four or more letters drawn from the word “MISTLETOE”

1. moist
2. times
3. omelet
4. sleet
5. motliest
6. mist
7. tomes
8. steel
9. toes
10. Toilets
11. Tiles
12. mettle

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**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:** [December 23, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63491 "2018-12-23T21:18:56Z")

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Words of four or more letters drawn from the word “MISTLETOE”

1. moist
2. times
3. omelet
4. sleet
5. motliest
6. mist
7. tomes
8. steel
9. toes
10. Toilets
11. Tiles
12. mettle
13. stole

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On Santa’s Naughty (or Nice) list for Christmas

1. Robert Mueller - Nice

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**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:** [December 23, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63492 "2018-12-23T21:47:32Z")

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On Santa’s Naughty (or Nice) list for Christmas

1. Robert Mueller - Nice
2. Keanu Reeves - Nice

[https://www.indy100.com/article/keanu-reeves-charity-secret-private-foundation-children-hospital-cancer-research-8692326](https://www.indy100.com/article/keanu-reeves-charity-secret-private-foundation-children-hospital-cancer-research-8692326)

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**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:** [December 23, 2018, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63493 "2018-12-23T23:44:07Z")

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On Santa’s Naughty (or Nice) list for Christmas

1. Robert Mueller - Nice
2. Keanu Reeves - Nice
3. Corey Lewandowski - Naughty

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**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:** [December 24, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63494 "2018-12-24T00:16:37Z")

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On Santa’s Naughty (or Nice) list for Christmas

1. Robert Mueller - Nice
2. Keanu Reeves - Nice
3. Corey Lewandowski - Naughty
4. Johnny Depp - Nice

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TyX0twnnyHA/maxresdefault.jpg "Johnny Depp as “Captain Jack Sparrow” sails into Vancouver to visit patients at BCCH [FULL VIDEO}")](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyX0twnnyHA)

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**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:** [December 24, 2018, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63495 "2018-12-24T05:25:13Z")

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On Santa’s Naughty (or Nice) list for Christmas

1. Robert Mueller - Nice
2. Keanu Reeves - Nice
3. Corey Lewandowski - Naughty
4. Johnny Depp - Nice
5. Vladimir Putin - Very Naughty

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**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:** [December 24, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63496 "2018-12-24T06:07:54Z")

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On Santa’s Naughty (or Nice) list for Christmas

1. Robert Mueller - Nice
2. Keanu Reeves - Nice
3. Corey Lewandowski - Naughty
4. Johnny Depp - Nice
5. Vladimir Putin - Very Naughty
6. Florence Phillips - Nice

[https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/23/us/cnnheroes-florence-phillips-esl-in-home-program-of-northern-nevada/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/23/us/cnnheroes-florence-phillips-esl-in-home-program-of-northern-nevada/index.html)

> [@Infovore](#):
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> I’m confused. #6 was “Chef” and it’s still “Chef.” What was wrong with it? (in the previous one about the Night Before Christmas)

Did someone think that “Chef” was supposed to be “Cher”? I thought that it was meant as a pun (chef “stirring”)?

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**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 24, 2018, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63497 "2018-12-24T10:54:19Z")

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On Santa’s Naughty (or Nice) list for Christmas

1. Robert Mueller - Nice
2. Keanu Reeves - Nice
3. Corey Lewandowski - Naughty
4. Johnny Depp - Nice
5. Vladimir Putin - Very Naughty
6. Florence Phillips - Nice
7. Donald Trump and virtually his entire administration - Among the naughtiest

> [@gkster](#):
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> Did someone think that “Chef” was supposed to be “Cher”? I thought that it was meant as a pun (chef “stirring”)?

I understood it as a pun: chef stirring. My mistake though: I corrected the name in #5, not #6.

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**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 24, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63498 "2018-12-24T14:20:21Z")

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On Santa’s Naughty (or Nice) list for Christmas

1. Robert Mueller - Nice
2. Keanu Reeves - Nice
3. Corey Lewandowski - Naughty
4. Johnny Depp - Nice
5. Vladimir Putin - Very Naughty
6. Florence Phillips - Nice
7. Donald Trump and virtually his entire administration - Among the naughtiest8.
8. Bill & Hillary Clinton - Among the nicest

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**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 24, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63499 "2018-12-24T14:42:58Z")

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On Santa’s Naughty (or Nice) list for Christmas

1. Robert Mueller - Nice
2. Keanu Reeves - Nice
3. Corey Lewandowski - Naughty
4. Johnny Depp - Nice
5. Vladimir Putin - Very Naughty
6. Florence Phillips - Nice
7. Donald Trump and virtually his entire administration - Among the naughtiest8.
8. Bill & Hillary Clinton - Among the nicest
9. Mark Zuckerberg - Naughty for peeking at everybody’s nice/naughty lists

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**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:** [December 24, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63500 "2018-12-24T14:49:04Z")

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On Santa’s Naughty (or Nice) list for Christmas

1. Robert Mueller - Nice
2. Keanu Reeves - Nice
3. Corey Lewandowski - Naughty
4. Johnny Depp - Nice
5. Vladimir Putin - Very Naughty
6. Florence Phillips - Nice
7. Donald Trump and virtually his entire administration - Among the naughtiest8.
8. Bill & Hillary Clinton - Among the nicest
9. Mark Zuckerberg - Naughty for peeking at everybody’s nice/naughty lists
10. Pope Francis - Nice

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**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:** [December 24, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63501 "2018-12-24T17:45:20Z")

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On Santa’s Naughty (or Nice) list for Christmas

1. Robert Mueller - Nice
2. Keanu Reeves - Nice
3. Corey Lewandowski - Naughty
4. Johnny Depp - Nice
5. Vladimir Putin - Very Naughty
6. Florence Phillips - Nice
7. Donald Trump and virtually his entire administration - Among the naughtiest8.
8. Bill & Hillary Clinton - Among the nicest
9. Mark Zuckerberg - Naughty for peeking at everybody’s nice/naughty lists
10. Pope Francis - Nice
11. The guy who just returned the $100,000 cash he found on the New York Subway - Nice

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63502 "2018-12-24T18:49:15Z")

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On Santa’s Naughty (or Nice) list for Christmas

1. Robert Mueller - Nice
2. Keanu Reeves - Nice
3. Corey Lewandowski - Naughty
4. Johnny Depp - Nice
5. Vladimir Putin - Very Naughty
6. Florence Phillips - Nice
7. Donald Trump and virtually his entire administration - Among the naughtiest8.
8. Bill & Hillary Clinton - Among the nicest
9. Mark Zuckerberg - Naughty for peeking at everybody’s nice/naughty lists
10. Pope Francis - Nice
11. The guy who just returned the $100,000 cash he found on the New York Subway - Nice
12. President Carter - The nicest

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**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:** [December 25, 2018, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63503 "2018-12-25T01:15:07Z")

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On Santa’s Naughty (or Nice) list for Christmas

1. Robert Mueller - Nice
2. Keanu Reeves - Nice
3. Corey Lewandowski - Naughty
4. Johnny Depp - Nice
5. Vladimir Putin - Very Naughty
6. Florence Phillips - Nice
7. Donald Trump and virtually his entire administration - Among the naughtiest.
8. Bill & Hillary Clinton - Among the nicest
9. Mark Zuckerberg - Naughty for peeking at everybody’s nice/naughty lists
10. Pope Francis - Nice
11. The guy who just returned the $100,000 cash he found on the New York Subway - Nice
12. President Carter - The nicest
13. Prince Mohammed bin Salman - Extremely naughty

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Twel … I mean … Thirteen drummers drumming: name a famous drummer.

1. Ringo Starr

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**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:** [December 25, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63504 "2018-12-25T01:27:34Z")

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Twel … I mean … Thirteen drummers drumming: name a famous drummer.

1. Ringo Starr
2. John Bonham

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63505 "2018-12-25T01:27:46Z")

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Twel … I mean … Thirteen drummers drumming: name a famous drummer.

1. Ringo Starr
2. John Bonham
3. Keith Moon

My favourite.

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**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:** [December 25, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63506 "2018-12-25T01:47:35Z")

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Twel … I mean … Thirteen drummers drumming: name a famous drummer.

1. Ringo Starr
2. John Bonham
3. Keith Moon
4. Phil Collins

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**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:** [December 25, 2018, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63507 "2018-12-25T02:39:38Z")

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Twel … I mean … Thirteen drummers drumming: name a famous drummer.

1. Ringo Starr
2. John Bonham
3. Keith Moon
4. Phil Collins
5. Buddy Rich

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