# 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:** 3181
**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 29, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63608 "2018-12-29T20:19:57Z")
Your hopes for the New Year 1. Strong measures will be taken to fight climate change. 2. That our (tentatively) planned family road trip out West happens! 3. Lose weight! I already have a good start, 25 lbs. 4. That my sister can spend the entire year without any late-night ER visits. 5. That I get my artwork into a major gallery. 6. That our family vacation (Alaska / Iditarod) goes well. 7. That we have a different, and better, President by July 4 8. That my company is successful 9. That a young friend is successful at her new job that starts in January 10. That my Route 66 road trip in the fall goes well. 11. For improved health for several sick relatives and friends ---
**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 30, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63609 "2018-12-30T02:12:35Z")
Your hopes for the New Year 1. Strong measures will be taken to fight climate change. 2. That our (tentatively) planned family road trip out West happens! 3. Lose weight! I already have a good start, 25 lbs. 4. That my sister can spend the entire year without any late-night ER visits. 5. That I get my artwork into a major gallery. 6. That our family vacation (Alaska / Iditarod) goes well. 7. That we have a different, and better, President by July 4 8. That my company is successful 9. That a young friend is successful at her new job that starts in January 10. That my Route 66 road trip in the fall goes well. 11. For improved health for several sick relatives and friends 12. That my eldest son returns to university ---
**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 30, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63610 "2018-12-30T14:37:05Z")
Your hopes for the New Year 1. Strong measures will be taken to fight climate change. 2. That our (tentatively) planned family road trip out West happens! 3. Lose weight! I already have a good start, 25 lbs. 4. That my sister can spend the entire year without any late-night ER visits. 5. That I get my artwork into a major gallery. 6. That our family vacation (Alaska / Iditarod) goes well. 7. That we have a different, and better, President by July 4 8. That my company is successful 9. That a young friend is successful at her new job that starts in January 10. That my Route 66 road trip in the fall goes well. 11. For improved health for several sick relatives and friends 12. That my eldest son returns to university 13. That my eldest son finds good employment Next Celebrating Bacon 13 Ways: [What is Today?](https://goo.gl/cEwPPo) — 30 Dec is National Bacon Day! 1. Being the first camper to wake up, put on the coffee, and start the eggs and bacon! ---
**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 30, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63611 "2018-12-30T14:44:02Z")
Celebrating Bacon 13 Ways: [What is Today?](https://goo.gl/cEwPPo) — 30 Dec is National Bacon Day! 1. Being the first camper to wake up, put on the coffee, and start the eggs and bacon! 2. Bacon stuffing for the turkey for our New Year’s Eve feast ---
**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 30, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63612 "2018-12-30T15:05:34Z")
Celebrating Bacon 13 Ways: [What is Today?](https://goo.gl/cEwPPo) — 30 Dec is National Bacon Day! 1. Being the first camper to wake up, put on the coffee, and start the eggs and bacon! 2. Bacon stuffing for the turkey for our New Year’s Eve feast 3. Bacon makes Brussels sprouts that much better ---
**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 30, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63613 "2018-12-30T16:25:57Z")
Celebrating Bacon 13 Ways: [What is Today?](https://goo.gl/cEwPPo) — 30 Dec is National Bacon Day! 1. Being the first camper to wake up, put on the coffee, and start the eggs and bacon! 2. Bacon stuffing for the turkey for our New Year’s Eve feast 3. Bacon makes Brussels sprouts that much better 4. Bacon salt on everything… including bacon! ---
**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 30, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63614 "2018-12-30T16:32:35Z")
Celebrating Bacon 13 Ways: [What is Today?](https://goo.gl/cEwPPo) — 30 Dec is National Bacon Day! 1. Being the first camper to wake up, put on the coffee, and start the eggs and bacon! 2. Bacon stuffing for the turkey for our New Year’s Eve feast 3. Bacon makes Brussels sprouts that much better 4. Bacon salt on everything… including bacon! 5. Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose ---
**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 30, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63615 "2018-12-30T16:37:13Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 1. Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose Nice one! ---
**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 30, 2018, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63616 "2018-12-30T17:48:15Z")
Celebrating Bacon 13 Ways: [What is Today?](https://goo.gl/cEwPPo) — 30 Dec is National Bacon Day! 1. Being the first camper to wake up, put on the coffee, and start the eggs and bacon! 2. Bacon stuffing for the turkey for our New Year’s Eve feast 3. Bacon makes Brussels sprouts that much better 4. Bacon salt on everything… including bacon! 5. Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose 6. Bacon bits on just about any salad ---
**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 30, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63617 "2018-12-30T17:50:24Z")
Celebrating Bacon 13 Ways: [What is Today?](https://goo.gl/cEwPPo) — 30 Dec is National Bacon Day! 1. Being the first camper to wake up, put on the coffee, and start the eggs and bacon! 2. Bacon stuffing for the turkey for our New Year’s Eve feast 3. Bacon makes Brussels sprouts that much better 4. Bacon salt on everything… including bacon! 5. Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose 6. Bacon bits on just about any salad 7. Watch Jim Gaffigan’s bit about bacon [Jim Gaffigan Bacon KING BABY - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoTS0hvWDW8) ---
**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 30, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63618 "2018-12-30T18:40:46Z")
Celebrating Bacon 13 Ways: [What is Today?](https://goo.gl/cEwPPo) — 30 Dec is National Bacon Day! 1. Being the first camper to wake up, put on the coffee, and start the eggs and bacon! 2. Bacon stuffing for the turkey for our New Year’s Eve feast 3. Bacon makes Brussels sprouts that much better 4. Bacon salt on everything… including bacon! 5. Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose 6. Bacon bits on just about any salad 7. Watch Jim Gaffigan’s bit about bacon [Jim Gaffigan Bacon KING BABY - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoTS0hvWDW8) 8. Hang strips of bacon from a drone and watch the dog chase it. ---
**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 30, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63619 "2018-12-30T19:29:09Z")
Celebrating Bacon 13 Ways: [What is Today?](https://goo.gl/cEwPPo) — 30 Dec is National Bacon Day! 1. Being the first camper to wake up, put on the coffee, and start the eggs and bacon! 2. Bacon stuffing for the turkey for our New Year’s Eve feast 3. Bacon makes Brussels sprouts that much better 4. Bacon salt on everything… including bacon! 5. Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose 6. Bacon bits on just about any salad 7. Watch Jim Gaffigan’s bit about bacon [Jim Gaffigan Bacon KING BABY - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoTS0hvWDW8) 8. Hang strips of bacon from a drone and watch the dog chase it. 9. Bacon is supposedly the number 1 meat that makes vegetarians break their diet. ---
**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 30, 2018, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63620 "2018-12-30T21:10:35Z")
Celebrating Bacon 13 Ways: [What is Today?](https://goo.gl/cEwPPo) — 30 Dec is National Bacon Day! 1. Being the first camper to wake up, put on the coffee, and start the eggs and bacon! 2. Bacon stuffing for the turkey for our New Year’s Eve feast 3. Bacon makes Brussels sprouts that much better 4. Bacon salt on everything… including bacon! 5. Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose 6. Bacon bits on just about any salad 7. Watch Jim Gaffigan’s bit about bacon [Jim Gaffigan Bacon KING BABY - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoTS0hvWDW8) 8. Hang strips of bacon from a drone and watch the dog chase it. 9. Bacon is supposedly the number 1 meat that makes vegetarians break their diet. 10. Loaded fries at a pub! ---
**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 31, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63621 "2018-12-31T01:57:33Z")
Celebrating Bacon 13 Ways: [What is Today?](https://goo.gl/cEwPPo) — 30 Dec is National Bacon Day! 1. Being the first camper to wake up, put on the coffee, and start the eggs and bacon! 2. Bacon stuffing for the turkey for our New Year’s Eve feast 3. Bacon makes Brussels sprouts that much better 4. Bacon salt on everything… including bacon! 5. Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose 6. Bacon bits on just about any salad 7. Watch Jim Gaffigan’s bit about bacon [Jim Gaffigan Bacon KING BABY - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoTS0hvWDW8) 8. Hang strips of bacon from a drone and watch the dog chase it. 9. Bacon is supposedly the number 1 meat that makes vegetarians break their diet. 10. Loaded fries at a pub! 11. layered on a fresh, hot buttered biscuit ---
**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 31, 2018, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63622 "2018-12-31T05:57:58Z")
Celebrating Bacon 13 Ways: [What is Today?](https://goo.gl/cEwPPo) — 30 Dec is National Bacon Day! 1. Being the first camper to wake up, put on the coffee, and start the eggs and bacon! 2. Bacon stuffing for the turkey for our New Year’s Eve feast 3. Bacon makes Brussels sprouts that much better 4. Bacon salt on everything… including bacon! 5. Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose 6. Bacon bits on just about any salad 7. Watch Jim Gaffigan’s bit about bacon [Jim Gaffigan Bacon KING BABY - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoTS0hvWDW8) 8. Hang strips of bacon from a drone and watch the dog chase it. 9. Bacon is supposedly the number 1 meat that makes vegetarians break their diet. 10. Loaded fries at a pub! 11. layered on a fresh, hot buttered biscuit 12. Three of them on a grilled cheese sandwich, with a dill pickle on the side :: mouth watering :: ---
**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 31, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63623 "2018-12-31T06:04:43Z")
Celebrating Bacon 13 Ways: [What is Today?](https://goo.gl/cEwPPo) — 30 Dec is National Bacon Day! 1. Being the first camper to wake up, put on the coffee, and start the eggs and bacon! 2. Bacon stuffing for the turkey for our New Year’s Eve feast 3. Bacon makes Brussels sprouts that much better 4. Bacon salt on everything… including bacon! 5. Lose your blues, everybody cut footloose 6. Bacon bits on just about any salad 7. Watch Jim Gaffigan’s bit about bacon [Jim Gaffigan Bacon KING BABY - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoTS0hvWDW8) 8. Hang strips of bacon from a drone and watch the dog chase it. 9. Bacon is supposedly the number 1 meat that makes vegetarians break their diet. 10. Loaded fries at a pub! 11. layered on a fresh, hot buttered biscuit 12. Three of them on a grilled cheese sandwich, with a dill pickle on the side 13. Angels on horseback: bacon-wrapped baked oysters A yummy hot hors d’œuvre! And for those who don’t like oysters, how about bacon-wrapped scallops? New On the last day of the year, an item that’s the last in a series, or any title that contains the word “last” 1. The Last Battle by CS Lewis A twofer–as well as containing the word last, it’s also the last of the 7 Chronicles of Narnia books ---
**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 31, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63624 "2018-12-31T06:07:59Z")
On the last day of the year, an item that’s the last in a series, or any title that contains the word “last” 1. The Last Battle by CS Lewis 2. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper ---
**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 31, 2018, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63625 "2018-12-31T06:35:31Z")
On the last day of the year, an item that’s the last in a series, or any title that contains the word “last” 1. The Last Battle by CS Lewis 2. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper 3. December 31st Not too imaginative there… ---
**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 31, 2018, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63626 "2018-12-31T06:36:11Z")
On the last day of the year, an item that’s the last in a series, or any title that contains the word “last” 1. The Last Battle by CS Lewis 2. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper 3. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 Last of the Hunger Games film series. ---
**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 31, 2018, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63627 "2018-12-31T06:57:22Z")
On the last day of the year, an item that’s the last in a series, or any title that contains the word “last” 1. The Last Battle by CS Lewis 2. The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper 3. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 4. Beethoven’s Symphony #9 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3180) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3182)