# 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:** 3196
**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:** [January 11, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63908 "2019-01-11T16:49:56Z")
Good things about freezing cold weather: 1. Burn more calories being outside 2. Kills bugs 3. Gives lots of northern tourist dollars to Gulf Coast businesses 4. Cross country skiing 5. Kills germs, so less flu 6. No lightning storms 7. Cozy evenings spent in front of the fireplace reading a good book 8. You don’t have snow falling when it gets really cold 9. I don’t have to sweat 10. Less confusing than freezing hot weather 11. The Iditarod Sled Dog Race! ---
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Good things about freezing cold weather: 1. Burn more calories being outside 2. Kills bugs 3. Gives lots of northern tourist dollars to Gulf Coast businesses 4. Cross country skiing 5. Kills germs, so less flu 6. No lightning storms 7. Cozy evenings spent in front of the fireplace reading a good book 8. You don’t have snow falling when it gets really cold 9. I don’t have to sweat 10. Less confusing than freezing hot weather 11. The Iditarod Sled Dog Race! 12. Kitty snuggles. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2019, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63910 "2019-01-11T20:22:12Z")
Good things about freezing cold weather: 1. Burn more calories being outside 2. Kills bugs 3. Gives lots of northern tourist dollars to Gulf Coast businesses 4. Cross country skiing 5. Kills germs, so less flu 6. No lightning storms 7. Cozy evenings spent in front of the fireplace reading a good book 8. You don’t have snow falling when it gets really cold 9. I don’t have to sweat 10. Less confusing than freezing hot weather 11. The Iditarod Sled Dog Race! 12. Kitty snuggles 13. Downhill skiing and snowboarding, very different from x-country skiing above! Pass ---
**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:** [January 11, 2019, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63911 "2019-01-11T20:24:33Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Songs that make you feel sentimental > > 1. Birthday Song - Don McLean Prof. Pepperwinkle, I almost posted this, nice to see someone else who likes it ---
**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:** [January 11, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63912 "2019-01-11T21:13:00Z")
Fictional starships, a brief description - and source 1. Ark, a derelict seedship of the Ecological Engineering Corps - “Tuf Voyaging” by George R.R. Martin ---
**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:** [January 11, 2019, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63913 "2019-01-11T21:14:43Z")
Fictional starships, a brief description - and source 1. Ark, a derelict seedship of the Ecological Engineering Corps - “Tuf Voyaging” by George R.R. Martin 2. Eagle, space shuttle, Space: 1999 ---
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Fictional starships, a brief description - and source 1. Ark, a derelict seedship of the Ecological Engineering Corps - “Tuf Voyaging” by George R.R. Martin 2. Eagle, space shuttle, Space: 1999 3. Serenity, a Firefly-class cargo vessel, _Firefly_ ---
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Fictional starships, a brief description - and source 1. Ark, a derelict seedship of the Ecological Engineering Corps - “Tuf Voyaging” by George R.R. Martin 2. Eagle, space shuttle, Space: 1999 3. Serenity, a Firefly-class cargo vessel, Firefly 4. Galileo, a shuttlecraft used by the Enterprise, TOS ---
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starships, a brief description - and source 1. Ark, a derelict seedship of the Ecological Engineering Corps - “Tuf Voyaging” by George R.R. Martin 2. Eagle, space shuttle, Space: 1999 3. Serenity, a Firefly-class cargo vessel, Firefly 4. Galileo, a shuttlecraft used by the Enterprise, TOS 5. Nostromo, a commercial M-Class starfreighter hauling ore, Alien ---
**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:** [January 11, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63917 "2019-01-11T22:17:50Z")
Fictional starships, a brief description - and source 1. Ark, a derelict seedship of the Ecological Engineering Corps - “Tuf Voyaging” by George R.R. Martin 2. Eagle, space shuttle, Space: 1999 3. Serenity, a Firefly-class cargo vessel, Firefly 4. Galileo, a shuttlecraft used by the Enterprise, TOS 5. Nostromo, a commercial M-Class starfreighter hauling ore, Alien 6. Millennium Falcon, modified YT-1300 Corellian light freighter - Star Wars ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63918 "2019-01-11T23:25:46Z")
Fictional starships, a brief description - and source 1. Ark, a derelict seedship of the Ecological Engineering Corps - “Tuf Voyaging” by George R.R. Martin 2. Eagle, space shuttle, Space: 1999 3. Serenity, a Firefly-class cargo vessel, Firefly 4. Galileo, a shuttlecraft used by the Enterprise, TOS 5. Nostromo, a commercial M-Class starfreighter hauling ore, Alien 6. Millennium Falcon, modified YT-1300 Corellian light freighter - Star Wars 7. The Milano, original space ship of Peter Quill and used by the Guardians of the Galaxy ---
**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:** [January 11, 2019, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63919 "2019-01-11T23:45:58Z")
Fictional starships, a brief description - and source 1. Ark, a derelict seedship of the Ecological Engineering Corps - “Tuf Voyaging” by George R.R. Martin 2. Eagle, space shuttle, Space: 1999 3. Serenity, a Firefly-class cargo vessel, Firefly 4. Galileo, a shuttlecraft used by the Enterprise, TOS 5. Nostromo, a commercial M-Class starfreighter hauling ore, Alien 6. Millennium Falcon, modified YT-1300 Corellian light freighter - Star Wars 7. The Milano, original space ship of Peter Quill and used by the Guardians of the Galaxy 8. NSEA Protector, a pretend ship for entertainment - _Galaxy Quest_ ---
**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:** [January 11, 2019, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63920 "2019-01-11T23:55:42Z")
Fictional starships, a brief description - and source 1. Ark, a derelict seedship of the Ecological Engineering Corps - “Tuf Voyaging” by George R.R. Martin 2. Eagle, space shuttle, Space: 1999 3. Serenity, a Firefly-class cargo vessel, Firefly 4. Galileo, a shuttlecraft used by the Enterprise, TOS 5. Nostromo, a commercial M-Class starfreighter hauling ore, Alien 6. Millennium Falcon, modified YT-1300 Corellian light freighter - Star Wars 7. The Milano, original space ship of Peter Quill and used by the Guardians of the Galaxy 8. United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser, an intergalactic garbage scow - Quark ---
**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:** [January 12, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63921 "2019-01-12T00:15:23Z")
Fictional starships, a brief description - and source 1. Ark, a derelict seedship of the Ecological Engineering Corps - “Tuf Voyaging” by George R.R. Martin 2. Eagle, space shuttle, Space: 1999 3. Serenity, a Firefly-class cargo vessel, Firefly 4. Galileo, a shuttlecraft used by the Enterprise, TOS 5. Nostromo, a commercial M-Class starfreighter hauling ore, Alien 6. Millennium Falcon, modified YT-1300 Corellian light freighter - Star Wars 7. The Milano, original space ship of Peter Quill and used by the Guardians of the Galaxy 8. United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser, an intergalactic garbage scow - Quark 9. Helva, a/k/a XH-834, with the X changing to the first initial of her partner’s name, which varied from story to story, the cyborg starship in _The Ship Who Sang_ by Anne McCaffrey ---
**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:** [January 12, 2019, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63922 "2019-01-12T00:54:53Z")
Fictional starships, a brief description - and source 1. Ark, a derelict seedship of the Ecological Engineering Corps - “Tuf Voyaging” by George R.R. Martin 2. Eagle, space shuttle, Space: 1999 3. Serenity, a Firefly-class cargo vessel, Firefly 4. Galileo, a shuttlecraft used by the Enterprise, TOS 5. Nostromo, a commercial M-Class starfreighter hauling ore, Alien 6. Millennium Falcon, modified YT-1300 Corellian light freighter - Star Wars 7. The Milano, original space ship of Peter Quill and used by the Guardians of the Galaxy 8. United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser, an intergalactic garbage scow - Quark 9. Helva, a/k/a XH-834, with the X changing to the first initial of her partner’s name, which varied from story to story, the cyborg starship in _The Ship Who Sang_ by Anne McCaffrey 10. The Starship Heart of Gold with the Infinite Improbability Drive from "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ---
**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:** [January 12, 2019, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63923 "2019-01-12T02:28:32Z")
#2 replaced. The Space: 1999 Eagles weren’t starships - they were sublight spacecraft. Fictional starships, a brief description - and source 1. Ark, a derelict seedship of the Ecological Engineering Corps - Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin 2. USS Enterprise, NCC-1701 - Star Trek: The Original Series 3. Serenity, a Firefly-class cargo vessel, Firefly 4. Galileo, a shuttlecraft used by the Enterprise, TOS 5. USCSS Nostromo, a commercial M-Class starfreighter hauling ore, Alien 6. Millennium Falcon, modified YT-1300 Corellian light freighter - Star Wars 7. The Milano, original space ship of Peter Quill and used by the Guardians of the Galaxy 8. United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser, an intergalactic garbage scow - Quark 9. Helva, a/k/a XH-834, with the X changing to the first initial of her partner’s name, which varied from story to story, the cyborg starship in The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey 10. The Starship Heart of Gold with the Infinite Improbability Drive from "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ---
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Fictional starships, a brief description - and source 1. Ark, a derelict seedship of the Ecological Engineering Corps - “Tuf Voyaging” by George R.R. Martin 2. Eagle, space shuttle, Space: 1999 3. Serenity, a Firefly-class cargo vessel, Firefly 4. Galileo, a shuttlecraft used by the Enterprise, TOS 5. Nostromo, a commercial M-Class starfreighter hauling ore, Alien 6. Millennium Falcon, modified YT-1300 Corellian light freighter - Star Wars 7. The Milano, original space ship of Peter Quill and used by the Guardians of the Galaxy 8. NSEA Protector, a pretend ship for entertainment - _Galaxy Quest_ 9. United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser, an intergalactic garbage scow - Quark 10. Helva, a/k/a XH-834, with the X changing to the first initial of her partner’s name, which varied from story to story, the cyborg starship in _The Ship Who Sang_ by Anne McCaffrey 11. The Starship Heart of Gold with the Infinite Improbability Drive from "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Restoring the original order. ---
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Fictional starships, a brief description - and source 1. Ark, a derelict seedship of the Ecological Engineering Corps - “Tuf Voyaging” by George R.R. Martin 2. Eagle, space shuttle, Space: 1999 3. Serenity, a Firefly-class cargo vessel, Firefly 4. Galileo, a shuttlecraft used by the Enterprise, TOS 5. Nostromo, a commercial M-Class starfreighter hauling ore, Alien 6. Millennium Falcon, modified YT-1300 Corellian light freighter - Star Wars 7. The Milano, original space ship of Peter Quill and used by the Guardians of the Galaxy 8. NSEA Protector, a pretend ship for entertainment - Galaxy Quest 9. United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser, an intergalactic garbage scow - Quark 10. Helva, a/k/a XH-834, with the X changing to the first initial of her partner’s name, which varied from story to story, the cyborg starship in The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey 11. The Starship Heart of Gold with the Infinite Improbability Drive from "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 12. Eagle 5, Spaceballs ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/63926 "2019-01-12T16:27:52Z")
[quote=“Bullitt, post:63925, topic:549173”] Fictional starships, a brief description - and source 1. Ark, a derelict seedship of the Ecological Engineering Corps - “Tuf Voyaging” by George R.R. Martin 2. Eagle, space shuttle, Space: 1999 3. Serenity, a Firefly-class cargo vessel, Firefly 4. Galileo, a shuttlecraft used by the Enterprise, TOS 5. Nostromo, a commercial M-Class starfreighter hauling ore, Alien 6. Millennium Falcon, modified YT-1300 Corellian light freighter - Star Wars 7. The Milano, original space ship of Peter Quill and used by the Guardians of the Galaxy 8. NSEA Protector, a pretend ship for entertainment - Galaxy Quest 9. United Galaxy Sanitation Patrol Cruiser, an intergalactic garbage scow - Quark 10. Helva, a/k/a XH-834, with the X changing to the first initial of her partner’s name, which varied from story to story, the cyborg starship in The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey 11. The Starship Heart of Gold with the Infinite Improbability Drive from "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 12. Eagle 5, Spaceballs 13. United States Spacecraft Discovery One, a nuclear-powered interplanetary spaceship, crewed by two men and controlled by the AI onboard computer HAL 9000- “2001: A Space Odyssey” ---
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