# 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:** 3213
**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:** [February 11, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64248 "2019-02-11T14:20:24Z")
Varieties of Valentine’s Day candy and sweet treats 1. heart-shaped eclairs 2. Conversation hearts 3. Mama always said, life is like a… 4. A heart-shaped box of See’s chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get. 5. Heart shaped Reece’s Peanut Butter cup. 6. Strawberries dipped in chocolate 7. An Edible Arrangements bouquet 8. Lindor strawberry and white chocolate truffles, in the pink package 9. Valentine’s Day M&M assortment (red, pink and white) 10. candied rose petals 11. chocolate-covered cherries ---
**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:** [February 11, 2019, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64249 "2019-02-11T14:25:00Z")
Varieties of Valentine’s Day candy and sweet treats 1. heart-shaped eclairs 2. Conversation hearts 3. Mama always said, life is like a… 4. A heart-shaped box of See’s chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get. 5. Heart shaped Reece’s Peanut Butter cup. 6. Strawberries dipped in chocolate 7. An Edible Arrangements bouquet 8. Lindor strawberry and white chocolate truffles, in the pink package 9. Valentine’s Day M&M assortment (red, pink and white) 10. candied rose petals 11. chocolate-covered cherries 12. Cupcakes with plastic rings shaped like conversation hearts on top. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64250 "2019-02-11T16:39:04Z")
Varieties of Valentine’s Day candy and sweet treats 1. heart-shaped eclairs 2. Conversation hearts 3. Mama always said, life is like a… 4. A heart-shaped box of See’s chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get. 5. Heart shaped Reece’s Peanut Butter cup. 6. Strawberries dipped in chocolate 7. An Edible Arrangements bouquet 8. Lindor strawberry and white chocolate truffles, in the pink package 9. Valentine’s Day M&M assortment (red, pink and white) 10. candied rose petals 11. chocolate-covered cherries 12. Cupcakes with plastic rings shaped like conversation hearts on top. 13. Edible undies! Fun things you might do on Valentine’s Day if you don’t have a partner: 1. Share a snuggle and some Netflix binge-watching with your cat. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64251 "2019-02-11T16:42:48Z")
Fun things you might do on Valentine’s Day if you don’t have a partner: 1. Share a snuggle and some Netflix binge-watching with your cat. 2. Make the kids dinner and have a glass of wine. Which what I will be doing, my significant other is going on a well deserved vacation this Thursday. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2019, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64252 "2019-02-11T16:55:31Z")
Fun things you might do on Valentine’s Day if you don’t have a partner: 1. Share a snuggle and some Netflix binge-watching with your cat. 2. Make the kids dinner and have a glass of wine. 3. Finish boxing up my mom’s wheelchair, getting it ready to ship. Small fun factor there… ---
**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:** [February 11, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64253 "2019-02-11T17:25:09Z")
Fun things you might do on Valentine’s Day if you don’t have a partner: 1. Share a snuggle and some Netflix binge-watching with your cat. 2. Make the kids dinner and have a glass of wine. 3. Finish boxing up my mom’s wheelchair, getting it ready to ship. Small fun factor there… 4. Freak out your co-workers by wearing a really snazzy, new outfit instead of your usual “unmade bed” look ---
**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:** [February 11, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64254 "2019-02-11T18:44:32Z")
Fun things you might do on Valentine’s Day if you don’t have a partner: 1. Share a snuggle and some Netflix binge-watching with your cat. 2. Make the kids dinner and have a glass of wine. 3. Finish boxing up my mom’s wheelchair, getting it ready to ship. Small fun factor there… 4. Freak out your co-workers by wearing a really snazzy, new outfit instead of your usual “unmade bed” look 5. Hookers and blow, man. Hookers and blow. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64255 "2019-02-11T19:09:16Z")
Fun things you might do on Valentine’s Day if you don’t have a partner: 1. Share a snuggle and some Netflix binge-watching with your cat. 2. Make the kids dinner and have a glass of wine. 3. Finish boxing up my mom’s wheelchair, getting it ready to ship. Small fun factor there… 4. Freak out your co-workers by wearing a really snazzy, new outfit instead of your usual “unmade bed” look 5. Hookers and blow, man. Hookers and blow. 6. Potluck dinner with single/unattached friends (avoiding restaurants at all costs!) ---
**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:** [February 11, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64256 "2019-02-11T23:52:39Z")
Fun things you might do on Valentine’s Day if you don’t have a partner: 1. Share a snuggle and some Netflix binge-watching with your cat. 2. Make the kids dinner and have a glass of wine. 3. Finish boxing up my mom’s wheelchair, getting it ready to ship. Small fun factor there… 4. Freak out your co-workers by wearing a really snazzy, new outfit instead of your usual “unmade bed” look 5. Hookers and blow, man. Hookers and blow. 6. Potluck dinner with single/unattached friends (avoiding restaurants at all costs!) 7. Read a good book. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2019, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64257 "2019-02-12T04:34:38Z")
Fun things you might do on Valentine’s Day if you don’t have a partner: 1. Share a snuggle and some Netflix binge-watching with your cat. 2. Make the kids dinner and have a glass of wine. 3. Finish boxing up my mom’s wheelchair, getting it ready to ship. Small fun factor there… 4. Freak out your co-workers by wearing a really snazzy, new outfit instead of your usual “unmade bed” look 5. Hookers and blow, man. Hookers and blow. 6. Potluck dinner with single/unattached friends (avoiding restaurants at all costs!) 7. Read a good book. 8. Eat an entire Whitman’s Sampler on your own ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64258 "2019-02-12T07:35:21Z")
Fun things you might do on Valentine’s Day if you don’t have a partner: 1. Share a snuggle and some Netflix binge-watching with your cat. 2. Make the kids dinner and have a glass of wine. 3. Finish boxing up my mom’s wheelchair, getting it ready to ship. Small fun factor there… 4. Freak out your co-workers by wearing a really snazzy, new outfit instead of your usual “unmade bed” look 5. Hookers and blow, man. Hookers and blow. 6. Potluck dinner with single/unattached friends (avoiding restaurants at all costs!) 7. Read a good book. 8. Eat an entire Whitman’s Sampler on your own 9. I print out and give my students scientist-themed Valentine’s cards Examples: “I’m Sagan all my love for you!” (Carl Sagan, natch) and “You send me into a very excited state” (Niels Bohr) and “Nobody makes me glow quite like you” (Marie Curie; that’s some dark humor there–I didn’t create these myself BTW). I tell them to regift the card to their special someone. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64259 "2019-02-12T14:24:48Z")
Fun things you might do on Valentine’s Day if you don’t have a partner: 1. Share a snuggle and some Netflix binge-watching with your cat. 2. Make the kids dinner and have a glass of wine. 3. Finish boxing up my mom’s wheelchair, getting it ready to ship. Small fun factor there… 4. Freak out your co-workers by wearing a really snazzy, new outfit instead of your usual “unmade bed” look 5. Hookers and blow, man. Hookers and blow. 6. Potluck dinner with single/unattached friends (avoiding restaurants at all costs!) 7. Read a good book. 8. Eat an entire Whitman’s Sampler on your own 9. I print out and give my students scientist-themed Valentine’s cards 10. Send horror-themed valentines to the weird girls at your workplace ---
**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:** [February 12, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64260 "2019-02-12T14:29:14Z")
Fun things you might do on Valentine’s Day if you don’t have a partner: 1. Share a snuggle and some Netflix binge-watching with your cat. 2. Make the kids dinner and have a glass of wine. 3. Finish boxing up my mom’s wheelchair, getting it ready to ship. Small fun factor there… 4. Freak out your co-workers by wearing a really snazzy, new outfit instead of your usual “unmade bed” look 5. Hookers and blow, man. Hookers and blow. 6. Potluck dinner with single/unattached friends (avoiding restaurants at all costs!) 7. Read a good book. 8. Eat an entire Whitman’s Sampler on your own 9. I print out and give my students scientist-themed Valentine’s cards 10. Send horror-themed valentines to the weird girls at your workplace 11. Read a biography of Saint Valentine > **[Saint Valentine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Valentine)** > > Saint Valentine (Italian: San Valentino; Latin: Valentinus) was a 3rd-century Roman saint, commemorated in Western Christianity on February 14 and in Eastern Orthodoxy on July 6. From the High Middle Ages, his Saints' Day has been associated with a tradition of courtly love. He is also a patron saint of Terni, epilepsy and beekeepers. > Saint Valentine was a clergyman – either a priest or a bishop – in the Roman Empire who ministered to persecuted Christians. He was martyred and his body b Relics... ---
**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:** [February 12, 2019, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64261 "2019-02-12T18:28:14Z")
Fun things you might do on Valentine’s Day if you don’t have a partner: 1. Share a snuggle and some Netflix binge-watching with your cat. 2. Make the kids dinner and have a glass of wine. 3. Finish boxing up my mom’s wheelchair, getting it ready to ship. Small fun factor there… 4. Freak out your co-workers by wearing a really snazzy, new outfit instead of your usual “unmade bed” look 5. Hookers and blow, man. Hookers and blow. 6. Potluck dinner with single/unattached friends (avoiding restaurants at all costs!) 7. Read a good book. 8. Eat an entire Whitman’s Sampler on your own 9. I print out and give my students scientist-themed Valentine’s cards 10. Send horror-themed valentines to the weird girls at your workplace 11. Read a biography of Saint Valentine 12. Find cute emojis and photos to message to family members ---
**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:** [February 12, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64262 "2019-02-12T22:30:58Z")
Fun things you might do on Valentine’s Day if you don’t have a partner: 1. Share a snuggle and some Netflix binge-watching with your cat. 2. Make the kids dinner and have a glass of wine. 3. Finish boxing up my mom’s wheelchair, getting it ready to ship. Small fun factor there… 4. Freak out your co-workers by wearing a really snazzy, new outfit instead of your usual “unmade bed” look 5. Hookers and blow, man. Hookers and blow. 6. Potluck dinner with single/unattached friends (avoiding restaurants at all costs!) 7. Read a good book. 8. Eat an entire Whitman’s Sampler on your own 9. I print out and give my students scientist-themed Valentine’s cards 10. Send horror-themed valentines to the weird girls at your workplace 11. Read a biography of Saint Valentine 12. Find cute emojis and photos to message to family members 13. Buy one rose for all the girls at work, and keep your identity hidden, saying that it comes from a secret admirer. New topic: Movies in which the soundtrack or score is arguably better than the film itself 1. Batman Forever ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64263 "2019-02-12T22:43:11Z")
Movies in which the soundtrack or score is arguably better than the film itself 1. Batman Forever 2. Toys (no “arguably” about it in that case… 😛 ) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64264 "2019-02-12T22:46:42Z")
Movies in which the soundtrack or score is arguably better than the film itself 1. Batman Forever 2. Toys 3. Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones ---
**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:** [February 12, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64265 "2019-02-12T23:40:40Z")
Movies in which the soundtrack or score is arguably better than the film itself 1. Batman Forever 2. Toys 3. Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones 4. Flash Gordon ---
**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:** [February 12, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64266 "2019-02-12T23:46:18Z")
Movies in which the soundtrack or score is arguably better than the film itself 1. Batman Forever 2. Toys 3. Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones 4. Flash Gordon 5. Forrest Gump Oh hey, I love the movie, but the soundtrack is spectacular. It’s exactly the era of music that I’m passionate about. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64267 "2019-02-13T00:44:55Z")
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