# 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:** 3245

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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:** [March 29, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64888 "2019-03-29T13:10:03Z")

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Magazines you have subscribed to, or still subscribe to:

1. Time
2. The New Yorker (subscriber since 1982)
3. Omni (still have the first issue, mint)
4. Guitar World
5. Texas Fish & Game
6. TV Guide
7. Games
8. Naval History

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**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:** [March 29, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64889 "2019-03-29T13:16:57Z")

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Magazines you have subscribed to, or still subscribe to:

1. Time
2. The New Yorker (subscriber since 1982)
3. Omni (still have the first issue, mint)
4. Guitar World
5. Texas Fish & Game
6. TV Guide
7. Games
8. Naval History  
9, National Geographic

That is, until Fox/Rupert Murdoch got a hold of 'em

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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:** [March 29, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64890 "2019-03-29T13:33:41Z")

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Magazines you have subscribed to, or still subscribe to:

1. Time
2. The New Yorker (subscriber since 1982)
3. Omni (still have the first issue, mint)
4. Guitar World
5. Texas Fish & Game
6. TV Guide
7. Games
8. Naval History  
9, National Geographic
9. Weight Watchers

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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:** [March 29, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64891 "2019-03-29T13:55:38Z")

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Magazines you have subscribed to, or still subscribe to:

1. Time
2. The New Yorker (subscriber since 1982)
3. Omni (still have the first issue, mint)
4. Guitar World
5. Texas Fish & Game
6. TV Guide
7. Games
8. Naval History  
9, National Geographic
9. Weight Watchers
10. Smithsonian

_ **Cardigan** _, I didn’t know about the sad fate of National Geographic and was wondering last time I saw it (in the doctor’s waiting room) why it was only a shadow of its former self

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**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:** [March 29, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64892 "2019-03-29T14:22:14Z")

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Magazines you have subscribed to, or still subscribe to:

1. Time
2. The New Yorker (subscriber since 1982)
3. Omni (still have the first issue, mint)
4. Guitar World
5. Texas Fish & Game
6. TV Guide
7. Games
8. Naval History  
9, National Geographic
9. Weight Watchers
10. Smithsonian
11. Discover

In Jr. high I had a subscription

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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:** [March 29, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64893 "2019-03-29T16:12:56Z")

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Magazines you have subscribed to, or still subscribe to:

1. Time
2. The New Yorker (subscriber since 1982)
3. Omni (still have the first issue, mint)
4. Guitar World
5. Texas Fish & Game
6. TV Guide
7. Games
8. Naval History  
9, National Geographic
9. Weight Watchers
10. Smithsonian
11. Discover
12. Conpute!

New: Catchphrase (or word/sentence) and the person associated with it

1. Let’s get ready to rumble! - Michael Buffer

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**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64894 "2019-03-29T16:22:50Z")

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Catchphrase (or word/sentence) and the person associated with it

1. Let’s get ready to rumble! - Michael Buffer
2. Good grief! - Charles Schultz/Charlie Brown

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**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:** [March 29, 2019, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64895 "2019-03-29T16:30:25Z")

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Catchphrase (or word/sentence) and the person associated with it

1. Let’s get ready to rumble! - Michael Buffer
2. Good grief! - Charles Schultz/Charlie Brown 64960
3. I’ll be back - Arnold Schwarzenegger

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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:** [March 29, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64896 "2019-03-29T16:52:54Z")

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Catchphrase (or word/sentence) and the person associated with it

1. Let’s get ready to rumble! - Michael Buffer
2. Good grief! - Charles Schultz/Charlie Brown 64960
3. I’ll be back - Arnold Schwarzenegger
4. Witch hunt! No collusion! Lock her up! - Donald Trump

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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:** [March 29, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64897 "2019-03-29T17:09:09Z")

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Catchphrase (or word/sentence) and the person associated with it

1. Let’s get ready to rumble! - Michael Buffer
2. Good grief! - Charles Schultz/Charlie Brown 64960
3. I’ll be back - Arnold Schwarzenegger
4. Witch hunt! No collusion! Lock her up! - Donald Trump
5. Vote early and vote often. - Al Capone

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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:** [March 29, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64898 "2019-03-29T17:19:09Z")

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Magazines you have subscribed to, or still subscribe to:

1. Time
2. The New Yorker (subscriber since 1982)
3. Omni (still have the first issue, mint)
4. Guitar World
5. New Republic

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64899 "2019-03-29T17:34:28Z")

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Catchphrase (or word/sentence) and the person associated with it

1. Let’s get ready to rumble! - Michael Buffer
2. Good grief! - Charles Schultz/Charlie Brown 64960
3. I’ll be back - Arnold Schwarzenegger
4. Witch hunt! No collusion! Lock her up! - Donald Trump
5. Vote early and vote often. - Al Capone
6. Wha’choo talkin’ 'bout, Willis? - Gary Coleman (Different Strokes)

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**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:** [March 29, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64900 "2019-03-29T18:18:33Z")

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Catchphrase (or word/sentence) and the person associated with it

1. Let’s get ready to rumble! - Michael Buffer
2. Good grief! - Charles Schultz/Charlie Brown 64960
3. I’ll be back - Arnold Schwarzenegger
4. Witch hunt! No collusion! Lock her up! - Donald Trump
5. Vote early and vote often. - Al Capone
6. Wha’choo talkin’ 'bout, Willis? - Gary Coleman (Different Strokes)
7. And that’s the way it is - Walter Cronkite

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64901 "2019-03-29T18:50:37Z")

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Catchphrase (or word/sentence) and the person associated with it

1. Let’s get ready to rumble! - Michael Buffer
2. Good grief! - Charles Schultz/Charlie Brown 64960
3. I’ll be back - Arnold Schwarzenegger
4. Witch hunt! No collusion! Lock her up! - Donald Trump
5. Vote early and vote often. - Al Capone
6. Wha’choo talkin’ 'bout, Willis? - Gary Coleman (Different Strokes)
7. And that’s the way it is - Walter Cronkite
8. Dyn-O-Mite!!! - Jimmie Walker (Good Times)

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**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:** [March 29, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64902 "2019-03-29T19:00:55Z")

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Catchphrase (or word/sentence) and the person associated with it

1. Let’s get ready to rumble! - Michael Buffer
2. Good grief! - Charles Schultz/Charlie Brown 64960
3. I’ll be back - Arnold Schwarzenegger
4. Witch hunt! No collusion! Lock her up! - Donald Trump
5. Vote early and vote often. - Al Capone
6. Wha’choo talkin’ 'bout, Willis? - Gary Coleman (Different Strokes)
7. And that’s the way it is - Walter Cronkite
8. Dyn-O-Mite!!! - Jimmie Walker (Good Times)
9. He’s dead, Jim. - Dr. McCoy (Star Trek)

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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:** [March 29, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64903 "2019-03-29T19:40:45Z")

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Catchphrase (or word/sentence) and the person associated with it

1. Let’s get ready to rumble! - Michael Buffer
2. Good grief! - Charles Schultz/Charlie Brown 64960
3. I’ll be back - Arnold Schwarzenegger
4. Witch hunt! No collusion! Lock her up! - Donald Trump
5. Vote early and vote often. - Al Capone
6. Wha’choo talkin’ 'bout, Willis? - Gary Coleman (Different Strokes)
7. And that’s the way it is - Walter Cronkite
8. Dyn-O-Mite!!! - Jimmie Walker (Good Times)
9. He’s dead, Jim. - Dr. McCoy (Star Trek)
10. I have not yet begun to fight! - John Paul Jones

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64904 "2019-03-29T20:40:35Z")

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Catchphrase (or word/sentence) and the person associated with it

1. Let’s get ready to rumble! - Michael Buffer
2. Good grief! - Charles Schultz/Charlie Brown 64960
3. I’ll be back - Arnold Schwarzenegger
4. Witch hunt! No collusion! Lock her up! - Donald Trump
5. Vote early and vote often. - Al Capone
6. Wha’choo talkin’ 'bout, Willis? - Gary Coleman (Different Strokes)
7. And that’s the way it is - Walter Cronkite
8. Dyn-O-Mite!!! - Jimmie Walker (Good Times)
9. He’s dead, Jim. - Dr. McCoy (Star Trek)
10. I have not yet begun to fight! - John Paul Jones
11. Let’s be careful out there. Phil Esterhaus (Hill Street Blues)

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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:** [March 29, 2019, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64905 "2019-03-29T20:54:10Z")

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Catchphrase (or word/sentence) and the person associated with it

1. Let’s get ready to rumble! - Michael Buffer
2. Good grief! - Charles Schultz/Charlie Brown 64960
3. I’ll be back - Arnold Schwarzenegger
4. Witch hunt! No collusion! Lock her up! - Donald Trump
5. Vote early and vote often. - Al Capone
6. Wha’choo talkin’ 'bout, Willis? - Gary Coleman (Different Strokes)
7. And that’s the way it is - Walter Cronkite
8. Dyn-O-Mite!!! - Jimmie Walker (Good Times)
9. He’s dead, Jim. - Dr. McCoy (Star Trek)
10. I have not yet begun to fight! - John Paul Jones
11. Let’s be careful out there - Phil Esterhaus (Hill Street Blues)
12. To infinity… and beyond! - Buzz Lightyear

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**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:** [March 29, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64906 "2019-03-29T21:27:05Z")

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Catchphrase (or word/sentence) and the person associated with it

1. Let’s get ready to rumble! - Michael Buffer
2. Good grief! - Charles Schultz/Charlie Brown 64960
3. I’ll be back - Arnold Schwarzenegger
4. Witch hunt! No collusion! Lock her up! - Donald Trump
5. Vote early and vote often. - Al Capone
6. Wha’choo talkin’ 'bout, Willis? - Gary Coleman (Different Strokes)
7. And that’s the way it is - Walter Cronkite
8. Dyn-O-Mite!!! - Jimmie Walker (Good Times)
9. He’s dead, Jim. - Dr. McCoy (Star Trek)
10. I have not yet begun to fight! - John Paul Jones
11. Let’s be careful out there - Phil Esterhaus (Hill Street Blues)
12. To infinity… and beyond! - Buzz Lightyear
13. Ain’t I a woman? - Sojourner Truth

Pass

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**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/64907 "2019-03-29T22:31:12Z")

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