# 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:** 3270
**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:** [April 29, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65388 "2019-04-29T15:01:15Z")
Famous fictional killers 1. Andrew Vachss’s Max, the silent killer 2. Mackie Messer aka Mack the Knife, The Three Penny Opera 3. Hans Beckert, Peter Lorre’s child killer in M 4. Hannibal Lecter ---
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Famous fictional killers 1. Andrew Vachss’s Max, the silent killer 2. Mackie Messer aka Mack the Knife, The Three Penny Opera 3. Hans Beckert, Peter Lorre’s child killer in M 4. Hannibal Lecter 5. Erik, The Phantom of The Opera ---
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Famous fictional killers 1. Andrew Vachss’s Max, the silent killer 2. Mackie Messer aka Mack the Knife, The Three Penny Opera 3. Hans Beckert, Peter Lorre’s child killer in M 4. Hannibal Lecter 5. Erik, The Phantom of The Opera 6. Norman Bates ---
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Famous fictional killers 1. Andrew Vachss’s Max, the silent killer 2. Mackie Messer aka Mack the Knife, The Three Penny Opera 3. Hans Beckert, Peter Lorre’s child killer in M 4. Hannibal Lecter 5. Erik, The Phantom of The Opera 6. Norman Bates 7. Jason Voorhees ---
**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:** [April 29, 2019, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65392 "2019-04-29T16:27:42Z")
Famous fictional killers 1. Andrew Vachss’s Max, the silent killer 2. Mackie Messer aka Mack the Knife, The Three Penny Opera 3. Hans Beckert, Peter Lorre’s child killer in M 4. Dr. Hannibal Lecter 5. Erik, The Phantom of The Opera 6. Norman Bates 7. Jason Voorhees 8. King Joffrey, Game of Thrones ---
**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:** [April 29, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65393 "2019-04-29T16:54:21Z")
Famous fictional killers 1. Andrew Vachss’s Max, the silent killer 2. Mackie Messer aka Mack the Knife, The Three Penny Opera 3. Hans Beckert, Peter Lorre’s child killer in M 4. Dr. Hannibal Lecter 5. Erik, The Phantom of The Opera 6. Norman Bates 7. Jason Voorhees 8. King Joffrey, Game of Thrones 9. Darth Vader ---
**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:** [April 29, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65394 "2019-04-29T17:08:19Z")
Famous fictional killers 1. Andrew Vachss’s Max, the silent killer 2. Mackie Messer aka Mack the Knife, The Three Penny Opera 3. Hans Beckert, Peter Lorre’s child killer in M 4. Dr. Hannibal Lecter 5. Erik, The Phantom of The Opera 6. Norman Bates 7. Jason Voorhees 8. King Joffrey, Game of Thrones 9. Darth Vader 10. Kaj Nevis, Tuf Voyaging ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65395 "2019-04-29T17:27:13Z")
Famous fictional killers 1. Andrew Vachss’s Max, the silent killer 2. Mackie Messer aka Mack the Knife, The Three Penny Opera 3. Hans Beckert, Peter Lorre’s child killer in M 4. Dr. Hannibal Lecter 5. Erik, The Phantom of The Opera 6. Norman Bates 7. Jason Voorhees 8. King Joffrey, Game of Thrones 9. Darth Vader 10. Kaj Nevis, Tuf Voyaging 11. The narrator (Montresor), The Cask of Amontillado ---
**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:** [April 29, 2019, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65396 "2019-04-29T18:50:43Z")
Famous fictional killers 1. Andrew Vachss’s Max, the silent killer 2. Mackie Messer aka Mack the Knife, The Three Penny Opera 3. Hans Beckert, Peter Lorre’s child killer in M 4. Dr. Hannibal Lecter 5. Erik, The Phantom of The Opera 6. Norman Bates 7. Jason Voorhees 8. King Joffrey, Game of Thrones 9. Darth Vader 10. Kaj Nevis, Tuf Voyaging 11. The narrator (Montresor), The Cask of Amontillado 12. Othello, from the Shakespeare play ---
**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:** [April 29, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65397 "2019-04-29T18:54:33Z")
Famous fictional killers 1. Andrew Vachss’s Max, the silent killer 2. Mackie Messer aka Mack the Knife, The Three Penny Opera 3. Hans Beckert, Peter Lorre’s child killer in M 4. Dr. Hannibal Lecter 5. Erik, The Phantom of The Opera 6. Norman Bates 7. Jason Voorhees 8. King Joffrey, Game of Thrones 9. Darth Vader 10. Kaj Nevis, Tuf Voyaging 11. The narrator (Montresor), The Cask of Amontillado 12. Othello, from the Shakespeare play 13. Dexter Morgan Pass ---
**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:** [April 29, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65398 "2019-04-29T19:00:13Z")
Fictional or legendary thieves, robbers, burglars etc 1. Macavity the Mystery Cat from TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats 2. Nuth, from “How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon The Gnoles”, Tales of Wonder by Lord Dunsany 3. A.J. Raffles, from the series of stories by E.W. Hornung 4. Robin Hood 5. Bonnie and Clyde 6. Bilbo Baggins, “The Hobbit” 7. The Artful Dodger, from Oliver Twist 8. Alberich, in Das Rheingold 9. Dortmunder, from many of Donald Westlake’s caper books 10. Loki (stealer of fire), Norse mythology 11. The Phantom, The Pinks Panther (1963) 12. Jessie James 13. Thomas Crown, from the Thomas Crown Affair Next - Shakespearean insults 1. “You Banbury cheese!” The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 1, scene 1 ---
**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:** [April 29, 2019, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65399 "2019-04-29T19:07:46Z")
Shakespearean insults 1. “You Banbury cheese!” The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 1, scene 1 2. “Base dunghill villain and mechanical” Henry VI - Part Two, Act 1, Scene 3 ---
**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:** [April 29, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65400 "2019-04-29T19:13:37Z")
Shakespearean insults 1. “You Banbury cheese!” The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 1, scene 1 2. “Base dunghill villain and mechanical” Henry VI - Part Two, Act 1, Scene 3 3. “The bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag guts", Henry IV Part 1, Act 2 sc 4 ---
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Shakespearean insults 1. “You Banbury cheese!” The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 1, scene 1 2. “Base dunghill villain and mechanical” Henry VI - Part Two, Act 1, Scene 3 3. “The bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag guts", Henry IV Part 1, Act 2 sc 4 4. “Thou lily-liver’d boy.” Macbeth, Act 5, scene 3 ---
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Shakespearean insults 1. “You Banbury cheese!” The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 1, scene 1 2. “Base dunghill villain and mechanical” Henry VI - Part Two, Act 1, Scene 3 3. “The bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag guts", Henry IV Part 1, Act 2 sc 4 4. “Thou lily-liver’d boy.” Macbeth, Act 5, scene 3 5. “Why, you whoreson round man” Henry IV, Act 2, Scene 4 ---
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Shakespearean insults 1. “You Banbury cheese!” The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 1, scene 1 2. “Base dunghill villain and mechanical” Henry VI - Part Two, Act 1, Scene 3 3. “The bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag guts", Henry IV Part 1, Act 2 sc 4 4. “Thou lily-liver’d boy.” Macbeth, Act 5, scene 3 5. “Why, you whoreson round man” Henry IV, Act 2, Scene 4 6. “Thou damned and luxurious mountain goat”, Henry V, Act 4, scene 4 ---
**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:** [April 30, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65404 "2019-04-30T15:03:46Z")
Shakespearean insults 1. “You Banbury cheese!” The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 1, scene 1 2. “Base dunghill villain and mechanical” Henry VI - Part Two, Act 1, Scene 3 3. “The bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag guts", Henry IV Part 1, Act 2 sc 4 4. “Thou lily-liver’d boy.” Macbeth, Act 5, scene 3 5. “Why, you whoreson round man” Henry IV, Act 2, Scene 4 6. “Thou damned and luxurious mountain goat”, Henry V, Act 4, scene 4 7. “Villain, I have done thy mother” _Titus Andronicus_, Act 4, Scene 2 ---
**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:** [April 30, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65405 "2019-04-30T17:52:26Z")
Shakespearean insults 1. “You Banbury cheese!” The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 1, scene 1 2. “Base dunghill villain and mechanical” Henry VI - Part Two, Act 1, Scene 3 3. “The bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag guts", Henry IV Part 1, Act 2 sc 4 4. “Thou lily-liver’d boy.” Macbeth, Act 5, scene 3 5. “Why, you whoreson round man” Henry IV, Act 2, Scene 4 6. “Thou damned and luxurious mountain goat”, Henry V, Act 4, scene 4 7. “Villain, I have done thy mother” _Titus Andronicus_, Act 4, Scene 2 8. “The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon! Where got’st thou that goose look?” Macbeth Act 5 Sc 3 ---
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Shakespearean insults 1. “You Banbury cheese!” The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 1, scene 1 2. “Base dunghill villain and mechanical” Henry VI - Part Two, Act 1, Scene 3 3. “The bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag guts", Henry IV Part 1, Act 2 sc 4 4. “Thou lily-liver’d boy.” Macbeth, Act 5, scene 3 5. “Why, you whoreson round man” Henry IV, Act 2, Scene 4 6. “Thou damned and luxurious mountain goat”, Henry V, Act 4, scene 4 7. “Villain, I have done thy mother” _Titus Andronicus_, Act 4, Scene 2 8. “The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon! Where got’st thou that goose look?” Macbeth Act 5 Sc 3 9. “…nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pander, and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch; one whom I will beat into clamorous whining if thou deniest the least syllable of thy addition.” King Lear, Act 2, Scene 2. ---
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Shakespearean insults 1. “You Banbury cheese!” The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act 1, scene 1 2. “Base dunghill villain and mechanical” Henry VI - Part Two, Act 1, Scene 3 3. “The bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag guts", Henry IV Part 1, Act 2 sc 4 4. “Thou lily-liver’d boy.” Macbeth, Act 5, scene 3 5. “Why, you whoreson round man” Henry IV, Act 2, Scene 4 6. “Thou damned and luxurious mountain goat”, Henry V, Act 4, scene 4 7. “Villain, I have done thy mother” Titus Andronicus, Act 4, Scene 2 8. “The devil damn thee black, thou cream-faced loon! Where got’st thou that goose look?” Macbeth Act 5 Sc 3 9. “…nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pander, and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch; one whom I will beat into clamorous whining if thou deniest the least syllable of thy addition.” King Lear, Act 2, Scene 2. 10. “A most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise breaker, the owner of no one good quality.” All’s Well That Ends Well, Act 3, Scene 6 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3269) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3271)