# 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:** 3290
**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:** [May 23, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65788 "2019-05-23T17:55:34Z")
Natural disasters: 1. Tornadoes 2. Landslides 3. Hurricanes 4. Typhoons 5. Blizzards 6. Earthquakes 7. Uncontrolled forest fires ---
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Natural disasters: 1. Tornadoes 2. Landslides 3. Hurricanes 4. Typhoons 5. Blizzards 6. Earthquakes 7. Uncontrolled forest fires 8. Tsunamis ---
**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:** [May 23, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65790 "2019-05-23T18:15:52Z")
Natural disasters: 1. Tornadoes 2. Landslides 3. Hurricanes 4. Typhoons 5. Blizzards 6. Earthquakes 7. Uncontrolled forest fires 8. Tsunamis 9. Floods ---
**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:** [May 23, 2019, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65791 "2019-05-23T18:23:01Z")
Natural disasters: 1. Tornadoes 2. Landslides 3. Hurricanes 4. Typhoons 5. Blizzards 6. Earthquakes 7. Uncontrolled forest fires 8. Tsunamis 9. Floods 10. Volcanic eruptions ---
**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:** [May 23, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65792 "2019-05-23T18:41:22Z")
Natural disasters: 1. Tornadoes 2. Landslides 3. Hurricanes 4. Typhoons 5. Blizzards 6. Earthquakes 7. Uncontrolled forest fires 8. Tsunamis 9. Floods 10. Volcanic eruptions 11. Epidemics ---
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Natural disasters: 1. Tornadoes 2. Landslides 3. Hurricanes 4. Typhoons 5. Blizzards 6. Earthquakes 7. Uncontrolled forest fires 8. Tsunamis 9. Floods 10. Volcanic eruptions 11. Epidemics 12. Heat waves ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65794 "2019-05-23T19:39:06Z")
Natural disasters: 1. Tornadoes 2. Landslides 3. Hurricanes 4. Typhoons 5. Blizzards 6. Earthquakes 7. Uncontrolled forest fires 8. Tsunamis 9. Floods 10. Volcanic eruptions 11. Epidemics 12. Heat waves 13. Meteor strikes Pass. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65795 "2019-05-23T19:46:36Z")
13 great opening lines from novels 1. Call me Ishmael. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick ---
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13 great opening lines from novels 1. Call me Ishmael. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick 2. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” _A Tale of Two Cities_, Charles Dickens The full opening sentence is “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” ---
**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:** [May 23, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65797 "2019-05-23T20:03:59Z")
13 great opening lines from novels 1. Call me Ishmael. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick 2. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens 3. It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. George Orwell, 1984 ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65798 "2019-05-23T20:06:35Z")
13 great opening lines from novels 1. Call me Ishmael. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick 2. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens 3. It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. George Orwell, 1984 4. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice ---
**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:** [May 23, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65799 "2019-05-23T20:09:24Z")
13 great opening lines from novels 1. Call me Ishmael. Herman Melville, Moby-Dick 2. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens 3. It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. George Orwell, 1984 4. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice 5. All this happened, more or less - Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five ---
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13 great opening lines from novels 1. “Call me Ishmael.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick 2. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities 3. “It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” George Orwell, 1984 4. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice 5. “There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself-- not just sometimes, but always.” Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth ---
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13 great opening lines from novels 1. “Call me Ishmael.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick 2. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities 3. “It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” George Orwell, 1984 4. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice 5. “There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself-- not just sometimes, but always.” Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth 6. "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.’ James Joyce, Ulysses ---
**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:** [May 23, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65802 "2019-05-23T20:28:44Z")
13 great opening lines from novels 1. “Call me Ishmael.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick 2. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities 3. “It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” George Orwell, 1984 4. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice 5. “There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself-- not just sometimes, but always.” Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth 6. "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.’ James Joyce, Ulysses 7. “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit ---
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13 great opening lines from novels 1. “Call me Ishmael.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick 2. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities 3. “It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” George Orwell, 1984 4. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice 5. “There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself-- not just sometimes, but always.” Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth 6. "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.’ James Joyce, Ulysses 7. “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit 8. “A screaming comes across the sky.” Thomas Pynchon , Gravity’s Rainbow ---
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13 great opening lines from novels 1. “Call me Ishmael.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick 2. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities 3. “It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” George Orwell, 1984 4. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice 5. “There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself-- not just sometimes, but always.” Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth 6. "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.’ James Joyce, Ulysses 7. “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit 8. “A screaming comes across the sky.” Thomas Pynchon , Gravity’s Rainbow 9. “When I was nine years old I hid under a table and heard my sister kill a king.” Frances M Hendry, Quest for a Maid. ---
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13 great opening lines from novels 1. “Call me Ishmael.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick 2. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities 3. “It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” George Orwell, 1984 4. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice 5. “There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself-- not just sometimes, but always.” Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth 6. "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.’ James Joyce, Ulysses 7. “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit 8. “A screaming comes across the sky.” Thomas Pynchon , Gravity’s Rainbow 9. “When I was nine years old I hid under a table and heard my sister kill a king.” Frances M Hendry, Quest for a Maid. 10. “Who Is John Galt?” Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged ---
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13 great opening lines from novels 1. “Call me Ishmael.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick 2. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities 3. “It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” George Orwell, 1984 4. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice 5. “There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself-- not just sometimes, but always.” Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth 6. "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.’ James Joyce, Ulysses 7. “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit 8. “A screaming comes across the sky.” Thomas Pynchon , Gravity’s Rainbow 9. “When I was nine years old I hid under a table and heard my sister kill a king.” Frances M Hendry, Quest for a Maid. 10. “Who Is John Galt?” Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged 11. “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” William Gibson, Neuromancer ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/65807 "2019-05-24T03:57:06Z")
13 great opening lines from novels 1. “Call me Ishmael.” Herman Melville, Moby-Dick 2. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times” Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities 3. “It was a bright day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” George Orwell, 1984 4. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice 5. “There was once a boy named Milo who didn’t know what to do with himself-- not just sometimes, but always.” Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth 6. "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.’ James Joyce, Ulysses 7. “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit 8. “A screaming comes across the sky.” Thomas Pynchon , Gravity’s Rainbow 9. “When I was nine years old I hid under a table and heard my sister kill a king.” Frances M Hendry, Quest for a Maid. 10. “Who Is John Galt?” Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged 11. “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” William Gibson, Neuromancer 12. “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3289) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3291)