# 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:** 34
**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:** [September 1, 2010, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/661 "2010-09-01T05:16:55Z")
SF television series 1. Star Trek 2. The Streets of San Francisco 3. Firefly 4. Too Close for Comfort 5. Sliders (it’s a twofer) 6. McMillan and Wife 7. Battlestar Galactica ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/662 "2010-09-01T11:53:07Z")
SF television series 1. Star Trek 2. The Streets of San Francisco 3. Firefly 4. Too Close for Comfort 5. Sliders (it’s a twofer) 6. McMillan and Wife 7. Battlestar Galactica 8. Heroes ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/663 "2010-09-01T11:57:56Z")
SF television series 1. Star Trek 2. The Streets of San Francisco 3. Firefly 4. Too Close for Comfort 5. Sliders (it’s a twofer) 6. McMillan and Wife 7. Battlestar Galactica 8. Heroes 9. girls club ---
**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:** [September 1, 2010, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/664 "2010-09-01T13:05:51Z")
SF television series 1. Star Trek 2. The Streets of San Francisco 3. Firefly 4. Too Close for Comfort 5. Sliders (it’s a twofer) 6. McMillan and Wife 7. Battlestar Galactica 8. Heroes 9. girls club 10. Hooperman ---
**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:** [September 1, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/665 "2010-09-01T13:07:38Z")
SF television series 1. Star Trek 2. The Streets of San Francisco 3. Firefly 4. Too Close for Comfort 5. Sliders (it’s a twofer) 6. McMillan and Wife 7. Battlestar Galactica 8. Heroes 9. girls club 10. Hooperman 11, Babylon 5 ---
**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:** [September 1, 2010, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/666 "2010-09-01T13:38:02Z")
1. Star Trek 2. The Streets of San Francisco 3. Firefly 4. Too Close for Comfort 5. Sliders (it’s a twofer) 6. McMillan and Wife 7. Battlestar Galactica 8. Heroes 9. girls club 10. Hooperman 11, Babylon 5 11. Amazing Stories ---
**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:** [September 1, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/667 "2010-09-01T13:41:23Z")
SF television series 1. Star Trek 2. The Streets of San Francisco 3. Firefly 4. Too Close for Comfort 5. Sliders (it’s a twofer) 6. McMillan and Wife 7. Battlestar Galactica 8. Heroes 9. girls club 10. Hooperman 11, Babylon 5 11. Amazing Stories 12. Lost in Space Next category: Adjectives you like but don’t get to use often enough. 1. Flatulent ---
**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:** [September 1, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/668 "2010-09-01T13:42:31Z")
Adjectives you like but don’t get to use often enough. 1. Flatulent 2. Puce ---
**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:** [September 1, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/669 "2010-09-01T14:13:25Z")
Adjectives you like but don’t get to use often enough. 1. flatulent 2. puce 3. lissome ---
**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:** [September 1, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/670 "2010-09-01T14:56:40Z")
Adjectives you like but don’t get to use often enough. 1. flatulent 2. puce 3. lissome 4. noisome ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/671 "2010-09-01T15:01:17Z")
Adjectives you like but don’t get to use often enough. 1. flatulent 2. puce 3. lissome 4. noisome 5. squamous ---
**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:** [September 1, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/672 "2010-09-01T15:03:10Z")
Adjectives you like but don’t get to use often enough. 1. flatulent 2. puce 3. lissome 4. noisome 5. squamous 6. eldritch ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/673 "2010-09-01T15:08:22Z")
Adjectives you like but don’t get to use often enough. 1. flatulent 2. puce 3. lissome 4. noisome 5. squamous 6. eldritch 7. rugose ([first google result for noisome squamous eldritch rugose](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft)) ---
**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:** [September 1, 2010, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/674 "2010-09-01T15:37:24Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > ([first google result for noisome squamous eldritch rugose](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft)) As soon as I saw this I knew it would be Lovecraft before I clicked on it! But then, as soon as I saw “squamous” my first thought was “Cthuhlu!!” 😃 A bit scary if you add in “flatulent” and “puce,” though… 😃 ---
**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:** [September 1, 2010, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/675 "2010-09-01T15:57:55Z")
Adjectives you like but don’t get to use often enough. 1. flatulent 2. puce 3. lissome 4. noisome 5. squamous 6. eldritch 7. rugose 8. macropodine - of, like or pertaining to kangaroos ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/676 "2010-09-01T16:06:50Z")
Adjectives you like but don’t get to use often enough. 1. flatulent 2. puce 3. lissome 4. noisome 5. squamous 6. eldritch 7. rugose 8. macropodine - of, like or pertaining to kangaroos 9. zany ---
**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:** [September 1, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/677 "2010-09-01T16:11:19Z")
Adjectives you like but don’t get to use often enough. 1. flatulent 2. puce 3. lissome 4. noisome 5. squamous 6. eldritch 7. rugose 8. macropodine - of, like or pertaining to kangaroos 9. zany 10. zaftig ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/678 "2010-09-01T16:16:50Z")
Heh. I was gonna go all pedantic on your ass, and correct your spelling of _zaftig_. Turns out you’re right, and I’m wrong. Congratulations! That doesn’t happen very often. 😉 ---
**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:** [September 1, 2010, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/679 "2010-09-01T16:18:50Z")
I always Google before I post. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/680 "2010-09-01T16:43:04Z")
Adjectives you like but don’t get to use often enough. 1. flatulent 2. puce 3. lissome 4. noisome 5. squamous 6. eldritch 7. rugose 8. macropodine - of, like or pertaining to kangaroos 9. zany 10. zaftig 11. sesquipedalian [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=35)