# 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:** 3409

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**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:** [September 29, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68168 "2019-09-29T23:23:12Z")

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Famous prisoners

1. Theodore J. Kaczynski
2. Charles Manson
3. Jeffery Dahmer
4. Eugene V. Debs
5. Henri “Papillon” Charrière
6. Rubin “Hurricane” Carter
7. Robert Stroud aka The Birdman of Alcatraz
8. Orenthal James Simpson

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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:** [September 29, 2019, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68169 "2019-09-29T23:52:50Z")

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Famous prisoners

1. Theodore J. Kaczynski
2. Charles Manson
3. Jeffery Dahmer
4. Eugene V. Debs
5. Henri “Papillon” Charrière
6. Rubin “Hurricane” Carter
7. Robert Stroud aka The Birdman of Alcatraz
8. Orenthal James Simpson
9. Nelson Mandela

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**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:** [September 30, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68170 "2019-09-30T00:58:07Z")

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Famous prisoners

1. Theodore J. Kaczynski
2. Charles Manson
3. Jeffery Dahmer
4. Eugene V. Debs
5. Henri “Papillon” Charrière
6. Rubin “Hurricane” Carter
7. Robert Stroud aka The Birdman of Alcatraz
8. Orenthal James Simpson
9. Nelson Mandela
10. Martha Stewart

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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:** [September 30, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68171 "2019-09-30T01:18:58Z")

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Famous prisoners

1. Theodore J. Kaczynski
2. Charles Manson
3. Jeffery Dahmer
4. Eugene V. Debs
5. Henri “Papillon” Charrière
6. Rubin “Hurricane” Carter
7. Robert Stroud aka The Birdman of Alcatraz
8. Orenthal James Simpson
9. Nelson Mandela
10. Martha Stewart
11. Wesley Snipes

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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:** [September 30, 2019, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68172 "2019-09-30T03:06:10Z")

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Famous prisoners

1. Theodore J. Kaczynski
2. Charles Manson
3. Jeffery Dahmer
4. Eugene V. Debs
5. Henri “Papillon” Charrière
6. Rubin “Hurricane” Carter
7. Robert Stroud aka The Birdman of Alcatraz
8. Orenthal James Simpson
9. Nelson Mandela
10. Martha Stewart
11. Wesley Snipes
12. Michael Cohen

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**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68173 "2019-09-30T05:19:10Z")

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Famous prisoners

1. Theodore J. Kaczynski
2. Charles Manson
3. Jeffery Dahmer
4. Eugene V. Debs
5. Henri “Papillon” Charrière
6. Rubin “Hurricane” Carter
7. Robert Stroud aka The Birdman of Alcatraz
8. Orenthal James Simpson
9. Nelson Mandela
10. Martha Stewart
11. Wesley Snipes
12. Michael Cohen
13. John Bunyan

13 was 8. Really people, it’s not that hard to scroll up to check if you’ve been ninj’d.

Small but irritating things

1. Unchecked ninja’d posts

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68174 "2019-09-30T08:11:02Z")

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Small but irritating things

1. Unchecked ninja’d posts
2. When my cat stretches up against the fridge door, and pulls down everything held by a fridge magnet.

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**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:** [September 30, 2019, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68175 "2019-09-30T11:24:01Z")

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Small but irritating things

1. Unchecked ninja’d posts
2. When my cat stretches up against the fridge door, and pulls down everything held by a fridge magnet.
3. People pronouncing “nuclear” as if it were “nucular”

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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:** [September 30, 2019, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68176 "2019-09-30T12:22:17Z")

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Small but irritating things

1. Unchecked ninja’d posts
2. When my cat stretches up against the fridge door, and pulls down everything held by a fridge magnet.
3. People pronouncing “nuclear” as if it were “nucular”
4. Universal misuse of the word “literally”

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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:** [September 30, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68177 "2019-09-30T12:45:17Z")

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Small but irritating things

1. Unchecked ninja’d posts
2. When my cat stretches up against the fridge door, and pulls down everything held by a fridge magnet.
3. People pronouncing “nuclear” as if it were “nucular”
4. Universal misuse of the word “literally”
5. Grocer’s apostrophe

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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:** [September 30, 2019, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68178 "2019-09-30T12:59:50Z")

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Small but irritating things

1. Unchecked ninja’d posts
2. When my cat stretches up against the fridge door, and pulls down everything held by a fridge magnet.
3. People pronouncing “nuclear” as if it were “nucular”
4. Universal misuse of the word “literally”
5. Grocer’s apostrophe
6. “Imma” has become a word! e.g. “Imma go to the store”

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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:** [September 30, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68179 "2019-09-30T13:04:29Z")

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Small but irritating things

1. Unchecked ninja’d posts
2. When my cat stretches up against the fridge door, and pulls down everything held by a fridge magnet.
3. People pronouncing “nuclear” as if it were “nucular”
4. Universal misuse of the word “literally”
5. Grocer’s apostrophe
6. “Imma” has become a word! e.g. “Imma go to the store”
7. Drivers that travel significantly under the speed limit.

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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:** [September 30, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68180 "2019-09-30T14:32:38Z")

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Small but irritating things

1. Unchecked ninja’d posts
2. When my cat stretches up against the fridge door, and pulls down everything held by a fridge magnet.
3. People pronouncing “nuclear” as if it were “nucular”
4. Universal misuse of the word “literally”
5. Grocer’s apostrophe
6. “Imma” has become a word! e.g. “Imma go to the store”
7. Drivers that travel significantly under the speed limit.
8. People who don’t know the difference between “amount” and “number”, e.g. “the amount of people”

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**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 30, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68181 "2019-09-30T14:58:23Z")

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Small but irritating things

1. Unchecked ninja’d posts
2. When my cat stretches up against the fridge door, and pulls down everything held by a fridge magnet.
3. People pronouncing “nuclear” as if it were “nucular”
4. Universal misuse of the word “literally”
5. Grocer’s apostrophe
6. “Imma” has become a word! e.g. “Imma go to the store”
7. Drivers that travel significantly under the speed limit.
8. People who don’t know the difference between “amount” and “number”, e.g. “the amount of people”
9. Mosquitoes

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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:** [September 30, 2019, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68182 "2019-09-30T15:23:44Z")

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Small but irritating things

1. Unchecked ninja’d posts
2. When my cat stretches up against the fridge door, and pulls down everything held by a fridge magnet.
3. People pronouncing “nuclear” as if it were “nucular”
4. Universal misuse of the word “literally”
5. Grocer’s apostrophe
6. “Imma” has become a word! e.g. “Imma go to the store”
7. Drivers that travel significantly under the speed limit.
8. People who don’t know the difference between “amount” and “number”, e.g. “the amount of people”
9. Mosquitoes
10. Talking to someone and then being totally ignored when their device goes off

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**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68183 "2019-09-30T16:01:48Z")

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Small but irritating things

1. Unchecked ninja’d posts
2. When my cat stretches up against the fridge door, and pulls down everything held by a fridge magnet.
3. People pronouncing “nuclear” as if it were “nucular”
4. Universal misuse of the word “literally”
5. Grocer’s apostrophe
6. “Imma” has become a word! e.g. “Imma go to the store”
7. Drivers that travel significantly under the speed limit.
8. People who don’t know the difference between “amount” and “number”, e.g. “the amount of people”
9. Mosquitoes
10. Talking to someone and then being totally ignored when their device goes off
11. People not using the Oxford comma

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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:** [September 30, 2019, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68184 "2019-09-30T16:18:27Z")

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Small but irritating things

1. Unchecked ninja’d posts
2. When my cat stretches up against the fridge door, and pulls down everything held by a fridge magnet.
3. People pronouncing “nuclear” as if it were “nucular”
4. Universal misuse of the word “literally”
5. Grocer’s apostrophe
6. “Imma” has become a word! e.g. “Imma go to the store”
7. Drivers that travel significantly under the speed limit.
8. People who don’t know the difference between “amount” and “number”, e.g. “the amount of people”
9. Mosquitoes
10. Talking to someone and then being totally ignored when their device goes off
11. People not using the Oxford comma
12. Those who get the title of the Chief Justice of the United States wrong

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**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:** [September 30, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68185 "2019-09-30T17:59:29Z")

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Small but irritating things

1. Unchecked ninja’d posts

2. When my cat stretches up against the fridge door, and pulls down everything held by a fridge magnet.

3. People pronouncing “nuclear” as if it were “nucular”

4. Universal misuse of the word “literally”

5. Grocer’s apostrophe

6. “Imma” has become a word! e.g. “Imma go to the store”

7. Drivers that travel significantly under the speed limit.

8. People who don’t know the difference between “amount” and “number”, e.g. “the amount of people”

9. Mosquitoes

10. Talking to someone and then being totally ignored when their device goes off

11. People not using the Oxford comma

12. Those who get the title of the Chief Justice of the United States wrong

13. Pop-up ads  
New!  
Food you grow or have grown in your own garden.

14. Tomatoes

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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:** [September 30, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68186 "2019-09-30T18:17:47Z")

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Food you grow or have grown in your own garden.

1. Tomatoes
2. Rutabegas

I could fill the remaining entries well beyond 13 but I’ll exercise restraint and stop there.

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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:** [September 30, 2019, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68187 "2019-09-30T18:25:12Z")

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Food you grow or have grown in your own garden.

1. Tomatoes
2. Rutabagas
3. mint

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