# 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:** 3427
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68528 "2019-10-23T15:06:50Z")
Folks who experienced their 15 minutes of fame and promptly returned to anonymity: 1. Steve Bartman [Steve Bartman incident - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident) 2. Dick Whittington - Dick Cheney’s hunting buddy 3. Ellen Feiss [https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/today-apple-history-brilliant-ad-campaign-turns-switcher-unlikely-star](https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/today-apple-history-brilliant-ad-campaign-turns-switcher-unlikely-star) 4. William Hung - American Idol Fail ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68529 "2019-10-23T16:20:10Z")
Folks who experienced their 15 minutes of fame and promptly returned to anonymity: 1. Steve Bartman [Steve Bartman incident - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident) 2. Dick Whittington - Dick Cheney’s hunting buddy 3. Ellen Feiss [https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod](https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod)…-unlikely-star 4. William Hung - American Idol Fail 5. [Fawn Hall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawn_Hall) - Iran-Contra figure ---
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68530 "2019-10-23T16:46:43Z")
Folks who experienced their 15 minutes of fame and promptly returned to anonymity: 1. Steve Bartman [Steve Bartman incident - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident) 2. Dick Whittington - Dick Cheney’s hunting buddy 3. Ellen Feiss [https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod](https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod)…-unlikely-star 4. William Hung - American Idol Fail 5. [Fawn Hall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawn_Hall) - Iran-Contra figure 6. Linda Tripp - Monica Lewinsky’s “friend” ---
**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:** [October 23, 2019, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68531 "2019-10-23T16:50:34Z")
Folks who experienced their 15 minutes of fame and promptly returned to anonymity: 1. Steve Bartman [Steve Bartman incident - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident) 2. Dick Whittington - Dick Cheney’s hunting buddy 3. Ellen Feiss [https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod](https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod)…-unlikely-star 4. William Hung - American Idol Fail 5. [Fawn Hall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fawn_Hall) - Iran-Contra figure 6. Linda Tripp - Monica Lewinsky’s “friend” 7. Tila Tequila - early MySpace most trending person ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68532 "2019-10-24T14:24:18Z")
Folks who experienced their 15 minutes of fame and promptly returned to anonymity: 1. Steve Bartman [Steve Bartman incident - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident) 2. Dick Whittington - Dick Cheney’s hunting buddy 3. Ellen Feiss [https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod](https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod)…-unlikely-star 4. William Hung - American Idol Fail 5. Fawn Hall - Iran-Contra figure 6. Linda Tripp - Monica Lewinsky’s “friend” 7. Tila Tequila - early MySpace most trending person 8. Ken Bone - Red-sweater-wearing undecided voter ---
**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:** [October 24, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68533 "2019-10-24T14:27:18Z")
Folks who experienced their 15 minutes of fame and promptly returned to anonymity: 1. Steve Bartman [Steve Bartman incident - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident) 2. Dick Whittington - Dick Cheney’s hunting buddy 3. Ellen Feiss [https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod](https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod)…-unlikely-star 4. William Hung - American Idol Fail 5. Fawn Hall - Iran-Contra figure 6. Linda Tripp - Monica Lewinsky’s “friend” 7. Tila Tequila - early MySpace most trending person 8. Ken Bone - Red-sweater-wearing undecided voter 9. Chris Crocker - LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE! ---
**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:** [October 24, 2019, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68534 "2019-10-24T14:39:24Z")
Folks who experienced their 15 minutes of fame and promptly returned to anonymity: 1. Steve Bartman [Steve Bartman incident - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident) 2. Dick Whittington - Dick Cheney’s hunting buddy 3. Ellen Feiss [https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod](https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod)…-unlikely-star 4. William Hung - American Idol Fail 5. Fawn Hall - Iran-Contra figure 6. Linda Tripp - Monica Lewinsky’s “friend” 7. Tila Tequila - early MySpace most trending person 8. Ken Bone - Red-sweater-wearing undecided voter 9. Chris Crocker - LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE! 10. Jon and Kate Gosselin - Make a show about all their kids; get divorced ---
**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:** [October 24, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68535 "2019-10-24T14:52:43Z")
Folks who experienced their 15 minutes of fame and promptly returned to anonymity: 1. Steve Bartman [Steve Bartman incident - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident) 2. Dick Whittington - Dick Cheney’s hunting buddy 3. Ellen Feiss [https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod](https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod)…-unlikely-star 4. William Hung - American Idol Fail 5. Fawn Hall - Iran-Contra figure 6. Linda Tripp - Monica Lewinsky’s “friend” 7. Tila Tequila - early MySpace most trending person 8. Ken Bone - Red-sweater-wearing undecided voter 9. Chris Crocker - LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE! 10. Jon and Kate Gosselin - Make a show about all their kids; get divorced 11. Joe the Plumber - from the 2008 election campaign ---
**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:** [October 24, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68536 "2019-10-24T15:12:33Z")
Folks who experienced their 15 minutes of fame and promptly returned to anonymity: 1. Steve Bartman [Steve Bartman incident - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident) 2. Dick Whittington - Dick Cheney’s hunting buddy 3. Ellen Feiss [https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod](https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod)…-unlikely-star 4. William Hung - American Idol Fail 5. Fawn Hall - Iran-Contra figure 6. Linda Tripp - Monica Lewinsky’s “friend” 7. Tila Tequila - early MySpace most trending person 8. Ken Bone - Red-sweater-wearing undecided voter 9. Chris Crocker - LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE! 10. Jon and Kate Gosselin - Make a show about all their kids; get divorced 11. Joe the Plumber - from the 2008 election campaign 12. Tawana Brawley (the Jussie Smolett of the 1980’s) ---
**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:** [October 25, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68537 "2019-10-25T00:08:58Z")
Folks who experienced their 15 minutes of fame and promptly returned to anonymity: 1. Steve Bartman [Steve Bartman incident - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident) 2. Dick Whittington - Dick Cheney’s hunting buddy 3. Ellen Feiss [https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod](https://www.cultofmac.com/485948/tod)…-unlikely-star 4. William Hung - American Idol Fail 5. Fawn Hall - Iran-Contra figure 6. Linda Tripp - Monica Lewinsky’s “friend” 7. Tila Tequila - early MySpace most trending person 8. Ken Bone - Red-sweater-wearing undecided voter 9. Chris Crocker - LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE! 10. Jon and Kate Gosselin - Make a show about all their kids; get divorced 11. Joe the Plumber - from the 2008 election campaign 12. Tawana Brawley (the Jussie Smolett of the 1980’s) 13. Clara Peller - Where’s the beef? Mighty Marvel Mutants 14. Cyclops ---
**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:** [October 25, 2019, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68538 "2019-10-25T00:50:18Z")
Mighty Marvel Mutants 1. Cyclops 2. Phoenix ---
**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:** [October 25, 2019, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68539 "2019-10-25T01:41:37Z")
Mighty Marvel Mutants 1. Cyclops 2. Phoenix 3. Nightcrawler ---
**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:** [October 25, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68540 "2019-10-25T02:29:16Z")
Mighty Marvel Mutants 1. Cyclops 2. Phoenix 3. Nightcrawler 4. Magneto ---
**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:** [October 25, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68541 "2019-10-25T02:33:41Z")
Mighty Marvel Mutants 1. Cyclops 2. Phoenix 3. Nightcrawler 4. Magneto 5. Psylocke ---
**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:** [October 25, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68542 "2019-10-25T03:34:40Z")
Mighty Marvel Mutants 1. Cyclops 2. Phoenix 3. Nightcrawler 4. Magneto 5. Psylocke 6. Professor X ---
**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:** [October 25, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68543 "2019-10-25T03:47:54Z")
Mighty Marvel Mutants 1. Cyclops 2. Phoenix 3. Nightcrawler 4. Magneto 5. Psylocke 6. Professor X 7. Wolverine ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2019, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68544 "2019-10-25T09:40:31Z")
Mighty Marvel Mutants 1. Cyclops 2. Phoenix 3. Nightcrawler 4. Magneto 5. Psylocke 6. Professor X 7. Wolverine 8. Storm ---
**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:** [October 25, 2019, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68545 "2019-10-25T11:42:50Z")
Mighty Marvel Mutants 1. Cyclops 2. Phoenix 3. Nightcrawler 4. Magneto 5. Psylocke 6. Professor X 7. Wolverine 8. Storm 9. Mystique ---
**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:** [October 25, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68546 "2019-10-25T12:23:45Z")
Mighty Marvel Mutants 1. Cyclops 2. Phoenix 3. Nightcrawler 4. Magneto 5. Psylocke 6. Professor X 7. Wolverine 8. Storm 9. Mystique 10. The Juggernaut, bitch! ---
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