# 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\
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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:** [August 9, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6842 "2011-08-09T04:12:41Z")

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Law enforcement agencies around the world

1. U.S. Marshals Service
2. Interpol
3. British Security Service (MI5)
4. Scotland Yard
5. Royal Canadian Mounted Police/Gendarmerie Royale du Canada
6. National Police Agency (Japan)
7. Texas Rangers
8. O.P.P. (Ontario Provincial Police) - Huge respect for this service, and not only because Paul McCartney wore their patch on the SPLHCB album cover!
9. La Sûreté Nationale
10. BfV (Germany)

Fixing my invisible post - (Claude Raines.)

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6843 "2011-08-09T04:51:18Z")

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Law enforcement agencies around the world

1. U.S. Marshals Service
2. Interpol
3. British Security Service (MI5)
4. Scotland Yard
5. Royal Canadian Mounted Police/Gendarmerie Royale du Canada
6. National Police Agency (Japan)
7. Texas Rangers
8. O.P.P. (Ontario Provincial Police)
9. La Sûreté Nationale
10. BfV (Germany)
11. Policía Federal (Mexico)

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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:** [August 9, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6844 "2011-08-09T04:58:54Z")

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Law enforcement agencies around the world

1. U.S. Marshals Service
2. Interpol
3. British Security Service (MI5)
4. Scotland Yard
5. Royal Canadian Mounted Police/Gendarmerie Royale du Canada
6. National Police Agency (Japan)
7. Texas Rangers
8. O.P.P. (Ontario Provincial Police)
9. La Sûreté Nationale
10. BfV (Germany)
11. Policía Federal (Mexico)
12. Arma dei Carabinieri (Italy)

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**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6845 "2011-08-09T05:03:23Z")

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Law enforcement agencies around the world

1. U.S. Marshals Service
2. Interpol
3. British Security Service (MI5)
4. Scotland Yard
5. Royal Canadian Mounted Police/Gendarmerie Royale du Canada
6. National Police Agency (Japan)
7. Texas Rangers
8. O.P.P. (Ontario Provincial Police)
9. La Sûreté Nationale
10. BfV (Germany)
11. Policía Federal (Mexico)
12. Arma dei Carabinieri (Italy)
13. Federal Bereau of Investgation

New Category: Simon and Garfunkel songs

1. For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her

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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:** [August 9, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6846 "2011-08-09T05:30:28Z")

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New Category: Simon and Garfunkel songs

1. For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
2. A Hazy Shade of Winter

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6847 "2011-08-09T05:42:14Z")

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Simon and Garfunkel songs

1. For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
2. A Hazy Shade of Winter
3. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme

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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:** [August 9, 2011, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6848 "2011-08-09T05:55:55Z")

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Simon and Garfunkel songs

1. For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
2. A Hazy Shade of Winter
3. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
4. At the Zoo

A recent thread topic

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6849 "2011-08-09T07:20:50Z")

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Simon and Garfunkel songs

1. For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
2. A Hazy Shade of Winter
3. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
4. At the Zoo
5. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission)

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**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6850 "2011-08-09T07:28:48Z")

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Simon and Garfunkel songs

1. For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
2. A Hazy Shade of Winter
3. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
4. At the Zoo
5. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission
6. Sounds of Silence

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**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6851 "2011-08-09T09:56:00Z")

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Simon and Garfunkel songs

1. For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
2. A Hazy Shade of Winter
3. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
4. At the Zoo
5. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission
6. Sounds of Silence
7. Bridge Over Troubled Water

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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:** [August 9, 2011, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6852 "2011-08-09T11:52:00Z")

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Simon and Garfunkel songs

1. For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
2. A Hazy Shade of Winter
3. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
4. At the Zoo
5. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission
6. Sounds of Silence
7. Bridge Over Troubled Water
8. The Boxer

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**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:** [August 9, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6853 "2011-08-09T12:24:38Z")

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Simon and Garfunkel songs

1. For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
2. A Hazy Shade of Winter
3. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
4. At the Zoo
5. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission
6. The Sound of Silence
7. Bridge Over Troubled Water
8. The Boxer
9. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)

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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:** [August 9, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6854 "2011-08-09T13:06:37Z")

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Simon and Garfunkel songs

1. For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
2. A Hazy Shade of Winter
3. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
4. At the Zoo
5. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission
6. The Sound of Silence
7. Bridge Over Troubled Water
8. The Boxer
9. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)
10. El Condor Pasa (If I Could)

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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:** [August 9, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6855 "2011-08-09T13:41:30Z")

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Simon and Garfunkel songs

1. For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
2. A Hazy Shade of Winter
3. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
4. At the Zoo
5. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission
6. The Sound of Silence
7. Bridge Over Troubled Water
8. The Boxer
9. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)
10. El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
11. Mrs. Robinson

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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:** [August 9, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6856 "2011-08-09T14:28:53Z")

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Simon and Garfunkel songs

1. For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
2. A Hazy Shade of Winter
3. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
4. At the Zoo
5. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission
6. The Sound of Silence
7. Bridge Over Troubled Water
8. The Boxer
9. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)
10. El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
11. Mrs. Robinson
12. Richard Cory

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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:** [August 9, 2011, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6857 "2011-08-09T14:57:33Z")

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Simon and Garfunkel songs

1. For Emily, Wherever I May Find Her
2. A Hazy Shade of Winter
3. Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme
4. At the Zoo
5. A Simple Desultory Philippic (or How I Was Robert McNamara’d into Submission
6. The Sound of Silence
7. Bridge Over Troubled Water
8. The Boxer
9. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy)
10. El Condor Pasa (If I Could)
11. Mrs. Robinson
12. Richard Cory
13. I Am a Rock

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Roles of Pierce Brosnan

1. Unnamed IRA killer, “The Long Good Friday”

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**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:** [August 9, 2011, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6858 "2011-08-09T15:34:17Z")

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Roles of Pierce Brosnan

1. Unnamed IRA killer, _The Long Good Friday_
2. Harry Dalton, _Dante’s Peak_

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6859 "2011-08-09T15:56:55Z")

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Roles of Pierce Brosnan

1. Unnamed IRA killer, _The Long Good Friday_
2. Harry Dalton, _Dante’s Peak_
3. Remington Steele, _Remington Steele_

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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:** [August 9, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6860 "2011-08-09T16:01:25Z")

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Roles of Pierce Brosnan

1. Unnamed IRA killer, _The Long Good Friday_
2. Harry Dalton, _Dante’s Peak_
3. Remington Steele, _Remington Steele_
4. Julian Noble, _The Matador_

A good movie that should get more attention

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6861 "2011-08-09T16:30:27Z")

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Roles of Pierce Brosnan

1. Unnamed IRA killer, The Long Good Friday
2. Harry Dalton, Dante’s Peak
3. Remington Steele, Remington Steele
4. Julian Noble, The Matador
5. James Bond # 5 (not counting Casino Royale 1967)

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