# 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:** 3458

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69149 "2019-11-22T18:16:11Z")

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Assassinations

1. JFK
2. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
3. Franz Ferdinand
4. Czar Alexander II
5. Pres. James Garfield
6. Gandhi
7. William McKinley
8. Anwar Sadat
9. Abraham Lincoln

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69150 "2019-11-22T18:29:26Z")

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Assassinations

1. JFK
2. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
3. Franz Ferdinand
4. Czar Alexander II
5. Pres. James Garfield
6. Gandhi
7. William McKinley
8. Anwar Sadat
9. Abraham Lincoln
10. Indira Gandhi

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69151 "2019-11-22T18:29:59Z")

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Assassinations

1. JFK
2. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
3. Franz Ferdinand
4. Czar Alexander II
5. Pres. James Garfield
6. Gandhi
7. William McKinley
8. Anwar Sadat
9. Abraham Lincoln
10. Indira Gandhi
11. Bobby Kennedy

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69152 "2019-11-22T18:31:26Z")

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Assassinations

1. JFK
2. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
3. Franz Ferdinand
4. Czar Alexander II
5. Pres. James Garfield
6. Gandhi
7. William McKinley
8. Anwar Sadat
9. Abraham Lincoln
10. Indira Gandhi
11. Bobby Kennedy
12. Spencer Perceval

The only British PM to be murdered: [Spencer Perceval - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Perceval)

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69153 "2019-11-22T19:18:33Z")

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Assassinations

1. JFK

2. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

3. Franz Ferdinand

4. Czar Alexander II

5. Pres. James Garfield

6. Gandhi

7. William McKinley

8. Anwar Sadat

9. Abraham Lincoln

10. Indira Gandhi

11. Bobby Kennedy

12. Spencer Perceval

13. Jean-Paul Marat  
Things people wear that start with the letter M.

14. monocle

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69154 "2019-11-22T19:29:09Z")

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Things people wear that start with the letter M.

1. monocle
2. muumuu dresses

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69155 "2019-11-22T19:44:33Z")

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Things people wear that start with the letter M.

1. monocle
2. muumuu dresses
3. mukluks

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69156 "2019-11-22T19:49:20Z")

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Things people wear that start with the letter M.

1. monocle
2. muumuu dresses
3. mukluks
4. Madras pants

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**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69157 "2019-11-22T19:54:58Z")

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Things people wear that start with the letter M.

1. monocle
2. muumuu dresses
3. mukluks
4. Madras pants
5. mittens

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69158 "2019-11-22T20:02:10Z")

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Things people wear that start with the letter M.

1. monocle
2. muumuu dresses
3. mukluks
4. Madras pants
5. mittens
6. moccasins

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**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:** [November 22, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69159 "2019-11-22T20:28:43Z")

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Things people wear that start with the letter M.

1. monocle
2. muumuu dresses
3. mukluks
4. Madras pants
5. mittens
6. moccasins
7. muffler (scarf)

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69160 "2019-11-22T20:34:39Z")

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Things people wear that start with the letter M.

1. monocle
2. muumuu dresses
3. mukluks
4. Madras pants
5. mittens
6. moccasins
7. muffler (scarf)
8. Mukluks  
[Mukluk - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukluk)

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69161 "2019-11-22T20:49:22Z")

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Things people wear that start with the letter M.

1. monocle
2. muumuu dresses
3. mukluks
4. Madras pants
5. mittens
6. moccasins
7. muffler (scarf)
8. muffs

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69162 "2019-11-22T21:04:06Z")

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Things people wear that start with the letter M.

1. monocle
2. muumuu dresses
3. mukluks
4. Madras pants
5. mittens
6. moccasins
7. muffler (scarf)
8. muffs
9. moustache

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**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:** [November 22, 2019, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69163 "2019-11-22T21:09:43Z")

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Things people wear that start with the letter M.

1. monocle
2. muumuu dresses
3. mukluks
4. Madras pants
5. mittens
6. moccasins
7. muffler (scarf)
8. muffs
9. moustache
10. miniskirt

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69164 "2019-11-22T21:26:43Z")

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Things people wear that start with the letter M.

1. monocle
2. muumuu dresses
3. mukluks
4. Madras pants
5. mittens
6. moccasins
7. muffler (scarf)
8. muffs
9. moustache
10. miniskirt
11. Mackintosh

> **[Mackintosh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackintosh)**
>
> The Mackintosh or raincoat (abbreviated as mac) is a form of waterproof raincoat, first sold in 1824, made of rubberised fabric. 
> The Mackintosh is named after its Scottish inventor Charles Macintosh, although many writers added a letter k. The variant spelling of "Mackintosh" is now standard.
> Although the Mackintosh coat style has become generic, a genuine Mackintosh coat is made from rubberised or rubber laminated material.
> It has been claimed that the material was invented by the surgeon Ja...

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69165 "2019-11-22T21:29:03Z")

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Things people wear that start with the letter M.

1. monocle
2. muumuu dresses
3. mukluks
4. Madras pants
5. mittens
6. moccasins
7. muffler (scarf)
8. mukluks ([Mukluk - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukluk))
9. muffs
10. moustache
11. miniskirt

Housekeeping

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69166 "2019-11-22T21:30:34Z")

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Things people wear that start with the letter M.

1. monocle
2. muumuu dresses
3. mukluks
4. Madras pants
5. mittens
6. moccasins
7. muffler (scarf)
8. mukluks ([Mukluk - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukluk))
9. muffs
10. moustache
11. miniskirt
12. Mackintosh

> **[Mackintosh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackintosh)**
>
> The Mackintosh or raincoat (abbreviated as mac) is a form of waterproof raincoat, first sold in 1824, made of rubberised fabric. 
> The Mackintosh is named after its Scottish inventor Charles Macintosh, although many writers added a letter k. The variant spelling of "Mackintosh" is now standard.
> Although the Mackintosh coat style has become generic, a genuine Mackintosh coat is made from rubberised or rubber laminated material.
> It has been claimed that the material was invented by the surgeon Ja...

Housekeeping

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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:** [November 22, 2019, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69167 "2019-11-22T21:38:33Z")

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Things people wear that start with the letter M.

1. monocle
2. muumuu dresses
3. mukluks
4. Madras pants
5. mittens
6. moccasins
7. muffler (scarf)
8. mukluks
9. muffs
10. moustache
11. miniskirt
12. Mackintosh
13. merkin ([Merkin - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkin))

Let’s make a salad:

1. Romaine lettuce

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**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:** [November 22, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69168 "2019-11-22T22:18:40Z")

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Things people wear that start with the letter M.

1. monocle
2. muumuu dresses
3. mukluks
4. Madras pants
5. mittens
6. moccasins
7. muffler (scarf)
8. makeup
9. muffs
10. moustache
11. miniskirt
12. Mackintosh
13. merkin

Housekeeping again since mukluks appeared twice, at 3. and 8.

Let’s make a salad:

1. Romaine lettuce
2. tomatoes

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