# 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:** 3498
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69949 "2020-01-10T15:58:07Z")
A movie, book or TV show you were very excited to anticipate, and ended up being satisfied 1. Star Wars 2. The Testaments, by Margaret Atwood 3. That Thing You Do (1996) 4. Fantasia 2000 5. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 6. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 7. Marooned (1969) 8. Girl With Dragon Tatto, trilogy, book 9. Hogfather, by Terry Pratchett 10. The Martian (both the book and the movie) 11. Apollo 13 12. Avengers: Endgame 13. Mission: Impossible To honor today, 10 Jan, being National Save the Eagles Day — Anything related to eagles / raptors / birds (animals) 1. Pere Marquette State Park in Illinois, near St. Louis and Alton has a great Bald Eagle Viewing Program in the winter months. Highly recommended! ---
**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:** [January 10, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69950 "2020-01-10T16:17:49Z")
To honor today, 10 Jan, being National Save the Eagles Day — Anything related to eagles / raptors / birds (animals) 1. Pere Marquette State Park in Illinois, near St. Louis and Alton has a great Bald Eagle Viewing Program in the winter months. Highly recommended! 2. Eagles in music: The Eagles music group, and the Abba song, Eagle. Also, Steve Miller’s Fly Like an Eagle. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2020, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69951 "2020-01-10T16:24:24Z")
To honor today, 10 Jan, being National Save the Eagles Day — Anything related to eagles / raptors / birds (animals) 1. Pere Marquette State Park in Illinois, near St. Louis and Alton has a great Bald Eagle Viewing Program in the winter months. Highly recommended! 2. Eagles in music: The Eagles music group, and the Abba song, Eagle. Also, Steve Miller’s Fly Like an Eagle. 70014 3. Eagle Scout Several other Dopers and I are proud to have achieved that top rank, reached by Gerald Ford and Neil Armstrong but only about 4% of all Scouts: [Eagle Scout - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_Scout_(Boy_Scouts_of_America)) ---
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To honor today, 10 Jan, being National Save the Eagles Day — Anything related to eagles / raptors / birds (animals) 1. Pere Marquette State Park in Illinois, near St. Louis and Alton has a great Bald Eagle Viewing Program in the winter months. Highly recommended! 2. Eagles in music: The Eagles music group, and the Abba song, Eagle. Also, Steve Miller’s Fly Like an Eagle. 70014 3. Eagle Scout 4. Sam the Eagle from _The Muppet Show_. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2020, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69953 "2020-01-10T18:39:00Z")
To honor today, 10 Jan, being National Save the Eagles Day — Anything related to eagles / raptors / birds (animals) 1. Pere Marquette State Park in Illinois, near St. Louis and Alton has a great Bald Eagle Viewing Program in the winter months. Highly recommended! 2. Eagles in music: The Eagles music group, and the Abba song, Eagle. Also, Steve Miller’s Fly Like an Eagle. 70014 3. Eagle Scout 4. Sam the Eagle from The Muppet Show. 5. Great Seal of the United States > **[Great Seal of the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States#/media/File:Great_Seal_of_the_United_States_(obverse).svg)** > > The Great Seal is a principal national symbol of the United States. The phrase is used both for the physical seal itself, which is kept by the United States Secretary of State, and more generally for the design impressed upon it. The obverse of the Great Seal depicts the national coat of arms of the United States while the reverse features an unfinished pyramid topped by an Eye of Providence. The year of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, 1776, is noted in Roman numerals at the base of the ---
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To honor today, 10 Jan, being National Save the Eagles Day — Anything related to eagles / raptors / birds (animals) 1. Pere Marquette State Park in Illinois, near St. Louis and Alton has a great Bald Eagle Viewing Program in the winter months. Highly recommended! 2. Eagles in music: The Eagles music group, and the Abba song, Eagle. Also, Steve Miller’s Fly Like an Eagle. 70014 3. Eagle Scout 4. Sam the Eagle from The Muppet Show. 5. Great Seal of the United States 6. The reverse of many U.S. coins, especially in the past ---
**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:** [January 10, 2020, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69955 "2020-01-10T18:50:03Z")
To honor today, 10 Jan, being National Save the Eagles Day — Anything related to eagles / raptors / birds (animals) 1. Pere Marquette State Park in Illinois, near St. Louis and Alton has a great Bald Eagle Viewing Program in the winter months. Highly recommended! 2. Eagles in music: The Eagles music group, and the Abba song, Eagle. Also, Steve Miller’s Fly Like an Eagle. 3. Eagle Scout 4. Sam the Eagle from The Muppet Show. 5. Great Seal of the United States 6. The reverse of many U.S. coins, especially in the past 7. Imperial Roman aquila > **[Aquila (Roman)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquila_(Roman))** > > An aquila (Classical Latin: \[ˈakᶣɪla\], lit. 'eagle') was a prominent symbol used in ancient Rome, especially as the standard of a Roman legion. A legionary known as an aquilifer, the "eagle-bearer", carried this standard. Each legion carried one eagle. > The eagle had quasi-religious importance to the Roman soldier, far beyond being merely a symbol of his legion. To lose a standard was extremely grave, and the Roman military went to great lengths both to protect a standard and to recover it if it ... ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69956 "2020-01-10T18:59:58Z")
To honor today, 10 Jan, being National Save the Eagles Day — Anything related to eagles / raptors / birds (animals) 1. Pere Marquette State Park in Illinois, near St. Louis and Alton has a great Bald Eagle Viewing Program in the winter months. Highly recommended! 2. Eagles in music: The Eagles music group, and the Abba song, Eagle. Also, Steve Miller’s Fly Like an Eagle. 3. Eagle Scout 4. Sam the Eagle from The Muppet Show. 5. Great Seal of the United States 6. The reverse of many U.S. coins, especially in the past 7. Imperial Roman aquila 8. The Romulan Bird of Prey Star Trek TOS; images \>\> [https://is.gd/aQt3Mx](https://is.gd/aQt3Mx) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69957 "2020-01-10T19:01:02Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > 1. Sam the Eagle from _The Muppet Show_. I love that show! ---
**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:** [January 10, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69958 "2020-01-10T20:09:53Z")
To honor today, 10 Jan, being National Save the Eagles Day — Anything related to eagles / raptors / birds (animals) 1. Pere Marquette State Park in Illinois, near St. Louis and Alton has a great Bald Eagle Viewing Program in the winter months. Highly recommended! 2. Eagles in music: The Eagles music group, and the Abba song, Eagle. Also, Steve Miller’s Fly Like an Eagle. 3. Eagle Scout 4. Sam the Eagle from The Muppet Show. 5. Great Seal of the United States 6. The reverse of many U.S. coins, especially in the past 7. Imperial Roman aquila 8. The Romulan Bird of Prey 9. “The Eagle has landed.” - Neil Armstrong quote when they landed on the moon. ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2020, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69959 "2020-01-10T21:52:39Z")
To honor today, 10 Jan, being National Save the Eagles Day — Anything related to eagles / raptors / birds (animals) 1. Pere Marquette State Park in Illinois, near St. Louis and Alton has a great Bald Eagle Viewing Program in the winter months. Highly recommended! 2. Eagles in music: The Eagles music group, and the Abba song, Eagle. Also, Steve Miller’s Fly Like an Eagle. 3. Eagle Scout 4. Sam the Eagle from The Muppet Show. 5. Great Seal of the United States 6. The reverse of many U.S. coins, especially in the past 7. Imperial Roman aquila 8. The Romulan Bird of Prey 9. “The Eagle has landed.” - Neil Armstrong quote when they landed on the moon. 10. Eagle Nest Lake, near Taos NM ---
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To honor today, 10 Jan, being National Save the Eagles Day — Anything related to eagles / raptors / birds (animals) 1. Pere Marquette State Park in Illinois, near St. Louis and Alton has a great Bald Eagle Viewing Program in the winter months. Highly recommended! 2. Eagles in music: The Eagles music group, and the Abba song, Eagle. Also, Steve Miller’s Fly Like an Eagle. 3. Eagle Scout 4. Sam the Eagle from The Muppet Show. 5. Great Seal of the United States 6. The reverse of many U.S. coins, especially in the past 7. Imperial Roman aquila 8. The Romulan Bird of Prey 9. “The Eagle has landed.” - Neil Armstrong quote when they landed on the moon. 10. Eagle Nest Lake, near Taos NM 11. On the Wings of an Eagle - song by John Denver ---
**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:** [January 10, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69961 "2020-01-10T22:57:53Z")
To honor today, 10 Jan, being National Save the Eagles Day — Anything related to eagles / raptors / birds (animals) 1. Pere Marquette State Park in Illinois, near St. Louis and Alton has a great Bald Eagle Viewing Program in the winter months. Highly recommended! 2. Eagles in music: The Eagles music group, and the Abba song, Eagle. Also, Steve Miller’s Fly Like an Eagle. 3. Eagle Scout 4. Sam the Eagle from The Muppet Show. 5. Great Seal of the United States 6. The reverse of many U.S. coins, especially in the past 7. Imperial Roman aquila 8. The Romulan Bird of Prey 9. “The Eagle has landed.” - Neil Armstrong quote when they landed on the moon. 10. Eagle Nest Lake, near Taos NM 11. On the Wings of an Eagle - song by John Denver 12. Philadelphia’s NFL franchise ---
**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:** [January 10, 2020, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69962 "2020-01-10T23:00:55Z")
To honor today, 10 Jan, being National Save the Eagles Day — Anything related to eagles / raptors / birds (animals) 1. Pere Marquette State Park in Illinois, near St. Louis and Alton has a great Bald Eagle Viewing Program in the winter months. Highly recommended! 2. Eagles in music: The Eagles music group, and the Abba song, Eagle. Also, Steve Miller’s Fly Like an Eagle. 3. Eagle Scout 4. Sam the Eagle from The Muppet Show. 5. Great Seal of the United States 6. The reverse of many U.S. coins, especially in the past 7. Imperial Roman aquila 8. The Romulan Bird of Prey 9. “The Eagle has landed.” - Neil Armstrong quote when they landed on the moon. 10. Eagle Nest Lake, near Taos NM 11. On the Wings of an Eagle - song by John Denver 12. Philadelphia’s NFL franchise 13. Emil Eagle, Disney Ducktown villain Douglas Adams quotes 14. Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space. - HHGTTG ---
**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:** [January 10, 2020, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69963 "2020-01-10T23:19:20Z")
Douglas Adams quotes 1. Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space. - HHGTTG 2. He’s spending a year dead for tax reasons. - HHGTTG (referring to rockstar Hotblack Desiato) ---
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Douglas Adams quotes 1. Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space. - HHGTTG 2. He’s spending a year dead for tax reasons. - HHGTTG (referring to rockstar Hotblack Desiato) 3. What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with. - HHGTTG ---
**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:** [January 11, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69965 "2020-01-11T00:49:56Z")
Douglas Adams quotes 1. Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space. - HHGTTG 2. He’s spending a year dead for tax reasons. - HHGTTG (referring to rockstar Hotblack Desiato) 3. What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with. - HHGTTG 4. It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69966 "2020-01-11T01:05:14Z")
Douglas Adams quotes 1. Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space. - HHGTTG 2. He’s spending a year dead for tax reasons. - HHGTTG (referring to rockstar Hotblack Desiato) 3. What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with. - HHGTTG 4. It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays. - ? 5. Or maybe she decided that an evening with your old tutor would be blisteringly dull and opted for the more exhilarating course of washing her hair instead. Dear me, I know what I would have done. It’s only lack of hair that forces me to pursue such a hectic social round these days. - Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69967 "2020-01-11T08:08:07Z")
Douglas Adams quotes 1. Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space. - HHGTTG 2. He’s spending a year dead for tax reasons. - HHGTTG (referring to rockstar Hotblack Desiato) 3. What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with. - HHGTTG 4. It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays. - ? 5. Or maybe she decided that an evening with your old tutor would be blisteringly dull and opted for the more exhilarating course of washing her hair instead. Dear me, I know what I would have done. It’s only lack of hair that forces me to pursue such a hectic social round these days. - Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency 6. “Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?” ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/69968 "2020-01-11T16:45:58Z")
Douglas Adams quotes 1. Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space. - HHGTTG 2. He’s spending a year dead for tax reasons. - HHGTTG (referring to rockstar Hotblack Desiato) 3. What the strag will think is that any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with. - HHGTTG 4. It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays. - ? 5. Or maybe she decided that an evening with your old tutor would be blisteringly dull and opted for the more exhilarating course of washing her hair instead. Dear me, I know what I would have done. It’s only lack of hair that forces me to pursue such a hectic social round these days. - Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency 6. “Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?” 7. “Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3497) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=3499)