# 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:** 357
**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 26, 2011, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7122 "2011-08-26T06:20:34Z")
Favorite paintings, with links 1. “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis,” John Trumbull 2. “The Cotton Market, New Orleans” – Edgar Degas 3. “Portrait of Madame X,” John Singer Sargent 4. [“Composition Number 8”](http://www.vanseodesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/kandinsky-composition-8.jpg) Vasily Kandinsky 5. [“Mlle. Irene Cahen d’Anvers”](http://www.paintinghere.com/UploadPic/Pierre%20Auguste%20Renoir/big/Mlle.%20Irene%20Cahen%20d'Anvers.jpg) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7123 "2011-08-26T12:19:41Z")
Favorite paintings, with links 1. [“Surrender of Lord Cornwallis,”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surrender_of_Lord_Cornwallis) John Trumbull 2. [“The Cotton Market, New Orleans”](http://www.suite101.com/view_image_articles.cfm/596819) – Edgar Degas 3. [“Portrait of Madame X,”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Madame_X) John Singer Sargent 4. [“Composition Number 8”](http://www.vanseodesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/kandinsky-composition-8.jpg) Vasily Kandinsky 5. [“Mlle. Irene Cahen d’Anvers”](http://www.paintinghere.com/UploadPic/Pierre%20Auguste%20Renoir/big/Mlle.%20Irene%20Cahen%20d'Anvers.jpg) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir 6. [“The Jack Pine”](http://www-personal.umich.edu/~larissal/images/back%20copy.jpg), Tom Thomson ---
**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 26, 2011, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7124 "2011-08-26T13:01:59Z")
Favorite paintings, with links 1. “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis,” John Trumbull 2. “The Cotton Market, New Orleans” – Edgar Degas 3. “Portrait of Madame X,” John Singer Sargent 4. “Composition Number 8” Vasily Kandinsky 5. “Mlle. Irene Cahen d’Anvers” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir 6. “The Jack Pine”, Tom Thomson 7. “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” Hokusai [http://g1-wallpapers.com/albums/userpics/4/wall\_407.jpg](http://g1-wallpapers.com/albums/userpics/4/wall_407.jpg) ---
**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 26, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7125 "2011-08-26T13:28:27Z")
Favorite paintings, with links 1. “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis,” John Trumbull 2. “The Cotton Market, New Orleans” – Edgar Degas 3. “Portrait of Madame X,” John Singer Sargent 4. “Composition Number 8” Vasily Kandinsky 5. “Mlle. Irene Cahen d’Anvers” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir 6. “The Jack Pine”, Tom Thomson 7. “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” Hokusai 8. [ANYTHING](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&h=580&w=460&sz=37&tbm=isch&q=arcimboldo+paintings&sa=X&ei=I59XTtCGJNO80AH99sTUDA&ved=0CAMQoAEoADAA&biw=589&bih=342%5B/url) by Giuseppe Arcimboldo ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7126 "2011-08-26T14:25:52Z")
Favorite paintings, with links 1. “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis,” John Trumbull 2. “The Cotton Market, New Orleans” – Edgar Degas 3. “Portrait of Madame X,” John Singer Sargent 4. “Composition Number 8” Vasily Kandinsky 5. “Mlle. Irene Cahen d’Anvers” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir 6. “The Jack Pine”, Tom Thomson 7. “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” Hokusai 8. ANYTHING by Giuseppe Arcimboldo 9. “[Horse and Train](http://canadianarthistory.wikispaces.com/file/view/Colville_04.jpg)”, Alex Colville ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7127 "2011-08-26T14:54:04Z")
[quote=“Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela, post:7126, topic:549173”] Favorite paintings, with links 1. “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis,” John Trumbull 2. “The Cotton Market, New Orleans” – Edgar Degas 3. “Portrait of Madame X,” John Singer Sargent 4. “Composition Number 8” Vasily Kandinsky 5. “Mlle. Irene Cahen d’Anvers” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir 6. “The Jack Pine”, Tom Thomson 7. “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” Hokusai 8. ANYTHING by Giuseppe Arcimboldo 9. “Horse and Train”, Alex Colville 10. “Pygmalian and Galatea” by Jean Leon Jerome Actually a series, [but specifically this one](https://wiki.uco.edu/download/attachments/9470181/pygmalion_and_galatea_ca_1890_.jpg?version=1&modificationDate=1223101120000). ---
**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 26, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7128 "2011-08-26T15:05:56Z")
Favorite paintings, with links 1. “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis,” John Trumbull 2. “The Cotton Market, New Orleans” – Edgar Degas 3. “Portrait of Madame X,” John Singer Sargent 4. “Composition Number 8” Vasily Kandinsky 5. “Mlle. Irene Cahen d’Anvers” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir 6. “The Jack Pine”, Tom Thomson 7. “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” Hokusai 8. ANYTHING by Giuseppe Arcimboldo 9. “Horse and Train”, Alex Colville 10. “Pygmalian and Galatea” by Jean Leon Jerome 11. “Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh [![](http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/starry-night/gogh.starry-night.jpg) ](http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/gogh/starry-night/gogh.starry-night.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7129 "2011-08-26T16:20:24Z")
Favorite paintings, with links 1. “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis,” John Trumbull 2. “The Cotton Market, New Orleans” – Edgar Degas 3. “Portrait of Madame X,” John Singer Sargent 4. “Composition Number 8” Vasily Kandinsky 5. “Mlle. Irene Cahen d’Anvers” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir 6. “The Jack Pine”, Tom Thomson 7. “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” Hokusai 8. ANYTHING by Giuseppe Arcimboldo 9. “Horse and Train”, Alex Colville 10. “Pygmalian and Galatea” by Jean Leon Jerome 11. “Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh 12. “[The Ptolemaic Universe](http://www.astro.uu.nl/~vgent/cellarius/images/hm/hm_03.jpg)” by Andreas Cellarius I know it’s technically a map, but Cellarius was a very gifted artist and it is painted. ---
**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 26, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7130 "2011-08-26T17:33:27Z")
Favorite paintings, with links 1. “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis,” John Trumbull 2. “The Cotton Market, New Orleans” – Edgar Degas 3. “Portrait of Madame X,” John Singer Sargent 4. “Composition Number 8” Vasily Kandinsky 5. “Mlle. Irene Cahen d’Anvers” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir 6. “The Jack Pine”, Tom Thomson 7. “The Great Wave off Kanagawa,” Hokusai 8. ANYTHING by Giuseppe Arcimboldo 9. “Horse and Train”, Alex Colville 10. “Pygmalian and Galatea” by Jean Leon Jerome 11. “Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh 12. “The Ptolemaic Universe” by Andreas Cellarius 13. [Gang Rape](http://fineartamerica.com/featured/gang-rape-ben-walker.html)–Ben Walker Inspired by the weather reports–Famous Irenes 1. Irene Ryan ---
**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:** [August 26, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7131 "2011-08-26T17:41:33Z")
Inspired by the weather reports–Famous Irenes 1. Irene Ryan 2. Irene Adler (_The_ woman to Sherlock Holmes) ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7132 "2011-08-26T17:50:02Z")
Inspired by the weather reports–Famous Irenes 1. Irene Ryan 2. Irene Adler (_The_ woman to Sherlock Holmes) 3. Byzantine Empress Irene ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7133 "2011-08-26T18:22:04Z")
Inspired by the weather reports–Famous Irenes 1. Irene Ryan 2. Irene Adler (_The_ woman to Sherlock Holmes) 3. Byzantine Empress Irene 4. Irene Dunn Wanted to mention one of my favorite non-PC jokes. What do you call a girl with one leg? Eileen What do a Japanese person call a woman with one leg? Irene. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7134 "2011-08-26T18:24:30Z")
Inspired by the weather reports–Famous Irenes 1. Irene Ryan 2. Irene Adler (_The_ woman to Sherlock Holmes) 3. Byzantine Empress Irene 4. Irene Dunn 5. Irene Miller from the Danny Dunn books ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7135 "2011-08-26T19:36:10Z")
Inspired by the weather reports–Famous Irenes 1. Irene Ryan 2. Irene Adler (_The_ woman to Sherlock Holmes) 3. Byzantine Empress Irene 4. Irene Dunn 5. Irene Miller from the Danny Dunn books 6. Irene Bedard Native American actress, usually called up when a casting director needs “a female Graham Greene”. ---
**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 26, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7136 "2011-08-26T20:08:14Z")
Inspired by the weather reports–Famous Irenes 1. Irene Ryan 2. Irene Adler (_The_ woman to Sherlock Holmes) 3. Byzantine Empress Irene 4. Irene Dunne 5. Irene Miller from the Danny Dunn books 6. Irene Bedard 7. Irene Handl English actress: [Irene Handl - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Handl) ---
**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 26, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7137 "2011-08-26T20:24:22Z")
Inspired by the weather reports–Famous Irenes 1. Irene Ryan 2. Irene Adler (_The_ woman to Sherlock Holmes) 3. Byzantine Empress Irene 4. Irene Dunne 5. Irene Miller from the Danny Dunn books 6. Irene Bedard 7. Irene Handl 8. [Irene Papas](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0660327/) ---
**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 26, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7138 "2011-08-26T20:35:31Z")
Inspired by the weather reports–Famous Irenes 1. Irene Ryan 2. Irene Adler (_The_ woman to Sherlock Holmes) 3. Byzantine Empress Irene 4. Irene Dunne 5. Irene Miller from the Danny Dunn books 6. Irene Bedard 7. Irene Handl 8. Irene Papas 9. Irene Cara ---
**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 26, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7139 "2011-08-26T21:25:43Z")
Inspired by the weather reports–Famous Irenes 1. Irene Ryan 2. Irene Adler (_The_ woman to Sherlock Holmes) 3. Byzantine Empress Irene 4. Irene Dunne 5. Irene Miller from the Danny Dunn books 6. Irene Bedard 7. Irene Handl 8. Irene Papas 9. Irene Cara 10. Irene Joliot-Curie ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7140 "2011-08-26T21:51:35Z")
Inspired by the weather reports–Famous Irenes 1. Irene Ryan 2. Irene Adler (_The_ woman to Sherlock Holmes) 3. Byzantine Empress Irene 4. Irene Dunne 5. Irene Miller from the Danny Dunn books 6. Irene Bedard 7. Irene Handl 8. Irene Papas 9. Irene Cara 10. Irene Joliot-Curie 11. Irène Jacob Incidentally, my mother’s name is Irene. Guess she’s about to learn how Katrinas have been feeling since 2005… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7141 "2011-08-26T22:31:45Z")
Inspired by the weather reports–Famous Irenes 1. Irene Ryan 2. Irene Adler (_The_ woman to Sherlock Holmes) 3. Byzantine Empress Irene 4. Irene Dunne 5. Irene Miller from the Danny Dunn books 6. Irene Bedard 7. Irene Handl 8. Irene Papas 9. Irene Cara 10. Irene Joliot-Curie 11. Irène Jacob 12. [Irene Marryat Parlby](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_Parlby) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=356) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=358)