# 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:** 358
**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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7142 "2011-08-26T23:50:28Z")
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) 13. Princess [Irene](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Irene_of_the_Netherlands) of the Netherlands I’ll pass on a new category ---
**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 27, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7143 "2011-08-27T03:17:30Z")
New category - favourite sculptures. (Because I liked the favourite paintings category so much…) 1. [Raven](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Bill_Reid_raven.jpg), Bill Reid. ---
**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 27, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7144 "2011-08-27T03:37:28Z")
New category - favourite sculptures. 1. [Raven](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Bill_Reid_raven.jpg), Bill Reid. 2. Bernini’s [David](http://smarthistory.org/assets/images/images/bernini-david1.jpg) Better than Michelangelo’s in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7145 "2011-08-27T03:52:40Z")
New category - favourite sculptures. 1. [Raven](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Bill_Reid_raven.jpg), Bill Reid. 2. Bernini’s [David](http://smarthistory.org/assets/images/images/bernini-david1.jpg) 3. [The Gates of Hell](http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/rodin/gates01.jpg) by Auguste Rodin ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7146 "2011-08-27T04:55:54Z")
New category - favourite sculptures. 1. [Raven](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Bill_Reid_raven.jpg), Bill Reid. 2. Bernini’s [David](http://smarthistory.org/assets/images/images/bernini-david1.jpg) 3. [The Gates of Hell](http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/rodin/gates01.jpg) by Auguste Rodin [/QUOTE] 4. [Reading Girl](http://www.23hq.com/5473659/5895897_04d474daf843cf65a60caffcfe953444_large.jpg) by Pietro Magni ---
**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 27, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7147 "2011-08-27T06:09:21Z")
New category - favourite sculptures. 1. [Raven](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Bill_Reid_raven.jpg), Bill Reid. 2. Bernini’s [David](http://smarthistory.org/assets/images/images/bernini-david1.jpg) 3. [The Gates of Hell](http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/rodin/gates01.jpg) by Auguste Rodin 4. [Reading Girl](http://www.23hq.com/5473659/5895897_04d474daf843cf65a60caffcfe953444_large.jpg) by Pietro Magni 5. [Christ the Redeemer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer_(statue)) by Paul Landowski Not sure if a statue qualifies as a sculpture. But close enough. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7148 "2011-08-27T20:15:17Z")
New category - favourite sculptures. 1. [Raven](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Bill_Reid_raven.jpg), Bill Reid. 2. Bernini’s [David](http://smarthistory.org/assets/images/images/bernini-david1.jpg) 3. [The Gates of Hell](http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/rodin/gates01.jpg) by Auguste Rodin 4. [Reading Girl](http://www.23hq.com/5473659/5895897_04d474daf843cf65a60caffcfe953444_large.jpg) by Pietro Magni 5. [Christ the Redeemer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer_(statue)) by Paul Landowski 6. [Tourists](http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/sgrais/images/Scale/hanson1.jpg), by Duane Hanson The clothes and other items are real of course, but the fiberglass bodies qualify as sculpture. ---
**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 27, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7149 "2011-08-27T20:53:09Z")
New category - favourite sculptures. 1. [Raven](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Bill_Reid_raven.jpg), Bill Reid. 2. Bernini’s [David](http://smarthistory.org/assets/images/images/bernini-david1.jpg) 3. [The Gates of Hell](http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/rodin/gates01.jpg) by Auguste Rodin 4. [Reading Girl](http://www.23hq.com/5473659/5895897_04d474daf843cf65a60caffcfe953444_large.jpg) by Pietro Magni 5. [Christ the Redeemer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer_(statue)) by Paul Landowski 6. [Tourists](http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/sgrais/images/Scale/hanson1.jpg), by Duane Hanson 7. [Charles La Trobe](http://img.funtasticus.com/2007/jan8/sculptures618/sculptures003.jpg) by Charles Robb ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7150 "2011-08-27T22:58:50Z")
New category - favourite sculptures. 1. [Raven](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Bill_Reid_raven.jpg), Bill Reid. 2. Bernini’s [David](http://smarthistory.org/assets/images/images/bernini-david1.jpg) 3. [The Gates of Hell](http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/rodin/gates01.jpg) by Auguste Rodin 4. [Reading Girl](http://www.23hq.com/5473659/5895897_04d474daf843cf65a60caffcfe953444_large.jpg) by Pietro Magni 5. [Christ the Redeemer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer_(statue)) by Paul Landowski 6. [Tourists](http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/sgrais/images/Scale/hanson1.jpg), by Duane Hanson 7. [Charles La Trobe](http://img.funtasticus.com/2007/jan8/sculptures618/sculptures003.jpg) by Charles Robb 8. [David](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=michelangelo+david&hl=en&safe=off&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=A1nTkJWVuuz-sM:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_(Michelangelo)&docid=ETuxRm3TJ1Xr-M&w=200&h=382&ei=rHRZTtuuIMfqgQf635y2DA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=141&vpy=74&dur=31&hovh=305&hovw=160&tx=88&ty=183&page=1&tbnh=142&tbnw=78&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&biw=1024&bih=596) by Michelangelo (I guess this wasn’t 1st on the list because men were paranoid about being considered queer for posting it, and women were paranoid about being considered nymphomaniac) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7151 "2011-08-27T23:25:19Z")
favourite sculptures. 1. Raven, Bill Reid. 2. Bernini’s David 3. The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin 4. Reading Girl by Pietro Magni 5. Christ the Redeemer by Paul Landowski 6. Tourists, by Duane Hanson 7. Charles La Trobe by Charles Robb 8. David by Michelangelo (I guess this wasn’t 1st on the list because men were paranoid about being considered queer for posting it, and women were paranoid about being considered nymphomaniac) 9. [This modern art piece](http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b75/anyrose/sculpture%20of%20Ben%20Franklin%20in%20Center%20City/). I don’t know the artist (yes, I googled), but I look forward to seeing this sculpture every year. btw, **colonial** , I disagree with your assessment 🙂 ---
**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 28, 2011, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7152 "2011-08-28T02:07:53Z")
> [@colonial](#): > > I guess this wasn’t 1st on the list because men were paranoid about being considered queer for posting it, and women were paranoid about being considered nymphomaniac Or maybe we just didn’t think it’s all that great a sculpture. ---
**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 28, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7153 "2011-08-28T02:52:46Z")
Favourite sculptures. 1. Raven, Bill Reid. 2. Bernini’s David 3. The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin 4. Reading Girl by Pietro Magni 5. Christ the Redeemer by Paul Landowski 6. Tourists, by Duane Hanson 7. Charles La Trobe by Charles Robb 8. David by Michelangelo (I guess this wasn’t 1st on the list because… 9. This modern art piece. I don’t know the artist (yes, I googled)… 10. George Washington, by Jean-Antoine Houdon [http://www.scottsdaleartschool.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/George-Washington-Sculpture.jpg](http://www.scottsdaleartschool.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/George-Washington-Sculpture.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7154 "2011-08-28T02:53:27Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > btw, **colonial** , I disagree with your assessment 🙂 So you’re _not_ paranoid about being considered a this or a that? ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7155 "2011-08-28T02:55:11Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Or maybe we just didn’t think it’s all that great a sculpture. This is not a viable alternative. Really, it just is not. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7156 "2011-08-28T03:50:42Z")
Favourite sculptures. 1. Raven, Bill Reid. 2. Bernini’s David 3. The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin 4. Reading Girl by Pietro Magni 5. Christ the Redeemer by Paul Landowski 6. Tourists, by Duane Hanson 7. Charles La Trobe by Charles Robb 8. David by Michelangelo (I guess this wasn’t 1st on the list because… 9. This modern art piece. I don’t know the artist (yes, I googled)… 10. George Washington, by Jean-Antoine Houdon 11. [Saliera (salt cellar)](http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/74/7174-004-245ABE6C.jpg) by Benevenuto Cellini Salt cellar is what it is rather than an actual name. I’ve never seen the original but I saw an exact replica of it in a museum and it’s an amazingly detailed work to be only 10 inches high. ---
**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 28, 2011, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7157 "2011-08-28T05:14:52Z")
Favourite sculptures. 1. Raven, Bill Reid. 2. Bernini’s David 3. The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin 4. Reading Girl by Pietro Magni 5. Christ the Redeemer by Paul Landowski 6. Tourists, by Duane Hanson 7. Charles La Trobe by Charles Robb 8. David by Michelangelo (I guess this wasn’t 1st on the list because… 9. This modern art piece. I don’t know the artist (yes, I googled)… 10. George Washington, by Jean-Antoine Houdon 11. [Saliera (salt cellar)](http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/74/7174-004-245ABE6C.jpg) by Benevenuto Cellini 12. [Memorial to a Marriage](http://abc.typepad.com/artworld/images/capt.nyr20407301801.books_buried_history_nyr204.jpg) by Patricia Cronin A sculpture I’ve seen in person at a doper meeting. A group of us took a tour of Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. The sculpture is of Cronin and her wife, Deborah Kass, and it’s intended as their gravestone. It’s unused because the couple are still alive. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7158 "2011-08-28T05:26:04Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] A sculpture I’ve seen in person at a doper meeting. A group of us took a tour of Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. The sculpture is of Cronin and her wife, Deborah Kass, and it’s intended as their gravestone. It’s unused because the couple are still alive. [/QUOTE] If they ever divorce that’s going to be really awkward for the next spouse. ---
**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 28, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7159 "2011-08-28T12:26:01Z")
Favourite sculptures. 1. Raven, Bill Reid. 2. Bernini’s David 3. The Gates of Hell by Auguste Rodin 4. Reading Girl by Pietro Magni 5. Christ the Redeemer by Paul Landowski 6. Tourists, by Duane Hanson 7. Charles La Trobe by Charles Robb 8. David by Michelangelo (I guess this wasn’t 1st on the list because… 9. This modern art piece. I don’t know the artist (yes, I googled)… 10. George Washington, by Jean-Antoine Houdon 11. Saliera (salt cellar) by Benevenuto Cellini 12. Memorial to a Marriage by Patricia Cronin 13. [Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial](http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/08/22/photos-martin-luther-king-jr-memorial-is-unveiled-in-washington/the-stone-of-hope-sculpture-of-martin-2/) by Lei Yixin Since I started this one, I’ll pass on a new category. ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7160 "2011-08-28T15:55:30Z")
By consensus the greatest poet of a language: 1. Pushkin, Russian ---
**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 28, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7161 "2011-08-28T16:34:23Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > If they ever divorce that’s going to be really awkward for the next spouse. “But, honey, we can’t get divorced. We have a gravestone together.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=357) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=359)