# 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:** 364
**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:** [September 4, 2011, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7262 "2011-09-04T06:39:32Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Since I started this category, I’ll defer to someone else, on the condition that the next topic NOT be show biz-related. Okay, let’s do a historical category. Founding fathers of the United States 1. George Washington ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7263 "2011-09-04T12:16:35Z")
Founding fathers of the United States 1. George Washington 2. Benjamin Franklin (The only president of the United States who was never president of the United States.) ---
**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:** [September 4, 2011, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7264 "2011-09-04T13:11:35Z")
Founding fathers of the United States 1. George Washington 2. Benjamin Franklin 3. Thomas Jefferson ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7265 "2011-09-04T13:27:52Z")
Founding fathers of the United States 1. George Washington 2. Benjamin Franklin 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. John Adams ---
**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:** [September 4, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7266 "2011-09-04T15:50:08Z")
Founding fathers of the United States 1. George Washington 2. Benjamin Franklin 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. John Adams 5. Alexander Hamilton ---
**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:** [September 4, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7267 "2011-09-04T15:53:07Z")
Founding fathers of the United States 1. George Washington 2. Benjamin Franklin 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. John Adams 5. Alexander Hamilton 6. James Madison ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7268 "2011-09-04T17:13:53Z")
Founding fathers of the United States 1. George Washington 2. Benjamin Franklin 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. John Adams 5. Alexander Hamilton 6. James Madison 7. Edward Rutledge ---
**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:** [September 4, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7269 "2011-09-04T19:28:58Z")
Founding fathers of the United States 1. George Washington 2. Benjamin Franklin 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. John Adams 5. Alexander Hamilton 6. James Madison 7. Edward Rutledge 8. Patrick Henry ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7270 "2011-09-04T22:38:20Z")
New category: In honor of Labor Day, unions to which you or people you know have belonged 1. American Federation of Musicians (my dad is a longtime member) 2. Canadian Actors’ Equity Association. (The equivalent of a union for self-employed actors, singers and dancers in Canada.) 3. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (boyfriend is a member) 4. Teamsters (two good friends are members, both of them machinists) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7271 "2011-09-05T01:38:12Z")
Founding fathers of the United States 1. George Washington 2. Benjamin Franklin 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. John Adams 5. Alexander Hamilton 6. James Madison 7. Edward Rutledge 8. Patrick Henry 9. Samuel Adams ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7272 "2011-09-05T01:39:15Z")
Founding fathers of the United States 1. George Washington 2. Benjamin Franklin 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. John Adams 5. Alexander Hamilton 6. James Madison 7. Edward Rutledge 8. Patrick Henry 9. Samuel Adams 10. John Hancock ---
**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:** [September 5, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7273 "2011-09-05T02:39:46Z")
Founding fathers of the United States 1. George Washington 2. Benjamin Franklin 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. John Adams 5. Alexander Hamilton 6. James Madison 7. Edward Rutledge 8. Patrick Henry 9. Samuel Adams 10. John Hancock 11. Gouverneur Morris An important draftsman of the Constitution, and helluva fun guy: [Gouverneur Morris - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gouverneur_Morris) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7274 "2011-09-05T03:18:34Z")
Founding fathers of the United States 1. George Washington 2. Benjamin Franklin 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. John Adams 5. Alexander Hamilton 6. James Madison 7. Edward Rutledge 8. Patrick Henry 9. Samuel Adams 10. John Hancock 11. Gouverneur Morris 12. Thomas Paine EH: Gouverneur Morris certainly had a very strange death. I wonder why a whale bone was implement of choice. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2011, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7275 "2011-09-05T03:47:00Z")
Founding Fathers of the United States 1. George Washington 2. Benjamin Franklin 3. Thomas Jefferson 4. John Adams 5. Alexander Hamilton 6. James Madison 7. Edward Rutledge 8. Patrick Henry 9. Samuel Adams 10. John Hancock 11. Gouverneur Morris 12. Thomas Paine 13. Henry Knox Next category, in honor of Labor Day: Important labor leaders 1. Samuel Gompers ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7276 "2011-09-05T06:29:58Z")
Next category, in honor of Labor Day: Important labor leaders 1. Samuel Gompers 2. Mary Harris “Mother” Jones ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7277 "2011-09-05T06:52:53Z")
Important labor leaders 1. Samuel Gompers 2. Mary Harris “Mother” Jones 3. John L. Lewis ---
**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:** [September 5, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7278 "2011-09-05T12:30:55Z")
Important labor leaders 1. Samuel Gompers 2. Mary Harris “Mother” Jones 3. John L. Lewis 4. Lech Walesa ---
**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:** [September 5, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7279 "2011-09-05T15:01:51Z")
Important labor leaders 1. Samuel Gompers 2. Mary Harris “Mother” Jones 3. John L. Lewis 4. Lech Walesa 5. Buzz Hargrove ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7280 "2011-09-05T15:45:21Z")
Important labor leaders 1. Samuel Gompers 2. Mary Harris “Mother” Jones 3. John L. Lewis 4. Lech Walesa 5. Buzz Hargrove 6. Keir Hardie ---
**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:** [September 5, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7281 "2011-09-05T16:06:20Z")
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