# 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:** 373
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7442 "2011-09-12T20:02:09Z")
Things used daily in 9-12-2011 that didn’t exist (or at least weren’t well known) on 9-12-2001 1. YouTube 2. iPad 3. Google Chrome 4. Facebook 5. There’s an app for that! 6. Blu-rays 7. World of Warcraft 8. iPhones/phones inspired by iPhones 9. [barackobama.com](http://barackobama.com) 10. iPods (introduced November 2001) 11. Internet based phone service 12. Wikipedia ---
**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 12, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7443 "2011-09-12T20:38:47Z")
Things used daily in 9-12-2011 that didn’t exist (or at least weren’t well known) on 9-12-2001 1. YouTube 2. iPad 3. Google Chrome 4. Facebook 5. There’s an app for that! 6. Blu-rays 7. World of Warcraft 8. iPhones/phones inspired by iPhones 9. [barackobama.com](http://barackobama.com) 10. iPods (introduced November 2001) 11. Internet based phone service 12. Wikipedia 13. McDonald’s sweet tea Next category: Major hotel chains 1. Holiday Inn ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7444 "2011-09-12T20:59:14Z")
Major hotel chains 1. Holiday Inn 2. Hilton ---
**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 12, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7445 "2011-09-12T21:06:01Z")
Major hotel chains 1. Holiday Inn 2. Hilton 3. Fairmont Hotels. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7446 "2011-09-12T21:33:38Z")
Major hotel chains 1. Holiday Inn 2. Hilton 3. Fairmont Hotels 4. Sheraton ---
**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 12, 2011, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7447 "2011-09-12T22:38:19Z")
Major hotel chains 1. Holiday Inn 2. Hilton 3. Fairmont Hotels 4. Sheraton 5. Microtel Because I travel on the cheap. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7448 "2011-09-12T23:19:08Z")
Major hotel chains 1. Holiday Inn 2. Hilton 3. Fairmont Hotels 4. Sheraton 5. Microtel 6. Super 8 I’ll see your Microtel and lower you;) ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7449 "2011-09-12T23:24:50Z")
Major hotel chains 1. Holiday Inn 2. Hilton 3. Fairmont Hotels 4. Sheraton 5. Microtel 6. Super 8 7. TraveLodge ---
**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 12, 2011, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7450 "2011-09-12T23:26:48Z")
Major hotel chains 1. Holiday Inn 2. Hilton 3. Fairmont Hotels 4. Sheraton 5. Microtel 6. Super 8 7. TraveLodge 8. Red Roof Inn ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7451 "2011-09-12T23:48:30Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 1. Red Roof Inn _::runs screaming from the room::_ worst. night. ever. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2011, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7452 "2011-09-12T23:56:33Z")
Major hotel chains 1. Holiday Inn 2. Hilton 3. Fairmont Hotels 4. Sheraton 5. Microtel 6. Super 8 7. TraveLodge 8. Red Roof Inn 9. Motel 6 ---
**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 13, 2011, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7453 "2011-09-13T00:40:49Z")
Major hotel chains 1. Holiday Inn 2. Hilton 3. Fairmont Hotels 4. Sheraton 5. Microtel 6. Super 8 7. TraveLodge 8. Red Roof Inn 9. Motel 6 10. Four Seasons ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7454 "2011-09-13T00:47:50Z")
Major hotel chains 1. Holiday Inn 2. Hilton 3. Fairmont Hotels 4. Sheraton 5. Microtel 6. Super 8 7. TraveLodge 8. Red Roof Inn 9. Motel 6 10. Four Seasons 11. Mariott ---
**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 13, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7455 "2011-09-13T01:32:09Z")
Major hotel chains 1. Holiday Inn 2. Hilton 3. Fairmont Hotels 4. Sheraton 5. Microtel 6. Super 8 7. TraveLodge 8. Red Roof Inn 9. Motel 6 10. Four Seasons 11. Marriott 12. Ritz-Carlton Marriott entirely owns Ritz-Carlton, I just learned from Wiki. And I actually have some very pleasant memories from my bachelor days of the Red Roof Inn in Nashua, N.H. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7456 "2011-09-13T01:56:29Z")
Major hotel chains 1. Holiday Inn 2. Hilton 3. Fairmont Hotels 4. Sheraton 5. Microtel 6. Super 8 7. TraveLodge 8. Red Roof Inn 9. Motel 6 10. Four Seasons 11. Marriott 12. Ritz-Carlton 13. Westin Hotels Next category: Punch lines to knock-knock jokes 1. JAMAICA good grade on your test? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7457 "2011-09-13T02:39:51Z")
Punch lines to knock-knock jokes 1. JAMAICA good grade on your test? 2. ORANGE you glad I didn’t say banana? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7458 "2011-09-13T03:40:30Z")
Punch lines to knock-knock jokes 1. JAMAICA good grade on your test? 2. ORANGE you glad I didn’t say banana? 3. Now you look at me and ask, Control Freak Who? ---
**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 13, 2011, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7459 "2011-09-13T04:29:51Z")
Punch lines to knock-knock jokes 1. JAMAICA good grade on your test? 2. ORANGE you glad I didn’t say banana? 3. Now you look at me and ask, Control Freak Who? 4. (BOO) Don’t cry. It’s only a knock-knock joke. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7460 "2011-09-13T04:33:10Z")
Punch lines to knock-knock jokes 1. JAMAICA good grade on your test? 2. ORANGE you glad I didn’t say banana? 3. Now you look at me and ask, Control Freak Who? 4. (BOO) Don’t cry. It’s only a knock-knock joke. 5. Moooo! ---
**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 13, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7461 "2011-09-13T05:38:01Z")
Punch lines to knock-knock jokes 1. JAMAICA good grade on your test? 2. ORANGE you glad I didn’t say banana? 3. Now you look at me and ask, Control Freak Who? 4. (BOO) Don’t cry. It’s only a knock-knock joke. 5. Moooo! 6. Mikey isn’t working. Open the door. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=372) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=374)