# 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:** 39
**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 3, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/761 "2010-09-03T19:23:28Z")
Urban legends involving transportation (links encouraged) 1. [“Send the bedbug letter”](http://www.snopes.com/business/consumer/bedbug.asp) 2. A man snuck onto an RMS _Titanic_ lifeboat dressed as a woman: [http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp](http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/762 "2010-09-03T20:30:39Z")
Urban legends involving transportation (links encouraged) 1. [“Send the bedbug letter”](http://www.snopes.com/business/consumer/bedbug.asp) 2. A man snuck onto an RMS _Titanic_ lifeboat dressed as a woman: [http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp](http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp) 3. [As part of an initiation, gang members will violate your poodle if you flash your lights at them on Halloween while asking for directions](http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=gang+initiation+car&getit=Go&sp-a=00062d45-sp00000000&sp-advanced=1&sp-p=all&sp-w-control=1&sp-w=alike&sp-date-range=-1&sp-x=any&sp-c=100&sp-m=1&sp-s=0). ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/763 "2010-09-03T20:35:09Z")
Urban legends involving transportation (links encouraged) 1. “Send the bedbug letter” 2. A man snuck onto an RMS Titanic lifeboat dressed as a woman: [http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp](http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp) 3. As part of an initiation, gang members will violate your poodle if you flash your lights at them on Halloween while asking for directions. 4. Harvard requires a swimming test to graduate because the library donor’s son drowned during the _Titanic_ sinking. [Another Titanic myth: Harvard’s swimming test - PMC](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1113987/) ---
**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 3, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/764 "2010-09-03T20:45:06Z")
Urban legends involving transportation (links encouraged) 1. “Send the bedbug letter” 2. A man snuck onto an RMS Titanic lifeboat dressed as a woman: [http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp](http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp) 3. As part of an initiation, gang members will violate your poodle if you flash your lights at them on Halloween while asking for directions. 4. Harvard requires a swimming test to graduate because the library donor’s son drowned during the _Titanic_ sinking. [Another Titanic myth: Harvard’s swimming test - PMC](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1113987/) [/QUOTE] 5. The [$50 Porsche](http://www.snopes.com/love/revenge/porsche.asp) ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2010, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/765 "2010-09-03T23:51:49Z")
1. “Send the bedbug letter” 2. A man snuck onto an RMS Titanic lifeboat dressed as a woman: [http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp](http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp) 3. As part of an initiation, gang members will violate your poodle if you flash your lights at them on Halloween while asking for directions. 4. Harvard requires a swimming test to graduate because the library donor’s son drowned during the _Titanic_ sinking. [Another Titanic myth: Harvard’s swimming test - PMC](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1113987/) 5. The [$50 Porsche](http://www.snopes.com/love/revenge/porsche.asp) 6. [Actress Jayne Mansfield was decapitated when her convertible drove under a semi truck](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayne_Mansfield#Death) ---
**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 4, 2010, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/766 "2010-09-04T01:51:44Z")
Urban legends involving transportation (links encouraged) 1. “Send the bedbug letter” 2. A man snuck onto an RMS Titanic lifeboat dressed as a woman: [http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp](http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp) 3. As part of an initiation, gang members will violate your poodle if you flash your lights at them on Halloween while asking for directions. 4. Harvard requires a swimming test to graduate because the library donor’s son drowned during the Titanic sinking. [Another Titanic myth: Harvard’s swimming test - PMC](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1113987/) 5. The $50 Porsche 6. Actress Jayne Mansfield was decapitated when her convertible drove under a semi truck 7. [The Hook](http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/hook.asp) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/767 "2010-09-04T03:47:41Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > Urban legends involving transportation (links encouraged) > > 1. “Send the bedbug letter” > 2. A man snuck onto an RMS Titanic lifeboat dressed as a woman: [Did a Male Titanic Passenger Pose as a Woman to Get on a Lifeboat? | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp) > 3. As part of an initiation, gang members will violate your poodle if you flash your lights at them on Halloween while asking for directions. > 4. Harvard requires a swimming test to graduate because the library donor’s son drowned during the Titanic sinking. [Harvard’s swimming test - PMC](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1113987/) > 5. The $50 Porsche > 6. Actress Jayne Mansfield was decapitated when her convertible drove under a semi truck > 7. [The Hook](http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/hook.asp) 1. [Jealous cement mixer driver](http://www.snopes.com/love/revenge/concrete.asp) ---
**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 4, 2010, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/768 "2010-09-04T04:36:49Z")
Urban legends involving transportation (links encouraged) 1. “Send the bedbug letter” 2. A man snuck onto an RMS Titanic lifeboat dressed as a woman: [http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp](http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp) 3. As part of an initiation, gang members will violate your poodle if you flash your lights at them on Halloween while asking for directions. 4. Harvard requires a swimming test to graduate because the library donor’s son drowned during the Titanic sinking. [Another Titanic myth: Harvard’s swimming test - PMC](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1113987/) 5. The $50 Porsche 6. Actress Jayne Mansfield was decapitated when her convertible drove under a semi truck 7. [The Hook](http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/hook.asp) 8. [Jealous cement mixer driver](http://www.snopes.com/love/revenge/concrete.asp) 9. Bodies still strapped into their airplane seats were recovered near Ground Zero soon after 9-11: [http://www.snopes.com/rumors/strapped.asp](http://www.snopes.com/rumors/strapped.asp) ---
**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 4, 2010, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/769 "2010-09-04T22:07:35Z")
Urban legends involving transportation (links encouraged) 1. “Send the bedbug letter” 2. A man snuck onto an RMS Titanic lifeboat dressed as a woman: [http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp](http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp) 3. As part of an initiation, gang members will violate your poodle if you flash your lights at them on Halloween while asking for directions. 4. Harvard requires a swimming test to graduate because the library donor’s son drowned during the Titanic sinking. [Another Titanic myth: Harvard’s swimming test - PMC](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1113987/) 5. The $50 Porsche 6. Actress Jayne Mansfield was decapitated when her convertible drove under a semi truck 7. The Hook 8. Jealous cement mixer driver 9. Bodies still strapped into their airplane seats were recovered near Ground Zero soon after 9-11: [http://www.snopes.com/rumors/strapped.asp](http://www.snopes.com/rumors/strapped.asp) 10. [Sugar in the gas tank](http://www.snopes.com/autos/grace/sugar.asp) ---
**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, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/770 "2010-09-05T00:20:50Z")
Urban legends involving transportation (links encouraged) 1. “Send the bedbug letter” 2. A man snuck onto an RMS Titanic lifeboat dressed as a woman: [http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp](http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp) 3. As part of an initiation, gang members will violate your poodle if you flash your lights at them on Halloween while asking for directions. 4. Harvard requires a swimming test to graduate because the library donor’s son drowned during the Titanic sinking. [Another Titanic myth: Harvard’s swimming test - PMC](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1113987/) 5. The $50 Porsche 6. Actress Jayne Mansfield was decapitated when her convertible drove under a semi truck 7. The Hook 8. Jealous cement mixer driver 9. Bodies still strapped into their airplane seats were recovered near Ground Zero soon after 9-11: [http://www.snopes.com/rumors/strapped.asp](http://www.snopes.com/rumors/strapped.asp) 10. [Sugar in the gas tank](http://www.snopes.com/autos/grace/sugar.asp) 11. The crash position used by airlines is actually designed to kill passengers. [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/brace.asp) [Mythbusters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-AqUyWjvWY) ---
**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, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/771 "2010-09-05T04:00:16Z")
Urban legends involving transportation (links encouraged) 1. “Send the bedbug letter” 2. A man snuck onto an RMS Titanic lifeboat dressed as a woman: [http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp](http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp) 3. As part of an initiation, gang members will violate your poodle if you flash your lights at them on Halloween while asking for directions. 4. Harvard requires a swimming test to graduate because the library donor’s son drowned during the Titanic sinking. [Another Titanic myth: Harvard’s swimming test - PMC](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1113987/) 5. The $50 Porsche 6. Actress Jayne Mansfield was decapitated when her convertible drove under a semi truck 7. The Hook 8. Jealous cement mixer driver 9. Bodies still strapped into their airplane seats were recovered near Ground Zero soon after 9-11: [http://www.snopes.com/rumors/strapped.asp](http://www.snopes.com/rumors/strapped.asp) 10. [Sugar in the gas tank](http://www.snopes.com/autos/grace/sugar.asp) 11. The crash position used by airlines is actually designed to kill passengers. [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/brace.asp) [Mythbusters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-AqUyWjvWY) 12. Mail trucks, as Federal vehicles, have the right of way over state or local emergency vehicles: [Do Mail Trucks Always Have the Right of Way? | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/fourway.asp) ---
**Author:** ![cucuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7feea3/32.png) [@cucuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cucuy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/772 "2010-09-05T07:00:05Z")
Urban legends involving transportation (links encouraged) 1. “Send the bedbug letter” 2. A man snuck onto an RMS Titanic lifeboat dressed as a woman: [http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp](http://www.snopes.com/history/titanic/woman.asp) 3. As part of an initiation, gang members will violate your poodle if you flash your lights at them on Halloween while asking for directions. 4. Harvard requires a swimming test to graduate because the library donor’s son drowned during the Titanic sinking. [Another Titanic myth: Harvard’s swimming test - PMC](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1113987/) 5. The $50 Porsche 6. Actress Jayne Mansfield was decapitated when her convertible drove under a semi truck 7. The Hook 8. Jealous cement mixer driver 9. Bodies still strapped into their airplane seats were recovered near Ground Zero soon after 9-11: [http://www.snopes.com/rumors/strapped.asp](http://www.snopes.com/rumors/strapped.asp) 10. [Sugar in the gas tank](http://www.snopes.com/autos/grace/sugar.asp) 11. The crash position used by airlines is actually designed to kill passengers. [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/brace.asp) [Mythbusters](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-AqUyWjvWY) 12. Mail trucks, as Federal vehicles, have the right of way over state or local emergency vehicles: [Do Mail Trucks Always Have the Right of Way? | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/autos/law/fourway.asp) 13. The US standard railroad gauge derives from the original specification for an Imperial Roman war chariot. [http://www.snopes.com/history/american/gauge.asp](http://www.snopes.com/history/american/gauge.asp) New category: Slang terms for the human anatomy (please keep it clean; no profanity) 1. Booty ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/773 "2010-09-05T10:52:10Z")
Slang terms for the human anatomy (please keep it clean; no profanity) 1. Booty 2. Gams ---
**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, 2010, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/774 "2010-09-05T12:09:41Z")
Slang terms for the human anatomy (please keep it clean; no profanity) 1. Booty 2. Gams 3. Peepers ---
**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 5, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/775 "2010-09-05T15:05:42Z")
Slang terms for the human anatomy (please keep it clean; no profanity) 1. Booty 2. Gams 3. Peepers 4. Tushy ---
**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, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/776 "2010-09-05T15:12:54Z")
Slang terms for the human anatomy (please keep it clean; no profanity) 1. Booty 2. Gams 3. Peepers 4. Tushy 5. Gut ---
**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, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/777 "2010-09-05T15:46:44Z")
Slang terms for the human anatomy (please keep it clean; no profanity) 1. Booty 2. Gams 3. Peepers 4. Tushy 5. Gut 6. Rosie Palm and her five daughters ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/778 "2010-09-05T16:46:34Z")
Slang terms for the human anatomy (please keep it clean; no profanity) 1. Booty 2. Gams 3. Peepers 4. Tushy 5. Gut 6. Rosie Palm and her five daughters 7. Piggies ---
**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 5, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/779 "2010-09-05T18:19:35Z")
Slang terms for the human anatomy (please keep it clean; no profanity) 1. Booty 2. Gams 3. Peepers 4. Tushy 5. Gut 6. Rosie Palm and her five daughters 7. Piggies 8. Melon ---
**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, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/780 "2010-09-05T21:02:51Z")
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