# 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:** 400
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7982 "2011-10-11T03:48:26Z")
In honor of Columbus Day - explorers: 1. Columbus 2. Hernando de Soto 3. Captain Robert Falcon\* Scott 4. Magellan 5. Pytheas of Massalia 6. Kirk, Picard, and Janeway 7. Zheng He 8. Lewis & Clark & Co. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2011, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7983 "2011-10-11T03:55:55Z")
In honor of Columbus Day - explorers: 1. Columbus 2. Hernando de Soto 3. Captain Robert Falcon\* Scott 4. Magellan 5. Pytheas of Massalia 6. Kirk, Picard, and Janeway 7. Zheng He 8. Lewis & Clark & Co. 9. Ernest Shackleton One of the greatest of them all: [Ernest Shackleton - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton) ---
**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:** [October 11, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7984 "2011-10-11T04:23:37Z")
In honor of Columbus Day - explorers: 1. Columbus 2. Hernando de Soto 3. Captain Robert Falcon\* Scott 4. Magellan 5. Pytheas of Massalia 6. Kirk, Picard, and Janeway 7. Zheng He 8. Lewis & Clark & Co. 9. Ernest Shackleton 10. Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta ---
**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:** [October 11, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7985 "2011-10-11T04:26:38Z")
In honor of Columbus Day - explorers: 1. Columbus 2. Hernando de Soto 3. Captain Robert Falcon\* Scott 4. Magellan 5. Pytheas of Massalia 6. Kirk, Picard, and Janeway 7. Zheng He 8. Lewis & Clark & Co. 9. Ernest Shackleton 10. Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta 11. David Bowman ---
**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:** [October 11, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7986 "2011-10-11T05:03:19Z")
In honor of Columbus Day - explorers: 1. Columbus 2. Hernando de Soto 3. Captain Robert Falcon\* Scott 4. Magellan 5. Pytheas of Massalia 6. Kirk, Picard, and Janeway 7. Zheng He 8. Lewis & Clark & Co. 9. Ernest Shackleton 10. Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta 11. David Bowman 12. Roald Amundsen ---
**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:** [October 11, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7987 "2011-10-11T13:10:34Z")
In honor of Columbus Day - explorers: 1. Columbus 2. Hernando de Soto 3. Captain Robert Falcon\* Scott 4. Magellan 5. Pytheas of Massalia 6. Kirk, Picard, and Janeway 7. Zheng He 8. Lewis & Clark & Co. 9. Ernest Shackleton 10. Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta 11. David Bowman 12. Roald Amundsen 13. Neil Armstrong Next category: Characters from Coen Bros. movies 1. Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, “The Big Lebowski” ---
**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:** [October 11, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7988 "2011-10-11T13:24:53Z")
Characters from Coen Bros. movies 1. Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, “The Big Lebowski” 2. Marge Olmstead Gunderson - “Fargo” ---
**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:** [October 11, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7989 "2011-10-11T14:39:36Z")
Characters from Coen Bros. movies 1. Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski, “The Big Lebowski” 2. Marge Olmstead Gunderson - “Fargo” 3. Hi McDunnough - “Raising Arizona” ---
**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:** [October 11, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7990 "2011-10-11T16:39:45Z")
Characters from Coen Bros. movies 1. Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski - “The Big Lebowski” 2. Marge Olmstead Gunderson - “Fargo” 3. Hi McDunnough - “Raising Arizona” 4. Anton Chigurh - “No Country For Old Men” ---
**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:** [October 11, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7991 "2011-10-11T17:04:01Z")
Characters from Coen Bros. movies 1. Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski - “The Big Lebowski” 2. Marge Olmstead Gunderson - “Fargo” 3. Hi McDunnough - “Raising Arizona” 4. Anton Chigurh - “No Country For Old Men” 5. Tom Regan - “Miller’s Crossing” ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7992 "2011-10-11T18:57:21Z")
Characters from Coen Bros. movies 1. Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski - “The Big Lebowski” 2. Marge Olmstead Gunderson - “Fargo” 3. Hi McDunnough - “Raising Arizona” 4. Anton Chigurh - “No Country For Old Men” 5. Tom Regan - “Miller’s Crossing” 6. Pappy O’Daniel - “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” ---
**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:** [October 11, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7993 "2011-10-11T19:30:34Z")
Characters from Coen Bros. movies 1. Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski - “The Big Lebowski” 2. Marge Olmstead Gunderson - “Fargo” 3. Hi McDunnough - “Raising Arizona” 4. Anton Chigurh - “No Country For Old Men” 5. Tom Regan - “Miller’s Crossing” 6. Pappy O’Daniel - “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” 7. Walter Sobchak - “The Big Lebowski” ---
**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:** [October 11, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7994 "2011-10-11T23:57:18Z")
Characters from Coen Bros. movies 1. Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski - “The Big Lebowski” 2. Marge Olmstead Gunderson - “Fargo” 3. Hi McDunnough - “Raising Arizona” 4. Anton Chigurh - “No Country For Old Men” 5. Tom Regan - “Miller’s Crossing” 6. Pappy O’Daniel - “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” 7. Walter Sobchak - “The Big Lebowski” 8. Larry Gopnik - “A Serious Man” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7995 "2011-10-12T00:09:12Z")
Characters from Coen Bros. movies 1. Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski - “The Big Lebowski” 2. Marge Olmstead Gunderson - “Fargo” 3. Hi McDunnough - “Raising Arizona” 4. Anton Chigurh - “No Country For Old Men” 5. Tom Regan - “Miller’s Crossing” 6. Pappy O’Daniel - “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” 7. Walter Sobchak - “The Big Lebowski” 8. Larry Gopnik - “A Serious Man” 9. Barton Fink - “Barton Fink” played, by the way, by a college friend of mine; and the reason I’m only 3 away from Kevin Bacon. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7996 "2011-10-12T02:32:12Z")
Characters from Coen Bros. movies 1. Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski - “The Big Lebowski” 2. Marge Olmstead Gunderson - “Fargo” 3. Hi McDunnough - “Raising Arizona” 4. Anton Chigurh - “No Country For Old Men” 5. Tom Regan - “Miller’s Crossing” 6. Pappy O’Daniel - “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” 7. Walter Sobchak - “The Big Lebowski” 8. Larry Gopnik - “A Serious Man” 9. Barton Fink - “Barton Fink” 10. Loren Visser - “Blood Simple” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7997 "2011-10-12T06:59:08Z")
Characters from Coen Bros. movies 1. Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski - “The Big Lebowski” 2. Marge Olmstead Gunderson - “Fargo” 3. Hi McDunnough - “Raising Arizona” 4. Anton Chigurh - “No Country For Old Men” 5. Tom Regan - “Miller’s Crossing” 6. Pappy O’Daniel - “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” 7. Walter Sobchak - “The Big Lebowski” 8. Larry Gopnik - “A Serious Man” 9. Barton Fink - “Barton Fink” 10. Loren Visser - “Blood Simple” 11. Professor Goldthwaite Higginson Dorr, Ph.D.- “The Ladykillers” ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7998 "2011-10-12T08:13:29Z")
Characters from Coen Bros. movies 1. Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski - “The Big Lebowski” 2. Marge Olmstead Gunderson - “Fargo” 3. Hi McDunnough - “Raising Arizona” 4. Anton Chigurh - “No Country For Old Men” 5. Tom Regan - “Miller’s Crossing” 6. Pappy O’Daniel - “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” 7. Walter Sobchak - “The Big Lebowski” 8. Larry Gopnik - “A Serious Man” 9. Barton Fink - “Barton Fink” 10. Loren Visser - “Blood Simple” 11. Professor Goldthwaite Higginson Dorr, Ph.D.- “The Ladykillers” 12. Chad Feldheimer - “Burn After Reading” ---
**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:** [October 12, 2011, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7999 "2011-10-12T12:13:56Z")
Characters from Coen Bros. movies 1. Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski - “The Big Lebowski” 2. Marge Olmstead Gunderson - “Fargo” 3. Hi McDunnough - “Raising Arizona” 4. Anton Chigurh - “No Country For Old Men” 5. Tom Regan - “Miller’s Crossing” 6. Pappy O’Daniel - “Oh Brother Where Art Thou” 7. Walter Sobchak - “The Big Lebowski” 8. Larry Gopnik - “A Serious Man” 9. Barton Fink - “Barton Fink” 10. Loren Visser - “Blood Simple” 11. Professor Goldthwaite Higginson Dorr, Ph.D.- “The Ladykillers” 12. Chad Feldheimer - “Burn After Reading” 13. Rooster Cogburn - “True Grit” Non electric machines 1. Old fashioned crank ice cream maker ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2011, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8000 "2011-10-12T12:59:43Z")
Non electric machines 1. Old fashioned crank ice cream maker 2. hand cranked meat grinder ---
**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:** [October 12, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8001 "2011-10-12T13:56:39Z")
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