# 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:** 424
**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:** [November 7, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8462 "2011-11-07T23:07:39Z")
Non-food items that you would never consider buying used or “second hand” 1. Coffin 2. Underwear 3. Handkerchief 4. Condom 5. Dentures 6. Contact lenses 7. Toilet paper 8. Maxi Pads 9. Breast implants 10. Mattresses 11. Toothbrush ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2011, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8463 "2011-11-07T23:37:24Z")
Non-food items that you would never consider buying used or “second hand” 1. Coffin 2. Underwear 3. Handkerchief 4. Condom 5. Dentures 6. Contact lenses 7. Toilet paper 8. Maxi Pads 9. Breast implants 10. Mattresses 11. Toothbrush 12. Wash rags ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8464 "2011-11-08T00:56:33Z")
Non-food items that you would never consider buying used or “second hand” 1. Coffin 2. Underwear 3. Handkerchief 4. Condom 5. Dentures 6. Contact lenses 7. Toilet paper 8. Maxi Pads 9. Breast implants 10. Mattresses 11. Toothbrush 12. Wash rags 13. Vibrators In “honor” of NaNoWriMo: Terrible books that actually got published: 1. The Legend of Rah and the Muggles (written by the woman who sued J. K. Rowling for ripping off her ideas) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8465 "2011-11-08T01:21:58Z")
Terrible books that actually got published: 1. The Legend of Rah and the Muggles 2. Naked Came the Stranger A [1969 soft-core porn novel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Came_the_Stranger)written by 24 co-workers as a lark that actually found a publisher and sold 90,000 copies before the story of its creation was revealed, after which it sold even more. It also became an X-rated feature film. ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8466 "2011-11-08T02:38:43Z")
Terrible books that actually got published: 1. The Legend of Rah and the Muggles 2. Naked Came the Stranger 3. Mein Kampf ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8467 "2011-11-08T03:29:37Z")
Terrible books that actually got published: 1. The Legend of Rah and the Muggles 2. Naked Came the Stranger 3. Mein Kampf 4. Dianetics ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8468 "2011-11-08T03:39:31Z")
Terrible books that actually got published: 1. The Legend of Rah and the Muggles 2. Naked Came the Stranger 3. Mein Kampf 4. [Coming of Age in Samoa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age_in_Samoa#Anthropological_reception_and_reactions) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8469 "2011-11-08T04:47:38Z")
Terrible books that actually got published: 1. The Legend of Rah and the Muggles 2. Naked Came the Stranger 3. Mein Kampf 4. Dianetics 5. [Coming of Age in Samoa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_of_Age_in_Samoa#Anthropological_reception_and_reactions) 6. The DaVinci Code ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8470 "2011-11-08T04:59:53Z")
Terrible books that actually got published: 1. The Legend of Rah and the Muggles 2. Naked Came the Stranger 3. Mein Kampf 4. Dianetics 5. Coming of Age in Samoa 6. The DaVinci Code 7. The Celestine Prophecy Still, after 13 years, the worst thing my book club ever read. Sweet Jeebus, it was bad. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8471 "2011-11-08T14:31:37Z")
Terrible books that actually got published: 1. The Legend of Rah and the Muggles 2. Naked Came the Stranger 3. Mein Kampf 4. Dianetics 5. Coming of Age in Samoa 6. The DaVinci Code 7. The Celestine Prophecy 8. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed NOTE: I resisted the urge to post ANYTHING BY SUE GRAFTON. Whoever told her she could write was demented. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8472 "2011-11-08T16:25:57Z")
Terrible books that actually got published: 1. The Legend of Rah and the Muggles 2. Naked Came the Stranger 3. Mein Kampf 4. Dianetics 5. Coming of Age in Samoa 6. The DaVinci Code 7. The Celestine Prophecy 8. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed 9. The Turner Diaries > **[The Turner Diaries](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_turner_diaries)** > > The Turner Diaries is a 1978 fictional novel by William Luther Pierce, published under the pseudonym Andrew Macdonald. It depicts a violent revolution in the United States which leads to the overthrow of the federal government, a nuclear war, and ultimately a race war which leads to the systematic extermination of non-whites and Jews. All groups opposed by the novel's protagonist, Earl Turner—including Jews, non-white people, "liberal actors", and politicians—are murdered en masse. > The Turner ... ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8473 "2011-11-08T16:42:18Z")
Terrible books that actually got published: 1. The Legend of Rah and the Muggles 2. Naked Came the Stranger 3. Mein Kampf 4. Dianetics 5. Coming of Age in Samoa 6. The DaVinci Code 7. The Celestine Prophecy 8. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed 9. The Turner Diaries 10. Jonathan Livingston Seagull ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8474 "2011-11-08T16:49:35Z")
Terrible books that actually got published: 1. The Legend of Rah and the Muggles 2. Naked Came the Stranger 3. Mein Kampf 4. Dianetics 5. Coming of Age in Samoa 6. The DaVinci Code 7. The Celestine Prophecy 8. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed 9. The Turner Diaries 10. Jonathan Livingston Seagull 11. [Snuff](http://www.amazon.com/Snuff-Chuck-Palahniuk/dp/0307275841/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1320770938&sr=8-2) (love ya, Chuck, but this one was a stinker) ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8475 "2011-11-08T18:14:46Z")
Terrible books that actually got published: 1. The Legend of Rah and the Muggles 2. Naked Came the Stranger 3. Mein Kampf 4. Dianetics 5. Coming of Age in Samoa 6. The DaVinci Code 7. The Celestine Prophecy 8. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed 9. The Turner Diaries 10. Jonathan Livingston Seagull 11. Snuff (love ya, Chuck, but this one was a stinker) 12. Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan Historical biography that includes fictional characters? I don’t _think_ so: [Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch:_A_Memoir_of_Ronald_Reagan) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8476 "2011-11-08T18:19:51Z")
Terrible books that actually got published: 1. The Legend of Rah and the Muggles 2. Naked Came the Stranger 3. Mein Kampf 4. Dianetics 5. Coming of Age in Samoa 6. The DaVinci Code 7. The Celestine Prophecy 8. Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper - Case Closed 9. The Turner Diaries 10. Jonathan Livingston Seagull 11. Snuff (love ya, Chuck, but this one was a stinker) 12. Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan 13. The Bridges of Madison County Next Up: Classic works of fiction that include “the n word” 1. To Kill A Mockingbird ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8477 "2011-11-08T18:21:48Z")
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**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:** [November 8, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8478 "2011-11-08T18:35:31Z")
Next Up: Classic works of fiction that include “the n word” 1. To Kill A Mockingbird 2. Huckleberry Finn ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8479 "2011-11-08T18:45:04Z")
Next Up: Classic works of fiction that include “the n word” 1. To Kill A Mockingbird 2. Huckleberry Finn 3. The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’: A Tale of the Sea ---
**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:** [November 8, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8480 "2011-11-08T19:14:41Z")
Next Up: Classic works of fiction that include “the n word” 1. To Kill A Mockingbird 2. Huckleberry Finn 3. The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’: A Tale of the Sea 4. The Color Purple ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/8481 "2011-11-08T19:26:13Z")
Next Up: Classic works of fiction that include “the n word” 1. To Kill A Mockingbird 2. Huckleberry Finn 3. The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’: A Tale of the Sea 4. The Color Purple 5. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=423) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=425)