# 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:** 466
**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:** [January 5, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9302 "2012-01-05T19:56:05Z")
No - I took it as any ex-fat or ex-living fat celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9303 "2012-01-05T21:12:40Z")
Famous people who were very overweight. 1. Orson Welles 2. William Howard Taft 3. William Conrad 4. Chastity Bono 5. John Candy 6. John Belushi 7. Henry VIII ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9304 "2012-01-05T22:09:37Z")
Famous people who were very overweight. 1. Orson Welles 2. William Howard Taft 3. William Conrad 4. Chastity Bono 5. John Candy 6. John Belushi 7. Henry VIII 8. (Mama) Cass Elliot ---
**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:** [January 5, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9305 "2012-01-05T22:30:27Z")
Famous people who were very overweight. 1. Orson Welles 2. William Howard Taft 3. William Conrad 4. Chastity Bono 5. John Candy 6. John Belushi 7. Henry VIII 8. (Mama) Cass Elliot 9. Kirstie Alley ---
**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:** [January 5, 2012, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9306 "2012-01-05T23:56:29Z")
Famous people who were very overweight. 1. Orson Welles 2. William Howard Taft 3. William Conrad 4. Chastity Bono 5. John Candy 6. John Belushi 7. Henry VIII 8. (Mama) Cass Elliot 9. Kirstie Alley 10. [Marlon Brando](http://mrsunshinevegas.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/brando.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 6, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9307 "2012-01-06T01:37:27Z")
[quote=“Little\_Nemo, post:9306, topic:549173”] Famous people who were very overweight. 1. Orson Welles 2. William Howard Taft 3. William Conrad 4. Chastity Bono 5. John Candy 6. John Belushi 7. Henry VIII 8. (Mama) Cass Elliot 9. Kirstie Alley 10. [Marlon Brando](http://mrsunshinevegas.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/brando.jpg) 11. John Goodman ---
**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:** [January 6, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9308 "2012-01-06T02:31:38Z")
Famous people who were very overweight. 1. Orson Welles 2. William Howard Taft 3. William Conrad 4. Chastity Bono 5. John Candy 6. John Belushi 7. Henry VIII 8. (Mama) Cass Elliot 9. Kirstie Alley 10. [Marlon Brando](http://mrsunshinevegas.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/brando.jpg) 11. John Goodman 12. [Sydney Greenstreet](http://s1.moviefanfare.com/uploads/2009/07/Sydney-Greenstreet.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9309 "2012-01-06T02:33:31Z")
Famous people who were very overweight. Famous people who were very overweight. 1. Orson Welles 2. William Howard Taft 3. William Conrad 4. Chastity Bono 5. John Candy 6. John Belushi 7. Henry VIII 8. (Mama) Cass Elliot 9. Kirstie Alley 10. [Marlon Brando](http://mrsunshinevegas.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/brando.jpg) 11. John Goodman 12. [Sydney Greenstreet](http://s1.moviefanfare.com/uploads/2009/07/Sydney-Greenstreet.jpg) 13. Grover Cleveland Taft is the official “fat president”, but [Cleveland](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Grover_Cleveland,_painting_by_Anders_Zorn.jpg) wasn’t much smaller. I chose this one, so the next one is up for grabs. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9310 "2012-01-06T02:38:17Z")
In honor of Cleveland Presidents who changed their names: 1. Stephen Grover Cleveland ---
**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:** [January 6, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9311 "2012-01-06T02:51:38Z")
Okay, poorly conceived idea. There have only been seven (or maybe eight) Presidents who have changed their names. My bad. Somebody else come up with a better category. ---
**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:** [January 6, 2012, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9312 "2012-01-06T02:54:32Z")
For the record: 1. Hiram Ulysses Grant 2. Stephen Grover Cleveland 3. Thomas Woodrow Wilson 4. John Calvin Coolidge 5. David Dwight Eisenhower 6. Leslie Lynch King (Gerald Ford) 7. William Jefferson Blythe (Clinton) And possibly 1. Harry S Truman Depending on how you view the middle name issue ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9313 "2012-01-06T03:23:25Z")
Last year I did “Newsmakers of 1911”, so how about “Headlines from 1912”? 1. New Mexico, Arizona admitted as 47th and 48th states of USA ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9314 "2012-01-06T03:59:16Z")
Last year I did “Newsmakers of 1911”, so how about “Headlines from 1912”? 1. New Mexico, Arizona admitted as 47th and 48th states of USA 2. RMS Titanic to make Maiden Voyage on April 10th! ---
**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:** [January 6, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9315 "2012-01-06T05:41:50Z")
Last year I did “Newsmakers of 1911”, so how about “Headlines from 1912”? 1. New Mexico, Arizona admitted as 47th and 48th states of USA 2. RMS Titanic to make Maiden Voyage on April 10th! 3. Scott Antarctic expedition perishes en route back from the south pole ---
**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:** [January 6, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9316 "2012-01-06T13:38:33Z")
Headlines from 1912 1. New Mexico, Arizona admitted as 47th and 48th states of USA 2. RMS Titanic to make Maiden Voyage on April 10th! 3. Scott Antarctic expedition perishes en route back from the south pole 4. Woodrow Wilson elected president ---
**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:** [January 6, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9317 "2012-01-06T14:14:09Z")
Headlines from 1912 1. New Mexico, Arizona admitted as 47th and 48th states of USA 2. RMS Titanic to make Maiden Voyage on April 10th! 3. Scott Antarctic expedition perishes en route back from the south pole 4. Woodrow Wilson elected president 5. Henry Ford closes striking Buffalo auto factory. Moves business to Detroit! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9318 "2012-01-06T14:48:33Z")
Headlines from 1912 1. New Mexico, Arizona admitted as 47th and 48th states of USA 2. RMS Titanic to make Maiden Voyage on April 10th! 3. Scott Antarctic expedition perishes en route back from the south pole 4. Woodrow Wilson elected president 5. Henry Ford closes striking Buffalo auto factory. Moves business to Detroit! 6. The First Balkan War begins in October (Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria vs. the Ottoman Empire) ---
**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:** [January 6, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9319 "2012-01-06T17:32:08Z")
Headlines from 1912 1. New Mexico, Arizona admitted as 47th and 48th states of USA 2. RMS Titanic to make Maiden Voyage on April 10th! 3. Scott Antarctic expedition perishes en route back from the south pole 4. Woodrow Wilson elected president 5. Henry Ford closes striking Buffalo auto factory. Moves business to Detroit! 6. The First Balkan War begins in October (Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria vs. the Ottoman Empire) 7. Games of the V Olympiad open in Stockholm ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9320 "2012-01-06T17:34:44Z")
Headlines from 1912 1. New Mexico, Arizona admitted as 47th and 48th states of USA 2. RMS Titanic to make Maiden Voyage on April 10th! 3. Scott Antarctic expedition perishes en route back from the south pole 4. Woodrow Wilson elected president 5. Henry Ford closes striking Buffalo auto factory. Moves business to Detroit! 6. The First Balkan War begins in October (Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria vs. the Ottoman Empire) 7. Games of the V Olympiad open in Stockholm 8. Republic of China established. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9321 "2012-01-06T17:45:50Z")
Headlines from 1912 1. New Mexico, Arizona admitted as 47th and 48th states of USA 2. RMS Titanic to make Maiden Voyage on April 10th! 3. Scott Antarctic expedition perishes en route back from the south pole 4. Woodrow Wilson elected president 5. Henry Ford closes striking Buffalo auto factory. Moves business to Detroit! 6. The First Balkan War begins in October (Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria vs. the Ottoman Empire) 7. Games of the V Olympiad open in Stockholm 8. Republic of China established. 9. _Tarzan of the Apes_ by Edgar Rice Burroughs is released/becomes an immediate bestseller [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=465) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=467)