# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 48

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**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 20, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/941 "2010-09-20T13:25:00Z")

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Stereotypical piratical expressions

1. “Shiver me timbers!”
2. “Avast ye, matey!”
3. “Hoist the Colors!”
4. “Hang 'im from the yardarm!”
5. “I’ll make ye walk the plank.”
6. “I’ll keelhaul the mutinous lot o’ ye!”

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**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 20, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/942 "2010-09-20T15:17:38Z")

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Stereotypical piratical expressions

1. “Shiver me timbers!”
2. “Avast ye, matey!”
3. “Hoist the Colors!”
4. “Hang 'im from the yardarm!”
5. “I’ll make ye walk the plank.”
6. “I’ll keelhaul the mutinous lot o’ ye!”
7. “Bring me my brown pants!”

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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:** [September 20, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/943 "2010-09-20T16:05:24Z")

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Stereotypical piratical expressions

1. “Shiver me timbers!”
2. “Avast ye, matey!”
3. “Hoist the Colors!”
4. “Hang 'im from the yardarm!”
5. “I’ll make ye walk the plank.”
6. “I’ll keelhaul the mutinous lot o’ ye!”
7. “Bring me my brown pants!”
8. “Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!”

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**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 20, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/944 "2010-09-20T17:02:58Z")

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Stereotypical piratical expressions

1. “Shiver me timbers!”
2. “Avast ye, matey!”
3. “Hoist the Colors!”
4. “Hang 'im from the yardarm!”
5. “I’ll make ye walk the plank.”
6. “I’ll keelhaul the mutinous lot o’ ye!”
7. “Bring me my brown pants!”
8. “Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!”
9. “Dead men tell no tales!”

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**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 20, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/945 "2010-09-20T17:08:17Z")

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Stereotypical piratical expressions

1. “Shiver me timbers!”
2. “Avast ye, matey!”
3. “Hoist the Colors!”
4. “Hang 'im from the yardarm!”
5. “I’ll make ye walk the plank.”
6. “I’ll keelhaul the mutinous lot o’ ye!”
7. “Bring me my brown pants!”
8. “Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!”
9. “Dead men tell no tales!”
10. “Aaaargh!”

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**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:** [September 20, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/946 "2010-09-20T18:44:08Z")

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Stereotypical piratical expressions

1. “Shiver me timbers!”
2. “Avast ye, matey!”
3. “Hoist the Colors!”
4. “Hang 'im from the yardarm!”
5. “I’ll make ye walk the plank.”
6. “I’ll keelhaul the mutinous lot o’ ye!”
7. “Bring me my brown pants!”
8. “Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!”
9. “Dead men tell no tales!”
10. “Aaaargh!”  
11." Ye Be Loaded to the Gunwales"

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**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 20, 2010, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/947 "2010-09-20T19:04:46Z")

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Stereotypical piratical expressions

1. “Shiver me timbers!”
2. “Avast ye, matey!”
3. “Hoist the Colors!”
4. “Hang 'im from the yardarm!”
5. “I’ll make ye walk the plank.”
6. “I’ll keelhaul the mutinous lot o’ ye!”
7. “Bring me my brown pants!”
8. “Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!”
9. “Dead men tell no tales!”
10. “Aaaargh!”  
11." Ye Be Loaded to the Gunwales"
11. “Another round of grog for my homies”

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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:** [September 20, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/948 "2010-09-20T19:07:05Z")

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Stereotypical piratical expressions

1. “Shiver me timbers!”
2. “Avast ye, matey!”
3. “Hoist the Colors!”
4. “Hang 'im from the yardarm!”
5. “I’ll make ye walk the plank.”
6. “I’ll keelhaul the mutinous lot o’ ye!”
7. “Bring me my brown pants!”
8. “Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum!”
9. “Dead men tell no tales!”
10. “Aaaargh!”  
11." Ye Be Loaded to the Gunwales"
11. “Another round of grog for my homies”
12. “Why…is the rum gone?”

Next: Actors/Actresses who’ve portrayed the opposite sex.

1. Julie Andrews, “Victor/Victoria.”

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**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:** [September 20, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/949 "2010-09-20T19:10:06Z")

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Next: Actors/Actresses who’ve portrayed the opposite sex.

1. Julie Andrews, “Victor/Victoria.”
2. John Lithgow “The World According to Garp”

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**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 20, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/950 "2010-09-20T21:44:20Z")

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Next: Actors/Actresses who’ve portrayed the opposite sex.

1. Julie Andrews, “Victor/Victoria.”
2. John Lithgow “The World According to Garp”
3. Robin Williams “Mrs. Doubtfire”

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**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 20, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/951 "2010-09-20T22:03:12Z")

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Next: Actors/Actresses who’ve portrayed the opposite sex.

1. Julie Andrews, “Victor/Victoria.”
2. John Lithgow “The World According to Garp”
3. Robin Williams “Mrs. Doubtfire”
4. Linda Hunt “The Year of Living Dangerously”

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/952 "2010-09-20T22:58:31Z")

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Actors/Actresses who’ve portrayed the opposite sex.

1. Julie Andrews, “Victor/Victoria.”
2. John Lithgow “The World According to Garp”
3. Robin Williams “Mrs. Doubtfire”
4. Linda Hunt “The Year of Living Dangerously”
5. Alistair Sim, “The Belles of St. Trinian’s”

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/953 "2010-09-20T23:09:25Z")

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Next: Actors/Actresses who’ve portrayed the opposite sex.

1. Julie Andrews, “Victor/Victoria.”
2. John Lithgow “The World According to Garp”
3. Robin Williams “Mrs. Doubtfire”
4. Linda Hunt, “The Year of Living Dangerously”
5. Alistair Sim, “The Belles of St. Trinian’s”
6. Dustin Hoffman, “Tootsie”

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**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 20, 2010, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/954 "2010-09-20T23:23:25Z")

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Actors/Actresses who’ve portrayed the opposite sex.

1. Julie Andrews, “Victor/Victoria.”
2. John Lithgow “The World According to Garp”
3. Robin Williams “Mrs. Doubtfire”
4. Linda Hunt, “The Year of Living Dangerously”
5. Alistair Sim, “The Belles of St. Trinian’s”
6. Dustin Hoffman, “Tootsie”  
7a. Eric Idle and 7b. Robbie Coltrane, “Nuns on the Run”

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/955 "2010-09-21T00:43:32Z")

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Actors/Actresses who’ve portrayed the opposite sex.

1. Julie Andrews, “Victor/Victoria.”
2. John Lithgow “The World According to Garp”
3. Robin Williams “Mrs. Doubtfire”
4. Linda Hunt, “The Year of Living Dangerously”
5. Alistair Sim, “The Belles of St. Trinian’s”
6. Dustin Hoffman, “Tootsie”  
7a. Eric Idle and 7b. Robbie Coltrane, “Nuns on the Run”
7. Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There”

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**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 21, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/956 "2010-09-21T01:38:00Z")

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Actors/Actresses who’ve portrayed the opposite sex.

1. Julie Andrews, “Victor/Victoria.”
2. John Lithgow “The World According to Garp”
3. Robin Williams “Mrs. Doubtfire”
4. Linda Hunt, “The Year of Living Dangerously”
5. Alistair Sim, “The Belles of St. Trinian’s”
6. Dustin Hoffman, “Tootsie”  
7a. Eric Idle and 7b. Robbie Coltrane, “Nuns on the Run”
7. Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There”
8. Jaye Davidson, “The Crying Game”

I know. But it’s been eighteen years. If you haven’t seen the movie already you weren’t going to.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/957 "2010-09-21T01:44:45Z")

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Actors/Actresses who’ve portrayed the opposite sex.

1. Julie Andrews, “Victor/Victoria.”
2. John Lithgow “The World According to Garp”
3. Robin Williams “Mrs. Doubtfire”
4. Linda Hunt, “The Year of Living Dangerously”
5. Alistair Sim, “The Belles of St. Trinian’s”
6. Dustin Hoffman, “Tootsie”  
7a. Eric Idle and 7b. Robbie Coltrane, “Nuns on the Run”
7. Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There”
8. Jaye Davidson, “The Crying Game”
9. Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead), “Pink Flamingos”

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**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 21, 2010, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/958 "2010-09-21T02:47:20Z")

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Actors/Actresses who’ve portrayed the opposite sex.

1. Julie Andrews, “Victor/Victoria.”
2. John Lithgow “The World According to Garp”
3. Robin Williams “Mrs. Doubtfire”
4. Linda Hunt, “The Year of Living Dangerously”
5. Alistair Sim, “The Belles of St. Trinian’s”
6. Dustin Hoffman, “Tootsie”  
7a. Eric Idle and 7b. Robbie Coltrane, “Nuns on the Run”
7. Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There”
8. Jaye Davidson, “The Crying Game”
9. Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead), “Pink Flamingos”
10. Martin Lawrence “Big Momma’s House”

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**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 21, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/959 "2010-09-21T02:54:56Z")

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Actors/Actresses who’ve portrayed the opposite sex.

1. Julie Andrews, “Victor/Victoria.”
2. John Lithgow “The World According to Garp”
3. Robin Williams “Mrs. Doubtfire”
4. Linda Hunt, “The Year of Living Dangerously”
5. Alistair Sim, “The Belles of St. Trinian’s”
6. Dustin Hoffman, “Tootsie”  
7a. Eric Idle and 7b. Robbie Coltrane, “Nuns on the Run”
7. Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There”
8. Jaye Davidson, “The Crying Game”
9. Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead), “Pink Flamingos”
10. Martin Lawrence “Big Momma’s House”
11. Tom Hanks, “Bosom Buddies”

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**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 21, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/960 "2010-09-21T03:00:41Z")

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Actors/Actresses who’ve portrayed the opposite sex.

1. Julie Andrews, “Victor/Victoria.”
2. John Lithgow “The World According to Garp”
3. Robin Williams “Mrs. Doubtfire”
4. Linda Hunt, “The Year of Living Dangerously”
5. Alistair Sim, “The Belles of St. Trinian’s”
6. Dustin Hoffman, “Tootsie”  
7a. Eric Idle and 7b. Robbie Coltrane, “Nuns on the Run”
7. Cate Blanchett, “I’m Not There”
8. Jaye Davidson, “The Crying Game”
9. Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead), “Pink Flamingos”
10. Martin Lawrence “Big Momma’s House”
11. Tom Hanks, “Bosom Buddies”
12. Peter Scolari, “Bosom Buddies”

New list:  
One hit wonders

1. Starland Vocal Band “Afternoon Delight”

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