# 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\
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**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9682 "2012-02-11T03:09:56Z")

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[Waited 4 hours for the 12th reply-oh well…]

Food, Activities, etc. associated with Valentines Day

1. School kids passing out Valentine Cards to classmates.
2. Stoopit little chalky hearts with cutesy sayings printed on them
3. Heart shaped boxes of chocolates
4. Passionate sex
5. Buying a five pound bag of flour for my wife, only to find out that there was a misunderstanding as to what type of flour she was expecting
6. Giving flowers.
7. A box of $100 Kwik-E-Mart chocolates
8. Complaining that Valentine’s Day was invented by the greeting card/flowers/candy/restaurant industry/ies.
9. Dinner out with your sweetie
10. Making a Hole-N-One (on the golf course)
11. Romantic getaway at a local hotel
12. Lovelorn single people eating an entire quart of Breyer’s Cherry Ice Cream on the night of Feb. 14

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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:** [February 11, 2012, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9683 "2012-02-11T04:06:13Z")

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Food, Activities, etc. associated with Valentines Day

1. School kids passing out Valentine Cards to classmates.
2. Stoopit little chalky hearts with cutesy sayings printed on them
3. Heart shaped boxes of chocolates
4. Passionate sex
5. Buying a five pound bag of flour for my wife, only to find out that there was a misunderstanding as to what type of flour she was expecting
6. Giving flowers.
7. A box of $100 Kwik-E-Mart chocolates
8. Complaining that Valentine’s Day was invented by the greeting card/flowers/candy/restaurant industry/ies.
9. Dinner out with your sweetie
10. Making a Hole-N-One (on the golf course)
11. Romantic getaway at a local hotel
12. Lovelorn single people eating an entire quart of Breyer’s Cherry Ice Cream on the night of Feb. 14
13. Finally telling that special someone for whom you’ve pined that you actually love him/her

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Secondary characters from Noir films

1. Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre), “The Maltese Falcon”

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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:** [February 11, 2012, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9684 "2012-02-11T06:32:13Z")

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Secondary characters from Noir films

1. Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre), “The Maltese Falcon”
2. Harry Jones (Elisha Cook, Jr.) “The Big Sleep”

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9685 "2012-02-11T06:37:36Z")

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Secondary characters from Noir films

1. Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre), “The Maltese Falcon”
2. Harry Jones (Elisha Cook, Jr.) “The Big Sleep”
3. Max von Mayerling (Erich von Stroheim) “Sunset Blvd.”

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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:** [February 11, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9686 "2012-02-11T14:28:48Z")

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Secondary characters from Noir films

1. Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre), “The Maltese Falcon”
2. Harry Jones (Elisha Cook, Jr.) “The Big Sleep”
3. Max von Mayerling (Erich von Stroheim) “Sunset Blvd.”
4. Harry Williams (Elisha Cook, Jr.) “I Wake Up Screaming”

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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:** [February 11, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9687 "2012-02-11T19:45:04Z")

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Secondary characters from Noir films

1. Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre), “The Maltese Falcon”
2. Harry Jones (Elisha Cook, Jr.) “The Big Sleep”
3. Max von Mayerling (Erich von Stroheim) “Sunset Blvd.”
4. Harry Williams (Elisha Cook, Jr.) “I Wake Up Screaming”
5. Swede Anderson (Burt Lancaster), “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”

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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:** [February 11, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9688 "2012-02-11T20:26:00Z")

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Secondary characters from Noir films

1. Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre), “The Maltese Falcon”
2. Harry Jones (Elisha Cook, Jr.) “The Big Sleep”
3. Max von Mayerling (Erich von Stroheim) “Sunset Blvd.”
4. Harry Williams (Elisha Cook, Jr.) “I Wake Up Screaming”
5. Swede Anderson (Burt Lancaster), “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”
6. Cliff Milburn (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “Phantom Lady”

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [February 11, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9689 "2012-02-11T22:41:55Z")

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Secondary characters from Noir films

1. Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre), “The Maltese Falcon”
2. Harry Jones (Elisha Cook, Jr.) “The Big Sleep”
3. Max von Mayerling (Erich von Stroheim) “Sunset Blvd.”
4. Harry Williams (Elisha Cook, Jr.) “I Wake Up Screaming”
5. Swede Anderson (Burt Lancaster), “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”
6. Cliff Milburn (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “Phantom Lady”
7. Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson), “Double Indemnity”

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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:** [February 11, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9690 "2012-02-11T22:58:14Z")

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Secondary characters from Noir films

1. Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre), “The Maltese Falcon”
2. Harry Jones (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “The Big Sleep”
3. Max von Mayerling (Erich von Stroheim), “Sunset Blvd.”
4. Harry Williams (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “I Wake Up Screaming”
5. Swede Anderson (Burt Lancaster), “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”
6. Cliff Milburn (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “Phantom Lady”
7. Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson), “Double Indemnity”
8. George Peatty (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “The Killing”

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**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9691 "2012-02-12T02:42:24Z")

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Secondary characters from Noir films

1. Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre), “The Maltese Falcon”
2. Harry Jones (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “The Big Sleep”
3. Max von Mayerling (Erich von Stroheim), “Sunset Blvd.”
4. Harry Williams (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “I Wake Up Screaming”
5. Swede Anderson (Burt Lancaster), “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”
6. Cliff Milburn (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “Phantom Lady”
7. Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson), “Double Indemnity”
8. George Peatty (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “The Killing”
9. Paula Gibson (Pamela Britton), “D.O.A.”

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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:** [February 12, 2012, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9692 "2012-02-12T03:07:23Z")

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Secondary characters from Noir films

1. Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre), “The Maltese Falcon”
2. Harry Jones (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “The Big Sleep”
3. Max von Mayerling (Erich von Stroheim), “Sunset Blvd.”
4. Harry Williams (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “I Wake Up Screaming”
5. Swede Anderson (Burt Lancaster), “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”
6. Cliff Milburn (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “Phantom Lady”
7. Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson), “Double Indemnity”
8. George Peatty (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “The Killing”
9. Paula Gibson (Pamela Britton), “D.O.A.”
10. Wilmer the gunsel (Elisha Cook Jr.), “The Maltese Falcon”

Looks like it’s ol’ Elisha’s night!

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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:** [February 12, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9693 "2012-02-12T03:53:52Z")

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Secondary characters from Noir films

1. Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre), “The Maltese Falcon”
2. Harry Jones (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “The Big Sleep”
3. Max von Mayerling (Erich von Stroheim), “Sunset Blvd.”
4. Harry Williams (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “I Wake Up Screaming”
5. Swede Anderson (Burt Lancaster), “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”
6. Cliff Milburn (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “Phantom Lady”
7. Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson), “Double Indemnity”
8. George Peatty (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “The Killing”
9. Paula Gibson (Pamela Britton), “D.O.A.”
10. Wilmer the gunsel (Elisha Cook Jr.), “The Maltese Falcon”
11. Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas), “Out of the Past”

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9694 "2012-02-12T06:57:42Z")

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Secondary characters from Noir films

1. Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre), “The Maltese Falcon”
2. Harry Jones (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “The Big Sleep”
3. Max von Mayerling (Erich von Stroheim), “Sunset Blvd.”
4. Harry Williams (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “I Wake Up Screaming”
5. Swede Anderson (Burt Lancaster), “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”
6. Cliff Milburn (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “Phantom Lady”
7. Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson), “Double Indemnity”
8. George Peatty (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “The Killing”
9. Paula Gibson (Pamela Britton), “D.O.A.”
10. Wilmer the gunsel (Elisha Cook Jr.), “The Maltese Falcon”
11. Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas), “Out of the Past”
12. Sgt. Pete Menzies (Joseph Calleia), “A Touch of Evil”

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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:** [February 12, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9695 "2012-02-12T14:56:11Z")

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Secondary characters from Noir films

1. Joel Cairo (Peter Lorre), “The Maltese Falcon”
2. Harry Jones (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “The Big Sleep”
3. Max von Mayerling (Erich von Stroheim), “Sunset Blvd.”
4. Harry Williams (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “I Wake Up Screaming”
5. Swede Anderson (Burt Lancaster), “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”
6. Cliff Milburn (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “Phantom Lady”
7. Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson), “Double Indemnity”
8. George Peatty (Elisha Cook, Jr.), “The Killing”
9. Paula Gibson (Pamela Britton), “D.O.A.”
10. Wilmer the gunsel (Elisha Cook Jr.), “The Maltese Falcon”
11. Whit Sterling (Kirk Douglas), “Out of the Past”
12. Sgt. Pete Menzies (Joseph Calleia), “A Touch of Evil”
13. The Sergeant (Stafford Repp), “I Want to Live!”

New category: Abe Lincoln legends and lore

1. Lincoln was watching the play “Our American Cousin” when assassinated

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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:** [February 12, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9696 "2012-02-12T15:11:32Z")

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New category: Abe Lincoln legends and lore

1. Lincoln was watching the play “Our American Cousin” when assassinated
2. Lincoln grew his beard due to a letter from a young girl

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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:** [February 12, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9697 "2012-02-12T15:27:29Z")

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New category: Abe Lincoln legends and lore

1. Lincoln was watching the play “Our American Cousin” when assassinated
2. Lincoln grew his beard due to a letter from a young girl
3. Lincoln said upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe, “So you’re the little lady who started this great big war!”

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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:** [February 12, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9698 "2012-02-12T17:45:19Z")

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A. Lincoln legends and lore

1. Lincoln was watching the play “Our American Cousin” when assassinated
2. Lincoln grew his beard due to a letter from a young girl
3. Lincoln said upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe, “So you’re the little lady who started this great big war!”
4. He didn’t like being called “Abe”

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**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9699 "2012-02-12T18:00:23Z")

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A. Lincoln legends and lore

1. Lincoln was watching the play “Our American Cousin” when assassinated
2. Lincoln grew his beard due to a letter from a young girl
3. Lincoln said upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe, “So you’re the little lady who started this great big war!”
4. He didn’t like being called “Abe”
5. He used an Almanac to discredit a witness in a murder trial  
The story: A witness claimed he had seen Lincoln’s client, W.D. Armstrong, commit a murder. Asked how far away he was the witness estimated 150 feet, and asked how he could see the events when the occurred at night the witness claimed the moonlight was very bright. Lincoln presented an Almanac as evidence showing that on the night of the murder there was only a quarter moon and even that would not have been up at the time the murder occurred.

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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:** [February 13, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9700 "2012-02-13T03:48:40Z")

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A. Lincoln legends and lore

1. Lincoln was watching the play “Our American Cousin” when assassinated
2. Lincoln grew his beard due to a letter from a young girl
3. Lincoln said upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe, “So you’re the little lady who started this great big war!”
4. He didn’t like being called “Abe”
5. He used an Almanac to discredit a witness in a murder trial
6. As a young man, Lincoln earned money by splitting rails.

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9701 "2012-02-13T04:33:05Z")

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A. Lincoln legends and lore

1. Lincoln was watching the play “Our American Cousin” when assassinated
2. Lincoln grew his beard due to a letter from a young girl
3. Lincoln said upon meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe, “So you’re the little lady who started this great big war!”
4. He didn’t like being called “Abe”
5. He used an Almanac to discredit a witness in a murder trial
6. As a young man, Lincoln earned money by splitting rails.
7. Lincoln’s private secretary was named Kennedy.

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