# 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:** 491
**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:** [February 21, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9802 "2012-02-21T21:36:29Z")
Mardi Gras Traditions 1. Throwing Beads 2. Drinking Hurricanes 3. King Cake 4. showing boobies 5. Going down to New Orleans 6. Krewes in a parade 7. Barfing 8. Standing in a really long line for a public restroom 9. Eating really fatty food before the 40 day fasting of Lent (Mardi Gras is French for “fat Tueday.”) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9803 "2012-02-21T21:55:21Z")
Mardi Gras Traditions 1. Throwing Beads 2. Drinking Hurricanes 3. King Cake 4. showing boobies 5. Going down to New Orleans 6. Krewes in a parade 7. Barfing 8. Standing in a really long line for a public restroom 9. Eating really fatty food before the 40 day fasting of Lent (Mardi Gras is French for “fat Tueday.”) 10. Urinating in the gutters ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9804 "2012-02-21T22:11:36Z")
Mardi Gras Traditions 1. Throwing Beads 2. Drinking Hurricanes 3. King Cake 4. showing boobies 5. Going down to New Orleans 6. Krewes in a parade 7. Barfing 8. Standing in a really long line for a public restroom 9. Eating really fatty food before the 40 day fasting of Lent (Mardi Gras is French for “fat Tueday.”) 10. Urinating in the gutters 11. Eating pancakes A [Shrove Tuesday](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday)tradition. ---
**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 22, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9805 "2012-02-22T01:59:53Z")
Mardi Gras Traditions 1. Throwing Beads 2. Drinking Hurricanes 3. King Cake 4. showing boobies 5. Going down to New Orleans 6. Krewes in a parade 7. Barfing 8. Standing in a really long line for a public restroom 9. Eating really fatty food before the 40 day fasting of Lent (Mardi Gras is French for “fat Tueday.”) 10. Urinating in the gutters 11. Eating pancakes 12. Singing with total strangers ---
**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 22, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9806 "2012-02-22T02:33:34Z")
Mardi Gras Traditions 1. Throwing Beads 2. Drinking Hurricanes 3. King Cake 4. showing boobies 5. Going down to New Orleans 6. Krewes in a parade 7. Barfing 8. Standing in a really long line for a public restroom 9. Eating really fatty food before the 40 day fasting of Lent (Mardi Gras is French for “fat Tueday.”) 10. Urinating in the gutters 11. Eating pancakes 12. Singing with total strangers 13. Throwing doubloons to the crowd New category: Mardi Gras Krewes 1. Bacchus ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9807 "2012-02-22T05:09:03Z")
New category: Mardi Gras Krewes 1. Bacchus 2. Orpheus ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2012, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9808 "2012-02-22T13:20:37Z")
Mardi Gras Krewes 1. Bacchus 2. Orpheus 3. The Mystic Knights of Adonis ---
**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 22, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9809 "2012-02-22T14:00:42Z")
Mardi Gras Krewes 1. Bacchus 2. Orpheus 3. The Mystic Knights of Adonis 4. Mystick Krewe of Comus Probably the first. ---
**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 22, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9810 "2012-02-22T14:38:35Z")
Mardi Gras Krewes 1. Bacchus 2. Orpheus 3. The Mystic Knights of Adonis 4. Mystick Krewe of Comus 5. Zulu ---
**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 22, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9811 "2012-02-22T15:29:29Z")
Mardi Gras Krewes 1. Bacchus 2. Orpheus 3. The Mystic Knights of Adonis 4. Mystick Krewe of Comus 5. Zulu 6. Proteus ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9812 "2012-02-23T01:02:14Z")
Mardi Gras Krewes 1. Bacchus 2. Orpheus 3. The Mystic Knights of Adonis 4. Mystick Krewe of Comus 5. Zulu 6. Proteus 7. Nyx The newest Krewe, incidentally, and all female. ---
**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 23, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9813 "2012-02-23T02:37:26Z")
Mardi Gras Krewes 1. Bacchus 2. Orpheus 3. The Mystic Knights of Adonis 4. Mystick Krewe of Comus 5. Zulu 6. Proteus 7. Nyx 8. Rex An old Krewe that started many of the parade traditions ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9814 "2012-02-23T03:25:16Z")
Mardi Gras Krewes 1. Bacchus 2. Orpheus 3. The Mystic Knights of Adonis 4. Mystick Krewe of Comus 5. Zulu 6. Proteus 7. Nyx 8. Rex 9. The Phantom Krewe of Columbus ---
**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 23, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9815 "2012-02-23T04:44:12Z")
Mardi Gras Krewes 1. Bacchus 2. Orpheus 3. The Mystic Knights of Adonis 4. Mystick Krewe of Comus 5. Zulu 6. Proteus 7. Nyx 8. Rex 9. The Phantom Krewe of Columbus 10. Krewe of Elks Orleans ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9816 "2012-02-23T13:57:27Z")
Mardi Gras Krewes 1. Bacchus 2. Orpheus 3. The Mystic Knights of Adonis 4. Mystick Krewe of Comus 5. Zulu 6. Proteus 7. Nyx 8. Rex 9. The Phantom Krewe of Columbus 10. Krewe of Elks Orleans 11. Spanish Krewe New Orleans Mardi Gras or Krewes for Carnival Week? ---
**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 23, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9817 "2012-02-23T16:34:18Z")
> [@Sparky812](#): > > New Orleans Mardi Gras or Krewes for Carnival Week? Either one Mardi Gras Krewes 1. Bacchus 2. Orpheus 3. The Mystic Knights of Adonis 4. Mystick Krewe of Comus 5. Zulu 6. Proteus 7. Nyx 8. Rex 9. The Phantom Krewe of Columbus 10. Krewe of Elks Orleans 11. Spanish Krewe 12. Endymion ---
**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:** [February 23, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9818 "2012-02-23T20:45:59Z")
Mardi Gras Krewes 1. Bacchus 2. Orpheus 3. The Mystic Knights of Adonis 4. Mystick Krewe of Comus 5. Zulu 6. Proteus 7. Nyx 8. Rex 9. The Phantom Krewe of Columbus 10. Krewe of Elks Orleans 11. Spanish Krewe 12. Endymion 13. Carrollton Next Up: Creative works with the word “zero” in the title 1. Bob Dylan - Love Minus Zero (No Limit) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9819 "2012-02-23T21:18:24Z")
Creative works with the word “zero” in the title 1. Bob Dylan - Love Minus Zero (No Limit) 2. Elvis Costello - Less Than Zero ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9820 "2012-02-23T21:19:10Z")
Next Up: Creative works with the word “zero” in the title 1. Bob Dylan - Love Minus Zero (No Limit) 2. Elvis Costello- Less than Zero 3. Zero Hour- a one man show about Zero Mostel Written by/starring Jim Brochu in a touring production. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9821 "2012-02-23T21:28:44Z")
Titles of creative works containing the word “zero” 1. Bob Dylan - Love Minus Zero (No Limit) 2. Elvis Costello - Less than Zero 3. Zero Hour - a one man show about Zero Mostel 4. The Fixx - Saved By Zero [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=490) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=492)