# 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:** 504
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10062 "2012-03-15T03:36:08Z")
Things overheard between President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron 1. “Cricket is too a wussy sport.” 2. “So this Santorum bloke, he is just like an American Sacha Baron Cohen character isn’t he?” ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10063 "2012-03-15T11:22:18Z")
Things overheard between President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron 1. “Cricket is too a wussy sport.” 2. “So this Santorum bloke, he is just like an American Sacha Baron Cohen character isn’t he?” 3.[“I’mmmm…I’m so in love with youuuu”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY-MDVCIrlA&feature=fvwrel) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10064 "2012-03-15T17:29:43Z")
Things overheard between President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron 1. “Cricket is too a wussy sport.” 2. “So this Santorum bloke, he is just like an American Sacha Baron Cohen character isn’t he?” 3.[“I’mmmm…I’m so in love with youuuu”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY-MDVCIrlA&feature=fvwrel) 3. “So you’re saying Tony Blair hasn’t been Prime Minister since 2007? Sorry, we don’t pay much attention to European politics in America.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10065 "2012-03-15T18:21:15Z")
Things overheard between President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron 1. “Cricket is too a wussy sport.” 2. “So this Santorum bloke, he is just like an American Sacha Baron Cohen character isn’t he?” 3.[“I’mmmm…I’m so in love with youuuu”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY-MDVCIrlA&feature=fvwrel) 3. “So you’re saying Tony Blair hasn’t been Prime Minister since 2007? Sorry, we don’t pay much attention to European politics in America.” 4. “I hate to bring it up, but… back when you burned the White House and Capitol in 1814, and I know that you personally aren’t responsible, but, well, we spent a lot of money on the rebuilding and we could really use it back now, so I’ve had a team of historians and economists adjust it for inflation and it comes to…”. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10066 "2012-03-15T19:04:02Z")
Things overheard between President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron 1. “Cricket is too a wussy sport.” 2. “So this Santorum bloke, he is just like an American Sacha Baron Cohen character isn’t he?” 3.[“I’mmmm…I’m so in love with youuuu”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY-MDVCIrlA&feature=fvwrel) 3. “So you’re saying Tony Blair hasn’t been Prime Minister since 2007? Sorry, we don’t pay much attention to European politics in America.” 4. “I hate to bring it up, but… back when you burned the White House and Capitol in 1814, and I know that you personally aren’t responsible, but, well, we spent a lot of money on the rebuilding and we could really use it back now, so I’ve had a team of historians and economists adjust it for inflation and it comes to…”. 5. " ‘Doctor Who’? Yeah, we have that joke here, too, but it’s about baseball. Let me send you a YouTube Abbott and Costello link." ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10067 "2012-03-15T19:05:00Z")
Things overheard between President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron 1. “Cricket is too a wussy sport.” 2. “So this Santorum bloke, he is just like an American Sacha Baron Cohen character isn’t he?” 3. “I’mmmm…I’m so in love with youuuu” 4. “So you’re saying Tony Blair hasn’t been Prime Minister since 2007? Sorry, we don’t pay much attention to European politics in America.” 5. “I hate to bring it up, but… back when you burned the White House and Capitol in 1814, and I know that you personally aren’t responsible, but, well, we spent a lot of money on the rebuilding and we could really use it back now, so I’ve had a team of historians and economists adjust it for inflation and it comes to…”. 6. “Your Queen … is she a goer … know what I mean …know what I mean … nudge, nudge.” ---
**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:** [March 15, 2012, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10068 "2012-03-15T19:07:09Z")
Looks like we tied, **Euty** … ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10069 "2012-03-15T19:11:26Z")
1. “Cricket is too a wussy sport.” 2. “So this Santorum bloke, he is just like an American Sacha Baron Cohen character isn’t he?” 3. “I’mmmm…I’m so in love with youuuu” 4. “So you’re saying Tony Blair hasn’t been Prime Minister since 2007? Sorry, we don’t pay much attention to European politics in America.” 5. “I hate to bring it up, but… back when you burned the White House and Capitol in 1814, and I know that you personally aren’t responsible, but, well, we spent a lot of money on the rebuilding and we could really use it back now, so I’ve had a team of historians and economists adjust it for inflation and it comes to…”. 6. “Your Queen … is she a goer … know what I mean …know what I mean … nudge, nudge.” 7. " ‘Doctor Who’? Yeah, we have that joke here, too, but it’s about baseball. Let me send you a YouTube Abbott and Costello link." ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10070 "2012-03-15T19:16:15Z")
Things overheard between President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron 1. “Cricket is too a wussy sport.” 2. “So this Santorum bloke, he is just like an American Sacha Baron Cohen character isn’t he?” 3. “I’mmmm…I’m so in love with youuuu” 4. “So you’re saying Tony Blair hasn’t been Prime Minister since 2007? Sorry, we don’t pay much attention to European politics in America.” 5. “I hate to bring it up, but… back when you burned the White House and Capitol in 1814, and I know that you personally aren’t responsible, but, well, we spent a lot of money on the rebuilding and we could really use it back now, so I’ve had a team of historians and economists adjust it for inflation and it comes to…”. 6. “Your Queen … is she a goer … know what I mean …know what I mean … nudge, nudge.” 7. “‘Doctor Who’? Yeah, we have that joke here, too, but it’s about baseball. Let me send you a YouTube Abbott and Costello link.” 8. “You keep my secret about being Kenyan and Muslim and I won’t tell anybody you’re gay and from New Jersey.” ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10071 "2012-03-15T19:25:57Z")
Things overheard between President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron 1. “Cricket is too a wussy sport.” 2. “So this Santorum bloke, he is just like an American Sacha Baron Cohen character isn’t he?” 3. “I’mmmm…I’m so in love with youuuu” 4. “So you’re saying Tony Blair hasn’t been Prime Minister since 2007? Sorry, we don’t pay much attention to European politics in America.” 5. “I hate to bring it up, but… back when you burned the White House and Capitol in 1814, and I know that you personally aren’t responsible, but, well, we spent a lot of money on the rebuilding and we could really use it back now, so I’ve had a team of historians and economists adjust it for inflation and it comes to…”. 6. “Your Queen … is she a goer … know what I mean …know what I mean … nudge, nudge.” 7. “‘Doctor Who’? Yeah, we have that joke here, too, but it’s about baseball. Let me send you a YouTube Abbott and Costello link.” 8. “You keep my secret about being Kenyan and Muslim and I won’t tell anybody you’re gay and from New Jersey.” 9. “With all the ‘duck lips’ being strewn about the internet, I’ll have no more talk of our teeth.” ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10072 "2012-03-15T19:53:12Z")
Things overheard between President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron 1. “Cricket is too a wussy sport.” 2. “So this Santorum bloke, he is just like an American Sacha Baron Cohen character isn’t he?” 3. “I’mmmm…I’m so in love with youuuu” 4. “So you’re saying Tony Blair hasn’t been Prime Minister since 2007? Sorry, we don’t pay much attention to European politics in America.” 5. “I hate to bring it up, but… back when you burned the White House and Capitol in 1814, and I know that you personally aren’t responsible, but, well, we spent a lot of money on the rebuilding and we could really use it back now, so I’ve had a team of historians and economists adjust it for inflation and it comes to…”. 6. “Your Queen … is she a goer … know what I mean …know what I mean … nudge, nudge.” 7. “‘Doctor Who’? Yeah, we have that joke here, too, but it’s about baseball. Let me send you a YouTube Abbott and Costello link.” 8. “You keep my secret about being Kenyan and Muslim and I won’t tell anybody you’re gay and from New Jersey.” 9. “With all the ‘duck lips’ being strewn about the internet, I’ll have no more talk of our teeth.” 10. “Just how did you manage to get that 50% tax bracket passed?” ---
**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:** [March 15, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10073 "2012-03-15T19:59:32Z")
Things overheard between President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron 1. “Cricket is too a wussy sport.” 2. “So this Santorum bloke, he is just like an American Sacha Baron Cohen character isn’t he?” 3. “I’mmmm…I’m so in love with youuuu” 4. “So you’re saying Tony Blair hasn’t been Prime Minister since 2007? Sorry, we don’t pay much attention to European politics in America.” 5. “I hate to bring it up, but… back when you burned the White House and Capitol in 1814, and I know that you personally aren’t responsible, but, well, we spent a lot of money on the rebuilding and we could really use it back now, so I’ve had a team of historians and economists adjust it for inflation and it comes to…”. 6. “Your Queen … is she a goer … know what I mean …know what I mean … nudge, nudge.” 7. “‘Doctor Who’? Yeah, we have that joke here, too, but it’s about baseball. Let me send you a YouTube Abbott and Costello link.” 8. “You keep my secret about being Kenyan and Muslim and I won’t tell anybody you’re gay and from New Jersey.” 9. “With all the ‘duck lips’ being strewn about the internet, I’ll have no more talk of our teeth.” 10. “Just how did you manage to get that 50% tax bracket passed?” 11. “You say Stephen Sondheim; I say Andrew Lloyd Webber” ---
**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:** [March 15, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10074 "2012-03-15T20:04:03Z")
Things overheard between President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron 1. “Cricket is too a wussy sport.” 2. “So this Santorum bloke, he is just like an American Sacha Baron Cohen character isn’t he?” 3. “I’mmmm…I’m so in love with youuuu” 4. “So you’re saying Tony Blair hasn’t been Prime Minister since 2007? Sorry, we don’t pay much attention to European politics in America.” 5. “I hate to bring it up, but… back when you burned the White House and Capitol in 1814, and I know that you personally aren’t responsible, but, well, we spent a lot of money on the rebuilding and we could really use it back now, so I’ve had a team of historians and economists adjust it for inflation and it comes to…”. 6. “Your Queen … is she a goer … know what I mean …know what I mean … nudge, nudge.” 7. “‘Doctor Who’? Yeah, we have that joke here, too, but it’s about baseball. Let me send you a YouTube Abbott and Costello link.” 8. “You keep my secret about being Kenyan and Muslim and I won’t tell anybody you’re gay and from New Jersey.” 9. “With all the ‘duck lips’ being strewn about the internet, I’ll have no more talk of our teeth.” 10. “Just how did you manage to get that 50% tax bracket passed?” 11. “You say Stephen Sondheim; I say Andrew Lloyd Webber” 12. “All right, so we agree: Neither of us will let Russell Brand back into our respective countries.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10075 "2012-03-15T22:08:00Z")
Things overheard between President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron 1. “Cricket is too a wussy sport.” 2. “So this Santorum bloke, he is just like an American Sacha Baron Cohen character isn’t he?” 3. “I’mmmm…I’m so in love with youuuu” 4. “So you’re saying Tony Blair hasn’t been Prime Minister since 2007? Sorry, we don’t pay much attention to European politics in America.” 5. “I hate to bring it up, but… back when you burned the White House and Capitol in 1814, and I know that you personally aren’t responsible, but, well, we spent a lot of money on the rebuilding and we could really use it back now, so I’ve had a team of historians and economists adjust it for inflation and it comes to…”. 6. “Your Queen … is she a goer … know what I mean …know what I mean … nudge, nudge.” 7. “‘Doctor Who’? Yeah, we have that joke here, too, but it’s about baseball. Let me send you a YouTube Abbott and Costello link.” 8. “You keep my secret about being Kenyan and Muslim and I won’t tell anybody you’re gay and from New Jersey.” 9. “With all the ‘duck lips’ being strewn about the internet, I’ll have no more talk of our teeth.” 10. “Just how did you manage to get that 50% tax bracket passed?” 11. “You say Stephen Sondheim; I say Andrew Lloyd Webber” 12. “All right, so we agree: Neither of us will let Russell Brand back into our respective countries.” 13. “To celebrate almost two centuries of peace between us, we’re giving you back South Carolina.” Famous people who married **MUCH** younger spouses 14. Dick Van Dyke He’s 86 and just married his 40 year old makeup artist. I’ll define much as at least 30 years, preferable more. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2012, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10076 "2012-03-15T22:26:39Z")
Famous people who married **MUCH** younger spouses 1. Dick Van Dyke 2. Tony Randall (he 75, she 25) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10077 "2012-03-15T22:48:38Z")
Famous people who married **MUCH** younger spouses 1. Dick Van Dyke 2. Tony Randall (he 75, she 25) 3. Tony Bennett He’s 40 years older than his current wife. They married in the last few years but have been together for more than 20 (he was in his early 60s/she in her early 20s). ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10078 "2012-03-15T23:25:55Z")
1. Dick Van Dyke 2. Tony Randall (he 75, she 25) 3. Tony Bennett 4. Michael Douglas ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10079 "2012-03-16T00:20:20Z")
Famous people who married MUCH younger spouses 1. Dick Van Dyke 2. Tony Randall (he 75, she 25) 3. Tony Bennett 4. Michael Douglas 5. T.S. Eliot His second wife, Valerie, was about 38 years his junior. (A happy marriage by most accounts, though.) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10080 "2012-03-16T02:11:08Z")
Famous people who married MUCH younger spouses 1. Dick Van Dyke 2. Tony Randall (he 75, she 25) 3. Tony Bennett 4. Michael Douglas 5. T.S. Eliot 6. Hugh Hefner and every wife for the last 30 years ---
**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:** [March 16, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10081 "2012-03-16T02:21:26Z")
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