# 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:** 540
**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:** [May 2, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10782 "2012-05-02T20:03:59Z")
13 ways you don’t want to make yourself famous. 1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award. 2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida. 3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10783 "2012-05-02T20:16:36Z")
13 ways you don’t want to make yourself famous. 1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award. 2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida. 3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality. 4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10784 "2012-05-02T20:50:30Z")
13 ways you don’t want to make yourself famous. 1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award. 2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida. 3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality. 4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent. 5. Being described as “always such a quiet man.” ---
**Author:** ![Blkshp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blkshp/32/7135_2.png) [@Blkshp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blkshp)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10785 "2012-05-02T21:22:11Z")
13 ways you don’t want to make yourself famous. 1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award. 2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida. 3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality. 4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent. 5. Being described as “always such a quiet man.” 6. Drop the BCS Trophy ---
**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:** [May 2, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10786 "2012-05-02T22:01:35Z")
13 ways you don’t want to make yourself famous. 1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award. 2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida. 3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality. 4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent. 5. Being described as “always such a quiet man.” 6. Drop the BCS Trophy. 7. Drop out of the GOP presidential race long after everyone else could see you were doomed. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10787 "2012-05-02T22:35:18Z")
13 ways you don’t want to make yourself famous. 1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award. 2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida. 3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality. 4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent. 5. Being described as “always such a quiet man.” 6. Drop the BCS Trophy. 7. Drop out of the GOP presidential race long after everyone else could see you were doomed. 8. Hearing "My name is Chris Hansen and you’re on _To Catch a Predator_…’ ---
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10788 "2012-05-03T00:14:11Z")
13 ways you don’t want to make yourself famous. 1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award. 2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida. 3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality. 4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent. 5. Being described as “always such a quiet man.” 6. Drop the BCS Trophy. 7. Drop out of the GOP presidential race long after everyone else could see you were doomed. 8. Hearing "My name is Chris Hansen and you’re on _To Catch a Predator_…’ 9. Have a disease named after me ---
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10789 "2012-05-03T13:55:43Z")
13 ways you don’t want to make yourself famous. 1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award. 2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida. 3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality. 4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent. 5. Being described as “always such a quiet man.” 6. Drop the BCS Trophy. 7. Drop out of the GOP presidential race long after everyone else could see you were doomed. 8. Hearing "My name is Chris Hansen and you’re on _To Catch a Predator_…’ 9. Have a disease named after me. 10. Have Jay Leno replace you on the show you thought you had. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10790 "2012-05-03T14:25:05Z")
13 ways you don’t want to make yourself famous. 1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award. 2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida. 3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality. 4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent. 5. Being described as “always such a quiet man.” 6. Drop the BCS Trophy. 7. Drop out of the GOP presidential race long after everyone else could see you were doomed. 8. Hearing "My name is Chris Hansen and you’re on _To Catch a Predator_…’ 9. Have a disease named after me. 10. Have Jay Leno replace you on the show you thought you had. 11. Accidentally knock the ball out of the hand of the player trying to catch it, costing the team a shot at the World Series. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10791 "2012-05-03T14:39:23Z")
13 ways you don’t want to make yourself famous. 1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award. 2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida. 3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality. 4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent. 5. Being described as “always such a quiet man.” 6. Drop the BCS Trophy. 7. Drop out of the GOP presidential race long after everyone else could see you were doomed. 8. Hearing "My name is Chris Hansen and you’re on _To Catch a Predator_…’ 9. Have a disease named after me. 10. Have Jay Leno replace you on the show you thought you had. 11. Accidentally knock the ball out of the hand of the player trying to catch it, costing the team a shot at the World Series. 12. [Laughing and posing for pics with a foul ball while the 3 year old next to you cries his eyes out.](http://deadspin.com/5905250/worst-people-ever-catch-foul-ball-refuse-to-give-it-to-a-crying-child-are-vilified-by-michael-kay) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10792 "2012-05-03T18:17:17Z")
13 ways you don’t want to make yourself famous. 1. Be nominated (or win) a Darwin Award. 2. Be a Neighborhood Watch Captain in Sanford, Florida. 3. Get OJ Simpson out of prison on a technicality. 4. Be one of several sisters with neither shame nor talent. 5. Being described as “always such a quiet man.” 6. Drop the BCS Trophy. 7. Drop out of the GOP presidential race long after everyone else could see you were doomed. 8. Hearing "My name is Chris Hansen and you’re on To Catch a Predator…’ 9. Have a disease named after me. 10. Have Jay Leno replace you on the show you thought you had. 11. Accidentally knock the ball out of the hand of the player trying to catch it, costing the team a shot at the World Series. 12. Laughing and posing for pics with a foul ball while the 3 year old next to you cries his eyes out. (“Video Not Found” when I clicked the link) 13. Being caught making a racial slur when you don’t realize there’s a live microphone in the vicinity. New category: Theatrical productions you’ve recently attended 1. Purdue students’ production of Noel Coward’s _Blithe Spirit_ ---
**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:** [May 3, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10793 "2012-05-03T19:22:45Z")
New category: Theatrical productions you’ve recently attended 1. Purdue students’ production of Noel Coward’s _Blithe Spirit_ 2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s performance of the rock opera _Beethoven’s Last Night_. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10794 "2012-05-04T00:06:15Z")
New category: Theatrical productions you’ve recently attended 1. Purdue students’ production of Noel Coward’s _Blithe Spirit_ 2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s performance of the rock opera _Beethoven’s Last Night_. 3. Community theater production of _Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat_ Incidentally, it got rave reviews in local papers but was textbook “community theater” problems (i.e. a couple of good [not great] performances, a couple of noticeably awful ones, most of the rest mediocre- even by ComTheatre standards it wasn’t particularly good or bad). I’ve noticed this at the last few amateur things I’ve been to even though the same writers are a lot more critical of the local professional theater. I guess with print being in such danger the local papers re probably afraid to offend anybody actually in the community. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10795 "2012-05-04T01:23:48Z")
Theatrical productions you’ve recently attended 1. Purdue students’ production of Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” 2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s performance of the rock opera “Beethoven’s Last Night” 3. Community theater production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” 4. Mike Birbiglia’s standup/storytelling act, “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” Just amazing. Quite a talented guy. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2012, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10796 "2012-05-04T02:05:16Z")
Theatrical productions you’ve recently attended 1. Purdue students’ production of Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” 2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s performance of the rock opera “Beethoven’s Last Night” 3. Community theater production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” 4. Mike Birbiglia’s standup/storytelling act, “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” 5. Community theater production of _Comedy of Errors_ ---
**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:** [May 4, 2012, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10797 "2012-05-04T02:26:46Z")
Theatrical productions you’ve recently attended 1. Purdue students’ production of Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” 2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s performance of the rock opera “Beethoven’s Last Night” 3. Community theater production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” 4. Mike Birbiglia’s standup/storytelling act, “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” 5. Community theater production of _Comedy of Errors_ 6. Community theater production of _MASH_ A friend played Henry Blake. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10798 "2012-05-04T16:28:50Z")
Theatrical productions you’ve recently attended 1. Purdue students’ production of Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” 2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s performance of the rock opera “Beethoven’s Last Night” 3. Community theater production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” 4. Mike Birbiglia’s standup/storytelling act, “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” 5. Community theater production of _Comedy of Errors_ 6. Community theater production of _MASH_ 7. Community Theatre production _Italian-American Reconciliation_ ---
**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:** [May 4, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10799 "2012-05-04T16:31:50Z")
Theatrical productions you’ve recently attended 1. Purdue students’ production of Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” 2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s performance of the rock opera “Beethoven’s Last Night” 3. Community theater production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” 4. Mike Birbiglia’s standup/storytelling act, “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” 5. Community theater production of _Comedy of Errors_ 6. Community theater production of _MASH_ 7. Community Theatre production _Italian-American Reconciliation_ 8. Broadway: _The Lion King_ ---
**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:** [May 6, 2012, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10800 "2012-05-06T00:30:41Z")
Maybe we should abandon the time frame and open up the category to “Theatrical productions you’ve attended”. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2012, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10801 "2012-05-06T04:22:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Maybe we should abandon the time frame and open up the category to “Theatrical productions you’ve attended”. Suits me. Theatrical productions you’ve attended 1. Purdue students’ production of Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” 2. Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s performance of the rock opera “Beethoven’s Last Night” 3. Community theater production of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” 4. Mike Birbiglia’s standup/storytelling act, “My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend” 5. Community theater production of Comedy of Errors 6. Community theater production of MASH 7. Community Theatre production Italian-American Reconciliation 8. Broadway: The Lion King 9. London, Fall '85: Original cast of _Les Miserables_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=539) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=541)