# 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:** 545
**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 12, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10882 "2012-05-12T18:48:36Z")
One thing I wanted to note before moving on was I was surprised at how many presidents did use their mother’s name as their middle name: Ronald Wilson Reagan, Ulysses Simpson Grant, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Richard Milhouse Nixon, Lyndon Baines Johnson. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10883 "2012-05-12T19:24:26Z")
Things Mothers say to their young children 1. No! ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10884 "2012-05-12T19:38:09Z")
Things Mothers say to their young children 1. No! 2. Didn’t you hear me the first time? I said “No!” ---
**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 12, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10885 "2012-05-12T19:39:54Z")
Things mothers say to their young children 1. No! 2. Didn’t you hear me the first time? I said “No!” 3. Ask your father. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10886 "2012-05-12T20:00:51Z")
Things mothers say to their young children 1. No! 2. Didn’t you hear me the first time? I said “No!” 3. Ask your father. 4. Eat just one more bite of that, and you can be excused. ---
**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 12, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10887 "2012-05-12T20:27:04Z")
Things mothers say to their young children 1. No! 2. Didn’t you hear me the first time? I said “No!” 3. Ask your father. 4. Eat just one more bite of that, and you can be excused. 5. Go play somewhere else. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10888 "2012-05-12T20:27:33Z")
1. No! 2. Didn’t you hear me the first time? I said “No!” 3. Ask your father. 4. Eat just one more bite of that, and you can be excused. 5. One! ---
**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:** [May 12, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10889 "2012-05-12T21:14:34Z")
1. No! 2. Didn’t you hear me the first time? I said “No!” 3. Ask your father. 4. Eat just one more bite of that, and you can be excused. 5. One! 6. How many times do I have to tell you? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10890 "2012-05-12T21:18:56Z")
1. No! 2. Didn’t you hear me the first time? I said “No!” 3. Ask your father. 4. Eat just one more bite of that, and you can be excused. 5. One! 6. How many times do I have to tell you? 7. I Love you! ---
**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 12, 2012, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10891 "2012-05-12T21:33:34Z")
Things mothers say to their young children 1. No! 2. Didn’t you hear me the first time? I said “No!” 3. Ask your father. 4. Eat just one more bite of that, and you can be excused. 5. One! 6. How many times do I have to tell you? 7. I Love you! 8. Kitty doesn’t like it when you do that to him! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10892 "2012-05-13T01:30:21Z")
Things mothers say to their young children 1. No! 2. Didn’t you hear me the first time? I said “No!” 3. Ask your father. 4. Eat just one more bite of that, and you can be excused. 5. One! 6. How many times do I have to tell you? 7. I Love you! 8. Kitty doesn’t like it when you do that to him! 9. Because I said so; that’s why! ETA: I don’t get number 5. ---
**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 13, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10893 "2012-05-13T01:48:16Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > ETA: I don’t get number 5. My guess is it’s the beginning of the “count-off” (kid is doing something wrong, and Mom starts counting to three. If you let her hit three, you’re in for a world of hurt. My mom used to do this–I never let her get to three, so I have no idea what would have happened. 🙂 ) ---
**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 13, 2012, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10894 "2012-05-13T02:27:04Z")
Things mothers say to their young children 1. No! 2. Didn’t you hear me the first time? I said “No!” 3. Ask your father. 4. Eat just one more bite of that, and you can be excused. 5. Go play somewhere else. 6. One! 7. How many times do I have to tell you? 8. I Love you! 9. Kitty doesn’t like it when you do that to him! 10. Because I said so; that’s why! 11. For the last time… ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10895 "2012-05-13T02:49:24Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I don’t get number 5. > [@Infovore](#): > > My guess is it’s the beginning of the “count-off” (kid is doing something wrong, and Mom starts counting to three. If you let her hit three, you’re in for a world of hurt. My mom used to do this–I never let her get to three, so I have no idea what would have happened. 🙂 ) To me, it’s “mommy may I have a cookie” “Yes, you may have one” Kid takes two or three “ONE!” ---
**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 13, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10896 "2012-05-13T03:09:31Z")
Things mothers say to their young children 1. No! 2. Didn’t you hear me the first time? I said “No!” 3. Ask your father. 4. Eat just one more bite of that, and you can be excused. 5. Go play somewhere else. 6. One! 7. How many times do I have to tell you? 8. I Love you! 9. Kitty doesn’t like it when you do that to him! 10. Because I said so; that’s why! 11. For the last time… 12. Maybe for your birthday. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10897 "2012-05-13T04:02:16Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > My guess is it’s the beginning of the “count-off” (kid is doing something wrong, and Mom starts counting to three. If you let her hit three, you’re in for a world of hurt. My mom used to do this–I never let her get to three, so I have no idea what would have happened. 🙂 ) Yup, a world of hurt; often involving my hindquarters and a yardstick. Other parents and more mindful children might have had a timeout or similar, nowadays. 1. No! 2. Didn’t you hear me the first time? I said “No!” 3. Ask your father. 4. Eat just one more bite of that, and you can be excused. 5. Go play somewhere else. 6. One! 7. How many times do I have to tell you? 8. I Love you! 9. Kitty doesn’t like it when you do that to him! 10. Because I said so; that’s why! 11. For the last time… 12. Maybe for your birthday. 13. Five more minutes! Next series: Kinds of cookies your mother/grandmother made! 1. pecan cookies ---
**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 13, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10898 "2012-05-13T04:09:19Z")
Kinds of cookies your mother/grandmother made! 1. pecan cookies 2. snickerdoodles ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10899 "2012-05-13T04:20:08Z")
Kinds of cookies your mother/grandmother made! 1. pecan cookies 2. snickerdoodles 3. lemon cookies ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10900 "2012-05-13T04:25:08Z")
Kinds of cookies your mother/grandmother made! 1. pecan cookies 2. snickerdoodles 3. lemon cookies 4. Carl Reiner’s Fucking Good Cookies One of the arly HBO Young Comedians specials (early to mid eighties ) was hosted by Reiner. Between acts he gave pieces of a recipe for a creamcheese cookie, called CRFGC. Hysterical and delicious. Ma wrote the recipe down and made them … often. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/10901 "2012-05-13T04:44:59Z")
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