# 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:** 563
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11242 "2012-06-17T18:25:59Z")
Drinks named after geographical locations 1. Singapore Sling 2. Long Island Iced Tea 3. Alabama Slammer 4. Colorado Bulldog 5. Manhattan Clam Chowder 6. Manhattan 7. Daiquiri 8. Sex on the Beach 9. Missouri Mule Campari, bourbon, apple cider, and lemon [What’s in a Manhattan Clam Chowder, btw?] ---
**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:** [June 18, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11243 "2012-06-18T01:02:50Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > …[What’s in a Manhattan Clam Chowder, btw?] Nothing alcoholic. Usually. Drinks named after geographical locations 1. Singapore Sling 2. Long Island Iced Tea 3. Alabama Slammer 4. Colorado Bulldog 5. Manhattan Clam Chowder 6. Manhattan 7. Daiquiri 8. Sex on the Beach 9. Missouri Mule 10. London Fog ---
**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:** [June 18, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11244 "2012-06-18T01:41:36Z")
Drinks named after geographical locations 1. Singapore Sling 2. Long Island Iced Tea 3. Alabama Slammer 4. Colorado Bulldog 5. Manhattan Clam Chowder 6. Manhattan 7. Daiquiri 8. Sex on the Beach 9. Missouri Mule 10. London Fog 11. Lynchburg lemonade ---
**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:** [June 18, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11245 "2012-06-18T06:20:18Z")
Drinks named after geographical locations 1. Singapore Sling 2. Long Island Iced Tea 3. Alabama Slammer 4. Colorado Bulldog 5. Manhattan Clam Chowder 6. Manhattan 7. Daiquiri 8. Sex on the Beach 9. Missouri Mule 10. London Fog 11. Lynchburg lemonade 12. White Russian ---
**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:** [June 18, 2012, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11246 "2012-06-18T06:22:32Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > [What’s in a Manhattan Clam Chowder, btw?] > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Nothing alcoholic. Usually. So we’re talking about actual Manhattan Clam Chowder? I thought it was just a cocktail I had never heard of that was named after the soup. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11247 "2012-06-18T07:29:33Z")
Drinks named after geographical locations 1. Singapore Sling 2. Long Island Iced Tea 3. Alabama Slammer 4. Colorado Bulldog 5. Manhattan Clam Chowder 6. Manhattan 7. Daiquiri 8. Sex on the Beach 9. Missouri Mule 10. London Fog 11. Lynchburg lemonade 12. White Russian 13. Russian Quaalude Next Up- If you were a witch, what would be a particularly useless creature to have as your [familiar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiar_spirit)? 1. Goldfish (or other aquarium fish) ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11248 "2012-06-18T12:04:26Z")
If you were a witch, what would be a particularly useless creature to have as your familiar? 1. Goldfish (or other aquarium fish) 2. Galapagos tortoise ---
**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:** [June 18, 2012, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11249 "2012-06-18T12:21:23Z")
If you were a witch, what would be a particularly useless creature to have as your familiar? 1. Goldfish (or other aquarium fish) 2. Galapagos tortoise 3. Earthworm ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11250 "2012-06-18T14:46:57Z")
If you were a witch, what would be a particularly useless creature to have as your familiar? 1. Goldfish (or other aquarium fish) 2. Galapagos tortoise 3. Earthworm 4. Lichen ---
**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:** [June 18, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11251 "2012-06-18T15:20:29Z")
If you were a witch, what would be a particularly useless creature to have as your familiar? 1. Goldfish (or other aquarium fish) 2. Galapagos tortoise 3. Earthworm 4. Lichen 5. Blue whale ---
**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:** [June 18, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11252 "2012-06-18T16:07:21Z")
If you were a witch, what would be a particularly useless creature to have as your familiar? 1. Goldfish (or other aquarium fish) 2. Galapagos tortoise 3. Earthworm 4. Lichen 5. Blue whale 6. Clam ---
**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:** [June 18, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11253 "2012-06-18T16:16:20Z")
If you were a witch, what would be a particularly useless creature to have as your familiar? 1. Goldfish (or other aquarium fish) 2. Galapagos tortoise 3. Earthworm 4. Lichen 5. Blue whale 6. Geoduck ---
**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:** [June 18, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11254 "2012-06-18T17:14:03Z")
If you were a witch, what would be a particularly useless creature to have as your familiar? 1. Goldfish (or other aquarium fish) 2. Galapagos tortoise 3. Earthworm 4. Lichen 5. Blue whale 6. Geoduck 7. Platypus ---
**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:** [June 18, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11255 "2012-06-18T18:27:36Z")
If you were a witch, what would be a particularly useless creature to have as your familiar? 1. Goldfish (or other aquarium fish) 2. Galapagos tortoise 3. Earthworm 4. Lichen 5. Blue whale 6. Clam 7. Geoduck 8. Platypus 9. Opossum “What? I’m being attacked by a 10th-Level Sorcerer and you’re playing dead? That’s your idea of helping?” ---
**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:** [June 18, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11256 "2012-06-18T19:21:02Z")
If you were a witch, what would be a particularly useless creature to have as your familiar? 1. Goldfish (or other aquarium fish) 2. Galapagos tortoise 3. Earthworm 4. Lichen 5. Blue whale 6. Clam 7. Geoduck 8. Platypus 9. Opossum 10. E. coli ---
**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:** [June 18, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11257 "2012-06-18T19:22:00Z")
If you were a witch, what would be a particularly useless creature to have as your familiar? 1. Goldfish (or other aquarium fish) 2. Galapagos tortoise 3. Earthworm 4. Lichen 5. Blue whale 6. Clam 7. Geoduck 8. Platypus 9. Opossum 10. E. coli 11. My dog (I almost chose “The Wonder Twins”, but felt that would be too obscure…) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11258 "2012-06-18T19:57:24Z")
If you were a witch, what would be a particularly useless creature to have as your familiar? 1. Goldfish (or other aquarium fish) 2. Galapagos tortoise 3. Earthworm 4. Lichen 5. Blue whale 6. Clam 7. Geoduck 8. Platypus 9. Opossum 10. E. coli 11. My dog 12. Your conjoined twin ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11259 "2012-06-18T20:01:03Z")
[QUOTE=JohnT] (I almost chose “The Wonder Twins”, but felt that would be too obscure…) [/QUOTE] There was a couple at DragonCon (a huge sci-fi/fantasy convention in Atlanta) last year who wore Wonder Twins costumes. I don’t know if the couple was brother-sister/romantic/platonic pals/whatever in real life, but they were super popular and probably had to spend hours posing for pictures. ---
**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:** [June 18, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11260 "2012-06-18T20:28:53Z")
Growing up in Atlanta, I remember when the focus of DragonCon was _books and authors_. My, how things change. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2012, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11261 "2012-06-18T20:34:46Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Growing up in Atlanta, I remember when the focus of DragonCon was _books and authors_. > > My, how things change. ☹ They still get [some](http://dragoncon.org/dc_guests_list.php), but the focus has indeed shifted to celebrities and movies and cosplay. There are a lot of smaller cons where authors are still the focus (Chattanooga and one in Huntsville, AL are two DeepSouth ones I can think of). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=562) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=564)