# 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:** 572
**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:** [July 9, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11422 "2012-07-09T21:43:04Z")
In commemoration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee, the tower holding Big Ben is being officially christened The Elizabeth Tower. Pretend you are Parliament and rename some other sites and landmarks in her honor. 1. ElizabethHenge 2. Elizabledon 3. Canadian Forces Base Borden 4. Beth’s Boobs 5. Elizabeth, N.J. 6. Loch Bess, home of the Loch Bess Monster 7. To honor their neighbour to the south, Iceland will rename Eyjafjallajokull volcano “The Flaming Queen” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11423 "2012-07-09T23:34:00Z")
In commemoration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee, the tower holding Big Ben is being officially christened The Elizabeth Tower. Pretend you are Parliament and rename some other sites and landmarks in her honor. 1. ElizabethHenge 2. Elizabledon 3. Canadian Forces Base Borden 4. Beth’s Boobs 5. Elizabeth, N.J. 6. Loch Bess, home of the Loch Bess Monster 7. To honor their neighbour to the south, Iceland will rename Eyjafjallajokull volcano “The Flaming Queen” 8. The White Cliffs of E2 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11424 "2012-07-09T23:46:46Z")
In commemoration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee, the tower holding Big Ben is being officially christened The Elizabeth Tower. Pretend you are Parliament and rename some other sites and landmarks in her honor. 1. ElizabethHenge 2. Elizabledon 3. Canadian Forces Base Borden 4. Beth’s Boobs 5. Elizabeth, N.J. 6. Loch Bess, home of the Loch Bess Monster 7. To honor their neighbour to the south, Iceland will rename Eyjafjallajokull volcano “The Flaming Queen” 8. The White Cliffs of E2 9. Liz’s Channel ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11425 "2012-07-10T01:29:55Z")
In commemoration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee, the tower holding Big Ben is being officially christened The Elizabeth Tower. Pretend you are Parliament and rename some other sites and landmarks in her honor. 1. ElizabethHenge 2. Elizabledon 3. Canadian Forces Base Borden 4. Beth’s Boobs 5. Elizabeth, N.J. 6. Loch Bess, home of the Loch Bess Monster 7. To honor their neighbour to the south, Iceland will rename Eyjafjallajokull volcano “The Flaming Queen” 8. The White Cliffs of E2 9. Liz’s Channel 10. The United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Lizzieland ---
**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:** [July 10, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11426 "2012-07-10T01:44:09Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > In commemoration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee, the tower holding Big Ben is being officially christened The Elizabeth Tower. Pretend you are Parliament and rename some other sites and landmarks in her honor. > > 1. ElizabethHenge > 2. Elizabledon > 3. Canadian Forces Base Borden > 4. Beth’s Boobs > 5. Elizabeth, N.J. > 6. Loch Bess, home of the Loch Bess Monster > Only requires pasting the letter B over the N in old signs. What? Someone has crossed out the letter N and written the letter B in in crayon. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11427 "2012-07-10T02:45:40Z")
In commemoration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee, the tower holding Big Ben is being officially christened The Elizabeth Tower. Pretend you are Parliament and rename some other sites and landmarks in her honor. 1. ElizabethHenge 2. Elizabledon 3. Canadian Forces Base Borden 4. Beth’s Boobs 5. Elizabeth, N.J. 6. Loch Bess, home of the Loch Bess Monster 7. To honor their neighbour to the south, Iceland will rename Eyjafjallajokull volcano “The Flaming Queen” 8. The White Cliffs of E2 9. Liz’s Channel 10. The United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Lizzieland 11. [Betsy and Phil Museum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum) Out with the old Queen/Prince Consort couple, in with the (relatively) new! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11428 "2012-07-10T20:35:15Z")
In commemoration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee, the tower holding Big Ben is being officially christened The Elizabeth Tower. Pretend you are Parliament and rename some other sites and landmarks in her honor. 1. ElizabethHenge 2. Elizabledon 3. Canadian Forces Base Borden 4. Beth’s Boobs 5. Elizabeth, N.J. 6. Loch Bess, home of the Loch Bess Monster 7. To honor their neighbour to the south, Iceland will rename Eyjafjallajokull volcano “The Flaming Queen” 8. The White Cliffs of E2 9. Liz’s Channel 10. The United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Lizzieland 11. Betsy and Phil Museum 12. Lizchester Cathedral ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11429 "2012-07-10T21:13:54Z")
In commemoration of Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee, the tower holding Big Ben is being officially christened The Elizabeth Tower. Pretend you are Parliament and rename some other sites and landmarks in her honor. 1. ElizabethHenge 2. Elizabledon 3. Canadian Forces Base Borden 4. Beth’s Boobs 5. Elizabeth, N.J. 6. Loch Bess, home of the Loch Bess Monster 7. To honor their neighbour to the south, Iceland will rename Eyjafjallajokull volcano “The Flaming Queen” 8. The White Cliffs of E2 9. Liz’s Channel 10. The United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Lizzieland 11. Betsy and Phil Museum 12. Lizchester Cathedral 13. The QE 2 II New topic: Dr. Seuss Titles That Should Have Been 1: A Trip To The Moon On Gossamer Wump. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11430 "2012-07-10T22:37:22Z")
New topic: Dr. Seuss Titles That Should Have Been 1: A Trip To The Moon On Gossamer Wump 2. How the Grinch Was Indicted, Prosecuted and Sent to the Fatalfantastic Gas-a-Grinch Chair ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11431 "2012-07-10T23:08:54Z")
New topic: Dr. Seuss Titles That Should Have Been 1: A Trip To The Moon On Gossamer Wump 2. How the Grinch Was Indicted, Prosecuted and Sent to the Fatalfantastic Gas-a-Grinch Chair 3. Sam I Yam (the bastard offspring of Popeye and the Sea Witch) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11432 "2012-07-11T00:09:52Z")
New topic: Dr. Seuss Titles That Should Have Been 1: A Trip To The Moon On Gossamer Wump 2. How the Grinch Was Indicted, Prosecuted and Sent to the Fatalfantastic Gas-a-Grinch Chair 3. Sam I Yam (the bastard offspring of Popeye and the Sea Witch) 4. Green Egg Whites and Turkey Ham (To combat childhood obesity in America.) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11433 "2012-07-11T05:01:26Z")
Dr. Seuss Titles That Should Have Been 1. A Trip To The Moon On Gossamer Wump 2. How the Grinch Was Indicted, Prosecuted and Sent to the Fatalfantastic Gas-a-Grinch Chair 3. Sam I Yam (the bastard offspring of Popeye and the Sea Witch) 4. Green Egg Whites and Turkey Ham (To combat childhood obesity in America.) 5. One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State (a child’s guide to voting) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11434 "2012-07-11T06:02:08Z")
Dr. Seuss Titles That Should Have Been 1. A Trip To The Moon On Gossamer Wump 2. How the Grinch Was Indicted, Prosecuted and Sent to the Fatalfantastic Gas-a-Grinch Chair 3. Sam I Yam (the bastard offspring of Popeye and the Sea Witch) 4. Green Egg Whites and Turkey Ham (To combat childhood obesity in America.) 5. One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State (a child’s guide to voting) 6. Bartholomew and the Oubliette Bartholomew Cubbins learns sometimes it’s best not to tell a king “I told you so”, even if you did. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11435 "2012-07-11T21:54:24Z")
Dr. Seuss Titles That Should Have Been 1. A Trip To The Moon On Gossamer Wump 2. How the Grinch Was Indicted, Prosecuted and Sent to the Fatalfantastic Gas-a-Grinch Chair 3. Sam I Yam (the bastard offspring of Popeye and the Sea Witch) 4. Green Egg Whites and Turkey Ham (To combat childhood obesity in America.) 5. One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State (a child’s guide to voting) 6. Bartholomew and the Oubliette 7. Oh, The Places You’ll Go Stark Raving Mad! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11436 "2012-07-12T00:39:10Z")
Dr. Seuss Titles That Should Have Been 1. A Trip To The Moon On Gossamer Wump 2. How the Grinch Was Indicted, Prosecuted and Sent to the Fatalfantastic Gas-a-Grinch Chair 3. Sam I Yam (the bastard offspring of Popeye and the Sea Witch) 4. Green Egg Whites and Turkey Ham (To combat childhood obesity in America.) 5. One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State (a child’s guide to voting) 6. Bartholomew and the Oubliette 7. Oh, The Places You’ll Go Stark Raving Mad! 8. Go, Ono, Go! the story of the Olympics ---
**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:** [July 12, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11437 "2012-07-12T01:03:11Z")
Dr. Seuss Titles That Should Have Been 1. A Trip To The Moon On Gossamer Wump 2. How the Grinch Was Indicted, Prosecuted and Sent to the Fatalfantastic Gas-a-Grinch Chair 3. Sam I Yam (the bastard offspring of Popeye and the Sea Witch) 4. Green Egg Whites and Turkey Ham (To combat childhood obesity in America.) 5. One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State (a child’s guide to voting) 6. Bartholomew and the Oubliette 7. Oh, The Places You’ll Go Stark Raving Mad! 8. Go, Ono, Go! 9. The Lorax is Sued by a Timber Company for Interference with Lawful Commerce ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11438 "2012-07-12T04:16:20Z")
Dr. Seuss Titles That Should Have Been 1. A Trip To The Moon On Gossamer Wump 2. How the Grinch Was Indicted, Prosecuted and Sent to the Fatalfantastic Gas-a-Grinch Chair 3. Sam I Yam (the bastard offspring of Popeye and the Sea Witch) 4. Green Egg Whites and Turkey Ham (To combat childhood obesity in America.) 5. One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State (a child’s guide to voting) 6. Bartholomew and the Oubliette 7. Oh, The Places You’ll Go Stark Raving Mad! 8. Go, Ono, Go! 9. The Lorax is Sued by a Timber Company for Interference with Lawful Commerce 10. The Snitches His bloodiest book ever. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11439 "2012-07-12T05:09:40Z")
Dr. Seuss Titles That Should Have Been 1. A Trip To The Moon On Gossamer Wump 2. How the Grinch Was Indicted, Prosecuted and Sent to the Fatalfantastic Gas-a-Grinch Chair 3. Sam I Yam (the bastard offspring of Popeye and the Sea Witch) 4. Green Egg Whites and Turkey Ham (To combat childhood obesity in America.) 5. One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State (a child’s guide to voting) 6. Bartholomew and the Oubliette 7. Oh, The Places You’ll Go Stark Raving Mad! 8. Go, Ono, Go! 9. The Lorax is Sued by a Timber Company for Interference with Lawful Commerce 10. The Snitches (His bloodiest book ever.) 11. On Beyond Aardvark ---
**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:** [July 12, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11440 "2012-07-12T13:51:23Z")
Dr. Seuss Titles That Should Have Been 1. A Trip To The Moon On Gossamer Wump 2. How the Grinch Was Indicted, Prosecuted and Sent to the Fatalfantastic Gas-a-Grinch Chair 3. Sam I Yam (the bastard offspring of Popeye and the Sea Witch) 4. Green Egg Whites and Turkey Ham (To combat childhood obesity in America.) 5. One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State (a child’s guide to voting) 6. Bartholomew and the Oubliette 7. Oh, The Places You’ll Go Stark Raving Mad! 8. Go, Ono, Go! 9. The Lorax is Sued by a Timber Company for Interference with Lawful Commerce 10. The Snitches (His bloodiest book ever.) 11. On Beyond Aardvark 12. The Cat Made Into a Hat ---
**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:** [July 12, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11441 "2012-07-12T15:34:22Z")
Dr. Seuss Titles That Should Have Been 1. A Trip To The Moon On Gossamer Wump 2. How the Grinch Was Indicted, Prosecuted and Sent to the Fatalfantastic Gas-a-Grinch Chair 3. Sam I Yam (the bastard offspring of Popeye and the Sea Witch) 4. Green Egg Whites and Turkey Ham (To combat childhood obesity in America.) 5. One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State (a child’s guide to voting) 6. Bartholomew and the Oubliette 7. Oh, The Places You’ll Go Stark Raving Mad! 8. Go, Ono, Go! 9. The Lorax is Sued by a Timber Company for Interference with Lawful Commerce 10. The Snitches (His bloodiest book ever.) 11. On Beyond Aardvark 12. The Cat Made Into a Hat 13. Horton Hears a Whore Next category: Obscure holidays you just made up 1. International Stapling Day (July 12) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=571) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=573)