# 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:** 594
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11862 "2012-08-21T16:09:35Z")
A skill or hobby you don’t currently have/do, but you would like to. 1. Fly a plane / private pilot license 2. Play guitar, showing a modicum of talent. 3. Hang gliding 4. Art/drawing, particularly online 5. Playing baseball without looking like an idiot ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11863 "2012-08-21T18:12:10Z")
A skill or hobby you don’t currently have/do, but you would like to. 1. Fly a plane / private pilot license 2. Play guitar, showing a modicum of talent. 3. Hang gliding 4. Art/drawing, particularly online 5. Playing baseball without looking like an idiot 6. Speaking more languages ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11864 "2012-08-21T19:55:25Z")
A skill or hobby you don’t currently have/do, but you would like to. 1. Fly a plane / private pilot license 2. Play guitar, showing a modicum of talent. 3. Hang gliding 4. Art/drawing, particularly online 5. Playing baseball without looking like an idiot 6. Speaking more languages 7. Karate (especially if my sensei is John Kreese) ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11865 "2012-08-21T20:03:23Z")
A skill or hobby you don’t currently have/do, but you would like to. 1. Fly a plane / private pilot license 2. Play guitar, showing a modicum of talent. 3. Hang gliding 4. Art/drawing, particularly online 5. Playing baseball without looking like an idiot 6. Speaking more languages 7. Karate (especially if my sensei is John Kreese) 8. Dancing every dance there is, was, or ever will be. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11866 "2012-08-21T21:41:04Z")
A skill or hobby you don’t currently have/do, but you would like to. 1. Fly a plane / private pilot license 2. Play guitar, showing a modicum of talent. 3. Hang gliding 4. Art/drawing, particularly online 5. Playing baseball without looking like an idiot 6. Speaking more languages 7. Karate (especially if my sensei is John Kreese) 8. Dancing every dance there is, was, or ever will be. 9. Archery (was going to buy a bow until my bum shoulder started acting up). ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11867 "2012-08-21T21:55:12Z")
A skill or hobby you don’t currently have/do, but you would like to. 1. Fly a plane / private pilot license 2. Play guitar, showing a modicum of talent. 3. Hang gliding 4. Art/drawing, particularly online 5. Playing baseball without looking like an idiot 6. Speaking more languages 7. Karate (especially if my sensei is John Kreese) 8. Dancing every dance there is, was, or ever will be. 9. Archery (was going to buy a bow until my bum shoulder started acting up). 10. Singing (I make tone-deaf frogs with bronchitis sound good) ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11868 "2012-08-21T23:13:42Z")
A skill or hobby you don’t currently have/do, but you would like to. 1. Fly a plane / private pilot license 2. Play guitar, showing a modicum of talent. 3. Hang gliding 4. Art/drawing, particularly online 5. Playing baseball without looking like an idiot 6. Speaking more languages 7. Karate (especially if my sensei is John Kreese) 8. Dancing every dance there is, was, or ever will be. 9. Archery (was going to buy a bow until my bum shoulder started acting up). 10. Singing (I make tone-deaf frogs with bronchitis sound good) 11. Independently wealthy and retired early, to spend the rest of my days travelling! ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11869 "2012-08-21T23:29:29Z")
A skill or hobby you don’t currently have/do, but you would like to. 1. Fly a plane / private pilot license 2. Play guitar, showing a modicum of talent. 3. Hang gliding 4. Art/drawing, particularly online 5. Playing baseball without looking like an idiot 6. Speaking more languages 7. Karate (especially if my sensei is John Kreese) 8. Dancing every dance there is, was, or ever will be. 9. Archery (was going to buy a bow until my bum shoulder started acting up). 10. Singing (I make tone-deaf frogs with bronchitis sound good) 11. Independently wealthy and retired early, to spend the rest of my days travelling! 12. Shooting pool We used to have a pool table when I was a kid. Even with lots of practice, I never got better than average. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11870 "2012-08-21T23:51:24Z")
A skill or hobby you don’t currently have/do, but you would like to. 1. Fly a plane / private pilot license 2. Play guitar, showing a modicum of talent. 3. Hang gliding 4. Art/drawing, particularly online 5. Playing baseball without looking like an idiot 6. Speaking more languages 7. Karate (especially if my sensei is John Kreese) 8. Dancing every dance there is, was, or ever will be. 9. Archery (was going to buy a bow until my bum shoulder started acting up). 10. Singing (I make tone-deaf frogs with bronchitis sound good) 11. Independently wealthy and retired early, to spend the rest of my days travelling! 12. Shooting pool 13. making beaded jewelry It’s going to be my “something to keep me busy and focused” thing once I retire in 10 or so years New: Assuming reincarnation is real, as what would you like to return? 14. a well loved house cat ---
**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:** [August 22, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11871 "2012-08-22T01:26:19Z")
Assuming reincarnation is real, as what would you like to return? 1. a well loved house cat 2. A smart, capable, very popular President of the United States ---
**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:** [August 22, 2012, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11872 "2012-08-22T01:38:12Z")
Assuming reincarnation is real, as what would you like to return? 1. a well loved house cat 2. A smart, capable, very popular President of the United States 3. A man, so I could see life from the other side of the gender fence ---
**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:** [August 22, 2012, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11873 "2012-08-22T02:20:45Z")
Assuming reincarnation is real, as what would you like to return? 1. a well loved house cat 2. A smart, capable, very popular President of the United States 3. A man, so I could see life from the other side of the gender fence 4. A giant tree in a national forest ---
**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:** [August 22, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11874 "2012-08-22T03:06:14Z")
Assuming reincarnation is real, as what would you like to return? 1. a well loved house cat 2. A smart, capable, very popular President of the United States 3. A man, so I could see life from the other side of the gender fence 4. A giant tree in a national forest 5. An eagle, so I can soar high above ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11875 "2012-08-22T09:47:13Z")
Assuming reincarnation is real, as what would you like to return? 1. a well loved house cat 2. A smart, capable, very popular President of the United States 3. A man, so I could see life from the other side of the gender fence 4. A giant tree in a national forest 5. An eagle, so I can soar high above 6. A dolphin (Although #1 would have been my first choice.) ---
**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:** [August 22, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11876 "2012-08-22T14:48:31Z")
Assuming reincarnation is real, as what would you like to return? 1. a well loved house cat 2. A smart, capable, very popular President of the United States 3. A man, so I could see life from the other side of the gender fence 4. A giant tree in a national forest 5. An eagle, so I can soar high above 6. A dolphin 7. A honey badger Tough as nails and well nigh invulnerable to… everything. Honey badger don’t care. ---
**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:** [August 22, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11877 "2012-08-22T15:39:27Z")
Assuming reincarnation is real, as what would you like to return? 1. a well loved house cat 2. A smart, capable, very popular President of the United States 3. A man, so I could see life from the other side of the gender fence 4. A giant tree in a national forest 5. An eagle, so I can soar high above 6. A dolphin 7. A honey badger 8. My avatar (a falcon), and blow someone’s mind by having a very close encounter with them (and see #5 too). [Next person can delete everything after “falcon”.] ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11878 "2012-08-22T15:42:28Z")
Assuming reincarnation is real, as what would you like to return? 1. a well loved house cat 2. A smart, capable, very popular President of the United States 3. A man, so I could see life from the other side of the gender fence 4. A giant tree in a national forest 5. An eagle, so I can soar high above 6. A dolphin 7. A honey badger 8. A falcon 9. Batman ---
**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:** [August 22, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11879 "2012-08-22T21:28:49Z")
Assuming reincarnation is real, as what would you like to return? 1. a well loved house cat 2. A smart, capable, very popular President of the United States 3. A man, so I could see life from the other side of the gender fence 4. A giant tree in a national forest 5. An eagle, so I can soar high above 6. A dolphin 7. A honey badger 8. A falcon 9. Batman 10. A lion ---
**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:** [August 23, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11880 "2012-08-23T19:41:57Z")
Assuming reincarnation is real, as what would you like to return? 1. a well loved house cat 2. A smart, capable, very popular President of the United States 3. A man, so I could see life from the other side of the gender fence 4. A giant tree in a national forest 5. An eagle, so I can soar high above 6. A dolphin 7. A honey badger 8. A falcon 9. Batman 10. A lion 11. The world’s first trillionaire. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11881 "2012-08-23T19:47:56Z")
Assuming reincarnation is real, as what would you like to return? 1. a well loved house cat 2. A smart, capable, very popular President of the United States 3. A man, so I could see life from the other side of the gender fence 4. A giant tree in a national forest 5. An eagle, so I can soar high above 6. A dolphin 7. A honey badger 8. A falcon 9. Batman 10. A lion 11. The world’s first trillionaire. 12. A bowl of petunias, several miles above the surface of a planet Because there’s a time and a place for references, and that would be the ultimate win. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=593) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=595)