# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1261 "2010-10-07T14:52:23Z")

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Things you associate with Halloween

1. Candy corn
2. The song “The Monster Mash”
3. My whole neo-pagan/wiccan lifestyle, circa 1980 with the likes of Scott Cunningham, Don Michael Kraig, Ray Buckland and the coven lifestyle.

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1262 "2010-10-07T14:56:31Z")

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Things you associate with Halloween

1. Candy corn
2. The song “The Monster Mash”
3. My whole neo-pagan/wiccan lifestyle, circa 1980 with the likes of Scott Cunningham, Don Michael Kraig, Ray Buckland and the coven lifestyle.
4. [William Shatner](http://www.filmdetail.com/2009/10/26/william-shatner-and-the-halloween-mask/)

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**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:** [October 7, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1263 "2010-10-07T15:15:35Z")

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Things you associate with Halloween

1. Candy corn
2. The song “The Monster Mash”
3. My whole neo-pagan/wiccan lifestyle, circa 1980 with the likes of Scott Cunningham, Don Michael Kraig, Ray Buckland and the coven lifestyle
4. William Shatner
5. Jack-o-lanterns

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**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:** [October 7, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1264 "2010-10-07T15:28:18Z")

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Things you associate with Halloween

1. Candy corn
2. The song “The Monster Mash”
3. My whole neo-pagan/wiccan lifestyle, circa 1980 with the likes of Scott Cunningham, Don Michael Kraig, Ray Buckland and the coven lifestyle
4. William Shatner
5. Jack-o-lanterns
6. Strawmen - aka clothes stuffed with straw to look like people. I think I’ll make one this year!

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1265 "2010-10-07T15:35:49Z")

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Things you associate with Halloween

1. Candy corn
2. The song “The Monster Mash”
3. My whole neo-pagan/wiccan lifestyle, circa 1980 with the likes of Scott Cunningham, Don Michael Kraig, Ray Buckland and the coven lifestyle
4. William Shatner
5. Jack-o-lanterns
6. Strawmen - aka clothes stuffed with straw to look like people. I think I’ll make one this year!
7. The TV special _It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown_

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1266 "2010-10-07T15:48:59Z")

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Things you associate with Halloween

1. Candy corn
2. The song “The Monster Mash”
3. My whole neo-pagan/wiccan lifestyle, circa 1980 with the likes of Scott Cunningham, Don Michael Kraig, Ray Buckland and the coven lifestyle
4. William Shatner
5. Jack-o-lanterns
6. Strawmen - aka clothes stuffed with straw to look like people. I think I’ll make one this year!
7. The TV special It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
8. The Greenwich Village Halloween parade

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**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:** [October 7, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1267 "2010-10-07T16:16:05Z")

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Things you associate with Halloween

1. Candy corn
2. The song “The Monster Mash”
3. My whole neo-pagan/wiccan lifestyle, circa 1980 with the likes of Scott Cunningham, Don Michael Kraig, Ray Buckland and the coven lifestyle
4. William Shatner
5. Jack-o-lanterns
6. Strawmen - aka clothes stuffed with straw to look like people. I think I’ll make one this year!
7. The TV special It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
8. The Greenwich Village Halloween parade
9. _The Nightmare Before Christmas_

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**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:** [October 7, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1268 "2010-10-07T16:22:16Z")

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Things you associate with Halloween

1. Candy corn
2. The song “The Monster Mash”
3. My whole neo-pagan/wiccan lifestyle, circa 1980 with the likes of Scott Cunningham, Don Michael Kraig, Ray Buckland and the coven lifestyle
4. William Shatner
5. Jack-o-lanterns
6. Strawmen - aka clothes stuffed with straw to look like people. I think I’ll make one this year!
7. The TV special It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
8. The Greenwich Village Halloween parade
9. _The Nightmare Before Christmas_
10. [Various slutty costumes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yoZvDzRpe0&feature=related)

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1269 "2010-10-07T16:35:44Z")

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Things you associate with Halloween

1. Candy corn
2. The song “The Monster Mash”
3. My whole neo-pagan/wiccan lifestyle, circa 1980 with the likes of Scott Cunningham, Don Michael Kraig, Ray Buckland and the coven lifestyle
4. William Shatner
5. Jack-o-lanterns
6. Strawmen - aka clothes stuffed with straw to look like people. I think I’ll make one this year!
7. The TV special It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
8. The Greenwich Village Halloween parade
9. The Nightmare Before Christmas
10. Various slutty costumes
11. Unicef boxes and pennies

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**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:** [October 7, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1270 "2010-10-07T16:44:12Z")

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Things you associate with Halloween

1. Candy corn
2. The song “The Monster Mash”
3. My whole neo-pagan/wiccan lifestyle, circa 1980 with the likes of Scott Cunningham, Don Michael Kraig, Ray Buckland and the coven lifestyle
4. William Shatner
5. Jack-o-lanterns
6. Strawmen - aka clothes stuffed with straw to look like people. I think I’ll make one this year!
7. The TV special It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
8. The Greenwich Village Halloween parade
9. The Nightmare Before Christmas
10. Various slutty costumes
11. Unicef boxes and pennies
12. Dan Rather (it’s his birthday)

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**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:** [October 7, 2010, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1271 "2010-10-07T16:46:38Z")

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Things you associate with Halloween

1. Candy corn
2. The song “The Monster Mash”
3. My whole neo-pagan/wiccan lifestyle, circa 1980 with the likes of Scott Cunningham, Don Michael Kraig, Ray Buckland and the coven lifestyle
4. William Shatner
5. Jack-o-lanterns
6. Strawmen - aka clothes stuffed with straw to look like people. I think I’ll make one this year!
7. The TV special It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
8. The Greenwich Village Halloween parade
9. The Nightmare Before Christmas
10. Various slutty costumes
11. Unicef boxes and pennies
12. Dan Rather (it’s his birthday)
13. Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror episodes

Next: Since it’s so close to Halloween and we need a coven, 13 fictional witches (only one from each work, please)

1. Sabrina, the Teen-Age Witch

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1272 "2010-10-07T16:58:04Z")

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Next: Since it’s so close to Halloween and we need a coven, 13 fictional witches (only one from each work, please)

1. Sabrina, the Teen-Age Witch
2. Samantha Stevens

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1273 "2010-10-07T16:59:51Z")

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1.Sabrina the Teenage Witch  
2.Samantha Stevens  
3.Glinda the Good Witch of the North

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1274 "2010-10-07T17:00:26Z")

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Next: Since it’s so close to Halloween and we need a coven, 13 fictional witches (only one from each work, please)

1. Sabrina, the Teen-Age Witch
2. Samantha Stevens
3. Glinda the Good Witch of the North
4. The Wicked Witch of the West

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1275 "2010-10-07T17:04:05Z")

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13 fictional witches

1. Sabrina the Teenage Witch
2. Samantha Stevens
3. Glinda the Good Witch of the North
4. The Witch[sup]\*[/sup]

[sup]\*Connie Booth; turned her then-husband into a newt (though he got better). [/sup]

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**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:** [October 7, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1276 "2010-10-07T17:07:27Z")

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13 fictional witches (amended list):

1. Sabrina the Teenage Witch
2. Samantha Stevens
3. Glinda the Good Witch of the North
4. Elphaba from Wicked
5. The Witch\*
6. One of the Witches from MacBeth

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1277 "2010-10-07T17:12:21Z")

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13 fictional witches (amended list):

1. Sabrina the Teenage Witch
2. Samantha Stevens
3. Glinda the Good Witch of the North
4. Elphaba from Wicked
5. The Witch\*
6. One of the Witches from MacBeth
7. Endora (the Mother of all Mothers-in-law)

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**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:** [October 7, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1278 "2010-10-07T17:17:57Z")

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13 fictional witches (amended list):

1. Sabrina the Teenage Witch
2. Samantha Stevens
3. Glinda the Good Witch of the North
4. Elphaba from Wicked
5. The Witch\*
6. One of the Witches from _MacBeth_
7. Endora (the Mother of all Mothers-in-law)
8. the Blair Witch

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1279 "2010-10-07T17:35:14Z")

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How funny is it that this list got bewitched?

Aren’t Endora and Samantha Stevens from the same show?

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**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:** [October 7, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1280 "2010-10-07T17:53:32Z")

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13 fictional witches (amended list):

1. Sabrina the Teenage Witch
2. Samantha Stevens
3. Glinda the Good Witch of the North
4. Elphaba from Wicked
5. The Witch\*
6. One of the Witches from _MacBeth_
7. Endora (the Mother of all Mothers-in-law)
8. the Blair Witch
9. Hermione Granger

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