# 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:** 656
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13102 "2012-11-04T04:38:10Z")
Female Literary Characters Who Committed Murder 1. Lady Macbeth 2. Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3. Dorothy Gale 4. Roxie Hart 5. Velma Kelly 6. Mary Maloney (from Roald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter”) 7. Brigid O’Shaughnessy (From Dashiell Hammett’s _ **The Maltese Falcon** _) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13103 "2012-11-04T12:59:10Z")
Female Literary Characters Who Committed Murder 1. Lady Macbeth 2. Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3. Dorothy Gale 4. Roxie Hart 5. Velma Kelly 6. Mary Maloney (from Roald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter”) 7. Brigid O’Shaughnessy (From Dashiell Hammett’s _ **The Maltese Falcon** _ 8. Medea (Jason’s wife; she killed her children) ---
**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:** [November 4, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13104 "2012-11-04T15:21:32Z")
Female Literary Characters Who Committed Murder 1. Lady Macbeth 2. Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3. Dorothy Gale 4. Roxie Hart 5. Velma Kelly 6. Mary Maloney (from Roald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter”) 7. Brigid O’Shaughnessy (From Dashiell Hammett’s _ **The Maltese Falcon** _ 8. Medea (Jason’s wife; she killed her children) 9. Kate Ames, _ **East of Eden** _ ---
**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:** [November 4, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13105 "2012-11-04T15:44:11Z")
Female Literary Characters Who Committed Murder 1. Lady Macbeth 2. Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3. Dorothy Gale 4. Roxie Hart 5. Velma Kelly 6. Mary Maloney (from Roald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter”) 7. Brigid O’Shaughnessy (From Dashiell Hammett’s _ **The Maltese Falcon** _) 8. Medea (Jason’s wife; she killed her children) 9. Kate Ames, _ **East of Eden** _ 10. Grendel’s mother ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13106 "2012-11-04T17:26:02Z")
Female Literary Characters Who Committed Murder 1. Lady Macbeth 2. Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3. Dorothy Gale 4. Roxie Hart 5. Velma Kelly 6. Mary Maloney (from Roald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter”) 7. Brigid O’Shaughnessy (From Dashiell Hammett’s _ **The Maltese Falcon** _) 8. Medea (Jason’s wife; she killed her children) 9. Kate Ames, _ **East of Eden** _ 10. Grendel’s mother 11. Clytemnestra (she killed hubby Agamemnon in the bathtub after his return from Troy). ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13107 "2012-11-04T19:26:03Z")
Female Literary Characters Who Committed Murder 1. Lady Macbeth 2. Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3. Dorothy Gale 4. Roxie Hart 5. Velma Kelly 6. Mary Maloney (from Roald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter”) 7. Brigid O’Shaughnessy (From Dashiell Hammett’s _ **The Maltese Falcon** _) 8. Medea (Jason’s wife; she killed her children) 9. Kate Ames, _ **East of Eden** _ 10. Grendel’s mother 11. Clytemnestra (she killed hubby Agamemnon in the bathtub after his return from Troy). 12. Goneril (from _King Lear_, who murders her sister.) ---
**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:** [November 4, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13108 "2012-11-04T20:44:54Z")
Female Literary Characters Who Committed Murder 1. Lady Macbeth 2. Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3. Dorothy Gale 4. Roxie Hart 5. Velma Kelly 6. Mary Maloney (from Roald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter”) 7. Brigid O’Shaughnessy (From Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon) 8. Medea (Jason’s wife; she killed her children) 9. Kate Ames, East of Eden 10. Grendel’s mother 11. Clytemnestra (she killed hubby Agamemnon in the bathtub after his return from Troy). 12. Goneril (from King Lear, who murders her sister.) 13. Salome, from the Oscar Wilde play of the same name [I’d say Dorothy Gale was guilty of witchslaughter, myself, but, moving on] Cool(est) wildlife you have ever seen very up close and personal: 1. Peregrine falcon ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13109 "2012-11-04T21:24:55Z")
Cool(est) wildlife you have ever seen very up close and personal: 1. Peregrine falcon 2. Sea turtles, swimming all around me at black sands beach on big island of Hawaii ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13110 "2012-11-05T01:16:11Z")
Cool(est) wildlife you have ever seen very up close and personal: 1. Peregrine falcon 2. Sea turtles, swimming all around me at black sands beach on big island of Hawaii 3. Canadian goose OFF I’m boring. 😉 Actually I was gonna say camel or horse but I realized those weren’t wild animals. If I see one of those red foxes in the shopping center that everyone says are there, that’ll be my new choice. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13111 "2012-11-05T01:44:38Z")
Cool(est) wildlife you have ever seen very up close and personal: 1. Peregrine falcon 2. Sea turtles, swimming all around me at black sands beach on big island of Hawaii 3. Canadian goose 4. Dolphins ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13112 "2012-11-05T01:45:29Z")
Cool(est) wildlife you have ever seen very up close and personal: 1. Peregrine falcon 2. Sea turtles, swimming all around me at black sands beach on big island of Hawaii 3. Canadian goose 4. Dolphins 5. Jellies which are _not_ fish, 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:** [November 5, 2012, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13113 "2012-11-05T03:01:52Z")
Cool(est) wildlife you have ever seen very up close and personal: 1. Peregrine falcon 2. Sea turtles 3. Canadian goose 4. Dolphins 5. Jellies 6. Brown bear While camping in northern New Mexico. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13114 "2012-11-05T03:11:31Z")
Cool(est) wildlife you have ever seen very up close and personal: 1. Peregrine falcon 2. Sea turtles 3. Canadian goose 4. Dolphins 5. Jellies 6. Brown bear 7. Fox. While camping in northern New Mexico. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13115 "2012-11-05T03:13:07Z")
Cool(est) wildlife you have ever seen very up close and personal: 1. Peregrine falcon 2. Sea turtles 3. Canadian goose 4. Dolphins 5. Jellies 6. Brown bear 7. Fox 8. Rattlesnake While training in central California. Had to kill it. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13116 "2012-11-05T14:23:18Z")
Cool(est) wildlife you have ever seen very up close and personal: 1. Peregrine falcon 2. Sea turtles 3. Canadian goose 4. Dolphins 5. Jellies 6. Brown bear 7. Fox 8. Rattlesnake 9. Deer. 3 of them. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13117 "2012-11-05T17:33:33Z")
Cool(est) wildlife you have ever seen very up close and personal: 1. Peregrine falcon 2. Sea turtles 3. Canadian goose 4. Dolphins 5. Jellies 6. Brown bear 7. Fox 8. Rattlesnake 9. Deer. 3 of them. 10. Humpback whales, breaching regularly very close by ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13118 "2012-11-05T17:57:34Z")
Cool(est) wildlife you have ever seen very up close and personal: 1. Peregrine falcon 2. Sea turtles 3. Canadian goose 4. Dolphins 5. Jellies 6. Brown bear 7. Fox 8. Rattlesnake 9. Deer. 3 of them. 10. Humpback whales, breaching regularly very close by 11. Ocelots I’ve been hugged by one, and played with babies. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13119 "2012-11-05T20:25:41Z")
Cool(est) wildlife you have ever seen very up close and personal: 1. Peregrine falcon 2. Sea turtles 3. Canadian goose 4. Dolphins 5. Jellies 6. Brown bear 7. Fox 8. Rattlesnake 9. Deer. 3 of them. 10. Humpback whales, breaching regularly very close by 11. Ocelots 12. Alligators (all the time when I lived in Florida) ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13120 "2012-11-05T21:28:12Z")
Cool(est) wildlife you have ever seen very up close and personal: 1. Peregrine falcon 2. Sea turtles 3. Canadian goose 4. Dolphins 5. Jellies 6. Brown bear 7. Fox 8. Rattlesnake 9. Deer. 3 of them. 10. Humpback whales, breaching regularly very close by 11. Ocelots 12. Alligators 13. Frogs Very big ones, mating in the creek near where I grew up. Next category: Favorite nonprofit groups 1. Cheetah Conservation Fund > **[Homepage • Cheetah Conservation Fund](https://cheetah.org/)** > > Founded in Namibia in 1990, The Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) is an international organization dedicated to saving the cheetah in the wild. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13121 "2012-11-05T21:38:39Z")
Favorite nonprofit groups 1. [Cheetah Conservation Fund](http://www.cheetah.org): Cheetah conservation 2. [ShelterBox](http://www.shelterboxusa.org/): Emergency shelter for disaster victims [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=655) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=657)