# 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\
**Page:** 677

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13522 "2012-11-29T23:10:23Z")

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Fictional characters and their favorite drinks:

1. James Bond - vodka martini, shaken and not stirred
2. Cary Granite - Rocks on the rocks, and put that in a dirty glass (Flintstones)
3. Little Joe - whiskey
4. Sheldon Cooper on Big Bang - Nestle’s Strawberry Quik
5. Heath Barkley - beer
6. James T. Kirk - Saurian brandy
7. Zaphod Beeblebrox - Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster
8. The Dude (Big Lebowski) - White Russian
9. Captain Jean-Luc Picard - Tea, Earl Grey, Hot.

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**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 29, 2012, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13523 "2012-11-29T23:57:46Z")

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Fictional characters and their favorite drinks:

1. James Bond - vodka martini, shaken and not stirred
2. Cary Granite - Rocks on the rocks, and put that in a dirty glass (Flintstones)
3. Little Joe - whiskey
4. Sheldon Cooper on Big Bang - Nestle’s Strawberry Quik
5. Heath Barkley - beer
6. James T. Kirk - Saurian brandy
7. Zaphod Beeblebrox - Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster
8. The Dude (Big Lebowski) - White Russian
9. Captain Jean-Luc Picard - Tea, Earl Grey, Hot.
10. Scotty - Scotch

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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:** [November 30, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13524 "2012-11-30T00:00:26Z")

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Fictional characters and their favorite drinks:

1. James Bond - vodka martini, shaken and not stirred
2. Cary Granite - Rocks on the rocks, and put that in a dirty glass (Flintstones)
3. Little Joe - whiskey
4. Sheldon Cooper on Big Bang - Nestle’s Strawberry Quik
5. Heath Barkley - beer
6. James T. Kirk - Saurian brandy
7. Zaphod Beeblebrox - Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster
8. The Dude (Big Lebowski) - White Russian
9. Captain Jean-Luc Picard - Tea, Earl Grey, Hot.
10. Scotty - Scotch
11. Snoopy - Root Beer

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**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 30, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13525 "2012-11-30T00:02:51Z")

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Fictional characters and their favorite drinks:

1. James Bond - vodka martini, shaken and not stirred
2. Cary Granite - Rocks on the rocks, and put that in a dirty glass (Flintstones)
3. Little Joe - whiskey
4. Sheldon Cooper on Big Bang - Nestle’s Strawberry Quik
5. Heath Barkley - beer
6. James T. Kirk - Saurian brandy
7. Zaphod Beeblebrox - Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster
8. The Dude (Big Lebowski) - White Russian
9. Captain Jean-Luc Picard - Tea, Earl Grey, Hot.
10. Scotty - Scotch
11. Dr. Julian Bashir - Tarkalean tea

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**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13526 "2012-11-30T00:50:20Z")

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Fictional characters and their favorite drinks:

1. James Bond - vodka martini, shaken and not stirred
2. Cary Granite - Rocks on the rocks, and put that in a dirty glass (Flintstones)
3. Little Joe - whiskey
4. Sheldon Cooper on Big Bang - Nestle’s Strawberry Quik
5. Heath Barkley - beer
6. James T. Kirk - Saurian brandy
7. Zaphod Beeblebrox - Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster
8. The Dude (Big Lebowski) - White Russian
9. Captain Jean-Luc Picard - Tea, Earl Grey, Hot.
10. Scotty - Scotch
11. Snoopy - Root Beer
12. Dr. Julian Bashir - Tarkalean tea
13. Worf - Prune Juice “A Warrior’s Drink”

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Least favorite Holiday tradition

1. Secret Santa/Office Grab Bag

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**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 30, 2012, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13527 "2012-11-30T01:09:43Z")

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Least favorite Holiday tradition

1. Secret Santa/Office Grab Bag
2. Black Friday

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13528 "2012-11-30T01:39:49Z")

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Least favorite Holiday tradition

1. Secret Santa/Office Grab Bag
2. Black Friday
3. Stollen

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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:** [November 30, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13529 "2012-11-30T02:13:48Z")

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Least favorite Holiday tradition

1. Secret Santa/Office Grab Bag
2. Black Friday
3. Stollen
4. Christmas (everything, except getting the day off of work)

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**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13530 "2012-11-30T02:39:35Z")

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Least favorite Holiday tradition

1. Secret Santa/Office Grab Bag
2. Black Friday
3. Stollen
4. Christmas (everything, except getting the day off of work)
5. Everyone else snogging under the misteltoe while I sit in the corner drinking and crying

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**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 30, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13531 "2012-11-30T02:45:56Z")

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Least favorite Holiday tradition

1. Secret Santa/Office Grab Bag
2. Black Friday
3. Stollen
4. Christmas (everything, except getting the day off of work)
5. Everyone else snogging under the misteltoe while I sit in the corner drinking and crying
6. Me watching JessMagic drinking and crying, when she could be laughing, drinking and snogging with me.

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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:** [November 30, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13532 "2012-11-30T02:51:06Z")

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Least favorite Holiday tradition

1. Secret Santa/Office Grab Bag
2. Black Friday
3. Stollen
4. Christmas (everything, except getting the day off of work)
5. Everyone else snogging under the misteltoe while I sit in the corner drinking and crying
6. Me watching JessMagic drinking and crying, when she could be laughing, drinking and snogging with me.
7. Undesired weight gain

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**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13533 "2012-11-30T03:17:11Z")

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Least favorite Holiday tradition

1. Secret Santa/Office Grab Bag
2. Black Friday
3. Stollen
4. Christmas (everything, except getting the day off of work)
5. Everyone else snogging under the misteltoe while I sit in the corner drinking and crying
6. Me watching JessMagic drinking and crying, when she could be laughing, drinking and snogging with me.
7. Undesired weight gain
8. The inevitable fallout from telling the person snogging me that I’m actually a man, but thanks for the drink

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**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 30, 2012, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13534 "2012-11-30T03:44:06Z")

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Least favorite Holiday tradition

1. Secret Santa/Office Grab Bag
2. Black Friday
3. Stollen
4. Christmas (everything, except getting the day off of work)
5. Everyone else snogging under the misteltoe while I sit in the corner drinking and crying
6. Me watching JessMagic drinking and crying, when she could be laughing, drinking and snogging with me.
7. Undesired weight gain
8. The inevitable fallout from telling the person snogging me that I’m actually a man, but thanks for the drink

Ha Ha Ha… Fun times.

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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:** [November 30, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13535 "2012-11-30T04:29:42Z")

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Least favorite Holiday tradition

1. Secret Santa/Office Grab Bag
2. Black Friday
3. Stollen
4. Christmas (everything, except getting the day off of work)
5. Everyone else snogging under the misteltoe while I sit in the corner drinking and crying
6. Me watching JessMagic drinking and crying, when she could be laughing, drinking and snogging with me.
7. Undesired weight gain
8. The inevitable fallout from telling the person snogging me that I’m actually a man, but thanks for the drink
9. Awkward conversations with coworkers at office parties

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**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 30, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13536 "2012-11-30T04:37:01Z")

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Least favorite Holiday tradition

1. Secret Santa/Office Grab Bag
2. Black Friday
3. Stollen
4. Christmas (everything, except getting the day off of work)
5. Everyone else snogging under the misteltoe while I sit in the corner drinking and crying
6. Me watching JessMagic drinking and crying, when she could be laughing, drinking and snogging with me.
7. Undesired weight gain
8. The inevitable fallout from telling the person snogging me that I’m actually a man, but thanks for the drink
9. Awkward conversations with coworkers at office parties
10. Pot-fucking-lucks at work.

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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:** [November 30, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13537 "2012-11-30T04:39:09Z")

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> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#):
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> 1. Awkward conversations with coworkers at office parties

Or in Leaffan and JessMagic’s case, awkward conversations with coworkers the day after the office party.

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**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13538 "2012-11-30T04:42:29Z")

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Least favorite Holiday tradition

1. Secret Santa/Office Grab Bag

2. Black Friday

3. Stollen

4. Christmas (everything, except getting the day off of work)

5. Everyone else snogging under the misteltoe while I sit in the corner drinking and crying

6. Me watching JessMagic drinking and crying, when she could be laughing, drinking and snogging with me.

7. Undesired weight gain

8. The inevitable fallout from telling the person snogging me that I’m actually a man, but thanks for the drink

9. Awkward conversations with coworkers at office parties

10. Pot-fucking-lucks at work.

11. Guilting me in to donating to whatever pet cause my particular place of work has adopted. If it isn’t mandatory why did you send an email out with the names of all those who haven’t donated yet?

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**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 30, 2012, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13539 "2012-11-30T05:13:25Z")

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Least favorite Holiday tradition

1. Secret Santa/Office Grab Bag
2. Black Friday
3. Stollen
4. Christmas (everything, except getting the day off of work)
5. Everyone else snogging under the misteltoe while I sit in the corner drinking and crying
6. Me watching JessMagic drinking and crying, when she could be laughing, drinking and snogging with me.
7. Undesired weight gain
8. The inevitable fallout from telling the person snogging me that I’m actually a man, but thanks for the drink
9. Awkward conversations with coworkers at office parties
10. Pot-fucking-lucks at work.
11. Guilting me in to donating to whatever pet cause my particular place of work has adopted. If it isn’t mandatory why did you send an email out with the names of all those who haven’t donated yet?
12. Fruitcake

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**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 30, 2012, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13540 "2012-11-30T07:22:08Z")

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Least favorite Holiday tradition

1. Secret Santa/Office Grab Bag
2. Black Friday
3. Stollen
4. Christmas (everything, except getting the day off of work)
5. Everyone else snogging under the misteltoe while I sit in the corner drinking and crying
6. Me watching JessMagic drinking and crying, when she could be laughing, drinking and snogging with me.
7. Undesired weight gain
8. The inevitable fallout from telling the person snogging me that I’m actually a man, but thanks for the drink
9. Awkward conversations with coworkers at office parties
10. Pot-fucking-lucks at work.
11. Guilting me in to donating to whatever pet cause my particular place of work has adopted. If it isn’t mandatory why did you send an email out with the names of all those who haven’t donated yet?
12. Fruitcake
13. Too Much Stuff / Clutter / Things  
Next up -

Your Location for Your Early Childhood Holiday Memory(ies); “Location” can be city/town, someone’s house, a place, or what-have-you…

1. Latham, NY

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**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 30, 2012, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13541 "2012-11-30T11:47:43Z")

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Your Location for Your Early Childhood Holiday Memory(ies); “Location” can be city/town, someone’s house, a place, or what-have-you…

1. Latham, NY
2. Huntingdon, PA; my grandparents’ house

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