# 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:** 697
**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:** [January 11, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13922 "2013-01-11T02:01:40Z")
New Year’s resolutions it’s just as well you broke 1. Double my weight by MLK Day 2. Spend more time with strippers 3. Start smoking 4. Not take any more of my brother-in-law’s shit 5. Spend more time at work checking out porn sites. 6. Tell my coworker what I really think of him 7. Tell my boss what I really think of him 8. Tell every Doper what I really think of them ---
**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:** [January 11, 2013, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13923 "2013-01-11T07:17:29Z")
New Year’s resolutions it’s just as well you broke 1. Double my weight by MLK Day 2. Spend more time with strippers 3. Start smoking 4. Not take any more of my brother-in-law’s shit 5. Spend more time at work checking out porn sites. 6. Tell my coworker what I really think of him 7. Tell my boss what I really think of him 8. Tell every Doper what I really think of them 9. Avoid the post-New Year’s Eve hangover by staying drunk through the rest of 2013 ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13924 "2013-01-11T12:51:19Z")
New Year’s resolutions it’s just as well you broke 1. Double my weight by MLK Day 2. Spend more time with strippers 3. Start smoking 4. Not take any more of my brother-in-law’s shit 5. Spend more time at work checking out porn sites. 6. Tell my coworker what I really think of him 7. Tell my boss what I really think of him 8. Tell every Doper what I really think of them 9. Avoid the post-New Year’s Eve hangover by staying drunk through the rest of 2013 10. Coming in to work early - it doesn’t matter I still end up staying late. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2013, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13925 "2013-01-11T13:38:02Z")
New Year’s resolutions it’s just as well you broke 1. Double my weight by MLK Day 2. Spend more time with strippers 3. Start smoking 4. Not take any more of my brother-in-law’s shit 5. Spend more time at work checking out porn sites. 6. Tell my coworker what I really think of him 7. Tell my boss what I really think of him 8. Tell every Doper what I really think of them 9. Avoid the post-New Year’s Eve hangover by staying drunk through the rest of 2013 10. Coming in to work early - it doesn’t matter I still end up staying late. 11. Exercise less, be less active ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13926 "2013-01-11T13:41:33Z")
New Year’s resolutions it’s just as well you broke 1. Double my weight by MLK Day 2. Spend more time with strippers 3. Start smoking 4. Not take any more of my brother-in-law’s shit 5. Spend more time at work checking out porn sites. 6. Tell my coworker what I really think of him 7. Tell my boss what I really think of him 8. Tell every Doper what I really think of them 9. Avoid the post-New Year’s Eve hangover by staying drunk through the rest of 2013 10. Coming in to work early - it doesn’t matter I still end up staying late. 11. Exercise less, be less active 12. To be BFF with Lindsey Lohan ---
**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:** [January 11, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13927 "2013-01-11T18:14:09Z")
New Year’s resolutions it’s just as well you broke 1. Double my weight by MLK Day 2. Spend more time with strippers 3. Start smoking 4. Not take any more of my brother-in-law’s shit 5. Spend more time at work checking out porn sites. 6. Tell my coworker what I really think of him 7. Tell my boss what I really think of him 8. Tell every Doper what I really think of them 9. Avoid the post-New Year’s Eve hangover by staying drunk through the rest of 2013 10. Coming in to work early - it doesn’t matter I still end up staying late. 11. Exercise less, be less active 12. To be BFF with Lindsey Lohan 13. Watch more reality TV New category: Foreign movies with American remakes 1. _Let the Right One In_ (Sweden) and _Let Me In_ ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13928 "2013-01-11T19:12:35Z")
New category: Foreign movies with American remakes 1. _Let the Right One In_ (Sweden) and _Let Me In_ 2.\* [REC]\* (Spain) - _Quarantine (USA)_ ---
**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:** [January 11, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13929 "2013-01-11T19:44:42Z")
Foreign movies with American remakes 1. _Let the Right One In_ (Sweden) and _Let Me In_ 2.\* [REC]\* (Spain) - _Quarantine_ 2. _Abre los ochos_ (Spain) - _Vanilla Sky_ ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13930 "2013-01-11T20:02:37Z")
Foreign movies with American remakes 1. _Let the Right One In_ (Sweden) and _Let Me In_ 2.\* [REC]\* (Spain) - _Quarantine_ 2. _Abre los ochos_ (Spain) - _Vanilla Sky_ 3. \*\*\*The Seven Samurai \*\*\*(Japan) - remade as the Western _ **The Magnificent Seven** _ ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13931 "2013-01-11T20:20:46Z")
Foreign movies with American remakes 1. _Let the Right One In_ (Sweden) and _Let Me In_ 2.\* [REC]\* (Spain) - _Quarantine_ 2. _Abre los ochos_ (Spain) - _Vanilla Sky_ 3. \*\*\*The Seven Samurai \*\*\*(Japan) - remade as the Western _ **The Magnificent Seven** _ 4. **The Wages of Fear** (France) - **Sorcerer**. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13932 "2013-01-11T21:31:29Z")
Foreign movies with American remakes 1. _Let the Right One In_ (Sweden) and _Let Me In_ 2.\* [REC]\* (Spain) - _Quarantine_ 2. _Abre los ochos_ (Spain) - _Vanilla Sky_ 3. \*\*\*The Seven Samurai \*\*\*(Japan) - remade as the Western _ **The Magnificent Seven** _ 4. **The Wages of Fear** (France) - **Sorcerer**. 5. **Smiles on a Summer’s Night** (Sweden) - A Little Night Music ---
**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:** [January 11, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13933 "2013-01-11T22:31:03Z")
Foreign movies with American remakes 1. _Let the Right One In_ (Sweden) and _Let Me In_ 2.\* [REC]\* (Spain) - _Quarantine_ 2. _Abre los ochos_ (Spain) - _Vanilla Sky_ 3. \*\*\*The Seven Samurai \*\*\*(Japan) - remade as the Western _ **The Magnificent Seven** _ 4. **The Wages of Fear** (France) - **Sorcerer**. 5. **Smiles on a Summer’s Night** (Sweden) - A Little Night Music 6. _La Femme Nikita_ (France) - _Point of No Return_ ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13934 "2013-01-11T23:55:12Z")
Foreign movies with American remakes 1. Let the Right One In (Sweden) and Let Me In 2. [REC] (Spain) - Quarantine 3. Abre los ochos (Spain) - Vanilla Sky 4. The Seven Samurai (Japan) - remade as the Western The Magnificent Seven 5. The Wages of Fear (France) - Sorcerer. 6. Smiles on a Summer’s Night (Sweden) - A Little Night Music 7. La Femme Nikita (France) - Point of No Return 8. La Cage aux Folles (French-Italian) - The Birdcage ---
**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:** [January 12, 2013, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13935 "2013-01-12T04:19:35Z")
Foreign movies with American remakes 1. _Let the Right One In_ (Sweden) and _Let Me In_ 2. \*[REC] \*(Spain) - _Quarantine_ 3. _Abre los ochos_ (Spain) - _Vanilla Sky_ 4. _The Seven Samurai_ (Japan) - remade as the Western _The Magnificent Seven_ 5. _The Wages of Fear_ (France) - _Sorcerer_ 6. \*Smiles on a Summer’s Night \*(Sweden) - _A Little Night Music_ 7. _La Femme Nikita_ (France) - _Point of No Return_ 8. _La Cage aux Folles_ (French-Italian) - _The Birdcage_ 9. _Spoorloos_ (Holland) - _The Vanishing_ ---
**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:** [January 12, 2013, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13936 "2013-01-12T04:21:55Z")
Foreign movies with American remakes 1. Let the Right One In (Sweden) - Let Me In 2. [REC] (Spain) - Quarantine 3. Abre los ochos (Spain) - Vanilla Sky 4. The Seven Samurai (Japan) - remade as the Western The Magnificent Seven 5. The Wages of Fear (France) - Sorcerer. 6. Smiles on a Summer’s Night (Sweden) - A Little Night Music 7. La Femme Nikita (France) - Point of No Return 8. La Cage aux Folles (French-Italian) - The Birdcage 9. Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong) - The Departed ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13937 "2013-01-12T05:48:53Z")
Foreign movies with American remakes 1. Let the Right One In (Sweden) - Let Me In 2. [REC] (Spain) - Quarantine 3. Abre los ochos (Spain) - Vanilla Sky 4. The Seven Samurai (Japan) - remade as the Western The Magnificent Seven 5. The Wages of Fear (France) - Sorcerer. 6. Smiles on a Summer’s Night (Sweden) - A Little Night Music 7. La Femme Nikita (France) - Point of No Return 8. La Cage aux Folles (French-Italian) - The Birdcage 9. Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong) - The Departed 10. \*\*\*The Return of Martin Guerre \*\*\*(France) remade as _ **Sommersby** _ ---
**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:** [January 12, 2013, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13938 "2013-01-12T08:15:54Z")
Foreign movies with American remakes 1. _Let the Right One In_ (Sweden) -\* Let Me In \* 2. \*[REC] \*(Spain) - _Quarantine_ 3. _Abre los ochos_ (Spain) - _Vanilla Sky_ 4. _The Seven Samurai_ (Japan) - remade as the Western _The Magnificent Seven_ 5. \*The Wages of Fear \*(France) - _Sorcerer_ 6. _Smiles on a Summer’s Night_ (Sweden) - _A Little Night Music_ 7. _La Femme Nikita_ (France) - \*Point of No Return \* 8. _La Cage aux Folles_ (French-Italian) - _The Birdcage_ 9. _Spoorloos_ (Holland) - _The Vanishing_ 10. _Infernal Affairs_ (Hong Kong) - _The Departed_ 11. \*The Return of Martin Guerre \*(France) remade as _Sommersby_ 12. _A Tale of Two Sisters_ (South Korea) - _The Uninvited_ (We missed one.) ---
**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:** [January 12, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13939 "2013-01-12T15:25:27Z")
Foreign movies with American remakes 1. _Let the Right One In_ (Sweden) -\* Let Me In \* 2. \*[REC] \*(Spain) - _Quarantine_ 3. _Abre los ochos_ (Spain) - _Vanilla Sky_ 4. _The Seven Samurai_ (Japan) - remade as the Western _The Magnificent Seven_ 5. \*The Wages of Fear \*(France) - _Sorcerer_ 6. _Smiles on a Summer’s Night_ (Sweden) - _A Little Night Music_ 7. _La Femme Nikita_ (France) - \*Point of No Return \* 8. _La Cage aux Folles_ (French-Italian) - _The Birdcage_ 9. _Spoorloos_ (Holland) - _The Vanishing_ 10. _Infernal Affairs_ (Hong Kong) - _The Departed_ 11. \*The Return of Martin Guerre \*(France) remade as _Sommersby_ 12. _A Tale of Two Sisters_ (South Korea) - _The Uninvited_ 13. _Ringu_ (Japan) - _The Ring_ My category, so I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13940 "2013-01-12T17:57:23Z")
New category: Heisman Trophy Winners Who Were Busts in the NFL 1. Andre Ware ---
**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:** [January 12, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13941 "2013-01-12T18:24:55Z")
New category: Heisman Trophy Winners Who Were Busts in the NFL 1. Andre Ware 2. Rashan Salaam [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=696) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=698)