# 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:** 701
**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:** [January 25, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14002 "2013-01-25T01:49:58Z")
Night sounds in the country. 1. Possum squeals 2. Owl hoots 3. Crickets 4. The wind 5. Coyote howls and screams 6. Drunk high schoolers in their pick up doing donuts in the parking lot of the local Wal-Mart 7. Cats caterwauling 8. [Limpkin](http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/limpkin/sounds) ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14003 "2013-01-25T02:01:35Z")
Night sounds in the country. 1. Possum squeals 2. Owl hoots 3. Crickets 4. The wind 5. Coyote howls and screams 6. Drunk high schoolers in their pick up doing donuts in the parking lot of the local Wal-Mart 7. Cats caterwauling 8. Limpkin 9. The rain ---
**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 25, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14004 "2013-01-25T02:57:18Z")
Night sounds in the country. 1. Possum squeals 2. Owl hoots 3. Crickets 4. The wind 5. Coyote howls and screams 6. Drunk high schoolers in their pick up doing donuts in the parking lot of the local Wal-Mart 7. Cats caterwauling 8. Limpkin 9. The rain 10. frogs ---
**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 25, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14005 "2013-01-25T03:12:25Z")
Night sounds in the country. 1. Possum squeals 2. Owl hoots 3. Crickets 4. The wind 5. Coyote howls and screams 6. Drunk high schoolers in their pick up doing donuts in the parking lot of the local Wal-Mart 7. Cats caterwauling 8. Limpkin 9. The rain 10. frogs 11. Locusts in the trees One of my favorite country summertime sounds. ---
**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 25, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14006 "2013-01-25T05:26:40Z")
Night sounds in the country. 1. Possum squeals 2. Owl hoots 3. Crickets 4. The wind 5. Coyote howls and screams 6. Drunk high schoolers in their pick up doing donuts in the parking lot of the local Wal-Mart 7. Cats caterwauling 8. Limpkin 9. The rain 10. frogs 11. Locusts in the trees 12. The rustle of leaves on the trees, blowing in the breeze ---
**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:** [January 25, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14007 "2013-01-25T15:55:00Z")
Night sounds in the country. 1. Possum squeals 2. Owl hoots 3. Crickets 4. The wind 5. Coyote howls and screams 6. Drunk high schoolers in their pick up doing donuts in the parking lot of the local Wal-Mart 7. Cats caterwauling 8. Limpkin 9. The rain 10. frogs 11. Locusts in the trees 12. The rustle of leaves on the trees, blowing in the breeze 13. The far off sound of a dog barking In honor of my latest obsession: Doctor Who companions: 1. Martha Jones ---
**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 25, 2013, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14008 "2013-01-25T15:58:50Z")
Doctor Who companions: 1. Martha Jones 2. Donna Noble ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14009 "2013-01-25T18:12:57Z")
Doctor Who companions: 1. Martha Jones 2. Donna Noble 3. Sarah Jane Smith ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14010 "2013-01-25T18:36:23Z")
People. There are _only_ 14,000 posts, that’s not a lot to keep track of. This was just done in September: > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Doctor Who Companions > > 1. Rose Tyler > 2. Amy Pond > 3. Donna Noble > 4. Romana > 5. Susan Foreman > 6. Sarah Jane Smith > 7. Mel > 8. Nyssa > 9. Tegan Jovanka > 10. Liz Shaw > 11. River Song > 12. Barbara Wright > 13. Rory Williams Have there been enough repeats to make a category of repeats? 1. Doctor Who companions …and when will there be enough repeats to have a thread solely of repeat collection threads? ---
**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:** [January 25, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14011 "2013-01-25T18:45:36Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > People. There are _only_ 14,000 posts, that’s not a lot to keep track of. This was just done in September: > > Have there been enough repeats to make a category of repeats? > > 1. Doctor Who companions > > …and when will there be enough repeats to have a thread solely of repeat collection threads? Fine. Sheesh. It’s not like there haven’t been other repeats. If somebody else wants to come up with one, go for it. Since it was my category, my only request is that it’s something quick (which leaves out “repeat threads”) and not about sports. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14012 "2013-01-25T19:01:05Z")
Star Trek: TOS Episode Names: 1. And The Children Shall Lead ---
**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:** [January 25, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14013 "2013-01-25T19:05:16Z")
Star Trek: TOS Episode Names: 1. And The Children Shall Lead 2. Journey to Babel ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14014 "2013-01-25T20:05:58Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > Fine. Sheesh. It’s not like there haven’t been other repeats. If somebody else wants to come up with one, go for it. Since it was my category, my only request is that it’s something quick (which leaves out “repeat threads”) and not about sports. Oops, sorry about the lack of smileys in my post. I was more marvelling at the overall post-count than anything. 🙂 Star Trek: TOS Episode Names: 1. And The Children Shall Lead 2. Journey to Babel 3. The Doomsday Machine: AKA _[Attack of the Giant Doobie](https://www.google.com/images?q=The+Doomsday+Machine&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=%7Bmoz:distributionID%7D:%7Bmoz:locale%7D:%7Bmoz:official%7D&biw=1788&bih=1032&sei=V-UCUem-B8qp0AHD1oB4)_ ---
**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 25, 2013, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14015 "2013-01-25T20:42:28Z")
Star Trek: TOS Episode Names: 1. And The Children Shall Lead 2. Journey to Babel 3. The Doomsday Machine: AKA _[Attack of the Giant Doobie](https://www.google.com/images?q=The+Doomsday+Machine&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=%7Bmoz:distributionID%7D:%7Bmoz:locale%7D:%7Bmoz:official%7D&biw=1788&bih=1032&sei=V-UCUem-B8qp0AHD1oB4)_ 4. The Devil in the Dark ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14016 "2013-01-25T20:45:17Z")
Star Trek: TOS Episode Names: 1. And The Children Shall Lead 2. Journey to Babel 3. The Doomsday Machine: AKA Attack of the Giant Doobie 4. The Devil in the Dark 5. Arena (Kirk vs. the reptilian Gorn) ---
**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:** [January 25, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14017 "2013-01-25T20:53:42Z")
Star Trek: TOS Episode Names: 1. And The Children Shall Lead 2. Journey to Babel 3. The Doomsday Machine: AKA Attack of the Giant Doobie 4. The Devil in the Dark 5. Arena (Kirk vs. the reptilian Gorn) 6. The Deadly Years (Corbomite Returns!) ---
**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 25, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14018 "2013-01-25T20:54:28Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Arena (Kirk vs. the reptilian Gorn) I was thinking about picking that one myself. A good episode and an example of an adaptation that is better than its source material. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14019 "2013-01-25T21:11:45Z")
Star Trek: TOS Episode Names: 1. And The Children Shall Lead 2. Journey to Babel 3. The Doomsday Machine: AKA Attack of the Giant Doobie 4. The Devil in the Dark 5. Arena (Kirk vs. the reptilian Gorn) 6. The Deadly Years (Corbomite Returns!) 7. Tomorrow is Yesterday ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14020 "2013-01-25T22:16:58Z")
]Star Trek: TOS Episode Names: 1. And The Children Shall Lead 2. Journey to Babel 3. The Doomsday Machine: AKA Attack of the Giant Doobie 4. The Devil in the Dark 5. Arena (Kirk vs. the reptilian Gorn) 6. The Deadly Years (Corbomite Returns!) 7. Tomorrow is Yesterday 8. The Trouble With Tribbles ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14021 "2013-01-25T22:48:54Z")
Star Trek: TOS Episode Names: 1. And The Children Shall Lead 2. Journey to Babel 3. The Doomsday Machine: AKA Attack of the Giant Doobie 4. The Devil in the Dark 5. Arena (Kirk vs. the reptilian Gorn) 6. The Deadly Years (Corbomite Returns!) 7. Tomorrow is Yesterday 8. The Trouble With Tribbles 9. City On The Edge Of Forever (or, as I like to think of it, the inspiration for _Stargate_) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=700) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=702)