# 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:** 74
**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 14, 2010, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1461 "2010-10-14T17:19:02Z")
Actors who’ve played Dr. Watson 1. Nigel Bruce 2. Jude Law 3. André Morell 4. [Vitaly Solomin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Solomin) ---
**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 14, 2010, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1462 "2010-10-14T17:21:41Z")
Actors who’ve played Dr. Watson 1. Nigel Bruce 2. Jude Law 3. André Morell 4. [Vitaly Solomin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Solomin) 5. Ben Kingsley ---
**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 14, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1463 "2010-10-14T19:46:06Z")
Actors who’ve played Dr. Watson 1. Nigel Bruce 2. Jude Law 3. André Morell 4. Vitaly Solomin 5. Ben Kingsley 6. Edward Hardwicke The best, IMHO (here with Jeremy Brett, also the best Holmes, IMHO): [![](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/08/article-1073989-01869543000004B0-234_468x410.jpg) ](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/08/article-1073989-01869543000004B0-234_468x410.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1464 "2010-10-15T02:09:19Z")
Actors who’ve played Dr. Watson 1. Nigel Bruce 2. Jude Law 3. André Morell 4. Vitaly Solomin 5. Ben Kingsley 6. Edward Hardwicke 7. [Thorley Walters](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorley_Walters) ---
**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 15, 2010, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1465 "2010-10-15T03:21:53Z")
Actors who’ve played Dr. Watson 1. Nigel Bruce 2. Jude Law 3. André Morell 4. Vitaly Solomin 5. Ben Kingsley 6. Edward Hardwicke 7. Thorley Walters 8. Edward Woodward ---
**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 15, 2010, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1466 "2010-10-15T05:06:14Z")
Actors who’ve played Dr. Watson 1. Nigel Bruce 2. Jude Law 3. André Morell 4. Vitaly Solomin 5. Ben Kingsley 6. Edward Hardwicke 7. Thorley Walters 8. Edward Woodward 9. James Mason ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1467 "2010-10-15T12:08:01Z")
Actors who’ve played Dr. Watson 1. Nigel Bruce 2. Jude Law 3. André Morell 4. Vitaly Solomin 5. Ben Kingsley 6. Edward Hardwicke 7. Thorley Walters 8. Edward Woodward 9. James Mason 10. Robert Duvall ---
**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 15, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1468 "2010-10-15T12:11:24Z")
Actors who’ve played Dr. Watson 1. Nigel Bruce 2. Jude Law 3. André Morell 4. Vitaly Solomin 5. Ben Kingsley 6. Edward Hardwicke 7. Thorley Walters 8. Edward Woodward 9. James Mason 10. Robert Duvall 11. Martin Freeman ---
**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 15, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1469 "2010-10-15T12:47:05Z")
Actors who’ve played Dr. Watson 1. Nigel Bruce 2. Jude Law 3. André Morell 4. Vitaly Solomin 5. Ben Kingsley 6. Edward Hardwicke 7. Thorley Walters 8. Edward Woodward 9. James Mason 10. Robert Duvall 11. Martin Freeman 12. Robert Duvall Next category: Noteworthy timepieces 1. Big Ben ---
**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 15, 2010, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1470 "2010-10-15T13:24:43Z")
Next category: Noteworthy timepieces 1. Big Ben 2. [Times Square clock](http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM15T0_Times_Square_Town_Clock_New_York_NY) ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1471 "2010-10-15T13:59:25Z")
Noteworthy timepieces 1. Big Ben 2. Times Square clock 3. [USNO Master Clock](http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/time/master-clock) ---
**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 15, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1472 "2010-10-15T14:05:09Z")
Noteworthy timepieces 1. Big Ben 2. [Times Square clock](http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM15T0_Times_Square_Town_Clock_New_York_NY) 3. [USNO Master Clock](http://www.usno.navy.mil/USNO/time/master-clock) 4. [The Persistence of Memory](http://www.virtualdali.com/assets/paintings/31PersistenceOfMemory.jpg) by Salvador Dali ---
**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 15, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1473 "2010-10-15T14:20:30Z")
1. Big Ben 2. Times Square clock 3. USNO Master Clock 4. The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali 5. Timex [“It takes a licking and keeps on ticking”](http://ialreadyhaveawatch.com/watch-articles/general/timex-watch-vintage-commercial-videos/) watch ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1474 "2010-10-15T14:29:23Z")
1. Big Ben 2. Times Square clock 3. USNO Master Clock 4. The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali 5. Timex [“It takes a licking and keeps on ticking”](http://ialreadyhaveawatch.com/watch-articles/general/timex-watch-vintage-commercial-videos/) watch 6. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s pocket watch, which stopped a shell fragment that might have killed him during the Gallipoli campaign ---
**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 15, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1475 "2010-10-15T16:10:02Z")
1. Big Ben 2. Times Square clock 3. USNO Master Clock 4. The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali 5. Timex [“It takes a licking and keeps on ticking”](http://ialreadyhaveawatch.com/watch-articles/general/timex-watch-vintage-commercial-videos/) watch 6. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s pocket watch, which stopped a shell fragment that might have killed him during the Gallipoli campaign 7. The Doomsday Clock in _Watchmen_ ---
**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 15, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1476 "2010-10-15T16:43:17Z")
Noteworthy timepieces 1. Big Ben 2. Times Square clock 3. USNO Master Clock 4. The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali 5. Timex “It takes a licking and keeps on ticking” watch 6. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s pocket watch, which stopped a shell fragment that might have killed him during the Gallipoli campaign 7. The Doomsday Clock in Watchmen 8. [Rathaus-Glockenspiel](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rathaus-Glockenspiel) I’m surprised to find out that after nearly 30 pages of this game, **Fried Dough Ho** is seemingly unfamiliar with the definition of the term “baker’s dozen”. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1477 "2010-10-15T17:03:16Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > I’m surprised to find out that after nearly 30 pages of this game, **Fried Dough Ho** is seemingly unfamiliar with the definition of the term “baker’s dozen”. As well as “no repetitions” ---
**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 15, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1478 "2010-10-15T17:23:34Z")
Actors who’ve played Dr. Watson 1. Nigel Bruce 2. Jude Law 3. André Morell 4. Vitaly Solomin 5. Ben Kingsley 6. Edward Hardwicke 7. Thorley Walters 8. Edward Woodward 9. James Mason 10. Robert Duvall 11. Martin Freeman 12. David Burke 13. Colin Blakely Okay, now back to the current list. Noteworthy timepieces 1. Big Ben 2. Times Square clock 3. USNO Master Clock 4. The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali 5. Timex “It takes a licking and keeps on ticking” watch 6. Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s pocket watch, which stopped a shell fragment that might have killed him during the Gallipoli campaign 7. The Doomsday Clock in Watchmen 8. Rathaus-Glockenspiel 9. [Erine Coolidge’s watch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kngBtoylIVM) ---
**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 15, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1479 "2010-10-15T17:37:45Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > > [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](#): > > > > I’m surprised to find out that after nearly 30 pages of this game, **Fried Dough Ho** is seemingly unfamiliar with the definition of the term “baker’s dozen”. > > As well as “no repetitions” Apologies - I went back to the OP and saw no definition or guidelines: > [@](#): > > A category is chosen and the list is copied and pasted into each post with a new thing added, one by each posting person, until 13 is reached. > > The person to add 13 then chooses another category and supplies the first one, etc. > > Please try to only choose categories that have, at least, 13 different answers. : p > > If the numbers get messed up due to people posting at the same time, use the edit button and try to fix it as best as possible. ---
**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 15, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/1480 "2010-10-15T17:42:26Z")
That first sentence of the OP is absolutely a guideline: make a list to 13. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=75)