# 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:** 741
**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:** [March 14, 2013, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14802 "2013-03-14T19:52:07Z")
Favorite SDMB trainwreck threads (with links, if possible): 1. I’m not giving up my seat. (Movie theater seating debate) 2. The whole Umkay’s Death hoax 3. JOSH and damning suicides to hell 4. [Martin/Zimmerman: humble opinions and speculation thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648744) 5. [Should telemarketing be outlawed?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=49642), the thread that inspired Cervaise’s classic pit thread retort [The Telemarketer Speaks. I respond](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=51270), (which introduced to an adoring public the classic phrase “God’s Throbbing Prostate”). ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14803 "2013-03-14T19:53:50Z")
Favorite SDMB trainwreck threads (with links, if possible): 1. I’m not giving up my seat. (Movie theater seating debate) 2. The whole Umkay’s Death hoax 3. JOSH and damning suicides to hell 4. [Martin/Zimmerman: humble opinions and speculation thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=648744) 5. [Should telemarketing be outlawed?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=49642), the thread that inspired Cervaise’s classic pit thread retort [The Telemarketer Speaks. I respond](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=51270), (which introduced to an adoring public the classic phrase “God’s Throbbing Prostate”). 6. [Solosam pitting turns into lone cashew sock hunt!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=684733) ---
**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:** [March 14, 2013, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14804 "2013-03-14T20:00:55Z")
Favorite SDMB trainwreck threads (with links, if possible): 1. I’m not giving up my seat. (Movie theater seating debate) 2. The whole Umkay’s Death hoax 3. JOSH and damning suicides to hell 4. Martin/Zimmerman: humble opinions and speculation thread 5. Should telemarketing be outlawed?, the thread that inspired Cervaise’s classic pit thread retort The Telemarketer Speaks. I respond, (which introduced to an adoring public the classic phrase “God’s Throbbing Prostate”). 6. Solosam pitting turns into lone cashew sock hunt 7. [How do I keep IE from automatically chenging the text size?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=151356) ---
**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:** [March 14, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14805 "2013-03-14T20:05:32Z")
Favorite SDMB trainwreck threads (with links, if possible): 1. I’m not giving up my seat 2. The whole Umkay’s Death hoax 3. JOSH and damning suicides to hell 4. Martin/Zimmerman: humble opinions and speculation thread 5. Should telemarketing be outlawed? 6. Solosam pitting turns into lone cashew sock hunt 7. How do I keep IE from automatically chenging the text size? 8. Opal, what the fuck is your problem? May she rest in peace: [Opal, what the fuck is your problem? - The BBQ Pit - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=497698) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2013, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14806 "2013-03-14T20:18:46Z")
Favorite SDMB trainwreck threads (with links, if possible): 1. I’m not giving up my seat 2. The whole Umkay’s Death hoax 3. JOSH and damning suicides to hell 4. Martin/Zimmerman: humble opinions and speculation thread 5. Should telemarketing be outlawed? 6. Solosam pitting turns into lone cashew sock hunt 7. How do I keep IE from automatically chenging the text size? 8. Opal, what the fuck is your problem? 9. Abraham Lincoln: Who Did He Think He Was? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-95345.html](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/archive/index.php/t-95345.html) Not exactly a “train wreck,” really. More a silly concept from a flaky OP that quickly degenerated into inspired silliness. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14807 "2013-03-15T10:39:27Z")
Favorite SDMB trainwreck threads (with links, if possible): 1. I’m not giving up my seat 2. The whole Umkay’s Death hoax 3. JOSH and damning suicides to hell 4. Martin/Zimmerman: humble opinions and speculation thread 5. Should telemarketing be outlawed? 6. Solosam pitting turns into lone cashew sock hunt 7. How do I keep IE from automatically chenging the text size? 8. Opal, what the fuck is your problem? 9. Abraham Lincoln: Who Did He Think He Was? 10. Bakers Dozen? ([link](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=16099964#post16099964)) Not a train wreck, no sirree. But it is the longest SDMB thread going. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14808 "2013-03-15T14:05:50Z")
Favorite SDMB trainwreck threads (with links, if possible): 1. I’m not giving up my seat 2. The whole Umkay’s Death hoax 3. JOSH and damning suicides to hell 4. Martin/Zimmerman: humble opinions and speculation thread 5. Should telemarketing be outlawed? 6. Solosam pitting turns into lone cashew sock hunt 7. How do I keep IE from automatically chenging the text size? 8. Opal, what the fuck is your problem? 9. Abraham Lincoln: Who Did He Think He Was? 10. Bakers Dozen? 11. [It’s time to officially Pit Joe Paterno and the Penn State football program.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=630580) In which **Starving Artist** argues that Sandusky couldn’t have had penetrative sex with a minor in a shower stall, and as his “evidence”, asks male SDMB members to simulate the act by, er, the creative use of paper towel tubes. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14809 "2013-03-15T15:02:11Z")
Favorite SDMB trainwreck threads (with links, if possible): 1. I’m not giving up my seat 2. The whole Umkay’s Death hoax 3. JOSH and damning suicides to hell 4. Martin/Zimmerman: humble opinions and speculation thread 5. Should telemarketing be outlawed? 6. Solosam pitting turns into lone cashew sock hunt 7. How do I keep IE from automatically chenging the text size? 8. Opal, what the fuck is your problem? 9. Abraham Lincoln: Who Did He Think He Was? 10. Bakers Dozen? 11. It’s time to officially Pit Joe Paterno and the Penn State football program. 12. [Lying whore](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=366822) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14810 "2013-03-15T15:05:19Z")
Favorite SDMB trainwreck threads (with links, if possible): 1. I’m not giving up my seat 2. The whole Umkay’s Death hoax 3. JOSH and damning suicides to hell 4. Martin/Zimmerman: humble opinions and speculation thread 5. Should telemarketing be outlawed? 6. Solosam pitting turns into lone cashew sock hunt 7. How do I keep IE from automatically chenging the text size? 8. Opal, what the fuck is your problem? 9. Abraham Lincoln: Who Did He Think He Was? 10. Bakers Dozen? 11. It’s time to officially Pit Joe Paterno and the Penn State football program. 12. Lying whore 13. Silliest foodie trend [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=682582&page=2](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=682582&page=2) : devolved into an argument over the importance of adding iodine to salt Next: Types of Baker’s Dozen categories you hate 1. Things overheard at… (papal selection, Republican convention, etc.) ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14811 "2013-03-15T15:16:34Z")
Types of Baker’s Dozen categories you hate 1. Things overheard at… (papal selection, Republican convention, etc.) 2. Simpsons characters who appeared in only one episode ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14812 "2013-03-15T15:28:16Z")
Types of Baker’s Dozen categories you hate 1. Things overheard at… (papal selection, Republican convention, etc.) 2. Simpsons characters who appeared in only one episode 3. Piece of cake a dime-a-dozen categories that even a drooling recluse from civilization could contribute to. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14813 "2013-03-15T15:29:46Z")
Types of Baker’s Dozen categories you hate 1. Things overheard at… (papal selection, Republican convention, etc.) 2. Simpsons characters who appeared in only one episode 3. Piece of cake a dime-a-dozen categories that even a drooling recluse from civilization could contribute to. 4. Anything to do with sports, particularly baseball, and _especially_ particularly requiring the knowledge of obscure statistics or facts. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14814 "2013-03-15T16:16:47Z")
Types of Baker’s Dozen categories you hate 1. Things overheard at… (papal selection, Republican convention, etc.) 2. Simpsons characters who appeared in only one episode 3. Piece of cake a dime-a-dozen categories that even a drooling recluse from civilization could contribute to. 4. Anything to do with sports, particularly baseball, and especially particularly requiring the knowledge of obscure statistics or facts. 5. pretty much anything sports related ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14815 "2013-03-15T16:57:14Z")
Types of Baker’s Dozen categories you hate 1. Things overheard at… (papal selection, Republican convention, etc.) 2. Simpsons characters who appeared in only one episode 3. Piece of cake a dime-a-dozen categories that even a drooling recluse from civilization could contribute to. 4. Anything to do with sports, particularly baseball, and especially particularly requiring the knowledge of obscure statistics or facts. 5. pretty much anything sports related 6. Naming TV/book characters of shows/books I’ve never read I refuse to Google! Well, almost. 😉 ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14816 "2013-03-15T20:38:14Z")
Types of Baker’s Dozen categories you hate 1. Things overheard at… (papal selection, Republican convention, etc.) 2. Simpsons characters who appeared in only one episode 3. Piece of cake a dime-a-dozen categories that even a drooling recluse from civilization could contribute to. 4. Anything to do with sports, particularly baseball, and especially particularly requiring the knowledge of obscure statistics or facts. 5. pretty much anything sports related 6. Naming TV/book characters of shows/books I’ve never read 7. “Your personal favorite” categories that people can only honestly answer once and inevitably bog down ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14817 "2013-03-15T20:38:21Z")
Types of Baker’s Dozen categories you hate 1. Things overheard at… (papal selection, Republican convention, etc.) 2. Simpsons characters who appeared in only one episode 3. Piece of cake a dime-a-dozen categories that even a drooling recluse from civilization could contribute to. 4. Anything to do with sports, particularly baseball, and especially particularly requiring the knowledge of obscure statistics or facts. 5. Naming TV/book characters of shows/books I’ve never read 6. Anything dealing with politics. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14818 "2013-03-15T20:45:23Z")
I didn’t realize I’d duplicated the answer before mine (I posted too quickly, having read only the category), so I am amending mine instead of adding one; also, plugging in the one that was left out Types of Baker’s Dozen categories you hate 1. Things overheard at… (papal selection, Republican convention, etc.) 2. Simpsons characters who appeared in only one episode 3. Piece of cake a dime-a-dozen categories that even a drooling recluse from civilization could contribute to. 4. Anything to do with sports, particularly baseball, and especially particularly requiring the knowledge of obscure statistics or facts. 5. pretty much anything current literature related 6. Naming TV/book characters of shows/books I’ve never read 7. “Your personal favorite” categories that people can only honestly answer once and inevitably bog down 8. Anything dealing with politics. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14819 "2013-03-15T22:03:17Z")
Types of Baker’s Dozen categories you hate 1. Things overheard at… (papal selection, Republican convention, etc.) 2. Simpsons characters who appeared in only one episode 3. Piece of cake a dime-a-dozen categories that even a drooling recluse from civilization could contribute to. 4. Anything to do with sports, particularly baseball, and especially particularly requiring the knowledge of obscure statistics or facts. 5. pretty much anything current literature related 6. Naming TV/book characters of shows/books I’ve never read 7. “Your personal favorite” categories that people can only honestly answer once and inevitably bog down 8. Anything dealing with politics. 9. Any category that requires me to list things I hate ---
**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:** [March 16, 2013, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14820 "2013-03-16T00:39:24Z")
Types of Baker’s Dozen categories you hate 1. Things overheard at… (papal selection, Republican convention, etc.) 2. Simpsons characters who appeared in only one episode 3. Piece of cake a dime-a-dozen categories that even a drooling recluse from civilization could contribute to. 4. Anything to do with sports, particularly baseball, and especially particularly requiring the knowledge of obscure statistics or facts. 5. pretty much anything current literature related 6. Naming TV/book characters of shows/books I’ve never read 7. “Your personal favorite” categories that people can only honestly answer once and inevitably bog down 8. Anything dealing with politics. 9. Any category that requires me to list things I hate 10. Categories where you just look it up on Wikipedia and answer the first thirteen items they list ---
**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:** [March 16, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14821 "2013-03-16T02:40:37Z")
Types of Baker’s Dozen categories you hate 1. Things overheard at… (papal selection, Republican convention, etc.) 2. Simpsons characters who appeared in only one episode 3. Piece of cake a dime-a-dozen categories that even a drooling recluse from civilization could contribute to. 4. Anything to do with sports, particularly baseball, and especially particularly requiring the knowledge of obscure statistics or facts. 5. pretty much anything current literature related 6. Naming TV/book characters of shows/books I’ve never read 7. “Your personal favorite” categories that people can only honestly answer once and inevitably bog down 8. Anything dealing with politics. 9. Any category that requires me to list things I hate 10. Categories where you just look it up on Wikipedia and answer the first thirteen items they list 11. Any category that requires me to list things I hate TWICE [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=740) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=742)