# 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:** 743
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14842 "2013-03-17T07:15:09Z")
Bad ways to celebrate St Patrick’s Day 1. Lucky Charms for all 2. A cold shower with Irish Spring soap 3. Sharing Irish Whiskey with Mel Gibson 4. Chugging potatoes 5. Drunken bagpipe lessons 6. Green beer bongs 7. Green dye in the holy water at mass ---
**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 17, 2013, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14843 "2013-03-17T10:56:49Z")
Bad ways to celebrate St Patrick’s Day 1. Lucky Charms for all 2. A cold shower with Irish Spring soap 3. Sharing Irish Whiskey with Mel Gibson 4. Chugging potatoes 5. Drunken bagpipe lessons 6. Green beer bongs 7. Green dye in the holy water at mass 8. Riverdancing with the altar boys ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14844 "2013-03-17T11:36:08Z")
Bad ways to celebrate St Patrick’s Day 1. Lucky Charms for all 2. A cold shower with Irish Spring soap 3. Sharing Irish Whiskey with Mel Gibson 4. Chugging potatoes 5. Drunken bagpipe lessons 6. Green beer bongs 7. Green dye in the holy water at mass 8. Riverdancing with the altar boys 9. wear orange ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14845 "2013-03-17T12:08:27Z")
Bad ways to celebrate St Patrick’s Day 1. Lucky Charms for all 2. A cold shower with Irish Spring soap 3. Sharing Irish Whiskey with Mel Gibson 4. Chugging potatoes 5. Drunken bagpipe lessons 6. Green beer bongs 7. Green dye in the holy water at mass 8. Riverdancing with the altar boys 9. wear orange 10 March down Fifth Avenue waving the Union Jack ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14846 "2013-03-17T12:47:13Z")
Bad ways to celebrate St Patrick’s Day 1. Lucky Charms for all 2. A cold shower with Irish Spring soap 3. Sharing Irish Whiskey with Mel Gibson 4. Chugging potatoes 5. Drunken bagpipe lessons 6. Green beer bongs 7. Green dye in the holy water at mass 8. Riverdancing with the altar boys 9. wear orange 10. March down Fifth Avenue waving the Union Jack 11. Top McDonald’s shamrock shake with Guinness for a St Pat’s half-and-half. So wrong. ---
**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 17, 2013, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14847 "2013-03-17T13:52:13Z")
Bad ways to celebrate St Patrick’s Day 1. Lucky Charms for all 2. A cold shower with Irish Spring soap 3. Sharing Irish Whiskey with Mel Gibson 4. Chugging potatoes 5. Drunken bagpipe lessons 6. Green beer bongs 7. Green dye in the holy water at mass 8. Riverdancing with the altar boys 9. wear orange 10. March down Fifth Avenue waving the Union Jack 11. Top McDonald’s shamrock shake with Guinness for a St Pat’s half-and-half. So wrong. 12. Eating the last slice of leftover corned beef from last year’s St Patrick’s Day ---
**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 17, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14848 "2013-03-17T13:54:57Z")
Bad ways to celebrate St Patrick’s Day 1. Lucky Charms for all 2. A cold shower with Irish Spring soap 3. Sharing Irish Whiskey with Mel Gibson 4. Chugging potatoes 5. Drunken bagpipe lessons 6. Green beer bongs 7. Green dye in the holy water at mass 8. Riverdancing with the altar boys 9. wear orange 10. March down Fifth Avenue waving the Union Jack 11. Top McDonald’s shamrock shake with Guinness for a St Pat’s half-and-half. So wrong. 12. Eating the last slice of leftover corned beef from last year’s St Patrick’s Day 13. Taking your friend the leprechaun out on the town for a night of unabashed debauchery Things you like best about spring 1. New birds almost every single day! ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14849 "2013-03-17T13:57:19Z")
Things you like best about spring 1. New birds almost every single day! 2. The end of high season for cruise ships. I can actually walk downtown! ---
**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 17, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14850 "2013-03-17T14:01:32Z")
Things you like best about spring 1. New birds almost every single day! 2. The end of high season for cruise ships. I can actually walk downtown! 3. Baseball starts ---
**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 17, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14851 "2013-03-17T14:05:39Z")
Things you like best about spring 1. New birds almost every single day! 2. The end of high season for cruise ships. I can actually walk downtown! 3. Baseball starts 4. Women start wearing shorts and mini-skirts ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14852 "2013-03-17T14:40:55Z")
Things you like best about spring 1. New birds almost every single day! 2. The end of high season for cruise ships. I can actually walk downtown! 3. Baseball starts 4. Women start wearing shorts and mini-skirts 5. leaving the jacket at home ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14853 "2013-03-17T16:13:40Z")
Things you like best about spring 1. New birds almost every single day! 2. The end of high season for cruise ships. I can actually walk downtown! 3. Baseball starts 4. Women start wearing shorts and mini-skirts 5. leaving the jacket at home 6. The sun seems so much warmer ---
**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 17, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14854 "2013-03-17T17:08:22Z")
Things you like best about spring 1. New birds almost every single day! 2. The end of high season for cruise ships. I can actually walk downtown! 3. Baseball starts 4. Women start wearing shorts and mini-skirts 5. leaving the jacket at home 6. The sun seems so much warmer 7. Walking in spring snowstorms, knowing the snow will melt in a day or two. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14855 "2013-03-17T17:12:49Z")
Things you like best about spring 1. New birds almost every single day! 2. The end of high season for cruise ships. I can actually walk downtown! 3. Baseball starts 4. Women start wearing shorts and mini-skirts 5. leaving the jacket at home 6. The sun seems so much warmer 7. Walking in spring snowstorms, knowing the snow will melt in a day or two 8. Hunting for tadpoles, crawdads and lizards with my son ---
**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:** [March 17, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14856 "2013-03-17T20:29:59Z")
Things you like best about spring 1. New birds almost every single day! 2. The end of high season for cruise ships. I can actually walk downtown! 3. Baseball starts 4. Women start wearing shorts and mini-skirts 5. leaving the jacket at home 6. The sun seems so much warmer 7. Walking in spring snowstorms, knowing the snow will melt in a day or two 8. Hunting for tadpoles, crawdads and lizards with my son 9. Flowers, especially tulips. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2013, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14857 "2013-03-17T20:33:50Z")
Things you like best about spring 1. New birds almost every single day! 2. The end of high season for cruise ships. I can actually walk downtown! 3. Baseball starts 4. Women start wearing shorts and mini-skirts 5. leaving the jacket at home 6. The sun seems so much warmer 7. Walking in spring snowstorms, knowing the snow will melt in a day or two 8. Hunting for tadpoles, crawdads and lizards with my son 9. Flowers, especially tulips. 10. the yummy smell of grill-outs in the neighbors’ yards ---
**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 17, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14858 "2013-03-17T20:44:37Z")
Things you like best about spring 1. New birds almost every single day! 2. The end of high season for cruise ships. I can actually walk downtown! 3. Baseball starts 4. Women start wearing shorts and mini-skirts 5. leaving the jacket at home 6. The sun seems so much warmer 7. Walking in spring snowstorms, knowing the snow will melt in a day or two 8. Hunting for tadpoles, crawdads and lizards with my son 9. Flowers, especially tulips. 10. the yummy smell of grill-outs in the neighbors’ yards 11. The [grackles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great-tailed_Grackle) leave their wintering spots (the local grocery stores and Walmarts) to go bother somebody else (Actually, we love the grackles, but damn are they loud!) ---
**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 17, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14859 "2013-03-17T21:29:43Z")
Things you like best about spring 1. New birds almost every single day! 2. The end of high season for cruise ships. I can actually walk downtown! 3. Baseball starts 4. Women start wearing shorts and mini-skirts 5. leaving the jacket at home 6. The sun seems so much warmer 7. Walking in spring snowstorms, knowing the snow will melt in a day or two 8. Hunting for tadpoles, crawdads and lizards with my son 9. Flowers, especially tulips. 10. the yummy smell of grill-outs in the neighbors’ yards 11. The grackles leave their wintering spots (the local grocery stores and Walmarts) to go bother somebody else 12. All the fucking snow is gone ---
**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 17, 2013, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14860 "2013-03-17T21:41:15Z")
Things you like best about spring 1. New birds almost every single day! 2. The end of high season for cruise ships. I can actually walk downtown! 3. Baseball starts 4. Women start wearing shorts and mini-skirts 5. leaving the jacket at home 6. The sun seems so much warmer 7. Walking in spring snowstorms, knowing the snow will melt in a day or two 8. Hunting for tadpoles, crawdads and lizards with my son 9. Flowers, especially tulips. 10. the yummy smell of grill-outs in the neighbors’ yards 11. The grackles leave their wintering spots (the local grocery stores and Walmarts) to go bother somebody else 12. All the fucking snow is gone 13. That it lasts about 8 months (October-May) here in San Antonio :d&r: New Topic: Favorite (or random) Baker’s Dozen topics (with links to last list, if you care) 1. [Straights who have played “teh gay”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12821202&postcount=340) ---
**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 18, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/14861 "2013-03-18T04:07:39Z")
Favorite (or random) Baker’s Dozen topics (with links to last list, if you care) 1. [Straights who have played “teh gay”](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12821202&postcount=340) 2. [Extreme sports you always secretly wanted to try, but are too scared to actually go and attempt](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=15614739#post15614739) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=742) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=744)