# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 760

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**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 27, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15182 "2013-03-27T20:15:46Z")

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Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies

1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees
2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World
3. Tip O’Neill in Dave
4. Howard Stern in Private Parts
5. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich.
6. Bill Murray in Zombieland
7. Bill Clinton in Contact
8. Dick Cavett in Forrest Gump (His 1994 self in wig and makeup actually was playing his 1971 self alongside Hanks and archive footage of Lennon.)
9. Troy Aikman in Jerry Maguire
10. Ray Charles in The Blues Brothers

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**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 27, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15183 "2013-03-27T20:20:47Z")

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Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies

1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees
2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World
3. Tip O’Neill in Dave
4. Howard Stern in Private Parts
5. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich.
6. Bill Murray in Zombieland
7. Bill Clinton in Contact
8. Dick Cavett in Forrest Gump
9. Troy Aikman in Jerry Maguire
10. Ray Charles in The Blues Brothers
11. Brett Favre in There’s Something About Mary

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15184 "2013-03-27T20:24:45Z")

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Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies

1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees
2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World
3. Tip O’Neill in Dave
4. Howard Stern in Private Parts
5. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich.
6. Bill Murray in Zombieland
7. Bill Clinton in Contact
8. Dick Cavett in Forrest Gump
9. Troy Aikman in Jerry Maguire
10. Ray Charles in The Blues Brothers
11. Brett Favre in There’s Something About Mary
12. Alex Trebek in White Men Can’t Jump

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**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 27, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15185 "2013-03-27T20:24:58Z")

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Celebrities Who Played Themselves in Movies

1. Babe Ruth in Pride of the Yankees
2. Alice Cooper in Wayne’s World
3. Tip O’Neill in Dave
4. Howard Stern in Private Parts
5. John Malkovich in Being John Malkovich.
6. Bill Murray in Zombieland
7. Bill Clinton in Contact
8. Dick Cavett in Forrest Gump
9. Troy Aikman in Jerry Maguire
10. Ray Charles in The Blues Brothers
11. Brett Favre in There’s Something About Mary
12. Alex Trebek in White Men Can’t Jump
13. Bing Crosby/Bob Hope in The Greatest Show on Earth

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**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 27, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15186 "2013-03-27T20:27:51Z")

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New Category:

Places you don’t want to go on your family vacation:

1. Somalia

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**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 27, 2013, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15187 "2013-03-27T20:37:54Z")

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New Category:

Places you don’t want to go on your family vacation:

1. Somalia
2. North Korea

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15188 "2013-03-27T20:46:04Z")

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New Category:

Places you don’t want to go on your family vacation:

1. Somalia
2. North Korea
3. Port au Prince, Haiti

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**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 27, 2013, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15189 "2013-03-27T20:54:49Z")

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Places you don’t want to go on your family vacation:

1. Somalia
2. North Korea
3. Port au Prince, Haiti
4. Any country ending with “stan”

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**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 27, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15190 "2013-03-27T21:18:59Z")

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Places you don’t want to go on your family vacation:

1. Somalia
2. North Korea
3. Port au Prince, Haiti
4. Any country ending with “stan”
5. Southern part of the Philippines

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**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15191 "2013-03-27T21:37:06Z")

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Places you don’t want to go on your family vacation:

1. Somalia
2. North Korea
3. Port au Prince, Haiti
4. Any country ending with “stan”
5. Southern part of the Philippines
6. Syria

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**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 27, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15192 "2013-03-27T22:00:28Z")

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Places you don’t want to go on your family vacation:

1. Somalia
2. North Korea
3. Port au Prince, Haiti
4. Any country ending with “stan”
5. Southern part of the Philippines
6. Syria
7. East St. Louis, Ill.

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**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 28, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15193 "2013-03-28T00:25:37Z")

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Places you don’t want to go on your family vacation:

1. Somalia
2. North Korea
3. Port au Prince, Haiti
4. Any country ending with “stan”
5. Southern part of the Philippines
6. Syria
7. East St. Louis, Ill.
8. Cambodia (with apologies to the Dead Kennedy’s)

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**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:** [March 28, 2013, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15194 "2013-03-28T00:42:02Z")

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Places you don’t want to go on your family vacation:

1. Somalia
2. North Korea
3. Port au Prince, Haiti
4. Any country ending with “stan”
5. Southern part of the Philippines
6. Syria
7. East St. Louis, Ill.
8. Cambodia (with apologies to the Dead Kennedy’s)
9. Detroit. Sorry Detroit, but it’s the truth.

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**Author:** ![applebetty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4af34b/32.png) [@applebetty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/applebetty)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15195 "2013-03-28T00:44:14Z")

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Places you don’t want to go on your family vacation:

1. Somalia
2. North Korea
3. Port au Prince, Haiti
4. Any country ending with “stan”
5. Southern part of the Philippines
6. Syria
7. East St. Louis, Ill.
8. Cambodia (with apologies to the Dead Kennedy’s)
9. Detroit. Sorry Detroit, but it’s the truth.
10. Lake Nyos, Cameroon.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15196 "2013-03-28T00:51:58Z")

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Places \*\*\*\*you don’t want to go on your family vacation:

1. Somalia
2. North Korea
3. Port au Prince, Haiti
4. Any country ending with “stan”
5. Southern part of the Philippines
6. Syria
7. East St. Louis, Ill.
8. Cambodia (with apologies to the Dead Kennedy’s)
9. Detroit. Sorry Detroit, but it’s the truth.
10. Lake Nyos, Cameroon
11. Antarctica

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**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15197 "2013-03-28T03:21:40Z")

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1. Somalia
2. North Korea
3. Port au Prince, Haiti
4. Any country ending with “stan”
5. Southern part of the Philippines
6. Syria
7. East St. Louis, Ill.
8. Cambodia (with apologies to the Dead Kennedy’s)
9. Detroit. Sorry Detroit, but it’s the truth.
10. Lake Nyos, Cameroon
11. Antarctica
12. Sealand

SFC Schwartz

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**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 28, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15198 "2013-03-28T04:02:05Z")

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1. Somalia
2. North Korea
3. Port au Prince, Haiti
4. Any country ending with “stan”
5. Southern part of the Philippines
6. Syria
7. East St. Louis, Ill.
8. Cambodia (with apologies to the Dead Kennedy’s)
9. Detroit. Sorry Detroit, but it’s the truth.
10. Lake Nyos, Cameroon
11. Antarctica
12. Sealand
13. [Ilha de Queimada Grande](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilha_de_Queimada_Grande)

I’ll pass.

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**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2013, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15199 "2013-03-28T04:15:39Z")

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1. Somalia
2. North Korea
3. Port au Prince, Haiti
4. Any country ending with “stan”
5. Southern part of the Philippines
6. Syria
7. East St. Louis, Ill.
8. Cambodia (with apologies to the Dead Kennedy’s)
9. Detroit. Sorry Detroit, but it’s the truth.
10. Lake Nyos, Cameroon
11. Antarctica
12. Sealand
13. Ilha de Queimada Grande

I’ll pass.

I will take this:

Next-up: Gun manufacturers.

1. Taurus

SFC Schwartz

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**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 28, 2013, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15200 "2013-03-28T04:26:32Z")

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Gun Manufacturers

1. Taurus
2. HK

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**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 28, 2013, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15201 "2013-03-28T04:31:00Z")

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Gun Manufacturers

1. Taurus
2. HK
3. Kimber

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