# 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:** 795
### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15882 "2013-04-22T16:11:38Z")
(It’s a manmade plague, Craig; it’s an asteroid, Floyd; it’s a nuclear bomb, Tom;
There must be 50 Ways To Leave Your Planet…)
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### Author:  [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15883 "2013-04-22T16:20:32Z")
13 Ways To Wipe Out Humanity (Hey, Happy Earth Day!)
1. Biotechnologically Designed Plague
2. A really big meteor
1. I’ll go for the boring answer- nuclear war
2. Construction of an intergalactic bypass
Nice song Prof P. When does the video come out?
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15884 "2013-04-22T16:29:14Z")
13 Ways To Wipe Out Humanity (Hey, Happy Earth Day!)
1. Biotechnologically Designed Plague
2. A really big meteor
3. I’ll go for the boring answer- nuclear war
4. Construction of an intergalactic bypass
5. Sun goes supernova
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15885 "2013-04-22T16:32:29Z")
13 Ways To Wipe Out Humanity (Hey, Happy Earth Day!)
1. Biotechnologically Designed Plague
2. A really big meteor
3. I’ll go for the boring answer- nuclear war
4. Construction of an intergalactic bypass
5. Sun goes supernova
6. just keep going the way we are right now
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15886 "2013-04-22T16:37:04Z")
(It’s a Doug Adams plot, Scott; the Sun goes wild, Child; it’s the Status Quo, Moe…)
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15887 "2013-04-22T18:15:40Z")
13 Ways To Wipe Out Humanity (Hey, Happy Earth Day!)
1. Biotechnologically Designed Plague
2. A really big meteor
3. I’ll go for the boring answer- nuclear war
4. Construction of an intergalactic bypass
5. Sun goes supernova
6. just keep going the way we are right now
7. Earth leaves orbit and heads closer and closer to the sun (\*\*\*Twlight Zone \*\*\*style)
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15888 "2013-04-22T18:23:30Z")
13 Ways To Wipe Out Humanity (Hey, Happy Earth Day!)
1. Biotechnologically Designed Plague
2. A really big meteor
3. I’ll go for the boring answer- nuclear war
4. Construction of an intergalactic bypass
5. Sun goes supernova
6. just keep going the way we are right now
7. Earth leaves orbit and heads closer and closer to the sun (\*\*\*Twlight Zone \*\*\*style)
8. Dalek attack (EX-TER-MIN-ATE!)
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15889 "2013-04-22T18:32:24Z")
13 Ways To Wipe Out Humanity (Hey, Happy Earth Day!)
1. Biotechnologically Designed Plague
2. A really big meteor
3. I’ll go for the boring answer- nuclear war
4. Construction of an intergalactic bypass
5. Sun goes supernova
6. just keep going the way we are right now
7. Earth leaves orbit and heads closer and closer to the sun (Twlight Zone style)
8. Dalek attack (EX-TER-MIN-ATE!)
9. Freeze everyone to death.
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15890 "2013-04-22T18:34:30Z")
13 Ways To Wipe Out Humanity (Hey, Happy Earth Day!)
1. Biotechnologically Designed Plague
2. A really big meteor
3. I’ll go for the boring answer- nuclear war
4. Construction of an intergalactic bypass
5. Sun goes supernova
6. just keep going the way we are right now
7. Earth leaves orbit and heads closer and closer to the sun (Twlight Zone style)
8. Dalek attack (EX-TER-MIN-ATE!)
9. Advanced aliens like Klaatu destroy us because we’re so violent and dangerous
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15891 "2013-04-22T18:35:42Z")
(We’re gettin’ too warm, Norm; the Daleks attack, Jack; Mars says we’re bad, Chad…)
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15892 "2013-04-22T19:21:43Z")
13 Ways To Wipe Out Humanity (Hey, Happy Earth Day!)
1. Biotechnologically Designed Plague
2. A really big meteor
3. I’ll go for the boring answer- nuclear war
4. Construction of an intergalactic bypass
5. Sun goes supernova
6. just keep going the way we are right now
7. Earth leaves orbit and heads closer and closer to the sun (Twlight Zone style)
8. Dalek attack (EX-TER-MIN-ATE!)
9. Freeze everyone to death
10. Advanced aliens like Klaatu destroy us because we’re so violent and dangerous
11. SkyNet achieves sentience
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### Author:  [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15893 "2013-04-22T19:41:04Z")
13 Ways To Wipe Out Humanity (Hey, Happy Earth Day!)
1. Biotechnologically Designed Plague
2. A really big meteor
3. I’ll go for the boring answer- nuclear war
4. Construction of an intergalactic bypass
5. Sun goes supernova
6. just keep going the way we are right now
7. Earth leaves orbit and heads closer and closer to the sun (Twlight Zone style)
8. Dalek attack (EX-TER-MIN-ATE!)
9. Freeze everyone to death
10. Advanced aliens like Klaatu destroy us because we’re so violent and dangerous
11. SkyNet achieves sentience
12. Gamma-ray burst
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15894 "2013-04-22T19:44:05Z")
(Just look at it snow, Joe; Crash their hard drive, Clive; It came from deep space, Race;)
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15895 "2013-04-22T19:56:50Z")
13 Ways To Wipe Out Humanity (Hey, Happy Earth Day!)
1. Biotechnologically Designed Plague
2. A really big meteor
3. I’ll go for the boring answer- nuclear war
4. Construction of an intergalactic bypass
5. Sun goes supernova
6. just keep going the way we are right now
7. Earth leaves orbit and heads closer and closer to the sun (Twlight Zone style)
8. Dalek attack (EX-TER-MIN-ATE!)
9. Freeze everyone to death
10. Advanced aliens like Klaatu destroy us because we’re so violent and dangerous
11. SkyNet achieves sentience
12. Gamma-ray burst
13. A Tralfmadorian test pilot hits the wrong button, annihilates universe
New topic: Name a Predator and His Favorite Prey
1. Fossa (lemurs)
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15896 "2013-04-22T20:01:13Z")
(You’re just not alert, Kurt!)
New topic: Name a Predator and His Favorite Prey
1. Fossa (lemurs)
2. Rabbit (lettuce)
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### Author:  [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15897 "2013-04-22T20:13:34Z")
New topic: Name a Predator and His Favorite Prey
1. Fossa (lemurs)
2. Rabbit (lettuce)
3. Ladybug (Aphids)
I thought rabbits preyed on wayward knights (maybe that’s a different thread)
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### Author:  [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15898 "2013-04-22T20:59:58Z")
New topic: Name a Predator and His Favorite Prey
1. Fossa (lemurs)
2. Rabbit (lettuce)
3. Ladybug (Aphids)
4. Sea Otter (abalone) (rabbit:lettuce?- that kind of thing could get you an official warning from a lot of the moderators here)
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### Author:  [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15899 "2013-04-22T21:04:15Z")
Join Date: Mar 2011
New topic: Name a Predator and His Favorite Prey
1. Fossa (lemurs)
2. Rabbit (lettuce)
3. Ladybug (Aphids)
4. Sea Otter (abalone) (rabbit:lettuce?- that kind of thing could get you an official warning from a lot of the moderators here)
5. Cheetah (impala)
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### Author:  [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15900 "2013-04-22T21:25:11Z")
Name a Predator and His Favorite Prey
1. Fossa (lemurs)
2. Rabbit (lettuce)
3. Ladybug (Aphids)
4. Sea Otter (abalone) (rabbit:lettuce?- that kind of thing could get you an official warning from a lot of the moderators here)
5. Cheetah (impala)
6. Anteater (ants)
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15901 "2013-04-22T21:27:18Z")
Name a Predator and His Favorite Prey
1. Fossa (lemurs)
2. Rabbit (lettuce)
3. Ladybug (Aphids)
4. Sea Otter (abalone) (rabbit:lettuce?- that kind of thing could get you an official warning from a lot of the moderators here)
5. Cheetah (impala)
6. Anteater (ants)
7. Sperm whale (squid)
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