# 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:** 796
### Author:  [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15902 "2013-04-22T21:50:27Z")
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)
8. Wily Coyotes (RoadRunners)
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15903 "2013-04-22T21:54:39Z")
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)
8. Wily Coyotes (RoadRunners)
9. Anaconda (capybara)
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### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15904 "2013-04-22T22:25:33Z")
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)
8. Wily Coyotes (RoadRunners)
9. Anaconda (capybara)
10. Alien (Ripley)
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15905 "2013-04-22T22:27:46Z")
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)
8. Wily Coyotes (RoadRunners)
9. Anaconda (capybara)
10. Alien (Ripley)
11. Smokey (my La-Z-Boy recliner)
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15906 "2013-04-22T22:30:18Z")
From: [Predator-Prey Relationships — New England Complex Systems Institute](http://necsi.edu/projects/evolution/co-evolution/pred-prey/co-evolution_predator.html)
“The words “predator” and “prey” are almost always used to mean only animals that eat animals, but the same concept also applies to plants: Bear and berry, rabbit and lettuce, grasshopper and leaf.”
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15907 "2013-04-22T22:31:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#):
>
> From: [Predator-Prey Relationships — New England Complex Systems Institute](http://necsi.edu/projects/evolution/co-evolution/pred-prey/co-evolution_predator.html)
>
> “The words “predator” and “prey” are almost always used to mean only animals that eat animals, but the same concept also applies to plants: Bear and berry, rabbit and lettuce, grasshopper and leaf.”
Trust me. That’s exactly how she views it.
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15908 "2013-04-22T22:47:53Z")
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)
8. Wily Coyotes (RoadRunners)
9. Anaconda (capybara)
10. Alien (Ripley)
11. Smokey (my La-Z-Boy recliner)
12. Honey Badger (cobras or maybe some larvae - honey badger don’t care)
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### Author:  [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15909 "2013-04-22T23:13:27Z")
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)
8. Wily Coyotes (RoadRunners)
9. Anaconda (capybara)
10. Alien (Ripley)
11. Smokey (my La-Z-Boy recliner)
12. Honey Badger (cobras or maybe some larvae - honey badger don’t care)
13. Great Egret and lizards (at least this one individual I keep seeing fits the bill)
Bands/artists you regret never seeing in concert
1. Elton John
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### Author:  [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)
#### Post date: [April 22, 2013, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15910 "2013-04-22T23:57:00Z")
> [@](#):
>
> New topic: Name a Predator and His Favorite Prey
I was trying to hurry home so I could get in Jerry Sandusky and pre-pubescent boys. Guess I have to save that for next time.
SFC Schwartz
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15911 "2013-04-23T01:02:01Z")
Bands/artists you regret never seeing in concert
1. Elton John
2. KISS (I don’t really want to see them now, but I always wanted to as a teen)
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2013, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15912 "2013-04-23T01:09:20Z")
Bands/artists you regret never seeing in concert
1. Elton John
2. KISS (I don’t really want to see them now, but I always wanted to as a teen)
3. The Rolling Stones - My brother got tickets for them in 1983 in Buffalo. I declined since, you know, they were over the hill! :smack:
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2013, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15913 "2013-04-23T01:17:36Z")
Bands/artists you regret never seeing in concert
1. Elton John
2. KISS (I don’t really want to see them now, but I always wanted to as a teen)
3. The Rolling Stones - My brother got tickets for them in 1983 in Buffalo. I declined since, you know, they were over the hill! :smack:
4. Paul McCartney
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15914 "2013-04-23T01:31:53Z")
Bands/artists you regret never seeing in concert
1. Elton John
2. KISS (I don’t really want to see them now, but I always wanted to as a teen)
3. The Rolling Stones - My brother got tickets for them in 1983 in Buffalo. I declined since, you know, they were over the hill! :smack:
4. Paul McCartney
5. Queen
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2013, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15915 "2013-04-23T01:39:41Z")
Bands/artists you regret never seeing in concert
1. Elton John
2. KISS (I don’t really want to see them now, but I always wanted to as a teen)
3. The Rolling Stones - My brother got tickets for them in 1983 in Buffalo. I declined since, you know, they were over the hill! :smack:
4. Paul McCartney
5. Queen
6. Styx
(Not the modern version, but when I was in high school I wanted desperately to go see them on their “Kilroy Was Here” tour. Unfortunately, my overprotective mother wasn’t about to let me and my equally 16-year-old friend drive to Los Angeles on our own.)
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2013, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15916 "2013-04-23T01:41:41Z")
Bands/artists you regret never seeing in concert
1. Elton John
2. KISS (I don’t really want to see them now, but I always wanted to as a teen)
3. The Rolling Stones - My brother got tickets for them in 1983 in Buffalo. I declined since, you know, they were over the hill! :smack:
4. Paul McCartney
5. Queen
6. Styx
7. Kansas
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15917 "2013-04-23T01:43:24Z")
> [@anyrose](#):
>
> Bands/artists you regret never seeing in concert
>
> 1. Elton John
> 2. KISS (I don’t really want to see them now, but I always wanted to as a teen)
> 3. The Rolling Stones - My brother got tickets for them in 1983 in Buffalo. I declined since, you know, they were over the hill! :smack:
> 4. Paul McCartney
(McCartney is coming here - Ottawa - in July. Literally 10 minutes from my house, and I can’t afford to go. Probably just as well, as I’d most likely cry through half the songs!)
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2013, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15918 "2013-04-23T01:47:40Z")
Bands/artists you regret never seeing in concert
1. Elton John
2. KISS (I don’t really want to see them now, but I always wanted to as a teen)
3. The Rolling Stones - My brother got tickets for them in 1983 in Buffalo. I declined since, you know, they were over the hill!
4. Paul McCartney
5. Queen
6. Styx
7. Kansas
8. Alan Parsons Project
I’ve liked their stuff since high school. Never had the chance to see them.
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15919 "2013-04-23T01:51:18Z")
Bands/artists you regret never seeing in concert
1. Elton John
2. KISS (I don’t really want to see them now, but I always wanted to as a teen)
3. The Rolling Stones - My brother got tickets for them in 1983 in Buffalo. I declined since, you know, they were over the hill!
4. Paul McCartney
5. Queen
6. Styx
7. Kansas
8. Alan Parsons Project
9. Rush
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15920 "2013-04-23T01:52:49Z")
Bands/artists you regret never seeing in concert
1. Elton John
2. KISS (I don’t really want to see them now, but I always wanted to as a teen)
3. The Rolling Stones - My brother got tickets for them in 1983 in Buffalo. I declined since, you know, they were over the hill!
4. Paul McCartney
5. Queen
6. Styx
7. Kansas
8. Alan Parsons Project
9. Rush
10. Michael Jackson
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2013, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/15921 "2013-04-23T02:01:02Z")
Bands/artists you regret never seeing in concert
1. Elton John
2. KISS (I don’t really want to see them now, but I always wanted to as a teen)
3. The Rolling Stones - My brother got tickets for them in 1983 in Buffalo. I declined since, you know, they were over the hill!
4. Paul McCartney
5. Queen
6. Styx
7. Kansas
8. Alan Parsons Project
9. Rush
10. Michael Jackson
11. Elvis. I mean, he was already way over the hill by the time I started listening to music, but still… he was ELVIS!
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