# 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:** 809
### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16162 "2013-04-30T23:35:16Z")
Occupation little boys want to work in when they grow up:
1. Astronaut
2. Doctor
3. Fireman
4. Pilot
5. Police officer
6. Professional Athlete
7. Boss
That was me. Didn’t care what field, I just knew that I wanted to be the one making the decisions. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16163 "2013-04-30T23:58:58Z")
Occupation little boys want to work in when they grow up:
1. Astronaut
2. Doctor
3. Fireman
4. Pilot
5. U. S. President
6. Police officer
7. Professional Athlete
8. Boss
9. Cowboy
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### Author:  [@Blkshp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blkshp)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16164 "2013-05-01T00:30:26Z")
Occupation little boys want to work in when they grow up:
1. Astronaut
2. Doctor
3. Fireman
4. Pilot
5. U. S. President
6. Police officer
7. Professional Athlete
8. Boss
9. Cowboy
10. Engineer (The train kind)
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### Author:  [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16165 "2013-05-01T01:03:24Z")
Occupation little boys want to work in when they grow up:
1. Astronaut
2. Doctor
3. Fireman
4. Pilot
5. U. S. President
6. Police officer
7. Professional Athlete
8. Boss
9. Cowboy
10. Engineer (The train kind)
11. Computer Game Programmer
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16166 "2013-05-01T01:19:15Z")
Occupation little boys want to work in when they grow up:
1. Astronaut
2. Doctor
3. Fireman
4. Pilot
5. U. S. President
6. Police officer
7. Professional Athlete
8. Boss
9. Cowboy
10. Engineer (The train kind)
11. Computer Game Programmer
12. Circus clown
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### Author:  [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16167 "2013-05-01T01:24:19Z")
Occupation little boys want to work in when they grow up:
1. Astronaut
2. Doctor
3. Fireman
4. Pilot
5. U. S. President
6. Police officer
7. Professional Athlete
8. Boss
9. Cowboy
10. Engineer (The train kind)
11. Computer Game Programmer
12. Circus clown
13. Rock and Roll Musician
People with each one of the five main vowels in their name;
1. Jacqueline Onassis
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16168 "2013-05-01T01:32:14Z")
People with each one of the five main vowels in their name;
1. Jacqueline Onassis
2. Don Quixote de la Mancha
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16169 "2013-05-01T01:45:35Z")
People with each one of the five main vowels in their name;
1. Jacqueline Onassis
2. Don Quixote de la Mancha
3. John Adam Belushi
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16170 "2013-05-01T01:49:43Z")
People with each one of the five main vowels in their name;
1. Jacqueline Onassis
2. Don Quixote de la Mancha
3. John Adam Belushi
4. [Ed Figueroa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Figueroa)
And anyone else with the name Figueroa.
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16171 "2013-05-01T08:57:02Z")
People with each one of the five main vowels in their name;
1. Jacqueline Onassis
2. Don Quixote de la Mancha
3. John Adam Belushi
4. [Ed Figueroa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Figueroa)
5. Antoine Fuqua
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16172 "2013-05-01T09:08:49Z")
People with each one of the five main vowels in their name;
1. Jacqueline Onassis
2. Don Quixote de la Mancha
3. John Adam Belushi
4. [Ed Figueroa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Figueroa)
5. Antoine Fuqua
6. [Lorraine Hunt Lieberson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Hunt_Lieberson)
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16173 "2013-05-01T09:35:07Z")
People with each one of the five main vowels in their name;
1. Jacqueline Onassis
2. Don Quixote de la Mancha
3. John Adam Belushi
4. [Ed Figueroa](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Figueroa)
5. Antoine Fuqua
6. [Lorraine Hunt Lieberson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorraine_Hunt_Lieberson)
7. Carrie Underwood
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16174 "2013-05-01T11:12:01Z")
People with each one of the five main vowels in their name;
1. Jacqueline Onassis
2. Don Quixote de la Mancha
3. John Adam Belushi
4. Ed Figueroa
5. Antoine Fuqua
6. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
7. Carrie Underwood
8. Louis Braille
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### Author:  [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16175 "2013-05-01T13:05:44Z")
People with at least one each of the five main vowels in their name;
1. Jacqueline Onassis
2. Don Quixote de la Mancha
3. John Adam Belushi
4. Ed Figueroa
5. Antoine Fuqua
6. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
7. Carrie Underwood
8. Louis Braille
9. Annette Funicello
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16176 "2013-05-01T13:16:45Z")
People with at least one each of the five main vowels in their name;
1. Jacqueline Onassis
2. Don Quixote de la Mancha
3. John Adam Belushi
4. Ed Figueroa
5. Antoine Fuqua
6. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
7. Carrie Underwood
8. Louis Braille
9. Annette Funicello
10. Louise Lasser
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16177 "2013-05-01T14:29:37Z")
People with at least one each of the five main vowels in their name;
1. Jacqueline Onassis
2. Don Quixote de la Mancha
3. John Adam Belushi
4. Ed Figueroa
5. Antoine Fuqua
6. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
7. Carrie Underwood
8. Louis Braille
9. Annette Funicello
10. Louise Lasser
11. Michael Douglas
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### Author:  [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16178 "2013-05-01T14:51:53Z")
People with at least one each of the five main vowels in their name;
1. Jacqueline Onassis
2. Don Quixote de la Mancha
3. John Adam Belushi
4. Ed Figueroa
5. Antoine Fuqua
6. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
7. Carrie Underwood
8. Louis Braille
9. Annette Funicello
10. Louise Lasser
11. Michael Douglas
12. Barak Hussein Obama
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16179 "2013-05-01T14:58:24Z")
People with at least one each of the five main vowels in their name;
1. Jacqueline Onassis
2. Don Quixote de la Mancha
3. John Adam Belushi
4. Ed Figueroa
5. Antoine Fuqua
6. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
7. Carrie Underwood
8. Louis Braille
9. Annette Funicello
10. Louise Lasser
11. Michael Douglas
12. Barak Hussein Obama
13. Daniel Inouye
13 Famous First Lines from Novels.
1. Call me Ishmael.
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16180 "2013-05-01T15:09:28Z")
Rats! I never got to say Count Basie or Katie Couric!!!
Famous First Lines from Novels.
1. Call me Ishmael.
2. Happy families are all alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. (_ **Anna Karenina** _)
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### Author:  [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/16181 "2013-05-01T15:22:26Z")
Famous First Lines from Novels.
1. Call me Ishmael.
2. Happy families are all alike, but every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. (_ **Anna Karenina** _)
3. “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. _Little Women._
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