# 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:** 962
### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19223 "2013-08-13T19:41:42Z")
Desert Animals
1. Fennec fox
2. Dromedary camel
3. Diamondback rattlesnake
4. Scorpions
5. Desert tortoise
6. Gila monster
7. Scorpion mouse
8. Burrow owl
9. Bedouin
10. Kangaroo rat
11. Addax antelope
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19224 "2013-08-13T19:45:06Z")
Desert Animals
1. Fennec fox
2. Dromedary camel
3. Diamondback rattlesnake
4. Scorpions
5. Desert tortoise
6. Gila monster
7. Scorpion mouse
8. Burrow owl
9. Bedouin
10. Kangaroo rat
11. Addax antelope
12. Arrakis sandworm (Shai-Hulud)
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### Author:  [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19225 "2013-08-13T19:46:52Z")
Desert Animals
1. Fennec fox
2. Dromedary camel
3. Diamondback rattlesnake
4. Scorpions
5. Desert tortoise
6. Gila monster
7. Scorpion mouse
8. Burrow owl
9. Bedouin
10. Kangaroo rat
11. Addax antelope
12. Arrakis sandworm
13. Sidewinder
Next up: Fictional Business/Store Owners
1. Thomas Bean, Bean’s Rock Shop, The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19226 "2013-08-13T19:51:19Z")
Next up: Fictional Business/Store Owners
1. Thomas Bean, Bean’s Rock Shop, The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
2. Thornton Mellon (Rodney Dangerfield), owner of Tall & Fat clothing retail chain in _ **Back to School** _
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2013, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19227 "2013-08-13T19:51:38Z")
Next up: Fictional Business/Store Owners
1. Thomas Bean, Bean’s Rock Shop, The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
2. Carl Conrad Coreander, Coreander’s Bookstore, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19228 "2013-08-13T19:53:28Z")
Next up: Fictional Business/Store Owners
1. Thomas Bean, Bean’s Rock Shop, The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
2. Carl Conrad Coreander, Coreander’s Bookstore, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
3. Leland Gaunt, Needful Things, \*Needful Things \*by Stephen King
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19229 "2013-08-13T19:58:41Z")
Fictional Business/Store Owners
1. Thomas Bean, Bean’s Rock Shop, The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
2. Carl Conrad Coreander, Coreander’s Bookstore, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
3. Leland Gaunt, Needful Things, Needful Things by Stephen King
4. Thornton Mellon (Rodney Dangerfield), owner of Tall & Fat clothing retail chain in Back to School
ETA: fixin’ ninjas: today’s special on $49.95!
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### Author:  [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19230 "2013-08-13T20:07:46Z")
Fictional Business/Store Owners
1. Thomas Bean, Bean’s Rock Shop, The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
2. Carl Conrad Coreander, Coreander’s Bookstore, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
3. Leland Gaunt, Needful Things, Needful Things by Stephen King
4. Thornton Mellon (Rodney Dangerfield), owner of Tall & Fat clothing retail chain in Back to School
5. Scarlett O’Hara, Kennedy’s Geneal Store in Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19231 "2013-08-13T20:53:45Z")
Fictional Business/Store Owners
1. Thomas Bean, Bean’s Rock Shop, The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
2. Carl Conrad Coreander, Coreander’s Bookstore, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
3. Leland Gaunt, Needful Things, Needful Things by Stephen King
4. Thornton Mellon (Rodney Dangerfield), owner of Tall & Fat clothing retail chain in Back to School
5. Scarlett O’Hara, Kennedy’s Geneal Store in Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
6. Apu, Kwik-E-Mart, The Simpsons
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2013, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19232 "2013-08-13T21:22:44Z")
Fictional Business/Store Owners
1. Thomas Bean, Bean’s Rock Shop, The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
2. Carl Conrad Coreander, Coreander’s Bookstore, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
3. Leland Gaunt, Needful Things, Needful Things by Stephen King
4. Thornton Mellon (Rodney Dangerfield), owner of Tall & Fat clothing retail chain in Back to School
5. Scarlett O’Hara, Kennedy’s Geneal Store in Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
6. Apu, Kwik-E-Mart, The Simpsons
7. Mr. Hooper (Will Lee), shopkeeper on\*\*\* Sesame Street\*\*\*
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### Author:  [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19233 "2013-08-13T21:45:41Z")
Fictional Business/Store Owners
1. Thomas Bean, Bean’s Rock Shop, The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
2. Carl Conrad Coreander, Coreander’s Bookstore, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
3. Leland Gaunt, Needful Things, Needful Things by Stephen King
4. Thornton Mellon (Rodney Dangerfield), owner of Tall & Fat clothing retail chain in Back to School
5. Scarlett O’Hara, Kennedy’s Geneal Store in Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
6. Apu, Kwik-E-Mart, The Simpsons
7. Mr. Hooper (Will Lee), shopkeeper on\*\*\* Sesame Street\*\*\*
8. Howard Cunningham aka Mr. C , hardware store on _Happy Days_
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2013, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19234 "2013-08-13T22:20:00Z")
Fictional Business/Store Owners
1. Thomas Bean, Bean’s Rock Shop, The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
2. Carl Conrad Coreander, Coreander’s Bookstore, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
3. Leland Gaunt, Needful Things, Needful Things by Stephen King
4. Thornton Mellon (Rodney Dangerfield), owner of Tall & Fat clothing retail chain in Back to School
5. Scarlett O’Hara, Kennedy’s Geneal Store in Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
6. Apu, Kwik-E-Mart, The Simpsons
7. Mr. Hooper (Will Lee), shopkeeper on Sesame Street
8. Howard Cunningham aka Mr. C , hardware store on Happy Days
9. Jackson Gibbs, the general store in Stillwater, PA (NCIS)
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2013, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19235 "2013-08-13T22:33:54Z")
Fictional Business/Store Owners
1. Thomas Bean, Bean’s Rock Shop, The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
2. Carl Conrad Coreander, Coreander’s Bookstore, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
3. Leland Gaunt, Needful Things, Needful Things by Stephen King
4. Thornton Mellon (Rodney Dangerfield), owner of Tall & Fat clothing retail chain in Back to School
5. Scarlett O’Hara, Kennedy’s Geneal Store in Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
6. Apu, Kwik-E-Mart, The Simpsons
7. Mr. Hooper (Will Lee), shopkeeper on Sesame Street
8. Howard Cunningham aka Mr. C , hardware store on Happy Days
9. Jackson Gibbs, the general store in Stillwater, PA (NCIS)
10. Rob Gordon, Championship Vinyl, _High Fidelity_
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19236 "2013-08-13T22:49:03Z")
Fictional Business/Store Owners
1. Thomas Bean, Bean’s Rock Shop, The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
2. Carl Conrad Coreander, Coreander’s Bookstore, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
3. Leland Gaunt, Needful Things, Needful Things by Stephen King
4. Thornton Mellon (Rodney Dangerfield), owner of Tall & Fat clothing retail chain in Back to School
5. Scarlett O’Hara, Kennedy’s Geneal Store in Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
6. Apu, Kwik-E-Mart, The Simpsons
7. Mr. Hooper (Will Lee), shopkeeper on Sesame Street
8. Howard Cunningham aka Mr. C , hardware store on Happy Days
9. Jackson Gibbs, the general store in Stillwater, PA (NCIS)
10. Rob Gordon, Championship Vinyl, High Fidelity
11. Andrew McGill, Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
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### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19237 "2013-08-13T23:07:34Z")
Fictional Business/Store Owners
1. Thomas Bean, Bean’s Rock Shop, The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
2. Carl Conrad Coreander, Coreander’s Bookstore, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
3. Leland Gaunt, Needful Things, Needful Things by Stephen King
4. Thornton Mellon (Rodney Dangerfield), owner of Tall & Fat clothing retail chain in Back to School
5. Scarlett O’Hara, Kennedy’s Geneal Store in Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
6. Apu, Kwik-E-Mart, The Simpsons
7. Mr. Hooper (Will Lee), shopkeeper on Sesame Street
8. Howard Cunningham aka Mr. C , hardware store on Happy Days
9. Jackson Gibbs, the general store in Stillwater, PA (NCIS)
10. Rob Gordon, Championship Vinyl, High Fidelity
11. Andrew McGill, Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
12. Joe Reaves, Empire Records (movie of the same name)
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### Author:  [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19238 "2013-08-14T01:00:04Z")
Fictional Business/Store Owners
1. Thomas Bean, Bean’s Rock Shop, The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key
2. Carl Conrad Coreander, Coreander’s Bookstore, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
3. Leland Gaunt, Needful Things, Needful Things by Stephen King
4. Thornton Mellon (Rodney Dangerfield), owner of Tall & Fat clothing retail chain in Back to School
5. Scarlett O’Hara, Kennedy’s Geneal Store in Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
6. Apu, Kwik-E-Mart, The Simpsons
7. Mr. Hooper (Will Lee), shopkeeper on Sesame Street
8. Howard Cunningham aka Mr. C , hardware store on Happy Days
9. Jackson Gibbs, the general store in Stillwater, PA (NCIS)
10. Rob Gordon, Championship Vinyl, High Fidelity
11. Andrew McGill, Parnassus on Wheels by Christopher Morley
12. Joe Reaves, Empire Records (movie of the same name)
13. Comic Book Guy, Simpsons
Scariest movies you’ve ever watched
1. John Carpenter’s The Thing-ended at 2 am…suffice it to say I didn’t get much sleep that morning…
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19239 "2013-08-14T01:16:16Z")
Scariest movies you’ve ever watched
1. John Carpenter’s The Thing-ended at 2 am…suffice it to say I didn’t get much sleep that morning…
2. Alien, dir. by Ridley Scott - saw it in my teens and was scared out of my wits
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19240 "2013-08-14T01:32:28Z")
Scariest movies you’ve ever watched
1. John Carpenter’s The Thing-ended at 2 am…suffice it to say I didn’t get much sleep that morning…
2. Alien, dir. by Ridley Scott - saw it in my teens and was scared out of my wits
3. _ **The Wizard of Oz** _ (I was 3 or 4, and those flying monkeys terrified me)
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19241 "2013-08-14T01:36:10Z")
Scariest movies you’ve ever watched
1. John Carpenter’s The Thing-ended at 2 am…suffice it to say I didn’t get much sleep that morning…
2. Alien, dir. by Ridley Scott - saw it in my teens and was scared out of my wits
3. The Wizard of Oz (I was 3 or 4, and those flying monkeys terrified me)
4. Diary of a Madman, with Vincent Price. An alien disembodied creature possesses Vincent and uses his body to kill those he loves the most, then steps back and lets Vincent see what he’s done. When I was 13, that stayed with me for weeks.
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2013, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19242 "2013-08-14T02:17:03Z")
Scariest movies you’ve ever watched
1. John Carpenter’s The Thing-ended at 2 am…suffice it to say I didn’t get much sleep that morning…
2. Alien, dir. by Ridley Scott - saw it in my teens and was scared out of my wits
3. The Wizard of Oz (I was 3 or 4, and those flying monkeys terrified me)
4. Diary of a Madman, with Vincent Price. An alien disembodied creature possesses Vincent and uses his body to kill those he loves the most, then steps back and lets Vincent see what he’s done. When I was 13, that stayed with me for weeks.
5. Amityville Horror, the original. Because it was supposed to be a true story and I was 17 at the time.
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