# 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:** 981
### Author:  [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2013, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19603 "2013-09-02T00:25:19Z")
Plural nouns that have no singular form
1. Suds
2. Pants
3. Clothes
4. Scissors
5. odds & ends
6. Pliers
7. smithereens
8. binoculars
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19604 "2013-09-02T00:28:50Z")
Plural nouns that have no singular form
1. Suds
2. Pants
3. Clothes
4. Scissors
5. odds & ends
6. Pliers
7. smithereens
8. binoculars
9. Trousers
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19605 "2013-09-02T00:34:40Z")
Plural nouns that have no singular form
1. Suds
2. Pants
3. Clothes
4. Scissors
5. odds & ends
6. Pliers
7. smithereens
8. binoculars
9. Trousers
10. physics
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### Author:  [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2013, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19606 "2013-09-02T03:23:04Z")
Plural nouns that have no singular form
1. Suds
2. Pants
3. Clothes
4. Scissors
5. odds & ends
6. Pliers
7. smithereens
8. binoculars
9. Trousers
10. physics
11. tongs
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2013, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19607 "2013-09-02T04:11:16Z")
Plural nouns that have no singular form
1. Suds
2. Pants
3. Clothes
4. Scissors
5. odds & ends
6. Pliers
7. smithereens
8. binoculars
9. Trousers
10. physics
11. tongs
12. Pajamas
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2013, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19608 "2013-09-02T04:53:52Z")
Plural nouns that have no singular form
1. Suds
2. Pants
3. Clothes
4. Scissors
5. odds & ends
6. Pliers
7. smithereens
8. binoculars
9. Trousers
10. physics
11. tongs
12. Pajamas
13. acoustics
I’ll pass
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### Author:  [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2013, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19609 "2013-09-02T05:13:01Z")
New Topic
Country (not your own) that you’ve been to the most times (i.e., separate ocassions).
1. Ecuador
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2013, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19610 "2013-09-02T05:32:59Z")
Country (not your own) that you’ve been to the most times (i.e., separate occasions).
1. Ecuador
2. Canada
An easy one. I’ve only been in two countries.
Hopefully, we’ll get thirteen people to answer.
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### Author:  [@fanganga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fanganga)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2013, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19611 "2013-09-02T11:38:45Z")
Country (not your own) that you’ve been to the most times (i.e., separate occasions).
1. Ecuador
2. Canada
3. Spain, twice to Spain proper, twice to islands owned by Spain (Majorca and Fuerteventura)
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### Author:  [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19612 "2013-09-02T12:09:13Z")
Country (not your own) that you’ve been to the most times (i.e., separate occasions).
1. Ecuador
2. Canada
3. Spain, twice to Spain proper, twice to islands owned by Spain (Majorca and Fuerteventura)
4. USA
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### Author:  [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2013, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19613 "2013-09-02T12:42:16Z")
Country (not your own) that you’ve been to the most times (i.e., separate occasions).
1. Ecuador
2. Canada
3. Spain, twice to Spain proper, twice to islands owned by Spain (Majorca and Fuerteventura)
4. USA
5. Singapore
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### Author:  [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19614 "2013-09-02T13:17:05Z")
Country (not your own) that you’ve been to the most times (i.e., separate occasions).
1. Ecuador
2. Canada
3. Spain, twice to Spain proper, twice to islands owned by Spain (Majorca and Fuerteventura)
4. USA
5. Singapore
6. Cayman Islands
(Assuming “not your own” means not the country of your citizenship!? I’m an American citizen living in Cayman.)
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### Author:  [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2013, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19615 "2013-09-02T13:50:22Z")
Country (not your own) that you’ve been to the most times (i.e., separate occasions).
1. Ecuador
2. Canada
3. Spain, twice to Spain proper, twice to islands owned by Spain (Majorca and Fuerteventura)
4. USA
5. Singapore
6. Cayman Islands
7. Ireland
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### Author:  [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19616 "2013-09-02T19:26:28Z")
Country (not your own) that you’ve been to the most times (i.e., separate occasions).
1. Ecuador
2. Canada
3. Spain, twice to Spain proper, twice to islands owned by Spain (Majorca and Fuerteventura)
4. USA
5. Singapore
6. Cayman Islands
7. Ireland
8. United Kingdom
A two-week high school trip, a semester abroad in London, and a weeklong visit three years after that.
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19617 "2013-09-02T19:35:05Z")
Country (not your own) that you’ve been to the most times (i.e., separate occasions).
1. Ecuador
2. Canada
3. Spain, twice to Spain proper, twice to islands owned by Spain (Majorca and Fuerteventura)
4. USA
5. Singapore
6. Cayman Islands
7. Ireland
8. United Kingdom
9. Israel
Canada (thrice) has already been taken, so I picked one of two countries I’ve been to twice.
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### Author:  [@evasgram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evasgram)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19618 "2013-09-03T01:56:20Z")
Country (not your own) that you’ve been to the most times (i.e., separate occasions).
1. Ecuador
2. Canada
3. Spain, twice to Spain proper, twice to islands owned by Spain (Majorca and Fuerteventura)
4. USA
5. Singapore
6. Cayman Islands
7. Ireland
8. United Kingdom
9. Israel
10. Germany
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### Author:  [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2013, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19619 "2013-09-03T10:59:14Z")
Country (not your own) that you’ve been to the most times (i.e., separate occasions).
1. Ecuador
2. Canada
3. Spain, twice to Spain proper, twice to islands owned by Spain (Majorca and Fuerteventura)
4. USA
5. Singapore
6. Cayman Islands
7. Ireland
8. United Kingdom
9. Israel
10. Germany
11. Mexico
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### Author:  [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2013, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19620 "2013-09-03T15:04:28Z")
Country (not your own) that you’ve been to the most times (i.e., separate occasions).
1. Ecuador
2. Canada
3. Spain, twice to Spain proper, twice to islands owned by Spain (Majorca and Fuerteventura)
4. USA
5. Singapore
6. Cayman Islands
7. Ireland
8. United Kingdom
9. Israel
10. Germany
11. Mexico
12. Wales
(Yeah, I know it’s part of the UK, but the UK is multiple countries so it’s not really a fair answer. My answer really should be Canada, but that’s taken. 🙂 )
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### Author:  [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19621 "2013-09-03T18:17:14Z")
Country (not your own) that you’ve been to the most times (i.e., separate occasions).
1. Ecuador
2. Canada
3. Spain, twice to Spain proper, twice to islands owned by Spain (Majorca and Fuerteventura)
4. USA
5. Singapore
6. Cayman Islands
7. Ireland
8. United Kingdom
9. Israel
10. Germany
11. Mexico
12. Wales
13. Scotland (for my husband, Andy L.)
Fictional Apprentices:
1. Maggie Mulligan, _Faraway Dream_, apprentice milliner
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### Author:  [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2013, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19622 "2013-09-03T18:24:54Z")
Fictional Apprentices:
1. Maggie Mulligan, _Faraway Dream_, apprentice milliner
2. Skeeve, _Myth Adventure_, apprentice magician
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