# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **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:** 985
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19683 "2013-09-05T19:56:29Z")
Internet Top Level Domains that are also a US Postal Service state abbreviation 1. .ca Canada; CA California 2. .az Azerbaijan; AZ Arizona 3. .in India; IN Indiana 4. .sc Seychelles; SC South Carolina 5. .de Deutschland; DE Delaware 6. .co Colombia; CO Colorado 7. .mn Mongolia; MN Minnesota 8. .me Montenegro; ME Maine 9. .ky Cayman Islands; KY Kentucky ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19684 "2013-09-05T21:14:25Z")
Internet Top Level Domains that are also a US Postal Service state abbreviation 1. .ca Canada; CA California 2. .az Azerbaijan; AZ Arizona 3. .in India; IN Indiana 4. .sc Seychelles; SC South Carolina 5. .de Deutschland; DE Delaware 6. .co Colombia; CO Colorado 7. .mn Mongolia; MN Minnesota 8. .me Montenegro; ME Maine 9. .ky Cayman Islands; KY Kentucky 10. .ne Niger; NE Nebraska ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19685 "2013-09-05T21:30:10Z")
Internet Top Level Domains that are also a US Postal Service state abbreviation 1. .ca Canada; CA California 2. .az Azerbaijan; AZ Arizona 3. .in India; IN Indiana 4. .sc Seychelles; SC South Carolina 5. .de Deutschland; DE Delaware 6. .co Colombia; CO Colorado 7. .mn Mongolia; MN Minnesota 8. .me Montenegro; ME Maine 9. .ky Cayman Islands; KY Kentucky 10. .ne Niger; NE Nebraska 11. .ar Argentina; AR Arkansas ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19686 "2013-09-05T21:51:40Z")
Internet Top Level Domains that are also a US Postal Service state abbreviation 1. .ca Canada; CA California 2. .az Azerbaijan; AZ Arizona 3. .in India; IN Indiana 4. .sc Seychelles; SC South Carolina 5. .de Deutschland; DE Delaware 6. .co Colombia; CO Colorado 7. .mn Mongolia; MN Minnesota 8. .me Montenegro; ME Maine 9. .ky Cayman Islands; KY Kentucky 10. .ne Niger; NE Nebraska 11. .ar Argentina; AR Arkansas 12. .va Vatican City; VA Virginia ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19687 "2013-09-05T23:36:48Z")
Internet Top Level Domains that are also a US Postal Service state abbreviation 1. .ca Canada; CA California 2. .az Azerbaijan; AZ Arizona 3. .in India; IN Indiana 4. .sc Seychelles; SC South Carolina 5. .de Deutschland; DE Delaware 6. .co Colombia; CO Colorado 7. .mn Mongolia; MN Minnesota 8. .me Montenegro; ME Maine 9. .ky Cayman Islands; KY Kentucky 10. .ne Niger; NE Nebraska 11. .ar Argentina; AR Arkansas 12. .va Vatican City; VA Virginia 13. .ga Gabon; GA Georgia Next category: Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year 1. “Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19688 "2013-09-05T23:55:15Z")
Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year 1. “Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche 2. “Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar But then, I am a D&D Dungeonmaster. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19689 "2013-09-06T02:40:54Z")
Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year 1. “Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche 2. “Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar 3. “If I owned both Hell and Texas, I would live in Hell and rent out Texas.” - General Philip Sheridan ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19690 "2013-09-06T11:48:21Z")
Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year 1. “Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche 2. “Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar 3. “If I owned both Hell and Texas, I would live in Hell and rent out Texas.” - General Philip Sheridan 4. “I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” - Thomas A. Edison I live by this every day. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19691 "2013-09-06T19:45:58Z")
Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year 1. “Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche 2. “Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar 3. “If I owned both Hell and Texas, I would live in Hell and rent out Texas.” - General Philip Sheridan 4. “I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” - Thomas A. Edison 5. "Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.” - Benjamin Franklin (I have a 12-year old grandson. He loves this one.) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19692 "2013-09-07T00:09:49Z")
Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year 1. “Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche 2. “Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar 3. “If I owned both Hell and Texas, I would live in Hell and rent out Texas.” - General Philip Sheridan 4. “I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” - Thomas A. Edison 5. "Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.” - Benjamin Franklin 6. “I see no ships.” Admiral Nelson (when he literally turned a blind eye to the enemy fleet) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2013, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19693 "2013-09-07T00:45:47Z")
Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year 1. “Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche 2. “Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar 3. “If I owned both Hell and Texas, I would live in Hell and rent out Texas.” - General Philip Sheridan 4. “I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” - Thomas A. Edison 5. "Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.” - Benjamin Franklin 6. “I see no ships.” Admiral Nelson 7. “I disagree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it.” - attrib. to Voltaire ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19694 "2013-09-08T02:58:00Z")
Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year 1. “Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche 2. “Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar 3. “If I owned both Hell and Texas, I would live in Hell and rent out Texas.” - General Philip Sheridan 4. “I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” - Thomas A. Edison 5. "Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.” - Benjamin Franklin 6. “I see no ships.” Admiral Nelson 7. “I disagree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it.” - attrib. to Voltaire 8. “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” - George Santayana/Edmund Burke ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19695 "2013-09-08T03:57:36Z")
[quote=“Prof.Pepperwinkle, post:19694, topic:549173”] Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year 1. “Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche 2. “Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar 3. “If I owned both Hell and Texas, I would live in Hell and rent out Texas.” - General Philip Sheridan 4. “I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” - Thomas A. Edison 5. "Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.” - Benjamin Franklin 6. “I see no ships.” Admiral Nelson 7. “I disagree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it.” - attrib. to Voltaire 8. “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” - George Santayana/Edmund Burke 9. “This is the type of errant pedantry up with which I will not put.” - Winston Churchill (on the grammatical rule forbidding ending a sentence with a proposition) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19696 "2013-09-08T04:03:29Z")
Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year 1. “Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche 2. “Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar 3. “If I owned both Hell and Texas, I would live in Hell and rent out Texas.” - General Philip Sheridan 4. “I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” - Thomas A. Edison 5. "Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.” - Benjamin Franklin 6. “I see no ships.” Admiral Nelson 7. “I disagree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it.” - attrib. to Voltaire 8. “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” - George Santayana/Edmund Burke 9. “This is the type of errant pedantry up with which I will not put.” - Winston Churchill (on the grammatical rule forbidding ending a sentence with a proposition) 10. “He had the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.” - Mark Twain #9 is attributed - I’ve seen it denied by some Churchill biographers. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19697 "2013-09-08T18:15:10Z")
Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year 1. “Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche 2. “Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar 3. “If I owned both Hell and Texas, I would live in Hell and rent out Texas.” - General Philip Sheridan 4. “I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” - Thomas A. Edison 5. "Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.” - Benjamin Franklin 6. “I see no ships.” Admiral Nelson 7. “I disagree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it.” - attrib. to Voltaire 8. “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” - George Santayana/Edmund Burke 9. “This is the type of errant pedantry up with which I will not put.” - Winston Churchill (on the grammatical rule forbidding ending a sentence with a proposition) 10. “He had the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.” - Mark Twain 11. “Sorry, I didn’t catch your name.” --Groucho Marx, after being introduced to President Calvin Coolidge. (Someone had bet Groucho he couldn’t make Coolidge smile. Groucho won the bet.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2013, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19698 "2013-09-08T21:51:12Z")
Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year 1. “Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche 2. “Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar 3. “If I owned both Hell and Texas, I would live in Hell and rent out Texas.” - General Philip Sheridan 4. “I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” - Thomas A. Edison 5. "Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.” - Benjamin Franklin 6. “I see no ships.” Admiral Nelson 7. “I disagree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it.” - attrib. to Voltaire 8. “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” - George Santayana/Edmund Burke 9. “This is the type of errant pedantry up with which I will not put.” - Winston Churchill (on the grammatical rule forbidding ending a sentence with a proposition) 10. “He had the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.” - Mark Twain 11. “Sorry, I didn’t catch your name.” --Groucho Marx, after being introduced to President Calvin Coolidge. 12. “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” - Dorothy Parker I’ve seen #11 attributed to Will Rogers, too. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19699 "2013-09-09T12:15:31Z")
Favorite historic quotations that you’ve actually used in the past year 1. “Nothing could be worse than to be completely understood” - Friedrich Nietzsche 2. “Alea iacta est.” (“The die is cast.”) - Julius Caesar 3. “If I owned both Hell and Texas, I would live in Hell and rent out Texas.” - General Philip Sheridan 4. “I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.” - Thomas A. Edison 5. "Fart for freedom, fart for liberty—and fart proudly.” - Benjamin Franklin 6. “I see no ships.” Admiral Nelson 7. “I disagree with what you say, but I would defend to the death your right to say it.” - attrib. to Voltaire 8. “Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” - George Santayana/Edmund Burke 9. “This is the type of errant pedantry up with which I will not put.” - Winston Churchill (on the grammatical rule forbidding ending a sentence with a proposition) 10. “He had the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces.” - Mark Twain 11. “Sorry, I didn’t catch your name.” --Groucho Marx, after being introduced to President Calvin Coolidge. 12. “I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.” - Dorothy Parker 13. “Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” - Albert Einstein New! 13 Types of Bread 14. Zwieback ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19700 "2013-09-09T12:35:56Z")
13 Types of Bread 1. Zwieback 2. Naan ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19701 "2013-09-09T12:39:15Z")
13 Types of Bread 1. Zwieback 2. Naan 3. Brioche ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2013, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/19702 "2013-09-09T13:16:38Z")
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