Why is there only a Baker's Dozen and not a Baker's Score ? A Baker's Century, even a Baker's Millenium ? Counting is so boring now everything has been decimalised, can we not re-introduce the 'Baker's' quantifier to make things a little more confusing again ?
-- nichpo, Mar 07 2003

Why it's a baker's dozen http://www.straight...g/mbakersdozen.html
Weights and Measures. [DrCurry, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]

On seeing the dissapointed look on a ladyfriend's face, the use of the "I ment 10 *Baker's* Inches" excuse probably won't save you... or would that be the wrong way around... er... as it were...

Oh, I've gone and made myself blush...
-- Seaneeboy, Mar 07 2003


If you want to make things confusing, why not just a one-word replacement form on non-rhyming slang:

I'm just going down to the Bakers'.
Just give me a Bakers'.
Oh, Bakers!
Look at the Bakers' on her!
I don't give a Baker's.
-- DrCurry, Mar 07 2003


Oh, baker off.
-- waugsqueke, Mar 07 2003


<irrelevent aside>
//A variant is bakester// -- from [DC]'s link

I think that sounds much better than 'baker'.</>
-- Jinbish, Mar 07 2003


Of course, it would have to be a part of the slug / fortnight / hogshead English system.
-- RayfordSteele, Mar 07 2003


I like the idea of a baker's kilogram being 2.5 lb and the baker's litre being 2 pints.
<aside>At the engineering woikshop where I once woiked, screws, nuts and such were commonly dispensed by the 'Imperial handful'.</aside>
-- angel, Mar 07 2003


I'll have a baker's pint of ale, please! (+)
-- Cedar Park, Mar 08 2003


13:00
-- Shz, Mar 08 2003


I think I'd like a baker's hard drive.

Yeah, to put it on everything would be confusing. Because everyone's not a baker.

As for a baker's dozen, hope you have a nice, generous baker. Otherwise you get less than everyone else. [:^) It's the baker's choice!

How 'bout a Baker's hundred? "...Killing a hundred people. What? You say a baker's hundred? Oh, Lord, save us..."

Oh yeah, and you get cool stuff like:

A Baker's Burger. With more than The Works.

A Baker's Hemi. What a Hummer has. (I know it doesn't really.)

A Baker's Slap.

A Baker's Bakery. Also prints newspapers.

A Baker's Ammo Clip. More bang for your buck.

A Baker's Annotation. What you have right here.
-- TahuNuva, Jan 08 2008


[Shz] ooh, I like "Bake 'o clock" (best if the "o" is pronounced "uh"). Kinda sounds like lunchtime too.
-- marklar, Jan 09 2008



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