2006-09-11 02:56:53 · 22 answers · asked by ? 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
SEEMS TOO EASY FOR U ALL
2006-09-11 02:58:53 · update #1
ALL OF U DESERVE 10 POINTS.GREAT
2006-09-11 02:59:59 · update #2
13...but since everyone already know's that, here's a bit extra on the history of the baker's dozen....
A baker's dozen, also known as long dozen, is 13, one more than a proper dozen. The expression found its genesis in 13th century England. The oldest known source and most probable origin for the expression "baker's dozen" dates to the 13th century in one of the earliest English statutes, instituted during the reign of Henry III (r. 1216-1272), called the Assize of Bread and Ale. Bakers who were found to have short-changed customers could be liable to severe punishment. To guard against the crude punishment of losing a hand to an axe, a baker would give 13 for the price of 12, to be certain of not being known as a cheat. Specifically, the practice of baking 13 items for an intended dozen was to prevent "short measure", on the basis that one of the 13 could be lost, eaten, burnt or ruined in some way, leaving the baker with the original dozen. The practice could be seen in the guild codes of the Worshipful Company of Bakers in London.
2006-09-11 03:01:03 · answer #1 · answered by < Roger That > 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
13
2006-09-11 04:29:17 · answer #2 · answered by tikymim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
13
2006-09-11 03:13:04 · answer #3 · answered by Fatty McButterpants 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
13
2006-09-11 03:08:27 · answer #4 · answered by redneckwoman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
13
2006-09-11 02:58:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
13
2006-09-11 02:58:07 · answer #6 · answered by louise12041987 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Backers? Dozon?
If you mean a Bakers dozen, 13.
2006-09-11 02:58:17 · answer #7 · answered by kja63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know "how much is a backers dozon"? But I do know that a "bakers dozen" is 13.
2006-09-11 03:22:58 · answer #8 · answered by MARIA K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you're asking what a baker's dozen is and that is 13 because the baker used to throw in an extra sweet or bread to encourage good will and bring the customer back again,
truly i do not know what a backer's dozen is, if it's line backer's then i think it's still 12 and i wouldn't want to meet up with them
2006-09-11 03:57:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
13 is the correct answer as so many others have pointed out. What does one call the 13th loaf? In New Orleans it would probably be called lagniappe. {Wiki: "Lagniappe means a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase, such as a 13th beignet when buying a dozen, . . .."}
BTW, if a Baker's Dozen is 13, what's a Banker's Dozen? 11 ;-p
2006-09-11 03:49:22 · answer #10 · answered by buffalobjf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋