How many is there in a bakers dozen?
Dozen average weight). During this time, bakers who sold a dozen units that failed to meet this requirement could be penalized with a fine. Therefore to avoid risking this penalty, some bakers included an extra unit to be sure the minimum weight was met, bringing the total to 13 units or what is now commonly known as a baker's dozen. In the late 16th century a baker's dozen referred to a batch made in which the customer was given a dozen and the last one constituted the baker's profit. According to the 1811 "Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue", by Francis
Drunken Bakers convincing belches, slurps, breaking glass and vomiting." Smith says that Leckey's artwork is less an original work than an "adaptation or an homage" of the original cartoon. Lecky also created models of the bakers, exhibited as "Drunken Bakers Dozen" in 2007. The strip and the Tate Britain exhibition have received wide critical acclaim from both the art and literary worlds. Alan Moore has said, "I think the Drunken Bakers is like Samuel fucking Beckett or something. It's horrible and really funny." Steve Lowe in "The Guardian" says that "Comedy drunks have been around since drinks first began, but few have