# Baker's Dozen II (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938 "2020-01-25T03:38:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 117
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2321 "2020-05-26T23:06:46Z")
Insects: creepy/scary, meh, or like/love? 1. tent caterpillars, especially when dangling by the dozens at face level: creepy/scary 2. butterfly pavilions – love them! ---
**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:** [May 26, 2020, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2322 "2020-05-26T23:11:31Z")
Insects: creepy/scary, meh, or like/love? 1. tent caterpillars, especially when dangling by the dozens at face level: creepy/scary 2. butterfly pavilions – love them! 3. dung beetles - disgusting ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2323 "2020-05-26T23:27:23Z")
Insects: creepy/scary, meh, or like/love? 1. tent caterpillars, especially when dangling by the dozens at face level: creepy/scary 2. butterfly pavilions – love them! 3. dung beetles - disgusting 4. Asian giant hornet – nasty ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2324 "2020-05-27T00:08:28Z")
Insects: creepy/scary, meh, or like/love? 1. tent caterpillars, especially when dangling by the dozens at face level: creepy/scary 2. butterfly pavilions – love them! 3. dung beetles - disgusting 4. Asian giant hornet – nasty 5. Ladybugs - love them! ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2325 "2020-05-27T00:34:23Z")
Insects: creepy/scary, meh, or like/love? 1. tent caterpillars, especially when dangling by the dozens at face level: creepy/scary 2. butterfly pavilions – love them! 3. dung beetles - disgusting 4. Asian giant hornet – nasty 5. Ladybugs - love them! 6. Dragonflies - Love to watch them, especially when they are chowing down on swarms of mosquitos ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2326 "2020-05-27T00:57:37Z")
Insects: creepy/scary, meh, or like/love? 1. tent caterpillars, especially when dangling by the dozens at face level: creepy/scary 2. butterfly pavilions – love them! 3. dung beetles - disgusting 4. Asian giant hornet – nasty 5. Ladybugs - love them! 6. Dragonflies - Love to watch them, especially when they are chowing down on swarms of mosquitos 7. Lightning bugs - love to watch them on summer nights ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2327 "2020-05-27T01:24:54Z")
Insects: creepy/scary, meh, or like/love? 1. tent caterpillars, especially when dangling by the dozens at face level: creepy/scary 2. butterfly pavilions – love them! 3. dung beetles - disgusting 4. Asian giant hornet – nasty 5. Ladybugs - love them! 6. Dragonflies - Love to watch them, especially when they are chowing down on swarms of mosquitos 7. Lightning bugs - love to watch them on summer nights 8. luna moth - green and beautiful ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2328 "2020-05-27T01:56:52Z")
Insects: creepy/scary, meh, or like/love? 1. tent caterpillars, especially when dangling by the dozens at face level: creepy/scary 2. butterfly pavilions – love them! 3. dung beetles - disgusting 4. Asian giant hornet – nasty 5. Ladybugs - love them! 6. Dragonflies - Love to watch them, especially when they are chowing down on swarms of mosquitos 7. Lightning bugs - love to watch them on summer nights 8. luna moth - green and beautiful 9. Niña de la tierra (_aka_ Potato Bug) - creepy ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2329 "2020-05-27T02:29:09Z")
Insects: creepy/scary, meh, or like/love? 1. tent caterpillars, especially when dangling by the dozens at face level: creepy/scary 2. butterfly pavilions – love them! 3. dung beetles - disgusting 4. Asian giant hornet – nasty 5. Ladybugs - love them! 6. Dragonflies - Love to watch them, especially when they are chowing down on swarms of mosquitos 7. Lightning bugs - love to watch them on summer nights 8. luna moth - green and beautiful 9. Niña de la tierra (aka Potato Bug) - creepy 10. Walking stick I saw one in Bolivia that was longer than the width if a chair ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2330 "2020-05-27T03:36:10Z")
Insects: creepy/scary, meh, or like/love? 1. tent caterpillars, especially when dangling by the dozens at face level: creepy/scary 2. butterfly pavilions – love them! 3. dung beetles - disgusting 4. Asian giant hornet – nasty 5. Ladybugs - love them! 6. Dragonflies - Love to watch them, especially when they are chowing down on swarms of mosquitos 7. Lightning bugs - love to watch them on summer nights 8. luna moth - green and beautiful 9. Niña de la tierra (aka Potato Bug) - creepy 10. Walking stick - huge 11. mosquitoes - scary when thinking of West Nile, dengue fever, malaria and others jtur88, just wondering, was the Walking stick huge and creepy or huge and likeable? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2331 "2020-05-27T04:10:16Z")
It looked as creepy and likeable as a dead stick, which is what it appeared to be. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2020, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2332 "2020-05-27T04:24:19Z")
Insects: creepy/scary, meh, or like/love? 1. tent caterpillars, especially when dangling by the dozens at face level: creepy/scary 2. butterfly pavilions – love them! 3. dung beetles - disgusting 4. Asian giant hornet – nasty 5. Ladybugs - love them! 6. Dragonflies - Love to watch them, especially when they are chowing down on swarms of mosquitos 7. Lightning bugs - love to watch them on summer nights 8. luna moth - green and beautiful 9. Niña de la tierra (aka Potato Bug) - creepy 10. Walking stick - huge 11. mosquitoes - scary when thinking of West Nile, dengue fever, malaria and others 12. Praying mantises - very cool; love 'em! [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis#/media/File:Praying_mantis_india.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis#/media/File:Praying_mantis_india.jpg) [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis#/media/File:Large_brown_mantid_close_up_nohair.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis#/media/File:Large_brown_mantid_close_up_nohair.jpg) [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis#/media/File:Gray_adult_female_Carolina_Mantis.JPG) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantis#/media/File:Gray_adult_female_Carolina_Mantis.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2333 "2020-05-27T09:01:55Z")
**Elendil’s Heir** : When I was a kid I raised praying mantises. Insects: creepy/scary, meh, or like/love? 1. tent caterpillars, especially when dangling by the dozens at face level: creepy/scary 2. butterfly pavilions – love them! 3. dung beetles - disgusting 4. Asian giant hornet – nasty 5. Ladybugs - love them! 6. Dragonflies - Love to watch them, especially when they are chowing down on swarms of mosquitos 7. Lightning bugs - love to watch them on summer nights 8. luna moth - green and beautiful 9. Niña de la tierra (aka Potato Bug) - creepy 10. Walking stick - huge 11. mosquitoes - scary when thinking of West Nile, dengue fever, malaria and others 12. Praying mantises - very cool; love 'em! 13. Honey bee - essential pollinators and makers of honey Pass ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2334 "2020-05-27T12:06:40Z")
Radio station you have the earliest recollection of listening to as a child 1. WTMJ, Milwaukee ---
**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:** [May 27, 2020, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2335 "2020-05-27T13:40:50Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > **Elendil’s Heir** : When I was a kid I raised praying mantises… Thanks - I’m a little envious. I’ve always found them fascinating. Radio station you have the earliest recollection of listening to as a child 1. WTMJ, Milwaukee 2. KDKA, Pittsburgh Jack Bogut, the morning DJ, was almost a demigod in the area. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2336 "2020-05-27T14:13:03Z")
Radio station you have the earliest recollection of listening to as a child 1. WTMJ, Milwaukee 2. KDKA, Pittsburgh 3. KOGO - San Diego ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2337 "2020-05-27T14:19:43Z")
Radio station you have the earliest recollection of listening to as a child 1. WTMJ, Milwaukee 2. KDKA, Pittsburgh 3. KOGO - San Diego 4. WDRC, Hartford ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2338 "2020-05-27T15:40:19Z")
Radio station you have the earliest recollection of listening to as a child 1. WTMJ, Milwaukee 2. KDKA, Pittsburgh 3. KOGO - San Diego 4. WDRC, Hartford 5. XE???, Mexico City Looking at the list of Mexico City radio stations I can’t tell which it was. My sibs and I made up our own version of their ID jingle and it started with an XE and had 3 other letters. The list has several possibles including XERFR, XEITE, or maybe it was a now defunct station. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2339 "2020-05-27T16:12:53Z")
Radio station you have the earliest recollection of listening to as a child 1. WTMJ, Milwaukee 2. KDKA, Pittsburgh 3. KOGO - San Diego 4. WDRC, Hartford 5. XE???, Mexico City 6. WGN, Chicago I remember my parents listened to WGN a lot. News in the morning and Cubs games in the afternoon. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2340 "2020-05-27T16:52:50Z")
Radio station you have the earliest recollection of listening to as a child 1. WTMJ, Milwaukee 2. KDKA, Pittsburgh 3. KOGO - San Diego 4. WDRC, Hartford 5. XE???, Mexico City 6. WGN, Chicago 7. WICR, Elwood, IN [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=116) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=118)