# 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:** 139
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2761 "2020-06-27T15:04:54Z")
A person named X is quite possibly from Y: typical names in regions or countries 1. Llewellyn - Wales 2. Marchand - France 3. Giovanni — Italy 4. Ian/Heather McDonald - Nova Scotia 5. Stoltzfus - Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Amish Country) 6. Hamish - Scotland 7. Tadhg - Ireland ---
**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:** [June 27, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2762 "2020-06-27T18:59:48Z")
A person named X is quite possibly from Y: typical names in regions or countries 1. Llewellyn - Wales 2. Marchand - France 3. Giovanni — Italy 4. Ian/Heather McDonald - Nova Scotia 5. Stoltzfus - Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Amish Country) 6. Hamish - Scotland 7. Tadhg - Ireland 8. Yuri - Russia ---
**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:** [June 27, 2020, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2763 "2020-06-27T19:02:05Z")
A person named X is quite possibly from Y: typical names in regions or countries 1. Llewellyn - Wales 2. Marchand - France 3. Giovanni — Italy 4. Ian/Heather McDonald - Nova Scotia 5. Stoltzfus - Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Amish Country) 6. Hamish - Scotland 7. Tadhg - Ireland 8. Yuri - Russia 9. Midori - Japan ---
**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:** [June 27, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2764 "2020-06-27T20:34:36Z")
A person named X is quite possibly from Y: typical names in regions or countries 1. Llewellyn - Wales 2. Marchand - France 3. Giovanni — Italy 4. Ian/Heather McDonald - Nova Scotia 5. Stoltzfus - Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Amish Country) 6. Hamish - Scotland 7. Tadhg - Ireland 8. Yuri - Russia 9. Midori - Japan 10. Wu - China ---
**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:** [June 27, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2765 "2020-06-27T22:06:53Z")
A person named X is quite possibly from Y: typical names in regions or countries 1. Llewellyn - Wales 2. Marchand - France 3. Giovanni — Italy 4. Ian/Heather McDonald - Nova Scotia 5. Stoltzfus - Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Amish Country) 6. Hamish - Scotland 7. Tadhg - Ireland 8. Yuri - Russia 9. Midori - Japan 10. Wu - China 11. Tremblay - Quebec It’s the 3rd most common surname in all of Canada, after Smith and Brown, and the most common surname in Quebec. While it’s originally French, there are 2,500 Tremblays in France and 106,000 of them in Canada. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2766 "2020-06-28T02:30:42Z")
A person named X is quite possibly from Y: typical names in regions or countries 1. Llewellyn - Wales 2. Marchand - France 3. Giovanni — Italy 4. Ian/Heather McDonald - Nova Scotia 5. Stoltzfus - Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Amish Country) 6. Hamish - Scotland 7. Tadhg - Ireland 8. Yuri - Russia 9. Midori - Japan 10. Wu - China 11. Tremblay - Quebec 12. Vande Zande - Waupun, Wisconsin ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2767 "2020-06-28T03:59:03Z")
A person named X is quite possibly from Y: typical names in regions or countries 1. Llewellyn - Wales 2. Marchand - France 3. Giovanni — Italy 4. Ian/Heather McDonald - Nova Scotia 5. Stoltzfus - Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Amish Country) 6. Hamish - Scotland 7. Tadhg - Ireland 8. Yuri - Russia 9. Midori - Japan 10. Wu - China 11. Tremblay - Quebec 12. Vande Zande - Waupun, Wisconsin 13. Gruber - Austria Most common family name there. Next up: Overheard around the White House recently 1. “How can such a big germophobe refuse to wear a mask?” ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2768 "2020-06-28T05:26:51Z")
Overheard around the White House recently 1. “How can such a big germophobe refuse to wear a mask?” 2. “Where’s Tulsi?” ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2769 "2020-06-28T05:50:56Z")
Overheard around the White House recently 1. “How can such a big germophobe refuse to wear a mask?” 2. “Where’s Tulsi?” 3. “I want a copy of John Bolton’s book. And somebody to explain the big words to me!” ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2770 "2020-06-28T05:53:59Z")
Overheard around the White House recently 1. “How can such a big germophobe refuse to wear a mask?” 2. “Where’s Tulsi?” 3. “I want a copy of John Bolton’s book. And somebody to explain the big words to me!” 4. “I’m preparing the President’s national security briefing. Who’s good at drawing?” ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2771 "2020-06-28T14:57:31Z")
Overheard around the White House recently 1. “How can such a big germophobe refuse to wear a mask?” 2. “Where’s Tulsi?” 3. “I want a copy of John Bolton’s book. And somebody to explain the big words to me!” 4. “I’m preparing the President’s national security briefing. Who’s good at drawing?” 5. “Somebody doesn’t love me!” ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2772 "2020-06-28T18:57:21Z")
Overheard around the White House recently 1. “How can such a big germophobe refuse to wear a mask?” 2. “Where’s Tulsi?” 3. “I want a copy of John Bolton’s book. And somebody to explain the big words to me!” 4. “I’m preparing the President’s national security briefing. Who’s good at drawing?” 5. “Somebody doesn’t love me!” 6. “Get me more spray tan! I’m running out of spray tan!” ---
**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:** [June 28, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2773 "2020-06-28T19:16:45Z")
Overheard around the White House recently 1. “How can such a big germophobe refuse to wear a mask?” 2. “Where’s Tulsi?” 3. “I want a copy of John Bolton’s book. And somebody to explain the big words to me!” 4. “I’m preparing the President’s national security briefing. Who’s good at drawing?” 5. “Somebody doesn’t love me!” 6. “Get me more spray tan! I’m running out of spray tan!” 7. “Thank God we don’t have a statue of Robert E. Lee on the South Lawn already.” ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2774 "2020-06-29T03:01:13Z")
Advisoy – I was once given a mod warning for “politicising Thread Games”, I mocked the name of a political party in a foreign country. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2020, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2775 "2020-06-29T05:13:45Z")
Overheard around the White House recently 1. “How can such a big germophobe refuse to wear a mask?” 2. “Where’s Tulsi?” 3. “I want a copy of John Bolton’s book. And somebody to explain the big words to me!” 4. “I’m preparing the President’s national security briefing. Who’s good at drawing?” 5. “Somebody doesn’t love me!” 6. “Get me more spray tan! I’m running out of spray tan!” 7. “Thank God we don’t have a statue of Robert E. Lee on the South Lawn already.” 8. “Which way to the bunker?” **jtur88** , was your mod warning here on our new platform? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2020, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2776 "2020-06-29T09:15:55Z")
[quote=“gkster, post:2775, topic:846938, full:true”] **jtur88** , was your mod warning here on our new platform? [/quote] No, in about 2014 I think ---
**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:** [June 29, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2777 "2020-06-29T13:21:37Z")
Overheard around the White House recently 1. “How can such a big germophobe refuse to wear a mask?” 2. “Where’s Tulsi?” 3. “I want a copy of John Bolton’s book. And somebody to explain the big words to me!” 4. “I’m preparing the President’s national security briefing. Who’s good at drawing?” 5. “Somebody doesn’t love me!” 6. “Get me more spray tan! I’m running out of spray tan!” 7. “Thank God we don’t have a statue of Robert E. Lee on the South Lawn already.” 8. “Which way to the bunker?” 9. “If you don’t take your vitamins, Mr. President, the big bad protestors will come back again.” ---
**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:** [June 29, 2020, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2778 "2020-06-29T14:21:16Z")
Overheard around the White House recently 1. “How can such a big germophobe refuse to wear a mask?” 2. “Where’s Tulsi?” 3. “I want a copy of John Bolton’s book. And somebody to explain the big words to me!” 4. “I’m preparing the President’s national security briefing. Who’s good at drawing?” 5. “Somebody doesn’t love me!” 6. “Get me more spray tan! I’m running out of spray tan!” 7. “Thank God we don’t have a statue of Robert E. Lee on the South Lawn already.” 8. “Which way to the bunker?” 9. “If you don’t take your vitamins, Mr. President, the big bad protestors will come back again.” 10. “I wonder if it’s too soon to start polishing my resume…” ---
**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:** [June 29, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2779 "2020-06-29T22:35:16Z")
Overheard around the White House recently 1. “How can such a big germophobe refuse to wear a mask?” 2. “Where’s Tulsi?” 3. “I want a copy of John Bolton’s book. And somebody to explain the big words to me!” 4. “I’m preparing the President’s national security briefing. Who’s good at drawing?” 5. “Somebody doesn’t love me!” 6. “Get me more spray tan! I’m running out of spray tan!” 7. “Thank God we don’t have a statue of Robert E. Lee on the South Lawn already.” 8. “Which way to the bunker?” 9. “If you don’t take your vitamins, Mr. President, the big bad protestors will come back again.” 10. “I wonder if it’s too soon to start polishing my resume…” 11. “Hey, did anybody return that Bible to the public library?” ---
**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:** [June 29, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938/2780 "2020-06-29T22:51:08Z")
Overheard around the White House recently 1. “How can such a big germophobe refuse to wear a mask?” 2. “Where’s Tulsi?” 3. “I want a copy of John Bolton’s book. And somebody to explain the big words to me!” 4. “I’m preparing the President’s national security briefing. Who’s good at drawing?” 5. “Somebody doesn’t love me!” 6. “Get me more spray tan! I’m running out of spray tan!” 7. “Thank God we don’t have a statue of Robert E. Lee on the South Lawn already.” 8. “Which way to the bunker?” 9. “If you don’t take your vitamins, Mr. President, the big bad protestors will come back again.” 10. “I wonder if it’s too soon to start polishing my resume…” 11. “Hey, did anybody return that Bible to the public library?” 12. “Who is this Josiah Bartlet guy I keep hearing about?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=138) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen-ii-part-1/846938.md?page=140)