# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1261
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25204 "2014-05-02T18:41:59Z")
Characters from American Folklore. 1. Paul Bunyan 2. John Henry 3. Johnny Appleseed 4. Joe Magarac 5. Hiawatha ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25205 "2014-05-02T18:58:26Z")
Characters from American Folklore. 1. Paul Bunyan 2. John Henry 3. Johnny Appleseed 4. Joe Magarac 5. Hiawatha 6. Chuck Norris ---
**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 2, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25206 "2014-05-02T19:16:00Z")
Characters from American Folklore. 1. Paul Bunyan 2. John Henry 3. Johnny Appleseed 4. Joe Magarac 5. Hiawatha 6. Chuck Norris 7. Pecos Bill ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25207 "2014-05-02T19:19:26Z")
Characters from American Folklore. 1. Paul Bunyan 2. John Henry 3. Johnny Appleseed 4. Joe Magarac 5. Hiawatha 6. Chuck Norris 7. Pecos Bill 8. Casey Jones ---
**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:** [May 2, 2014, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25208 "2014-05-02T20:05:53Z")
Characters from American Folklore. 1. Paul Bunyan 2. John Henry 3. Johnny Appleseed 4. Joe Magarac 5. Hiawatha 6. Chuck Norris 7. Pecos Bill 8. Casey Jones 9. Santa Claus While other cultures have similar figures, the specific character of Santa Claus originated in America. ---
**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 2, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25209 "2014-05-02T20:08:58Z")
Characters from American Folklore. 1. Paul Bunyan 2. John Henry 3. Johnny Appleseed 4. Joe Magarac 5. Hiawatha 6. Chuck Norris 7. Pecos Bill 8. Casey Jones 9. Santa Claus 10. Johnny Appleseed Sure, John Chapman was real, but he wasn’t the legendary figure the popular imagination turned him into. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25210 "2014-05-02T20:10:14Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Characters from American Folklore. > > 1. Paul Bunyan > 2. John Henry > 3. Johnny Appleseed > 4. Joe Magarac > 5. Hiawatha > 6. Chuck Norris > 7. Pecos Bill > 8. Casey Jones > 9. Santa Claus > 10. Johnny Appleseed > > Sure, John Chapman was real, but he wasn’t the legendary figure the popular imagination turned him into. He was also #3… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25211 "2014-05-02T20:21:38Z")
Characters from American Folklore. 1. Paul Bunyan 2. John Henry 3. Johnny Appleseed 4. Joe Magarac 5. Hiawatha 6. Chuck Norris 7. Pecos Bill 8. Casey Jones 9. Santa Claus 10. The Mighty Casey (from “Casey at the Bat”) ---
**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 2, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25212 "2014-05-02T20:39:46Z")
Characters from American Folklore. 1. Paul Bunyan 2. John Henry 3. Johnny Appleseed 4. Joe Magarac 5. Hiawatha 6. Chuck Norris 7. Pecos Bill 8. Casey Jones 9. Santa Claus 10. The Mighty Casey (from “Casey at the Bat”) 11. Captain Stormalong ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25213 "2014-05-02T20:54:38Z")
Characters from American Folklore. 1. Paul Bunyan 2. John Henry 3. Johnny Appleseed 4. Joe Magarac 5. Hiawatha 6. Chuck Norris 7. Pecos Bill 8. Casey Jones 9. Santa Claus 10. The Mighty Casey (from “Casey at the Bat”) 11. Captain Stormalong 12. Sasquatch ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25214 "2014-05-02T21:37:57Z")
Characters from American Folklore. 1. Paul Bunyan 2. John Henry 3. Johnny Appleseed 4. Joe Magarac 5. Hiawatha 6. Chuck Norris 7. Pecos Bill 8. Casey Jones 9. Santa Claus 10. The Mighty Casey (from “Casey at the Bat”) 11. Captain Stormalong 12. Sasquatch 13. Mike Fink Special names for fast food fare: 1. Big Mac ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25215 "2014-05-02T21:43:34Z")
Special names for fast food fare: 1. Big Mac 2. Double-Double (Animal Style) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25216 "2014-05-02T21:44:40Z")
Special names for fast food fare: 1. Big Mac 2. Double-Double (Animal Style) 3. The Whopper ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25217 "2014-05-02T22:29:37Z")
Special names for fast food fare: 1. Big Mac 2. Double-Double (Animal Style) 3. The Whopper 4. Belly Bombs (WC Sliders) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25218 "2014-05-02T23:34:21Z")
Special names for fast food fare: 1. Big Mac 2. Double-Double (Animal Style) 3. The Whopper 4. Belly Bombs (WC Sliders) 5. Krusty Partially Gelatinated Non-Dairy Gum-Based Beverages ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25219 "2014-05-02T23:49:14Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > 1. Krusty Partially Gelatinated Non-Dairy Gum-Based Beverages Mmmm, tasty! Where do I get one of _those_? 😃 ---
**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:** [May 3, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25220 "2014-05-03T01:22:53Z")
Special names for fast food fare: 1. Big Mac 2. Double-Double (Animal Style) 3. The Whopper 4. Belly Bombs (WC Sliders) 5. Krusty Partially Gelatinated Non-Dairy Gum-Based Beverages 6. Mexi-Melt (Taco Bell) ---
**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 3, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25221 "2014-05-03T01:27:29Z")
Special names for fast food fare: 1. Big Mac 2. Double-Double (Animal Style) 3. The Whopper 4. Belly Bombs (WC Sliders) 5. Krusty Partially Gelatinated Non-Dairy Gum-Based Beverages 6. Mexi-Melt (Taco Bell) 7. Papa Bear (A&W Root Beer restaurants) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25222 "2014-05-03T02:38:08Z")
Special names for fast food fare: 1. Big Mac 2. Double-Double (Animal Style) 3. The Whopper 4. Belly Bombs (WC Sliders) 5. Krusty Partially Gelatinated Non-Dairy Gum-Based Beverages 6. Mexi-Melt (Taco Bell) 7. Papa Bear (A&W Root Beer restaurants) 8. Moon Over My-Hammy ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/25223 "2014-05-03T02:40:07Z")
Special names for fast food fare: 1. Big Mac 2. Double-Double (Animal Style) 3. The Whopper 4. Belly Bombs (WC Sliders) 5. Krusty Partially Gelatinated Non-Dairy Gum-Based Beverages 6. Mexi-Melt (Taco Bell) 7. Papa Bear (A&W Root Beer restaurants) 8. Moon Over My-Hammy 9. Filet-O-Fish [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1260) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=1262)