# 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:** 2138
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42745 "2016-04-16T22:14:40Z")
New: Unsuccessful Presidential candidates / election year 1. Al Smith, 1928 2. Norman Thomas, Socialist, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 ---
**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:** [April 16, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42746 "2016-04-16T22:48:21Z")
Unsuccessful Presidential candidates / election year 1. Al Smith, 1928 2. Norman Thomas, Socialist, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 3. Bob Dole, 1980 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), 1988 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), and 1996 (ran and won the GOP nomination but lost the general election) ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42747 "2016-04-17T00:52:30Z")
Unsuccessful Presidential candidates / election year 1. Al Smith, 1928 2. Norman Thomas, Socialist, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 3. Bob Dole, 1980 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), 1988 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), and 1996 (ran and won the GOP nomination but lost the general election) 4. Hillary Clinton, 2008 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42748 "2016-04-17T01:33:21Z")
Unsuccessful Presidential candidates / election year 1. Al Smith, 1928 2. Norman Thomas, Socialist, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 3. Bob Dole, 1980 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), 1988 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), and 1996 (ran and won the GOP nomination but lost the general election) 4. Hillary Clinton, 2008 5. George McGovern, 1972 ---
**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:** [April 17, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42749 "2016-04-17T01:57:14Z")
Unsuccessful Presidential candidates / election year 1. Al Smith, 1928 2. Norman Thomas, Socialist, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 3. Bob Dole, 1980 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), 1988 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), and 1996 (ran and won the GOP nomination but lost the general election) 4. Hillary Clinton, 2008 5. George McGovern, 1972 6. Lenora Fulani, 1988, 1992 ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42750 "2016-04-17T05:48:01Z")
Unsuccessful Presidential candidates / election year 1. Al Smith, 1928 2. Norman Thomas, Socialist, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 3. Bob Dole, 1980 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), 1988 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), and 1996 (ran and won the GOP nomination but lost the general election) 4. Hillary Clinton, 2008 5. George McGovern, 1972 6. Lenora Fulani, 1988, 1992 7. Walter Mondale, 1984 ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce7236/32.png) [@Mona\_Lisa\_Simpson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lisa_Simpson)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42751 "2016-04-17T07:04:26Z")
Unsuccessful Presidential candidates / election year 1. Al Smith, 1928 2. Norman Thomas, Socialist, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 3. Bob Dole, 1980 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), 1988 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), and 1996 (ran and won the GOP nomination but lost the general election) 4. Hillary Clinton, 2008 5. George McGovern, 1972 6. Lenora Fulani, 1988, 1992 7. Walter Mondale, 1984 8. Gerald Ford, appointed VP, 1973, POTUS by default in 1974, not elected 1976 ---
**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:** [April 17, 2016, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42752 "2016-04-17T08:17:51Z")
Unsuccessful Presidential candidates / election year 1. Al Smith, 1928 2. Norman Thomas, Socialist, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 3. Bob Dole, 1980 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), 1988 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), and 1996 (ran and won the GOP nomination but lost the general election) 4. Hillary Clinton, 2008 5. George McGovern, 1972 6. Lenora Fulani, 1988, 1992 7. Walter Mondale, 1984 8. Gerald Ford, appointed VP, 1973, POTUS by default in 1974, not elected 1976 9. Donald Trump, 2016 Here’s hoping… ---
**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:** [April 17, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42753 "2016-04-17T11:28:43Z")
Unsuccessful Presidential candidates / election year 1. Al Smith, 1928 2. Norman Thomas, Socialist, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 3. Bob Dole, 1980 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), 1988 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), and 1996 (ran and won the GOP nomination but lost the general election) 4. Hillary Clinton, 2008 5. George McGovern, 1972 6. Lenora Fulani, 1988, 1992 7. Walter Mondale, 1984 8. Gerald Ford, appointed VP, 1973, POTUS by default in 1974, not elected 1976 9. Donald Trump, 2016 10. Wendell L. Willkie, 1940 ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42754 "2016-04-17T11:45:08Z")
Unsuccessful Presidential candidates / election year 1. Al Smith, 1928 2. Norman Thomas, Socialist, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 3. Bob Dole, 1980 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), 1988 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), and 1996 (ran and won the GOP nomination but lost the general election) 4. Hillary Clinton, 2008 5. George McGovern, 1972 6. Lenora Fulani, 1988, 1992 7. Walter Mondale, 1984 8. Gerald Ford, appointed VP, 1973, POTUS by default in 1974, not elected 1976 9. Donald Trump, 2016 10. Wendell L. Willkie, 1940 11. Harold Stassen, eternally 😃 ---
**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:** [April 17, 2016, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42755 "2016-04-17T11:55:33Z")
Unsuccessful Presidential candidates / election year 1. Al Smith, 1928 2. Norman Thomas, Socialist, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 3. Bob Dole, 1980 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), 1988 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), and 1996 (ran and won the GOP nomination but lost the general election) 4. Hillary Clinton, 2008 5. George McGovern, 1972 6. Lenora Fulani, 1988, 1992 7. Walter Mondale, 1984 8. Gerald Ford, appointed VP, 1973, POTUS by default in 1974, not elected 1976 9. Donald Trump, 2016 10. Wendell L. Willkie, 1940 11. Harold Stassen, eternally 12. Al Gore, 2000 Unsuccessful, despite winning. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42756 "2016-04-17T13:41:14Z")
Unsuccessful Presidential candidates / election year 1. Al Smith, 1928 2. Norman Thomas, Socialist, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944, 1948 3. Bob Dole, 1980 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), 1988 (ran but was not nominated by the GOP), and 1996 (ran and won the GOP nomination but lost the general election) 4. Hillary Clinton, 2008 5. George McGovern, 1972 6. Lenora Fulani, 1988, 1992 7. Walter Mondale, 1984 8. Gerald Ford, appointed VP, 1973, POTUS by default in 1974, not elected 1976 9. Donald Trump, 2016 10. Wendell L. Willkie, 1940 11. Harold Stassen, eternally 12. Al Gore, 2000 13. Gus Hall, '72, ;76, '80, '84. Communist party, 25-50,000 votes. Next: Cities with unfortunate IATA airport codes: 1. POS - Port of Spain, Trinidad ---
**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:** [April 17, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42757 "2016-04-17T14:17:09Z")
Cities with unfortunate IATA airport codes: 1. POS - Port of Spain, Trinidad 2. FUK - Fukuoka, Japan ---
**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:** [April 17, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42758 "2016-04-17T14:42:48Z")
Cities with unfortunate IATA airport codes: 1. POS - Port of Spain, Trinidad 2. FUK - Fukuoka, Japan 3. SOL - Solomon, Alaska ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42759 "2016-04-17T14:49:37Z")
Cities with unfortunate IATA airport codes: 1. POS - Port of Spain, Trinidad 2. FUK - Fukuoka, Japan 3. SOL - Solomon, Alaska 4. DIK - Dickinson, North Dakota ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42760 "2016-04-17T15:51:41Z")
Cities with unfortunate IATA airport codes: 1. POS - Port of Spain, Trinidad 2. FUK - Fukuoka, Japan 3. SOL - Solomon, Alaska 4. DIK - Dickinson, North Dakota 5. COK - Cochin, India ---
**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:** [April 17, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42761 "2016-04-17T15:59:40Z")
Cities with unfortunate IATA airport codes: 1. POS - Port of Spain, Trinidad 2. FUK - Fukuoka, Japan 3. SOL - Solomon, Alaska 4. DIK - Dickinson, North Dakota 5. COK - Cochin, India 6. IDK - Indulkana, Australia ---
**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:** [April 17, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42762 "2016-04-17T16:01:20Z")
Cities with unfortunate IATA airport codes: 1. POS - Port of Spain, Trinidad 2. FUK - Fukuoka, Japan 3. SOL - Solomon, Alaska 4. DIK - Dickinson, North Dakota 5. COK - Cochin, India 6. IDK - Indulkana, Australia 7. BUT - Burtonwood, UK Don’t bother, I already checked. Assab is ASA and Assuit is ATZ. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42763 "2016-04-17T16:45:14Z")
Cities with unfortunate IATA airport codes: 1. POS - Port of Spain, Trinidad 2. FUK - Fukuoka, Japan 3. SOL - Solomon, Alaska 4. DIK - Dickinson, North Dakota 5. COK - Cochin, India 6. IDK - Indulkana, Australia 7. BUT - Burtonwood, UK 8. ASZ - Asirim, Papua New Guinea ---
**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:** [April 17, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42764 "2016-04-17T17:03:06Z")
Cities with unfortunate IATA airport codes: 1. POS - Port of Spain, Trinidad 2. FUK - Fukuoka, Japan 3. SOL - Solomon, Alaska 4. DIK - Dickinson, North Dakota 5. COK - Cochin, India 6. IDK - Indulkana, Australia 7. BUT - Burtonwood, UK 8. ASZ - Asirim, Papua New Guinea 9. DMN - Deming, New Mexico [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2137) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2139)