# 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:** 2139
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42765 "2016-04-17T17:53:34Z")
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 10. NOB - Nosara, Costa Rica ---
**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, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42766 "2016-04-17T18:22:47Z")
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 10. NOB - Nosara, Costa Rica 11. SUX - Sioux City, Iowa, US ---
**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, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42767 "2016-04-17T20:11:04Z")
]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 10. NOB - Nosara, Costa Rica 11. SUX - Sioux City, Iowa, US 12. SNM - San Ignacio de Moxos, Bolivia 13. PEE, Perm Krai, Russia ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42768 "2016-04-17T21:19:21Z")
If that’s a Pass, I’ll toss out another one: Next: Pairs of well-known people whose last names look like they should rhyme, but don’t. 1. Rob Lowe and Gordie Howe ---
**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, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42769 "2016-04-17T22:18:28Z")
Next: Pairs of well-known people whose last names look like they should rhyme, but don’t. 1. Rob Lowe and Gordie Howe 2. Eva Peron and Charlize Theron ---
**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, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42770 "2016-04-17T22:26:25Z")
Pairs of well-known people whose last names look like they should rhyme, but don’t. 1. Rob Lowe and Gordie Howe 2. Eva Peron and Charlize Theron 3. William Butler Yeats and John Keats ---
**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, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42771 "2016-04-17T23:08:08Z")
Pairs of well-known people whose last names look like they should rhyme, but don’t. 1. Rob Lowe and Gordie Howe 2. Eva Peron and Charlize Theron 3. William Butler Yeats and John Keats 4. Elmer Fudd and Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced like ‘Griffith’) ---
**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, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42772 "2016-04-17T23:24:49Z")
Pairs of well-known people whose last names look like they should rhyme, but don’t. 1. Rob Lowe and Gordie Howe 2. Eva Peron and Charlize Theron 3. William Butler Yeats and John Keats 4. Elmer Fudd and Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced like ‘Griffith’) 5. Danny Glover and Connie Dover ---
**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, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42773 "2016-04-17T23:47:06Z")
Pairs of well-known people whose last names look like they should rhyme, but don’t. 1. Rob Lowe and Gordie Howe 2. Eva Peron and Charlize Theron 3. William Butler Yeats and John Keats 4. Elmer Fudd and Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced like ‘Griffith’) 5. Danny Glover and Connie Dover 6. Pete Rose, Glenn Close and Felix Jose ---
**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, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42774 "2016-04-17T23:51:48Z")
Pairs of well-known people whose last names look like they should rhyme, but don’t. 1. Rob Lowe and Gordie Howe 2. Eva Peron and Charlize Theron 3. William Butler Yeats and John Keats 4. Elmer Fudd and Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced like ‘Griffith’) 5. Danny Glover and Connie Dover 6. Pete Rose, Glenn Close and Felix Jose 7. James Agee and Tom Magee ---
**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 18, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42775 "2016-04-18T00:33:50Z")
Pairs of well-known people whose last names look like they should rhyme, but don’t. 1. Rob Lowe and Gordie Howe 2. Eva Peron and Charlize Theron 3. William Butler Yeats and John Keats 4. Elmer Fudd and Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced like ‘Griffith’) 5. Danny Glover and Connie Dover 6. Pete Rose, Glenn Close and Felix Jose 7. James Agee and Tom Magee 8. Harper Lee and Paul Klee (sounds like ‘clay’) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42776 "2016-04-18T01:54:23Z")
Pairs of well-known people whose last names look like they should rhyme, but don’t. 1. Rob Lowe and Gordie Howe 2. Eva Peron and Charlize Theron 3. William Butler Yeats and John Keats 4. Elmer Fudd and Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced like ‘Griffith’) 5. Danny Glover and Connie Dover 6. Pete Rose, Glenn Close and Felix Jose 7. James Agee and Tom Magee 8. Harper Lee and Paul Klee (sounds like ‘clay’) 9. Willa Cather and Dan Rather ---
**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:** [April 18, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42777 "2016-04-18T02:04:33Z")
Pairs of well-known people whose last names look like they should rhyme, but don’t. 1. Rob Lowe and Gordie Howe 2. Eva Peron and Charlize Theron 3. William Butler Yeats and John Keats 4. Elmer Fudd and Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced like ‘Griffith’) 5. Danny Glover and Connie Dover 6. Pete Rose, Glenn Close and Felix Jose 7. James Agee and Tom Magee 8. Harper Lee and Paul Klee (sounds like ‘clay’) 9. Willa Cather and Dan Rather 10. David Petraeus and Albert Camus ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42778 "2016-04-18T03:03:17Z")
Pairs of well-known people whose last names look like they should rhyme, but don’t. 1. Rob Lowe and Gordie Howe 2. Eva Peron and Charlize Theron 3. William Butler Yeats and John Keats 4. Elmer Fudd and Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced like ‘Griffith’) 5. Danny Glover and Connie Dover 6. Pete Rose, Glenn Close and Felix Jose 7. James Agee and Tom Magee 8. Harper Lee and Paul Klee (sounds like ‘clay’) 9. Willa Cather and Dan Rather 10. David Petraeus and Albert Camus 11. Jay Leno and Janet Reno ---
**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 18, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42779 "2016-04-18T03:47:17Z")
Pairs of well-known people whose last names look like they should rhyme, but don’t. 1. Rob Lowe and Gordie Howe 2. Eva Peron and Charlize Theron 3. William Butler Yeats and John Keats 4. Elmer Fudd and Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced like ‘Griffith’) 5. Danny Glover and Connie Dover 6. Pete Rose, Glenn Close and Felix Jose 7. James Agee and Tom Magee 8. Harper Lee and Paul Klee (sounds like ‘clay’) 9. Willa Cather and Dan Rather 10. David Petraeus and Albert Camus 11. Jay Leno and Janet Reno 12. Frank Herbert and Stephen Colbert When Colbert is doing the Colbert report character ---
**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 18, 2016, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42780 "2016-04-18T11:12:28Z")
Pairs of well-known people whose last names look like they should rhyme, but don’t. 1. Rob Lowe and Gordie Howe 2. Eva Peron and Charlize Theron 3. William Butler Yeats and John Keats 4. Elmer Fudd and Ioan Gruffudd (pronounced like ‘Griffith’) 5. Danny Glover and Connie Dover 6. Pete Rose, Glenn Close and Felix Jose 7. James Agee and Tom Magee 8. Harper Lee and Paul Klee (sounds like ‘clay’) 9. Willa Cather and Dan Rather 10. David Petraeus and Albert Camus 11. Jay Leno and Janet Reno 12. Frank Herbert and Stephen Colbert 13. Francis Tucket and Hyacinth Bucket (“It’s pronounced ‘bouquet’!”) **Next** : Fictional ghosts 14. Jacob Marley (A Christmas Carol) ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42781 "2016-04-18T11:54:15Z")
Fictional ghosts 1. Jacob Marley (A Christmas Carol) 2. Hamlet’s father ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42782 "2016-04-18T12:04:32Z")
Fictional ghosts 1. Jacob Marley (A Christmas Carol) 2. Hamlet’s father 3. Linnet (The Children of Green Knowe by L. M. Boston) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42783 "2016-04-18T12:10:25Z")
Fictional ghosts 1. Jacob Marley (A Christmas Carol) 2. Hamlet’s father 3. Linnet (The Children of Green Knowe by L. M. Boston) 4. Casper ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/42784 "2016-04-18T12:41:51Z")
Fictional ghosts 1. Jacob Marley (A Christmas Carol) 2. Hamlet’s father 3. Linnet (The Children of Green Knowe by L. M. Boston) 4. Casper 5. Dr. Crowe (Bruce Willis) in “The Sixth Sense” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2138) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2140)