# 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:** 2251
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45006 "2016-07-14T14:24:18Z")
Tourist attractions that you would not recommend 1. Madame Tussauds, NYC 2. Ansel Adams Museum, San Francisco 3. daytime Seine River cruise, Paris 4. The National Archives, D.C. 5. Disneyland 6. Salem Witch Museum, Salem, Mass. 7. The First Concrete Electricity Pole in Japan, Hakodate 8. Almost any National Historic Site 9. Empire State Building. It’s a tall building, folks. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45007 "2016-07-14T15:54:14Z")
Tourist attractions that you would not recommend 1. Madame Tussauds, NYC 2. Ansel Adams Museum, San Francisco 3. daytime Seine River cruise, Paris 4. The National Archives, D.C. 5. Disneyland 6. Salem Witch Museum, Salem, Mass. 7. The First Concrete Electricity Pole in Japan, Hakodate 8. Almost any National Historic Site 9. Empire State Building. It’s a tall building, folks. 10. South of the Border, South Carolina If you can’t resist the billboards all along I-95, just do a drive through. Don’t stop. Trust 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:** [July 14, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45008 "2016-07-14T16:09:41Z")
Tourist attractions that you would not recommend 1. Madame Tussauds, NYC 2. Ansel Adams Museum, San Francisco 3. daytime Seine River cruise, Paris 4. The National Archives, D.C. 5. Disneyland 6. Salem Witch Museum, Salem, Mass. 7. The First Concrete Electricity Pole in Japan, Hakodate 8. Almost any National Historic Site 9. Empire State Building. It’s a tall building, folks. 10. South of the Border, South Carolina 11. The site of the Hindenburg crash, Lakehurst, New Jersey I happened to be traveling nearby and I decided to see the crash site. It’s [underwhelming](http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NJ/Lakehurst_NJ_14_Hinde_spot.jpg). There’s a [plaque](https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2292/1972594373_7068246d47_b.jpg) that was placed in 1987, which means it actually used to be even less impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45009 "2016-07-14T16:09:43Z")
> [@](#): > > 1. South of the Border, South Carolina > > If you can’t resist the billboards all along I-95, just do a drive through. Don’t stop. Trust me. Is that still there? I remember it from when I was a kid and it was “big whoop” then. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45010 "2016-07-14T16:13:19Z")
Tourist attractions that you would not recommend 1. Madame Tussauds, NYC 2. Ansel Adams Museum, San Francisco 3. daytime Seine River cruise, Paris 4. The National Archives, D.C. 5. Disneyland 6. Salem Witch Museum, Salem, Mass. 7. The First Concrete Electricity Pole in Japan, Hakodate 8. Almost any National Historic Site 9. Empire State Building. It’s a tall building, folks. 10. South of the Border, South Carolina 11. Charlestowne Landing, near Charleston SC As a history buff with a big Charleston component in my genealogy I saw the brochures and signs for “Charlestowne Landing”, supposedly a re-creation of 17th century Charleston. It’s a pier, a ship (that you couldn’t get onto the day I was there), and that’s about it. I was expecting some kind of living history and nothing is remotely as impressive or as historical as ‘real’ Charleston and it isn’t worth driving even a few minutes out of the way to see it. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45011 "2016-07-14T16:36:47Z")
Tourist attractions that you would not recommend 1. Madame Tussauds, NYC 2. Ansel Adams Museum, San Francisco 3. daytime Seine River cruise, Paris 4. The National Archives, D.C. 5. Disneyland 6. Salem Witch Museum, Salem, Mass. 7. The First Concrete Electricity Pole in Japan, Hakodate 8. Almost any National Historic Site 9. Empire State Building. It’s a tall building, folks. 10. South of the Border, South Carolina 11. Charlestowne Landing, near Charleston SC 12. CN Tower, Toronto Mixed feelings about this. Amazing views out over the city and lake, and surprisingly good food at Horizons restaurant, but a looooooooong wait on busy days to get up the elevators. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2016, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45012 "2016-07-14T17:43:48Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Is that still there? I remember it from when I was a kid and it was “big whoop” then. The last time I saw South of the Border was in 2009 but there are several reviews of it on Tripadvisor from this month. So yes, it’s still very much there. It looked almost ready to close down in 2009 but recent reviews say that they are refurbishing. Interruption over, carry on. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45013 "2016-07-14T18:10:50Z")
Tourist attractions that you would not recommend 1. Madame Tussauds, NYC 2. Ansel Adams Museum, San Francisco 3. daytime Seine River cruise, Paris 4. The National Archives, D.C. 5. Disneyland 6. Salem Witch Museum, Salem, Mass. 7. The First Concrete Electricity Pole in Japan, Hakodate 8. Almost any National Historic Site 9. Empire State Building. It’s a tall building, folks. 10. South of the Border, South Carolina 11. Charlestowne Landing, near Charleston SC 12. CN Tower, Toronto 13. Santa Claus Castle, Santa Claus, IN Built as a tribute park to Santa Claus, it’s an overgrown weedfest now, and you can see the Holiday World amusement park from it. Since it’s Bastille Day… New! Favorite French Foods 1. Beef bourguignon ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45014 "2016-07-14T18:13:03Z")
Favorite French Foods 1. Beef bourguignon 2. Crème brûlée ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e47774/32.png) [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45015 "2016-07-14T18:17:36Z")
Favorite French Foods 1. Beef bourguignon 2. Crème brûlée 3. French onion dip. OK, OK… Bernaise sauce Really. That stuff’s amazingly tasty, and good on many things. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45016 "2016-07-14T18:43:03Z")
Favorite French Foods 1. Beef bourguignon 2. Crème brûlée 3. French onion dip. OK, OK… Bernaise sauce 4. Chocolate souffles ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45017 "2016-07-14T19:32:53Z")
Favorite French Foods 1. Beef bourguignon 2. Crème brûlée 3. French onion dip. OK, OK… Bernaise sauce 4. Chocolate souffles 5. Coq au vin ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45018 "2016-07-14T19:45:01Z")
Favorite French Foods 1. Beef bourguignon 2. Crème brûlée 3. French onion dip. OK, OK… Bernaise sauce 4. Chocolate souffles 5. Coq au vin 6. Baked Brie ---
**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:** [July 14, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45019 "2016-07-14T19:54:56Z")
Favorite French Foods 1. Beef bourguignon 2. Crème brûlée 3. French onion dip. OK, OK… Bernaise sauce 4. Chocolate souffles 5. Coq au vin 6. Baked Brie 7. Champagne ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45020 "2016-07-14T21:02:59Z")
Favorite French Foods 1. Beef bourguignon 2. Crème brûlée 3. French onion dip. OK, OK… Bernaise sauce 4. Chocolate souffles 5. Coq au vin 6. Baked Brie 7. Champagne 8. Cassoulet ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45021 "2016-07-14T21:28:58Z")
Favorite French Foods 1. Beef bourguignon 2. Crème brûlée 3. French onion dip. OK, OK… Bernaise sauce 4. Chocolate souffles 5. Coq au vin 6. Baked Brie 7. Champagne 8. Cassoulet 9. French Toast ---
**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:** [July 14, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45022 "2016-07-14T22:40:49Z")
Favorite French Foods 1. Beef bourguignon 2. Crème brûlée 3. French onion dip. OK, OK… Bernaise sauce 4. Chocolate souffles 5. Coq au vin 6. Baked Brie 7. Champagne 8. Cassoulet 9. French Toast 10. Crepes Suzette, fruit and cream filled, savory, basically any kind ---
**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:** [July 15, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45023 "2016-07-15T03:53:42Z")
Favorite French Foods 1. Beef bourguignon 2. Crème brûlée 3. French onion dip. OK, OK… Bernaise sauce 4. Chocolate souffles 5. Coq au vin 6. Baked Brie 7. Champagne 8. Cassoulet 9. French Toast 10. Crepes 11. Quiche lorraine ---
**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:** [July 15, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45024 "2016-07-15T04:01:05Z")
Favorite French Foods 1. Beef bourguignon 2. Crème brûlée 3. French onion dip. OK, OK… Bernaise sauce 4. Chocolate souffles 5. Coq au vin 6. Baked Brie 7. Champagne 8. Cassoulet 9. French Toast 10. Crepes 11. Quiche lorraine 12. Salade Nicoise A specialty of Nice; sending positive thoughts to all those affected there in today’s senseless violence. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/45025 "2016-07-15T04:23:39Z")
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