# 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:** 2481
**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:** [February 11, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49606 "2017-02-11T22:48:03Z")
Place names that make you wonder why anyone picked them 1. Babylon, NY 2. Reminderville, OH 3. Zzyzx, California 4. Flea Bottom, Westeros 5. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales ---
**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:** [February 11, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49607 "2017-02-11T23:08:51Z")
Place names that make you wonder why anyone picked them 1. Babylon, NY 2. Reminderville, OH 3. Zzyzx, California 4. Flea Bottom, Westeros 5. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales 6. Pahrump, NV ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49608 "2017-02-11T23:19:35Z")
Place names that make you wonder why anyone picked them 1. Babylon, NY 2. Reminderville, OH 3. Zzyzx, California 4. Flea Bottom, Westeros 5. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales 6. Pahrump, NV 7. Fucking, Austria ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49609 "2017-02-12T00:14:56Z")
Place names that make you wonder why anyone picked them 1. Babylon, NY 2. Reminderville, OH 3. Zzyzx, California 4. Flea Bottom, Westeros 5. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales 6. Pahrump, NV 7. Fucking, Austria 8. Wanker’s Corner, OR ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49610 "2017-02-12T00:36:20Z")
Place names that make you wonder why anyone picked them 1. Babylon, NY 2. Reminderville, OH 3. Zzyzx, California 4. Flea Bottom, Westeros 5. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales 6. Pahrump, NV 7. Fucking, Austria 8. Wanker’s Corner, OR 9. 84, Pennsyhlvania ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49611 "2017-02-12T04:49:30Z")
Place names that make you wonder why anyone picked them 1. Babylon, NY 2. Reminderville, OH 3. Zzyzx, California 4. Flea Bottom, Westeros 5. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales 6. Pahrump, NV 7. Fucking, Austria 8. Wanker’s Corner, OR 9. 84, Pennsyhlvania 10. Boring, Md. > **[Boring, Maryland](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boring,_Maryland)** > > Boring is an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, located at the intersection of Old Hanover and Pleasant Grove Roads, approximately five miles (8 km) north of Reisterstown. A stop on the Western Maryland Railroad, it consists of about 40 houses, the Boring Methodist Church, Boring Volunteer Fire Company (organized in 1907,) and the Boring Post Office (ZIP Code: 21020). > Boring is known for its unusual name, which was not chosen for the pace of life, but for pos... ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49612 "2017-02-12T13:41:08Z")
Place names that make you wonder why anyone picked them 1. Babylon, NY 2. Reminderville, OH 3. Zzyzx, California 4. Flea Bottom, Westeros 5. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales 6. Pahrump, NV 7. Fucking, Austria 8. Wanker’s Corner, OR 9. 84, Pennsyhlvania 10. Boring, Md. 11. Why, Arizona ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49613 "2017-02-12T14:16:02Z")
Place names that make you wonder why anyone picked them 1. Babylon, NY 2. Reminderville, OH 3. Zzyzx, California 4. Flea Bottom, Westeros 5. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales 6. Pahrump, NV 7. Fucking, Austria 8. Wanker’s Corner, OR 9. 84, Pennsyhlvania 10. Boring, Md. 11. Why, Arizona 12. Pee Pee Township, OH ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49614 "2017-02-12T14:20:13Z")
Place names that make you wonder why anyone picked them 1. Babylon, NY 2. Reminderville, OH 3. Zzyzx, California 4. Flea Bottom, Westeros 5. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales 6. Pahrump, NV 7. Fucking, Austria 8. Wanker’s Corner, OR 9. 84, Pennsyhlvania 10. Boring, Md. 11. Why, Arizona 12. Pee Pee Township, OH 13. Accident, MD New: Historical people who appear in fiction 1. President Rutherford B. Hayes in Turkey Red (novel by Esther Loewen Vogt) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49615 "2017-02-12T14:30:49Z")
New: Historical people who appear in fiction 1. President Rutherford B. Hayes in Turkey Red (novel by Esther Loewen Vogt) 2. Harry Houdini (and many others) in Ragtime (novel by E. L. Doctorow) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49616 "2017-02-12T16:13:08Z")
New: Historical people who appear in fiction 1. President Rutherford B. Hayes in Turkey Red (novel by Esther Loewen Vogt) 2. Harry Houdini (and many others) in Ragtime (novel by E. L. Doctorow) 3. Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte, Billy the Kid, Sigmund Freud, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joan of Arc, Genghis Khan & Socrates in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989 movie) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49617 "2017-02-12T16:13:51Z")
New: Historical people who appear in fiction 1. President Rutherford B. Hayes in Turkey Red (novel by Esther Loewen Vogt) 2. Harry Houdini (and many others) in Ragtime (novel by E. L. Doctorow) 3. Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte, Billy the Kid, Sigmund Freud, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joan of Arc, Genghis Khan & Socrates in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989 movie) 4. Sigmund Freud in The Seven Percent Solution (Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) (I’m not changing mine because it was a simulpost and **buddha\_david** picked eight. :P) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49618 "2017-02-12T17:10:34Z")
Historical people who appear in fiction 1. President Rutherford B. Hayes in Turkey Red (novel by Esther Loewen Vogt) 2. Harry Houdini (and many others) in Ragtime (novel by E. L. Doctorow) 3. Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte, Billy the Kid, Sigmund Freud, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joan of Arc, Genghis Khan & Socrates in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989 movie) 4. Sigmund Freud in The Seven Percent Solution (Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) 5. Oscar Wilde in The West End Horror (follow-up Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49619 "2017-02-12T17:47:04Z")
Historical people who appear in fiction 1. President Rutherford B. Hayes in Turkey Red (novel by Esther Loewen Vogt) 2. Harry Houdini (and many others) in Ragtime (novel by E. L. Doctorow) 3. Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte, Billy the Kid, Sigmund Freud, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joan of Arc, Genghis Khan & Socrates in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989 movie) 4. Sigmund Freud in The Seven Percent Solution (Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) 5. Oscar Wilde in The West End Horror (follow-up Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) 6. Nellie Bly on Voyagers! TV series ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49620 "2017-02-12T18:52:20Z")
Historical people who appear in fiction 1. President Rutherford B. Hayes in Turkey Red (novel by Esther Loewen Vogt) 2. Harry Houdini (and many others) in Ragtime (novel by E. L. Doctorow) 3. Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte, Billy the Kid, Sigmund Freud, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joan of Arc, Genghis Khan & Socrates in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989 movie) 4. Sigmund Freud in The Seven Percent Solution (Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) 5. Oscar Wilde in The West End Horror (follow-up Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) 6. Nellie Bly on Voyagers! TV series 7. John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald in _11/22/63_ (novel by Stephen King) ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49621 "2017-02-12T18:53:24Z")
Historical people who appear in fiction 1. President Rutherford B. Hayes in Turkey Red (novel by Esther Loewen Vogt) 2. Harry Houdini (and many others) in Ragtime (novel by E. L. Doctorow) 3. Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte, Billy the Kid, Sigmund Freud, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joan of Arc, Genghis Khan & Socrates in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989 movie) 4. Sigmund Freud in The Seven Percent Solution (Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) 5. Oscar Wilde in The West End Horror (follow-up Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) 6. Nellie Bly on Voyagers! TV series 7. John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald in 11/22/63 (novel by Stephen King) 8. Vincent van Gogh (et al.) on episodes of Doctor Who ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49622 "2017-02-12T18:54:31Z")
Historical people who appear in fiction 1. President Rutherford B. Hayes in Turkey Red (novel by Esther Loewen Vogt) 2. Harry Houdini (and many others) in Ragtime (novel by E. L. Doctorow) 3. Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte, Billy the Kid, Sigmund Freud, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joan of Arc, Genghis Khan & Socrates in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989 movie) 4. Sigmund Freud in The Seven Percent Solution (Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) 5. Oscar Wilde in The West End Horror (follow-up Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) 6. Nellie Bly on Voyagers! TV series 7. John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald in 11/22/63 (novel by Stephen King) 8. Vincent van Gogh (et al.) on episodes of Doctor Who 9. Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking on _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ ---
**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:** [February 12, 2017, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49623 "2017-02-12T20:48:25Z")
Historical people who appear in fiction 1. President Rutherford B. Hayes in Turkey Red (novel by Esther Loewen Vogt) 2. Harry Houdini (and many others) in Ragtime (novel by E. L. Doctorow) 3. Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte, Billy the Kid, Sigmund Freud, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joan of Arc, Genghis Khan & Socrates in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989 movie) 4. Sigmund Freud in The Seven Percent Solution (Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) 5. Oscar Wilde in The West End Horror (follow-up Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) 6. Nellie Bly on Voyagers! TV series 7. John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald in 11/22/63 (novel by Stephen King) 8. Vincent van Gogh (et al.) on episodes of Doctor Who 9. Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking on _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ 10. Paul Revere (and many others) in _Johnny Tremain_ (Newbery award winning young adult novel by Esther Forbes) ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49624 "2017-02-12T22:21:09Z")
Historical people who appear in fiction 1. President Rutherford B. Hayes in Turkey Red (novel by Esther Loewen Vogt) 2. Harry Houdini (and many others) in Ragtime (novel by E. L. Doctorow) 3. Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte, Billy the Kid, Sigmund Freud, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joan of Arc, Genghis Khan & Socrates in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989 movie) 4. Sigmund Freud in The Seven Percent Solution (Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) 5. Oscar Wilde in The West End Horror (follow-up Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) 6. Nellie Bly on Voyagers! TV series 7. John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald in 11/22/63 (novel by Stephen King) 8. Vincent van Gogh (et al.) on episodes of Doctor Who 9. Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking on Star Trek: The Next Generation 10. Paul Revere (and many others) in Johnny Tremain (Newbery award winning young adult novel by Esther Forbes) 11. President Ulysses S. Grant in several episodes of The Wild Wild West TV series ---
**Author:** ![Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Some\_Call\_Me.Tim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Some_Call_Me.Tim)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/49625 "2017-02-12T22:21:43Z")
Historical people who appear in fiction 1. President Rutherford B. Hayes in Turkey Red (novel by Esther Loewen Vogt) 2. Harry Houdini (and many others) in Ragtime (novel by E. L. Doctorow) 3. Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte, Billy the Kid, Sigmund Freud, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joan of Arc, Genghis Khan & Socrates in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989 movie) 4. Sigmund Freud in The Seven Percent Solution (Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) 5. Oscar Wilde in The West End Horror (follow-up Sherlock Holmes novel by Nick Meyer) 6. Nellie Bly on Voyagers! TV series 7. John F. Kennedy and Lee Harvey Oswald in 11/22/63 (novel by Stephen King) 8. Vincent van Gogh (et al.) on episodes of Doctor Who 9. Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking on Star Trek: The Next Generation 10. Paul Revere (and many others) in Johnny Tremain (Newbery award winning young adult novel by Esther Forbes) 11. President Ulysses S. Grant in several episodes of The Wild Wild West TV series 12. Samuel Clemens (and many others) in _The Fabulous Riverboat_, in Philip José Farmer’s Riverworld series. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2480) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2482)