# 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:** 2715
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54287 "2017-08-28T16:18:50Z")
Himmicanes (hurricanes with male names) 1. Harvey 2. Floyd (1999) 3. Ike (2008) 4. Gustav (2008) 5. Charley (2004) ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54288 "2017-08-28T16:20:48Z")
Himmicanes (hurricanes with male names) 1. Harvey 2. Floyd (1999) 3. Ike (2008) 4. Gustav (2008) 5. Charley (2004) 6. Otto (2016) ---
**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:** [August 28, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54289 "2017-08-28T16:35:08Z")
Himmicanes (hurricanes with male names) 1. Harvey 2. Floyd (1999) 3. Ike (2008) 4. Gustav (2008) 5. Charley (2004) 6. Otto (2016) 7. Andrew (1992) > **[Hurricane Andrew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Andrew)** > > Effects > Other wikis ---
**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:** [August 28, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54290 "2017-08-28T18:35:56Z")
Himmicanes (hurricanes with male names) 1. Harvey 2. Floyd (1999) 3. Ike (2008) 4. Gustav (2008) 5. Charley (2004) 6. Otto (2016) 7. Andrew (1992) 8. Bret (1999) ---
**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:** [August 28, 2017, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54291 "2017-08-28T19:10:48Z")
Himmicanes (hurricanes with male names) 1. Harvey 2. Floyd (1999) 3. Ike (2008) 4. Gustav (2008) 5. Charley (2004) 6. Otto (2016) 7. Andrew (1992) 8. Bret (1999) 9. David (1979) ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54292 "2017-08-28T21:28:35Z")
Himmicanes (hurricanes with male names) 1. Harvey 2. Floyd (1999) 3. Ike (2008) 4. Gustav (2008) 5. Charley (2004) 6. Otto (2016) 7. Andrew (1992) 8. Bret (1999) 9. David (1979) 10. Hugo (1987) ---
**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:** [August 28, 2017, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54293 "2017-08-28T22:28:34Z")
Himmicanes (hurricanes with male names) 1. Harvey 2. Floyd (1999) 3. Ike (2008) 4. Gustav (2008) 5. Charley (2004) 6. Otto (2016) 7. Andrew (1992) 8. Bret (1999) 9. David (1979) 10. Hugo (1987) 11. Bob (1979) The first hurricane with a male name (sort of) ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54294 "2017-08-28T22:43:39Z")
Himmicanes (hurricanes with male names) 1. Harvey 2. Floyd (1999) 3. Ike (2008) 4. Gustav (2008) 5. Charley (2004) 6. Otto (2016) 7. Andrew (1992) 8. Bret (1999) 9. David (1979) 10. Hugo (1987) 11. Bob (1979) 12. Carla (1961) The most intense on record. ---
**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:** [August 28, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54295 "2017-08-28T23:16:23Z")
Himmicanes (hurricanes with male names) 1. Harvey 2. Floyd (1999) 3. Ike (2008) 4. Gustav (2008) 5. Charley (2004) 6. Otto (2016) 7. Andrew (1992) 8. Bret (1999) 9. David (1979) 10. Hugo (1987) 11. Bob (1979) 12. Gordon (2000) Dropped Carla because it’s not a guy’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54296 "2017-08-28T23:44:21Z")
Himmicanes (hurricanes with male names) 1. Harvey 2. Floyd (1999) 3. Ike (2008) 4. Gustav (2008) 5. Charley (2004) 6. Otto (2016) 7. Andrew (1992) 8. Bret (1999) 9. David (1979) 10. Hugo (1987) 11. Bob (1979) 12. Gordon (2000) 13. Frederic (1979) Next: American cities in song 1. El Paso (Marty Robbins) ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54297 "2017-08-29T00:07:27Z")
American cities in song 1. El Paso (Marty Robbins) 2. Los Angeles (“I Love L.A.”, Randy Newman) ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54298 "2017-08-29T00:11:23Z")
American cities in song 1. El Paso (Marty Robbins) 2. Los Angeles (“I Love L.A.”, Randy Newman) 3. Monterey (Eric Burdon & the Animals) ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54299 "2017-08-29T01:22:06Z")
American cities in song 1. El Paso (Marty Robbins) 2. Los Angeles (“I Love L.A.”, Randy Newman) 3. Monterey (Eric Burdon & the Animals) 4. Gary, Indiana (from “The Music Man”) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54300 "2017-08-29T01:30:51Z")
American cities in song 1. El Paso (Marty Robbins) 2. Los Angeles (“I Love L.A.”, Randy Newman) 3. Monterey (Eric Burdon & the Animals) 4. Gary, Indiana (from “The Music Man”) 5. “Please Come to Boston” by Dave Loggins ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54301 "2017-08-29T01:54:19Z")
American cities in song 1. El Paso (Marty Robbins) 2. Los Angeles (“I Love L.A.”, Randy Newman) 3. Monterey (Eric Burdon & the Animals) 4. Gary, Indiana (from “The Music Man”) 5. “Please Come to Boston” by Dave Loggins 6. Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson originally) ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54302 "2017-08-29T02:07:16Z")
American cities in song 1. El Paso (Marty Robbins) 2. Los Angeles (“I Love L.A.”, Randy Newman) 3. Monterey (Eric Burdon & the Animals) 4. Gary, Indiana (from “The Music Man”) 5. “Please Come to Boston” by Dave Loggins 6. Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson originally) 7. Johnson City, TN in lyrics of song Wagon Wheel, various performers ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54303 "2017-08-29T02:14:36Z")
American cities in song 1. El Paso (Marty Robbins) 2. Los Angeles (“I Love L.A.”, Randy Newman) 3. Monterey (Eric Burdon & the Animals) 4. Gary, Indiana (from “The Music Man”) 5. “Please Come to Boston” by Dave Loggins 6. Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson originally) 7. Johnson City, TN in lyrics of song Wagon Wheel, various performers 8. “Philadelphia Freedom” by Elton John ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54304 "2017-08-29T02:26:57Z")
American cities in song 1. El Paso (Marty Robbins) 2. Los Angeles (“I Love L.A.”, Randy Newman) 3. Monterey (Eric Burdon & the Animals) 4. Gary, Indiana (from “The Music Man”) 5. “Please Come to Boston” by Dave Loggins 6. Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson originally) 7. Johnson City, TN in lyrics of song Wagon Wheel, various performers 8. “Philadelphia Freedom” by Elton John 9. “Galveston” (written by Jimmy Webb and performed by Glen Campbell) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54305 "2017-08-29T03:28:15Z")
American cities in song 1. El Paso (Marty Robbins) 2. Los Angeles (“I Love L.A.”, Randy Newman) 3. Monterey (Eric Burdon & the Animals) 4. Gary, Indiana (from “The Music Man”) 5. “Please Come to Boston” by Dave Loggins 6. Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson originally) 7. Johnson City, TN in lyrics of song Wagon Wheel, various performers 8. “Philadelphia Freedom” by Elton John 9. “Galveston” (written by Jimmy Webb and performed by Glen Campbell) 10. “Viva Las Vegas” by Elvis ---
**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:** [August 29, 2017, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54306 "2017-08-29T03:40:17Z")
American cities in song 1. El Paso (Marty Robbins) 2. Los Angeles (“I Love L.A.”, Randy Newman) 3. Monterey (Eric Burdon & the Animals) 4. Gary, Indiana (from “The Music Man”) 5. “Please Come to Boston” by Dave Loggins 6. Sweet Home Chicago (Robert Johnson originally) 7. Johnson City, TN in lyrics of song Wagon Wheel, various performers 8. “Philadelphia Freedom” by Elton John 9. “Galveston” (written by Jimmy Webb and performed by Glen Campbell) 10. “Viva Las Vegas” by Elvis 11. “Cleveland Rocks” by Ian Hunter [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GM-IEMlJyak/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHSAYACwAGKAgwIABABGGUgXihSMA8=&rs=AOn4CLA-JC_Rc_KefQrHXwn2xFIiRqANTw "Cleveland Rocks - Ian Hunter") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM-IEMlJyak) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2714) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2716)