# Bakers Dozen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173>\
**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:** 2735

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54687 "2017-09-14T15:14:28Z")

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A state capital that you’ve visited (and how much you enjoyed it, 1-10 scale)

1. Boston, MA (10)
2. Montpelier, Vt. (9)
3. All of them. Most recently Boise ID (7), for the eclipse.

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**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:** [September 14, 2017, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54688 "2017-09-14T15:33:20Z")

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A state capital that you’ve visited (and how much you enjoyed it, 1-10 scale)

1. Boston, MA (10)
2. Montpelier, Vt. (9)
3. All of them. Most recently Boise ID (7), for the eclipse.
4. Austin, Texas (9)

Visited the capital and the capitol. I was impressed by both. I also went to an In-n-Out Burger for the first time and was less impressed.

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**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:** [September 14, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54689 "2017-09-14T15:39:33Z")

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A state capital that you’ve visited (and how much you enjoyed it, 1-10 scale)

1. Boston, MA (10)
2. Montpelier, Vt. (9)
3. All of them. Most recently Boise ID (7), for the eclipse.
4. Austin, Texas (9)
5. Columbus, Ohio (7)

Long a cowtown, and becoming a bit more interesting/lively in recent years, but still kind of a blah city.

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54690 "2017-09-14T17:33:36Z")

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A state capital that you’ve visited (and how much you enjoyed it, 1-10 scale)

1. Boston, MA (10)
2. Montpelier, Vt. (9)
3. All of them. Most recently Boise ID (7), for the eclipse.
4. Austin, Texas (9)
5. Columbus, Ohio (7)
6. Nashville, TN (8, when I was 6 years old)

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**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:** [September 14, 2017, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54691 "2017-09-14T18:04:14Z")

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A state capital that you’ve visited (and how much you enjoyed it, 1-10 scale)

1. Boston, MA (10)
2. Montpelier, Vt. (9)
3. All of them. Most recently Boise ID (7), for the eclipse.
4. Austin, Texas (9)
5. Columbus, Ohio (7)
6. Nashville, TN (8, when I was 6 years old)’
7. Harrisburg, PA (9)

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**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:** [September 14, 2017, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54692 "2017-09-14T18:21:07Z")

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A state capital that you’ve visited (and how much you enjoyed it, 1-10 scale)

1. Boston, MA (10)
2. Montpelier, Vt. (9)
3. All of them. Most recently Boise ID (7), for the eclipse.
4. Austin, Texas (9)
5. Columbus, Ohio (7)
6. Nashville, TN (8, when I was 6 years old)’
7. Harrisburg, PA (9)
8. Springfield, IL (8)

A lot of Lincoln stuff, some good Illinois history stuff, and I raced matchbox cars down the underground ramps of the Capitol Building when I was a kid.

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**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:** [September 14, 2017, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54693 "2017-09-14T18:44:38Z")

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A state capital that you’ve visited (and how much you enjoyed it, 1-10 scale)

1. Boston, MA (10)
2. Montpelier, Vt. (9)
3. All of them. Most recently Boise ID (7), for the eclipse.
4. Austin, Texas (9)
5. Columbus, Ohio (7)
6. Nashville, TN (8, when I was 6 years old)’
7. Harrisburg, PA (9)
8. Springfield, IL (8)
9. Jackson, Mississippi (7)

I was driving cross country and I just stopped there for lunch. But it was a pretty good lunch.

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**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:** [September 14, 2017, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54694 "2017-09-14T20:49:11Z")

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A state capital that you’ve visited (and how much you enjoyed it, 1-10 scale)

1. Boston, MA (10)
2. Montpelier, Vt. (9)
3. All of them. Most recently Boise ID (7), for the eclipse.
4. Austin, Texas (9)
5. Columbus, Ohio (7)
6. Nashville, TN (8, when I was 6 years old)’
7. Harrisburg, PA (9)
8. Springfield, IL (8)
9. Jackson, Mississippi (7)
10. Honolulu, HI (10)

People say that Honolulu especially Waikiki is too crowded, “Wacky-wacky” according to locals, but we’ve lived in really congested urban areas and for us even supposedly “crowded” Waikiki was a tropical paradise.

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54695 "2017-09-14T21:53:16Z")

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A state capital that you’ve visited (and how much you enjoyed it, 1-10 scale)

1. Boston, MA (10)
2. Montpelier, Vt. (9)
3. All of them. Most recently Boise ID (7), for the eclipse.
4. Austin, Texas (9)
5. Columbus, Ohio (7)
6. Nashville, TN (8, when I was 6 years old)’
7. Harrisburg, PA (9)
8. Springfield, IL (8)
9. Jackson, Mississippi (7)
10. Honolulu, HI (10)
11. Trenton NJ on a Sunday (1)

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54696 "2017-09-15T01:58:42Z")

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A state capital that you’ve visited (and how much you enjoyed it, 1-10 scale)

1. Boston, MA (10)
2. Montpelier, Vt. (9)
3. All of them. Most recently Boise ID (7), for the eclipse.
4. Austin, Texas (9)
5. Columbus, Ohio (7)
6. Nashville, TN (8, when I was 6 years old)’
7. Harrisburg, PA (9)
8. Springfield, IL (8)
9. Jackson, Mississippi (7)
10. Honolulu, HI (10)
11. Trenton NJ on a Sunday (1)
12. Albany NY (10), where I was naturalized a US citizen

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**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:** [September 15, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54697 "2017-09-15T02:53:05Z")

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A state capital that you’ve visited (and how much you enjoyed it, 1-10 scale)

1. Boston, MA (10)
2. Montpelier, Vt. (9)
3. All of them. Most recently Boise ID (7), for the eclipse.
4. Austin, Texas (9)
5. Columbus, Ohio (7)
6. Nashville, TN (8, when I was 6 years old)’
7. Harrisburg, PA (9)
8. Springfield, IL (8)
9. Jackson, Mississippi (7)
10. Honolulu, HI (10)
11. Trenton NJ on a Sunday (1)
12. Albany NY (10), where I was naturalized a US citizen
13. Providence, Rhode Island (7)

I’ve been there twice, both times on college tours with the kids, and haven’t seen that much of the town but was introduced to Rhode Island clam cakes there this summer, surprisingly good  
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Car companies, past and present, A-M

1. Audi

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**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:** [September 15, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54698 "2017-09-15T02:57:13Z")

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Car companies, past and present, A-M

1. Audi
2. Bugatti

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**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:** [September 15, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54699 "2017-09-15T03:09:09Z")

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Car companies, past and present, A-M

1. Audi
2. Bugatti
3. Chrysler

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**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:** [September 15, 2017, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54700 "2017-09-15T04:44:00Z")

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Car companies, past and present, A-M

1. Audi
2. Bugatti
3. Chrysler
4. Dodge

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**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:** [September 15, 2017, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54701 "2017-09-15T05:20:42Z")

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Car companies, past and present, A-M

1. Audi
2. Bugatti
3. Chrysler
4. Dodge
5. Edsel

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**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54702 "2017-09-15T06:22:01Z")

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Car companies, past and present, A-M

1. Audi
2. Bugatti
3. Chrysler
4. Dodge
5. Edsel
6. Ferrari

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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54703 "2017-09-15T07:54:32Z")

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Car companies, past and present, A-M

1. Audi
2. Bugatti
3. Chrysler
4. Dodge
5. Edsel
6. Ferrari
7. Gatso

(Dutch, 1950s)

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54704 "2017-09-15T08:13:08Z")

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Car companies, past and present, A-M

1. Audi
2. Bugatti
3. Chrysler
4. Dodge
5. Edsel
6. Ferrari
7. Gatso
8. Hyundai

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**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:** [September 15, 2017, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54705 "2017-09-15T10:39:03Z")

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Car companies, past and present, A-M

1. Audi
2. Bugatti
3. Chrysler
4. Dodge
5. Edsel
6. Ferrari
7. Gatso
8. Hyundai
9. Isuzu

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**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2017, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/54706 "2017-09-15T11:38:33Z")

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Car companies, past and present, A-M

1. Audi
2. Bugatti
3. Chrysler
4. Dodge
5. Edsel
6. Ferrari
7. Gatso
8. Hyundai
9. Isuzu
10. Kia

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