# 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:** 286
**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:** [June 3, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5701 "2011-06-03T01:44:26Z")
Comic strip love interests 1. Susie Derkins (Calvin and Hobbes–come on, you know Calvin had a crush!) 2. The Little Red-Haired Girl (Peanuts) 3. Eileen Jacobson (Fox Trot) 4. Betty & Veronica (Archie [who marries both alternately in a set of “what if?” comics]) 5. The guy in Cathy (Cathy) 6. Miz Mam’selle Hepzibah (Pogo) 7. Olive Oyl (Popeye) 8. Blondie When the strip started in 1930, Dagwood and she were still courting; they married in 1933. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5702 "2011-06-03T02:09:08Z")
Comic strip love interests 1. Susie Derkins (Calvin and Hobbes–come on, you know Calvin had a crush!) 2. The Little Red-Haired Girl (Peanuts) 3. Eileen Jacobson (Fox Trot) 4. Betty & Veronica (Archie [who marries both alternately in a set of “what if?” comics]) 5. The guy in Cathy (Cathy) 6. Miz Mam’selle Hepzibah (Pogo) 7. Olive Oyl (Popeye) 8. Blondie 9. Liz the Veterinarian (Jon’s girlfriend in Garfield) ---
**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:** [June 3, 2011, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5703 "2011-06-03T03:49:32Z")
Comic strip love interests 1. Susie Derkins (Calvin and Hobbes–come on, you know Calvin had a crush!) 2. The Little Red-Haired Girl (Peanuts) 3. Eileen Jacobson (Fox Trot) 4. Betty & Veronica (Archie [who marries both alternately in a set of “what if?” comics]) 5. The guy in Cathy (Cathy) 6. Miz Mam’selle Hepzibah (Pogo) 7. Olive Oyl (Popeye) 8. Blondie 9. Liz the Veterinarian (Jon’s girlfriend in Garfield) 10. Princess Camille ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5704 "2011-06-03T04:31:00Z")
Comic strip love interests 1. Susie Derkins (Calvin and Hobbes–come on, you know Calvin had a crush!) 2. The Little Red-Haired Girl (Peanuts) 3. Eileen Jacobson (Fox Trot) 4. Betty & Veronica (Archie [who marries both alternately in a set of “what if?” comics]) 5. The guy in Cathy (Cathy) I think his name is Irving. 6. Miz Mam’selle Hepzibah (Pogo) 7. Olive Oyl (Popeye) 8. Blondie 9. Liz the Veterinarian (Jon’s girlfriend in Garfield) 10. Princess Camille 11.Anthony (For Better or For Worse) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5705 "2011-06-03T09:46:40Z")
Comic strip love interests 1. Susie Derkins (Calvin and Hobbes–come on, you know Calvin had a crush!) 2. The Little Red-Haired Girl (Peanuts) 3. Eileen Jacobson (Fox Trot) 4. Betty & Veronica (Archie [who marries both alternately in a set of “what if?” comics]) 5. The guy in Cathy (Cathy) I think his name is Irving. 6. Miz Mam’selle Hepzibah (Pogo) 7. Olive Oyl (Popeye) 8. Blondie 9. Liz the Veterinarian (Jon’s girlfriend in Garfield) 10. Princess Camille 11.Anthony (For Better or For Worse) 11. Bobbie Harlow (Bloom County) ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5706 "2011-06-03T11:49:02Z")
Comic strip love interests 1. Susie Derkins (Calvin and Hobbes–come on, you know Calvin had a crush!) 2. The Little Red-Haired Girl (Peanuts) 3. Eileen Jacobson (Fox Trot) 4. Betty & Veronica (Archie [who marries both alternately in a set of “what if?” comics]) 5. The guy in Cathy (Cathy) I think his name is Irving. 6. Miz Mam’selle Hepzibah (Pogo) 7. Olive Oyl (Popeye) 8. Blondie 9. Liz the Veterinarian (Jon’s girlfriend in Garfield) 10. Princess Camille 11.Anthony (For Better or For Worse) 11. Bobbie Harlow (Bloom County) 12. Toggle (Alex’s boyfriend in Doonesbury) Next category - names of Scottish villages 1. Drumnadrochit ---
**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:** [June 3, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5707 "2011-06-03T13:04:25Z")
Names of Scottish villages 1. Drumnadrochit 2. Lockerbie ---
**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:** [June 3, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5708 "2011-06-03T14:27:10Z")
Names of Scottish villages 1. Drumnadrochit 2. Lockerbie 3. Newtown St Boswells ---
**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:** [June 3, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5709 "2011-06-03T15:26:11Z")
Names of Scottish villages 1. Drumnadrochit 2. Lockerbie 3. Newtown St Boswells 4. Newtonmore Nearest village to the geographical center of Scotland. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5710 "2011-06-03T16:54:42Z")
Names of Scottish villages 1. Drumnadrochit 2. Lockerbie 3. Newtown St Boswells 4. Newtonmore 5. Kyle of Lochalsh ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5711 "2011-06-03T20:04:50Z")
Names of Scottish villages 1. Drumnadrochit 2. Lockerbie 3. Newtown St Boswells 4. Newtonmore 5. Kyle of Lochalsh 6. Dumnaglass Ancestral home (paternally) of many of the mixed blood Creek Indian chiefs in the southeast U.S… ---
**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:** [June 3, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5712 "2011-06-03T20:32:31Z")
Names of Scottish villages 1. Drumnadrochit 2. Lockerbie 3. Newtown St Boswells 4. Newtonmore 5. Kyle of Lochalsh 6. Dumnaglass 7. Ardveenish I just like the name. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5713 "2011-06-03T21:49:01Z")
Names of Scottish villages 1. Drumnadrochit 2. Lockerbie 3. Newtown St Boswells 4. Newtonmore 5. Kyle of Lochalsh 6. Dumnaglass 7. Ardveenish 8. Dornoch Where Andrew Carnegie built a [brand new medieval castle](http://desavary.com/images/skibo.jpg) (with steel for beams and support) when he retired. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5714 "2011-06-03T22:01:24Z")
Names of Scottish villages 1. Drumnadrochit 2. Lockerbie 3. Newtown St Boswells 4. Newtonmore 5. Kyle of Lochalsh 6. Dumnaglass 7. Ardveenish 8. Dornoch 9. Scone (of coronation stone fame) ---
**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:** [June 3, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5715 "2011-06-03T23:05:44Z")
Names of Scottish villages 1. Drumnadrochit 2. Lockerbie 3. Newtown St Boswells 4. Newtonmore 5. Kyle of Lochalsh 6. Dumnaglass 7. Ardveenish 8. Dornoch 9. Scone 10. Auratote ---
**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:** [June 3, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5716 "2011-06-03T23:32:54Z")
Names of Scottish villages 1. Drumnadrochit 2. Lockerbie 3. Newtown St Boswells 4. Newtonmore 5. Kyle of Lochalsh 6. Dumnaglass 7. Ardveenish 8. Dornoch 9. Scone 10. Auratote 11. Buckie ---
**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:** [June 4, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5717 "2011-06-04T01:19:50Z")
Names of Scottish villages 1. Drumnadrochit 2. Lockerbie 3. Newtown St Boswells 4. Newtonmore 5. Kyle of Lochalsh 6. Dumnaglass 7. Ardveenish 8. Dornoch 9. Scone 10. Auratote 11. Buckie 12. Otternish ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5718 "2011-06-04T06:31:21Z")
Names of Scottish villages 1. Drumnadrochit 2. Lockerbie 3. Newtown St Boswells 4. Newtonmore 5. Kyle of Lochalsh 6. Dumnaglass 7. Ardveenish 8. Dornoch 9. Scone 10. Auratote 11. Buckie 12. Otternish 13. Dunfermline Next up: X-Men Mutants 14. Erik Lensherr/Magneto ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2011, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5719 "2011-06-04T13:02:44Z")
Next up: X-Men Mutants 1. Erik Lensherr/Magneto 2. Dr. Henry Philip “Hank” McCoy/Beast ---
**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:** [June 4, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5720 "2011-06-04T17:23:21Z")
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