# 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:** 2883
**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:** [March 7, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57647 "2018-03-07T04:37:48Z")
Countries that need to change their name. 1. Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 3. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57648 "2018-03-07T04:44:29Z")
Countries that need to change their name. 1. Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 3. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay 4. Guinea (should be “Italian-American”) ---
**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:** [March 7, 2018, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57649 "2018-03-07T06:05:08Z")
Countries that need to change their name. 1. Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 3. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay 4. Guinea (should be “Italian-American”) 5. Togo Supposedly means “land where the lagoons lie” but sounds too much like a fast food order. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57650 "2018-03-07T12:48:13Z")
Countries that need to change their name. 1. Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 3. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay 4. Guinea (should be “Italian-American”) 5. Togo 6. Zimbabwe (nothing good has happened there since they took that name; maybe the name is a jinx) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57651 "2018-03-07T13:35:26Z")
Countries that need to change their name. 1. Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 3. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay 4. Guinea (should be “Italian-American”) 5. Togo 6. Zimbabwe (nothing good has happened there since they took that name; maybe the name is a jinx) 7. Georgia, so it won’t be confused with the US state ---
**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:** [March 7, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57652 "2018-03-07T14:04:08Z")
Countries that need to change their name. 1. Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 3. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay 4. Guinea (should be “Italian-American”) 5. Togo 6. Zimbabwe (nothing good has happened there since they took that name; maybe the name is a jinx) 7. Georgia, so it won’t be confused with the US state 8. Republic of the Niger (not to be confused with Nigeria) ---
**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:** [March 7, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57653 "2018-03-07T16:17:45Z")
Countries that need to change their name. 1. Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 3. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay 4. Guinea (should be “Italian-American”) 5. Togo 6. Zimbabwe (nothing good has happened there since they took that name; maybe the name is a jinx) 7. Georgia, so it won’t be confused with the US state 8. Republic of the Niger (not to be confused with Nigeria) 9. Kyrgyzstan ---
**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:** [March 7, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57654 "2018-03-07T18:42:56Z")
Countries that need to change their name. 1. Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 3. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay 4. Guinea (should be “Italian-American”) 5. Togo 6. Zimbabwe (nothing good has happened there since they took that name; maybe the name is a jinx) 7. Georgia, so it won’t be confused with the US state 8. Republic of the Niger (not to be confused with Nigeria) 9. Kyrgyzstan 10. Turkey (it’s entirely inedible) ---
**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:** [March 7, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57655 "2018-03-07T18:56:00Z")
Countries that need to change their name. 1. Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 3. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay 4. Guinea (should be “Italian-American”) 5. Togo 6. Zimbabwe (nothing good has happened there since they took that name; maybe the name is a jinx) 7. Georgia, so it won’t be confused with the US state 8. Republic of the Niger (not to be confused with Nigeria) 9. Kyrgyzstan 10. Turkey (it’s entirely inedible) 11. Trinidad and Tobago (seriously, guys, pick _one_ name!) ---
**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:** [March 7, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57656 "2018-03-07T19:10:34Z")
Countries that need to change their name. 1. Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 3. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay 4. Guinea (should be “Italian-American”) 5. Togo 6. Zimbabwe (nothing good has happened there since they took that name; maybe the name is a jinx) 7. Georgia, so it won’t be confused with the US state 8. Republic of the Niger (not to be confused with Nigeria) 9. Kyrgyzstan 10. Turkey (it’s entirely inedible) 11. Trinidad and Tobago (seriously, guys, pick _one_ name!) 12. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (sounds like an opening act) ---
**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:** [March 7, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57657 "2018-03-07T19:43:56Z")
Countries that need to change their name. 1. Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 3. The Oriental Republic of Uruguay 4. Guinea (should be “Italian-American”) 5. Togo 6. Zimbabwe (nothing good has happened there since they took that name; maybe the name is a jinx) 7. Georgia, so it won’t be confused with the US state 8. Republic of the Niger (not to be confused with Nigeria) 9. Kyrgyzstan 10. Turkey (it’s entirely inedible) 11. Trinidad and Tobago (seriously, guys, pick _one_ name!) 12. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (sounds like an opening act) 13. United States of America Just for starters, why should the country commemorate Amerigo Vespucci? What did he do that was so significant? Next…take your pick… New Memorable storms 1. Hurricane Beulah, 1967 I was a little kid and we had to cut short our vacation in Padre Island, Texas ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57658 "2018-03-07T19:53:56Z")
Memorable storms 1. Hurricane Beulah, 1967 2. North American Ice Storm of 1998 ---
**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:** [March 7, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57659 "2018-03-07T20:03:34Z")
Memorable storms 1. Hurricane Beulah, 1967 2. North American Ice Storm of 1998 3. Hurricane Maria, 2017 ---
**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:** [March 7, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57660 "2018-03-07T21:11:40Z")
Memorable storms 1. Hurricane Beulah, 1967 2. North American Ice Storm of 1998 3. Hurricane Maria, 2017 4. Hurricane Katrina, 2005 Likely to be remembered in Nawlins and the Gulf Coast for many, many years to come. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57661 "2018-03-07T22:58:02Z")
Memorable storms 1. Hurricane Beulah, 1967 2. North American Ice Storm of 1998 3. Hurricane Maria, 2017 4. Hurricane Katrina, 2005 5. Hurricane Andrew, 1992 A Category 5 storm that passed over the Bahamas and Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57662 "2018-03-07T23:14:45Z")
Memorable storms 1. Hurricane Beulah, 1967 2. North American Ice Storm of 1998 3. Hurricane Maria, 2017 4. Hurricane Katrina, 2005 5. Hurricane Andrew, 1992 6. Hurricane Hazel, 1954 Hazel took a weird turn, and ended up in Toronto–which was totally unprepared for such a storm. An entire street, plus the houses, and their occupants, were washed away by floodwaters. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57663 "2018-03-07T23:19:52Z")
Memorable storms 1. Hurricane Beulah, 1967 2. North American Ice Storm of 1998 3. Hurricane Maria, 2017 4. Hurricane Katrina, 2005 5. Hurricane Andrew, 1992 6. Hurricane Hazel, 1954 7. The Blizzard of 1978 I woke up to hear the radio saying: “…and the wind just blew over the snowplow.” And I knew that couldn’t have been right. But it was. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57664 "2018-03-08T00:37:42Z")
Memorable storms 1. Hurricane Beulah, 1967 2. North American Ice Storm of 1998 3. Hurricane Maria, 2017 4. Hurricane Katrina, 2005 5. Hurricane Andrew, 1992 6. Hurricane Hazel, 1954 7. The Blizzard of 1978 8. Hurricane Fran 1996 For weeks afterward, I could hear the beeping of dump trucks depositing fallen trees into a mulching field. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2018, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57665 "2018-03-08T06:12:11Z")
Memorable storms 1. Hurricane Beulah, 1967 2. North American Ice Storm of 1998 3. Hurricane Maria, 2017 4. Hurricane Katrina, 2005 5. Hurricane Andrew, 1992 6. Hurricane Hazel, 1954 7. The Blizzard of 1978 8. Hurricane Fran 1996 9. Great Storm of 1900 A Category 4 Hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas. This was back before they had modern weather monitoring out to sea so the hurricane hit the city with essentially no warning. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2018, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/57666 "2018-03-08T12:40:09Z")
Memorable storms 1. Hurricane Beulah, 1967 2. North American Ice Storm of 1998 3. Hurricane Maria, 2017 4. Hurricane Katrina, 2005 5. Hurricane Andrew, 1992 6. Hurricane Hazel, 1954 7. The Blizzard of 1978 8. Hurricane Fran 1996 9. Great Storm of 1900 10. Hurricane Audrey, 1957 416 deaths [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2882) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2884)