# 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:** 2972
**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:** [June 6, 2018, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59427 "2018-06-06T13:32:41Z")
Notable people who went missing from the public spotlight at some point in their lives 1. Agatha Christie 2. Paul McCartney 3. Melania Trump 4. Bettie Page 5. Howard Hughes ---
**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:** [June 6, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59428 "2018-06-06T13:37:07Z")
Notable people who went missing from the public spotlight at some point in their lives 1. Agatha Christie 2. Paul McCartney 3. Melania Trump 4. Bettie Page 5. Howard Hughes 6. Richard Simmons ---
**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 6, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59429 "2018-06-06T14:05:05Z")
Notable people who went missing from the public spotlight at some point in their lives 1. Agatha Christie 2. Paul McCartney 3. Melania Trump 4. Bettie Page 5. Howard Hughes 6. Richard Simmons 7. Aimee Semple McPherson > **[Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reported_kidnapping_of_Aimee_Semple_McPherson)** > > On May 18, 1926, Christian evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from Venice Beach, California, after going for a swim. She reappeared in Mexico five weeks later, stating she had escaped from kidnappers there. Her disappearance, reappearance, and subsequent court inquiries regarding the allegation that the kidnapping story was a hoax carried out to conceal a tryst with a lover precipitated a media frenzy that changed the course of McPherson's career. > On May 18, 1926, McPherson went wit... ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59430 "2018-06-06T15:16:33Z")
Notable people who went missing from the public spotlight at some point in their lives 1. Agatha Christie 2. Paul McCartney 3. Melania Trump 4. Bettie Page 5. Howard Hughes 6. Richard Simmons 7. Aimee Semple McPherson 8. Melania Trump (CNN REPORTS!) ---
**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:** [June 6, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59431 "2018-06-06T15:44:17Z")
Notable people who went missing from the public spotlight at some point in their lives 1. Agatha Christie 2. Paul McCartney 3. Melania Trump 4. Bettie Page 5. Howard Hughes 6. Richard Simmons 7. Aimee Semple McPherson 8. Taylor Swift (removed Melania - she’s #3 already) ---
**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 6, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59432 "2018-06-06T16:01:54Z")
Notable people who went missing from the public spotlight at some point in their lives 1. Agatha Christie 2. Paul McCartney 3. Melania Trump 4. Bettie Page 5. Howard Hughes 6. Richard Simmons 7. Aimee Semple McPherson 8. Taylor Swift 9. Ambrose Bierce ---
**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:** [June 6, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59433 "2018-06-06T17:02:38Z")
Notable people who went missing from the public spotlight at some point in their lives 1. Agatha Christie 2. Paul McCartney 3. Melania Trump 4. Bettie Page 5. Howard Hughes 6. Richard Simmons 7. Aimee Semple McPherson 8. Taylor Swift 9. Ambrose Bierce 10. Mark Sanford South Carolina governor who was supposedly hiking the Appalachian Trail > **[Mark Sanford extramarital affair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sanford%27s_disappearance_and_extramarital_affair)** > > From June 18 until June 24, 2009, Republican South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's whereabouts were unknown and the media covered what was described as his disappearance. Subsequently, Sanford reappeared and admitted that he had been in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a woman with whom he was having an extramarital affair. He stated that in 2001, he met and became friends with this woman and that they started having a sexual relationship in 2008. His wife, Jenny Sanford, became aware of the rela... ---
**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:** [June 6, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59434 "2018-06-06T17:40:01Z")
Notable people who went missing from the public spotlight at some point in their lives 1. Agatha Christie 2. Paul McCartney 3. Melania Trump 4. Bettie Page 5. Howard Hughes 6. Richard Simmons 7. Aimee Semple McPherson 8. Taylor Swift 9. Ambrose Bierce 10. Mark Sanford 11. Judge Joseph Crater ---
**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 6, 2018, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59435 "2018-06-06T17:42:08Z")
Notable people who went missing from the public spotlight at some point in their lives 1. Agatha Christie 2. Paul McCartney 3. Melania Trump 4. Bettie Page 5. Howard Hughes 6. Richard Simmons 7. Aimee Semple McPherson 8. Taylor Swift 9. Ambrose Bierce 10. Mark Sanford 11. Judge Joseph Crater 12. Amelia Earhart ---
**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 6, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59436 "2018-06-06T19:54:18Z")
1. Agatha Christie 2. Paul McCartney 3. Melania Trump 4. Bettie Page 5. Howard Hughes 6. Richard Simmons 7. Aimee Semple McPherson 8. Taylor Swift 9. Ambrose Bierce 10. Mark Sanford 11. Judge Joseph Crater 12. Amelia Earhart 13. [Bob Dylan](https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/50-years-later-dylans-motorcycle-crash-remains-mysterious/) Musical instruments a - m, alphabetically 1. Accordian ---
**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:** [June 6, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59437 "2018-06-06T19:59:56Z")
Musical instruments a - m, alphabetically 1. Accordian 2. Banjo ---
**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:** [June 6, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59438 "2018-06-06T20:07:06Z")
Musical instruments a - m, alphabetically 1. Accordian 2. Banjo 3. Castanets ---
**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 6, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59439 "2018-06-06T20:09:23Z")
Musical instruments a - m, alphabetically 1. Accordion 2. Banjo 3. Castanets 4. Dulcimer ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59440 "2018-06-06T20:12:28Z")
Musical instruments a - m, alphabetically 1. Accordion 2. Banjo 3. Castanets 4. Dulcimer 5. Euphonium ---
**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 6, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59441 "2018-06-06T20:31:34Z")
Musical instruments a - m, alphabetically 1. Accordion 2. Banjo 3. Castanets 4. Dulcimer 5. Euphonium 6. Flugelhorn > **[Flugelhorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugelhorn)** > > Plucked > The flugelhorn (/ˈfluːɡəlhɔːrn/), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B♭, though some are in C. It is a type of valved bugle, developed in Germany in the early 19th century from a traditional English valveless bugle. The first version of a valved bugle was sold by Heinrich Stölzel in Berlin in 1828. The valved bugle p... ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59442 "2018-06-06T20:32:08Z")
Musical instruments a - m, alphabetically 1. Accordion 2. Banjo 3. Castanets 4. Dulcimer 5. Euphonium 6. Flageolet ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59443 "2018-06-06T20:33:22Z")
[damn there should be most ninja’ed Baker’s. No fipple flutes for f :(.] ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59444 "2018-06-06T20:38:47Z")
Musical instruments a - m, alphabetically 1. Accordion 2. Banjo 3. Castanets 4. Dulcimer 5. Euphonium 6. Flugelhorn > **[Flugelhorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugelhorn)** > > Plucked > The flugelhorn (/ˈfluːɡəlhɔːrn/), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B♭, though some are in C. It is a type of valved bugle, developed in Germany in the early 19th century from a traditional English valveless bugle. The first version of a valved bugle was sold by Heinrich Stölzel in Berlin in 1828. The valved bugle p... 7. [Gemshorn](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemshorn) [found a fipple flute!] ---
**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 6, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59445 "2018-06-06T20:50:46Z")
Musical instruments a - m, alphabetically 1. Accordion 2. Banjo 3. Castanets 4. Dulcimer 5. Euphonium 6. Flugelhorn 7. Gemshorn 8. Harp ---
**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:** [June 6, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59446 "2018-06-06T21:34:00Z")
Musical instruments a - m, alphabetically 1. Accordion 2. Banjo 3. Castanets 4. Dulcimer 5. Euphonium 6. Flugelhorn 7. Gemshorn 8. Harp 9. ichigenkin A traditional Japanese one-stringed zither: [Ichigenkin - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichigenkin) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2971) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=2973)