# 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:** 300
**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 14, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5981 "2011-06-14T11:32:16Z")
Classic combinations 1. Salt and pepper 2. Peanut butter and jelly 3. Bogart and Bacall 4. Sweet and sour 5. Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato 6. Oil and vinegar 7. Unicorns and glitter 8. Macaroni and cheese 9. Mayonnaise and mustard 10. Love and marriage 11. Horse and carriage 😃 12. Gilbert and Sullivan ---
**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 14, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5982 "2011-06-14T14:27:39Z")
Classic combinations 1. Salt and pepper 2. Peanut butter and jelly 3. Bogart and Bacall 4. Sweet and sour 5. Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato 6. Oil and vinegar 7. Unicorns and glitter 8. Macaroni and cheese 9. Mayonnaise and mustard 10. Love and marriage 11. Horse and carriage 12. Gilbert and Sullivan 13. Lennon and McCartney Next up: Politicians caught in sexual scandals 1. Anthony Weiner–Weinergate! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5983 "2011-06-14T14:40:26Z")
Next up: Politicians caught in sexual scandals 1. Anthony Weiner–Weinergate! 2. Grover Cleveland - “Ma, Ma, where’s my Pa?” ---
**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 14, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5984 "2011-06-14T15:41:44Z")
Next up: Politicians caught in sexual scandals 1. Anthony Weiner–Weinergate! 2. Grover Cleveland - “Ma, Ma, where’s my Pa?” 3. Bill Clinton ---
**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 14, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5985 "2011-06-14T15:53:44Z")
Next up: Politicians caught in sexual scandals 1. Anthony Weiner–Weinergate! 2. Grover Cleveland - “Ma, Ma, where’s my Pa?” 3. Bill Clinton 4. Larry Craig ---
**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 14, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5986 "2011-06-14T17:22:53Z")
Politicians caught in sexual scandals 1. Anthony Weiner–Weinergate! 2. Grover Cleveland - “Ma, Ma, where’s my Pa?” 3. Bill Clinton 4. Larry Craig 5. Silvio Berlusconi ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5987 "2011-06-14T18:29:29Z")
Politicians caught in sexual scandals 1. Anthony Weiner–Weinergate! 2. Grover Cleveland - “Ma, Ma, where’s my Pa?” 3. Bill Clinton 4. Larry Craig 5. Silvio Berlusconi 6. Gary Hart ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5988 "2011-06-14T18:34:43Z")
Politicians caught in sexual scandals 1. Anthony Weiner–Weinergate! 2. Grover Cleveland - “Ma, Ma, where’s my Pa?” 3. Bill Clinton 4. Larry Craig 5. Silvio Berlusconi 6. Gary Hart 7. Alexander Hamilton Fell victim to an old con called “The Badger Game” involving blackmail from an angry husband catching him with his wife (wife and husband were actually playing him). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5989 "2011-06-14T18:36:59Z")
Politicians caught in sexual scandals 1. Anthony Weiner–Weinergate! 2. Grover Cleveland - “Ma, Ma, where’s my Pa?” 3. Bill Clinton 4. Larry Craig 5. Silvio Berlusconi 6. Gary Hart 7. Alexander Hamilton 8. Eliot Spitzer ---
**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 14, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5990 "2011-06-14T19:05:08Z")
Politicians caught in sexual scandals 1. Anthony Weiner–Weinergate! 2. Grover Cleveland - “Ma, Ma, where’s my Pa?” 3. Bill Clinton 4. Larry Craig 5. Silvio Berlusconi 6. Gary Hart 7. Alexander Hamilton 8. Eliot Spitzer 9. Ahnuld **Sampiro** , Ron Chernow’s bio _Alexander Hamilton_ has a very interesting discussion of the scandal he suffered. Hamilton didn’t do himself any favors by writing a pamphlet in which he admitted the affair but argued that no government money had changed hands. His public standing never fully recovered. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5991 "2011-06-14T19:31:50Z")
Politicians caught in sexual scandals 1. Anthony Weiner 2. Grover Cleveland 3. Bill Clinton 4. Larry Craig 5. Silvio Berlusconi 6. Gary Hart 7. Alexander Hamilton 8. Eliot Spitzer 9. Ahnuld 10. Gary Hart Monkey Business Crew. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5992 "2011-06-14T19:33:15Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Politicians caught in sexual scandals > > 1. Anthony Weiner > 2. Grover Cleveland > 3. Bill Clinton > 4. Larry Craig > 5. Silvio Berlusconi > **6. Gary Hart** > 6. Alexander Hamilton > 7. Eliot Spitzer > 8. Ahnuld > **10. Gary Hart** > > Monkey Business Crew. So, Hart was caught in two scandals? I only know about the one. 😉 ---
**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 14, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5993 "2011-06-14T19:38:41Z")
Politicians caught in sexual scandals 1. Anthony Weiner 2. Grover Cleveland 3. Bill Clinton 4. Larry Craig 5. Silvio Berlusconi 6. Gary Hart 7. Alexander Hamilton 8. Eliot Spitzer 9. Ahnuld 10. Jim McGreevey ---
**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 14, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5994 "2011-06-14T19:40:26Z")
Politicians caught in sexual scandals 1. Anthony Weiner 2. Grover Cleveland 3. Bill Clinton 4. Larry Craig 5. Silvio Berlusconi 6. Gary Hart 7. Alexander Hamilton 8. Eliot Spitzer 9. Ahnuld 10. Jim McGreevey 11. John Profumo ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5995 "2011-06-14T19:54:39Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > So, Hart was caught in two scandals? I only know about the one. 😉 :smack: Politicians caught in sexual scandals 1. Anthony Weiner 2. Grover Cleveland 3. Bill Clinton 4. Larry Craig 5. Silvio Berlusconi 6. Gary Hart 7. Alexander Hamilton 8. Eliot Spitzer 9. Ahnuld 10. Jim McGreevey 11. John Profumo 12. Jerry Springer Like Charlie Sheen he paid prostitutes with personal checks. Whoever thought that Springer would become the less sleazy one? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5996 "2011-06-14T20:32:55Z")
Politicians caught in sexual scandals 1. Anthony Weiner 2. Grover Cleveland 3. Bill Clinton 4. Larry Craig 5. Silvio Berlusconi 6. Gary Hart 7. Alexander Hamilton 8. Eliot Spitzer 9. Ahnuld 10. Jim McGreevey 11. John Profumo 12. Jerry Springer 13. Mark Sandford New list: cities and their original names 1. St. Paul, Minnesota - Pig’s Eye ---
**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 14, 2011, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5997 "2011-06-14T20:35:20Z")
cities and their original names 1. St. Paul, Minnesota - Pig’s Eye 2. Regina, Saskatchewan - Pile of Bones ---
**Author:** ![EristicKallistic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85e7bf/32.png) [@EristicKallistic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EristicKallistic)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5998 "2011-06-14T20:47:51Z")
cities and their original names 1. St. Paul, Minnesota - Pig’s Eye 2. Regina, Saskatchewan - Pile of Bones 3. New York, New York - New Angouleme (or New Amsterdam if you believe TMBG) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/5999 "2011-06-14T21:46:31Z")
cities and their original names 1. St. Paul, Minnesota - Pig’s Eye 2. Regina, Saskatchewan - Pile of Bones 3. New York, New York - New Angouleme (or New Amsterdam if you believe TMBG) 4. Atlanta, GA (originally Terminus, and then Marthasville) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/6000 "2011-06-14T22:12:22Z")
cities and their original names 1. St. Paul, Minnesota - Pig’s Eye 2. Regina, Saskatchewan - Pile of Bones 3. New York, New York - New Angouleme (or New Amsterdam if you believe TMBG) 4. Atlanta, GA (originally Terminus, and then Marthasville) 5. Truth or Consequences, N.M. – Hot Springs [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=299) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=301)