# 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:** 3439
**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:** [November 5, 2019, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68769 "2019-11-05T05:09:47Z")
London landmarks 1. 30 St. Mary Axe, aka “The Gherkin” 2. Buckingham Palace 3. The Peter Pan Statue in Kensington Gardens ---
**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:** [November 5, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68770 "2019-11-05T05:18:29Z")
London landmarks 1. 30 St. Mary Axe, aka “The Gherkin” 2. Buckingham Palace 3. The Peter Pan Statue in Kensington Gardens 4. 221B Baker Street Although the street has been renumbered since Sherlock Holmes’s day. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2019, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68771 "2019-11-05T06:15:55Z")
London landmarks 1. 30 St. Mary Axe, aka “The Gherkin” 2. Buckingham Palace 3. The Peter Pan Statue in Kensington Gardens 4. 221B Baker Street 5. Westminster Abbey ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68772 "2019-11-05T06:21:50Z")
London landmarks 1. 30 St. Mary Axe, aka “The Gherkin” 2. Buckingham Palace 3. The Peter Pan Statue in Kensington Gardens 4. 221B Baker Street 5. Westminster Abbey 6. The Abbey Road crosswalk ---
**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:** [November 5, 2019, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68773 "2019-11-05T07:05:08Z")
London landmarks 1. 30 St. Mary Axe, aka “The Gherkin” 2. Buckingham Palace 3. The Peter Pan Statue in Kensington Gardens 4. 221B Baker Street 5. Westminster Abbey 6. The Abbey Road crosswalk 7. The Tower Bridge But not London Bridge, which is an Arizona landmark. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68774 "2019-11-05T08:41:58Z")
London landmarks 1. 30 St. Mary Axe, aka “The Gherkin” 2. Buckingham Palace 3. The Peter Pan Statue in Kensington Gardens 4. 221B Baker Street 5. Westminster Abbey 6. The Abbey Road crosswalk 7. The Tower Bridge 8. The London Eye ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68775 "2019-11-05T12:57:04Z")
London landmarks 1. 30 St. Mary Axe, aka “The Gherkin” 2. Buckingham Palace 3. The Peter Pan Statue in Kensington Gardens 4. 221B Baker Street 5. Westminster Abbey 6. The Abbey Road crosswalk 7. The Tower Bridge 8. The London Eye 9. The British Museum ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68776 "2019-11-05T14:58:05Z")
London landmarks 1. 30 St. Mary Axe, aka “The Gherkin” 2. Buckingham Palace 3. The Peter Pan Statue in Kensington Gardens 4. 221B Baker Street 5. Westminster Abbey 6. The Abbey Road crosswalk 7. The Tower Bridge 8. The London Eye 9. The British Museum 10. The “Shard” ---
**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:** [November 5, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68777 "2019-11-05T15:01:01Z")
London landmarks 1. 30 St. Mary Axe, aka “The Gherkin” 2. Buckingham Palace 3. The Peter Pan Statue in Kensington Gardens 4. 221B Baker Street 5. Westminster Abbey 6. The Abbey Road crosswalk 7. The Tower Bridge 8. The London Eye 9. The British Museum 10. The “Shard” 11. The Victoria & Albert Museum ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68778 "2019-11-05T15:14:43Z")
London landmarks 1. 30 St. Mary Axe, aka “The Gherkin” 2. Buckingham Palace 3. The Peter Pan Statue in Kensington Gardens 4. 221B Baker Street 5. Westminster Abbey 6. The Abbey Road crosswalk 7. The Tower Bridge 8. The London Eye 9. The British Museum 10. The “Shard” 11. The Victoria & Albert Museum 12. Nelson’s Column ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68779 "2019-11-05T16:36:16Z")
London landmarks 1. 30 St. Mary Axe, aka “The Gherkin” 2. Buckingham Palace 3. The Peter Pan Statue in Kensington Gardens 4. 221B Baker Street 5. Westminster Abbey 6. The Abbey Road crosswalk 7. The Tower Bridge 8. The London Eye 9. The British Museum 10. The “Shard” 11. The Victoria & Albert Museum 12. Nelson’s Column 13. Royal Albert Hall Pass ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68780 "2019-11-05T17:02:44Z")
Seemed like a good idea at the time… 1. Mercurochrome ---
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Seemed like a good idea at the time… 1. Mercurochrome 2. Those foot X-ray machines in shoe stores ---
**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:** [November 5, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68782 "2019-11-05T17:08:52Z")
Seemed like a good idea at the time… 1. Mercurochrome 2. Those foot X-ray machines in shoe stores 3. New Coke ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68783 "2019-11-05T17:13:28Z")
Seemed like a good idea at the time… 1. Mercurochrome 2. Those foot X-ray machines in shoe stores 3. New Coke 4. Montezuma welcomes Cortes ---
**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:** [November 5, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68784 "2019-11-05T17:14:04Z")
Seemed like a good idea at the time… 1. Mercurochrome 2. Those foot X-ray machines in shoe stores 3. New Coke 4. Montezuma welcomes Cortes 5. Astroturf ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68785 "2019-11-05T17:17:32Z")
Seemed like a good idea at the time… 1. Mercurochrome 2. Those foot X-ray machines in shoe stores 3. New Coke 4. Montezuma welcomes Cortes 5. Astroturf 6. Radioactive chemistry sets ---
**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:** [November 5, 2019, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68786 "2019-11-05T17:26:40Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > London landmarks > > …7. The Tower Bridge > > But not London Bridge, which is an Arizona landmark. Yes, one is, but there’s another spanning the Thames even now: [London Bridge - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge#Modern_London_Bridge) Seemed like a good idea at the time… 1. Mercurochrome 2. Those foot X-ray machines in shoe stores 3. New Coke 4. Montezuma welcomes Cortes 5. Astroturf 6. Radioactive chemistry sets 7. Only straights get to marry ---
**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:** [November 5, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/68787 "2019-11-05T17:45:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Yes, one is, but there’s another spanning the Thames even now There have been a number of bridges named London Bridge. But I’m going with the idea that the one in the song is _the_ London Bridge. Seemed like a good idea at the time… 1. Mercurochrome 2. Those foot X-ray machines in shoe stores 3. New Coke 4. Montezuma welcomes Cortes 5. Astroturf 6. Radioactive chemistry sets 7. Only straights get to marry 8. Post-WWI isolationism ---
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