# 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:** 384
**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:** [September 22, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7662 "2011-09-22T14:47:54Z")
Annual conventions for geeky hobbies 1. Gen Con (gaming) 2. Montréal Guitar Show 3. DexCon 4. I-Con 5. National Square Dance Convention 6. Blizzcon (for Blizzard games) 7. Slash-con 8. New York Comic Con ---
**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:** [September 22, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7663 "2011-09-22T14:51:56Z")
Annual conventions for geeky hobbies 1. Gen Con (gaming) 2. Montréal Guitar Show 3. DexCon 4. I-Con 5. National Square Dance Convention 6. Blizzcon (for Blizzard games) 7. Slash-con 8. New York Comic Con 9. Origins Game Fair ---
**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:** [September 22, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7664 "2011-09-22T15:27:31Z")
Annual conventions for geeky hobbies 1. Gen Con (gaming) 2. Montréal Guitar Show 3. DexCon 4. I-Con 5. National Square Dance Convention 6. Blizzcon (for Blizzard games) 7. Slash-con 8. New York Comic Con 9. Origins Game Fair 10. Zither 7 [http://www.zitherist.com/en?start=15](http://www.zitherist.com/en?start=15) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7665 "2011-09-22T20:44:06Z")
Annual conventions for geeky hobbies 1. Gen Con (gaming) 2. Montréal Guitar Show 3. DexCon 4. I-Con 5. National Square Dance Convention 6. Blizzcon (for Blizzard games) 7. Slash-con 8. New York Comic Con 9. Origins Game Fair 10. Zither 7 11. Toy Soldier Collectors of America Convention Held annually in Valley Forge since the 1930s. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7666 "2011-09-22T21:34:05Z")
Annual conventions for geeky hobbies 1. Gen Con (gaming) 2. Montréal Guitar Show 3. DexCon 4. I-Con 5. National Square Dance Convention 6. Blizzcon (for Blizzard games) 7. Slash-con 8. New York Comic Con 9. Origins Game Fair 10. Zither 7 11. Toy Soldier Collectors of America Convention 12. [The Pennsic War](http://www.pennsicwar.org/penn40/) ---
**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:** [September 23, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7667 "2011-09-23T00:28:19Z")
Annual conventions for geeky hobbies 1. Gen Con (gaming) 2. Montréal Guitar Show 3. DexCon 4. I-Con 5. National Square Dance Convention 6. Blizzcon (for Blizzard games) 7. Slash-con 8. New York Comic Con 9. Origins Game Fair 10. Zither 7 11. Toy Soldier Collectors of America Convention 12. [The Pennsic War](http://www.pennsicwar.org/penn40/) [/QUOTE] 13. AnimeCon I did this topic so I’ll pass the next one to someone else. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2011, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7668 "2011-09-23T00:30:19Z")
Thanks, **Infovore**. Next category: Noteworthy diplomats 1. Benjamin Franklin ---
**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:** [September 23, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7669 "2011-09-23T00:37:53Z")
Noteworthy diplomats 1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Sarek of Vulcan ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7670 "2011-09-23T03:51:20Z")
Noteworthy diplomats 1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Sarek of Vulcan 3. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (better known simply as Talleyrand) ---
**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:** [September 23, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7671 "2011-09-23T04:14:52Z")
Noteworthy diplomats 1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Sarek of Vulcan 3. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (better known simply as Talleyrand) 4. Henry Kissinger ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7672 "2011-09-23T12:26:00Z")
Noteworthy diplomats 1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Sarek of Vulcan 3. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (better known simply as Talleyrand) 4. Henry Kissinger 5. Thomas Jefferson ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7673 "2011-09-23T13:19:57Z")
Noteworthy diplomats 1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Sarek of Vulcan 3. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (better known simply as Talleyrand) 4. Henry Kissinger 5. Thomas Jefferson 6. Gouverneur Morris ---
**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:** [September 23, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7674 "2011-09-23T13:23:28Z")
Noteworthy diplomats 1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Sarek of Vulcan 3. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (better known simply as Talleyrand) 4. Henry Kissinger 5. Thomas Jefferson 6. Gouverneur Morris 7. Boutros Boutros-Ghali ---
**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:** [September 23, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7675 "2011-09-23T13:31:23Z")
Noteworthy diplomats 1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Sarek of Vulcan 3. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (better known simply as Talleyrand) 4. Henry Kissinger 5. Thomas Jefferson 6. Gouverneur Morris 7. Boutros Boutros-Ghali 8. Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu et de Fronsac ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7676 "2011-09-23T15:50:14Z")
Noteworthy diplomats 1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Sarek of Vulcan 3. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (better known simply as Talleyrand) 4. Henry Kissinger 5. Thomas Jefferson 6. Gouverneur Morris 7. Boutros Boutros-Ghali 8. Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu et de Fronsac 9. Charles Francis Adams Grandson of John Adams/son of J.Q. Adams; one of the great diplomats of 19th century U.S.A. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7677 "2011-09-23T16:02:52Z")
Noteworthy diplomats 1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Sarek of Vulcan 3. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (better known simply as Talleyrand) 4. Henry Kissinger 5. Thomas Jefferson 6. Gouverneur Morris 7. Boutros Boutros-Ghali 8. Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu et de Fronsac 9. Charles Francis Adams 10. Shirley Temple Black ---
**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:** [September 23, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7678 "2011-09-23T19:40:46Z")
Noteworthy diplomats 1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Sarek of Vulcan 3. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (better known simply as Talleyrand) 4. Henry Kissinger 5. Thomas Jefferson 6. Gouverneur Morris 7. Boutros Boutros-Ghali 8. Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu et de Fronsac 9. Charles Francis Adams 10. Shirley Temple Black 11. Andrei Gromyko ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7679 "2011-09-23T19:58:32Z")
Noteworthy diplomats 1. Benjamin Franklin 2. Sarek of Vulcan 3. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (better known simply as Talleyrand) 4. Henry Kissinger 5. Thomas Jefferson 6. Gouverneur Morris 7. Boutros Boutros-Ghali 8. Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal-Duc de Richelieu et de Fronsac 9. Charles Francis Adams 10. Shirley Temple Black 11. Andrei Gromyko 12. Pocahontas Served as an emissary from her father to the colonists and later from Virginia to England. Next up: Memorable deaths of TV and movie characters 1. Rick, _Northern Exposure_: killed by/melded with a falling satellite ---
**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:** [September 23, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7680 "2011-09-23T20:09:56Z")
Next up: Memorable deaths of TV and movie characters 1. Rick, Northern Exposure: killed by/melded with a falling satellite 2. Henry Blake, _M_A_S_H\*: got discharged, but his helicopter was shot down into the sea of Japan. No survivors ---
**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:** [September 23, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/7681 "2011-09-23T20:10:01Z")
Next up: Memorable deaths of TV and movie characters 1. Rick, _Northern Exposure_: killed by/melded with a falling satellite [/QUOTE] 2. Henry Blake, M_A_S\*H: got discharged, but his helicopter was shot down into the sea of Japan. No survivors 3. Spock, _Star Trek_: “I have been…and always will be…your friend.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=383) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=385)