# 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:** 577
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11522 "2012-07-20T13:48:32Z")
Newspapers 1. New York Times 2. USA Today 3. [The Unterrified Democrat](http://www.chamberofcommerce.com/linn-mo/3989783-unterrified-democrat/)- Linn, Missouri 4. The Hartford Courant - [America’s Oldest Continuously Published Newspaper](http://www.courant.com/about/thc-history,0,4107859.htmlstory) 5. The Times-Picayune 6. The San Jose Mercury News 7. The Wall Street Journal 8. Washington Post 9. The Key West Citizen ---
**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:** [July 20, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11523 "2012-07-20T15:29:54Z")
Newspapers 1. New York Times 2. USA Today 3. [The Unterrified Democrat](http://www.chamberofcommerce.com/linn-mo/3989783-unterrified-democrat/)- Linn, Missouri 4. The Hartford Courant - [America’s Oldest Continuously Published Newspaper](http://www.courant.com/about/thc-history,0,4107859.htmlstory) 5. The Times-Picayune 6. The San Jose Mercury News 7. The Wall Street Journal 8. Washington Post 9. The Key West Citizen 10. Le Monde I figured we needed a non-American paper. ---
**Author:** ![Blkshp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blkshp/32/7135_2.png) [@Blkshp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blkshp)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11524 "2012-07-20T17:01:28Z")
Newspapers 1. New York Times 2. USA Today 3. The Unterrified Democrat- Linn, Missouri 4. The Hartford Courant - America’s Oldest Continuously Published Newspaper 5. The Times-Picayune 6. The San Jose Mercury News 7. The Wall Street Journal 8. Washington Post 9. The Key West Citizen 10. Le Monde 11. Plain Dealer (Cleveland) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11525 "2012-07-20T17:12:46Z")
Newspapers 1. New York Times 2. USA Today 3. The Unterrified Democrat- Linn, Missouri 4. The Hartford Courant - America’s Oldest Continuously Published Newspaper 5. The Times-Picayune 6. The San Jose Mercury News 7. The Wall Street Journal 8. Washington Post 9. The Key West Citizen 10. Le Monde 11. Plain Dealer (Cleveland) 12. Bloom Picayune ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11526 "2012-07-20T17:15:07Z")
Newspapers 1. New York Times 2. USA Today 3. The Unterrified Democrat- Linn, Missouri 4. The Hartford Courant - America’s Oldest Continuously Published Newspaper 5. The Times-Picayune 6. The San Jose Mercury News 7. The Wall Street Journal 8. Washington Post 9. The Key West Citizen 10. Le Monde 11. Plain Dealer (Cleveland) 12. Bloom Picayune 13. Newsday, Long Island’s own New Category Places _NOT_ to go for August Vacation 1. Disneyworld ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11527 "2012-07-20T19:48:32Z")
New Category Places _NOT_ to go for August Vacation 1. Disneyworld 2. New Orleans Unless you just happen to like saunas. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2012, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11528 "2012-07-20T20:09:59Z")
Places _NOT_ to go for August Vacation 1. Disneyworld 2. New Orleans 3. Death Valley ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11529 "2012-07-20T20:50:29Z")
Places _NOT_ to go for August Vacation 1. Disneyworld 2. New Orleans 3. Death Valley 4. Cambodia (with debt acknowledged to the Dead Kennedys) ---
**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:** [July 20, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11530 "2012-07-20T21:14:36Z")
Places _NOT_ to go for August Vacation 1. Disneyworld 2. New Orleans 3. Death Valley 4. Cambodia (with debt acknowledged to the Dead Kennedys) 5. Alaska Surprising, but I’ve heard it’s when the rain and mosquitoes are at their worst. June’s generally the real peak month. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11531 "2012-07-20T21:51:15Z")
Places _NOT_ to go for August Vacation 1. Disneyworld 2. New Orleans 3. Death Valley 4. Cambodia (with debt acknowledged to the Dead Kennedys) 5. Alaska 6. Telluride If you’re going there to ski, obviously. For hiking, it’s probably fine. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2012, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11532 "2012-07-20T23:17:50Z")
Places _NOT_ to go for August Vacation 1. Disneyworld 2. New Orleans 3. Death Valley 4. Cambodia (with debt acknowledged to the Dead Kennedys) 5. Alaska 6. Telluride 7. France According to the story, that’s when everything in France is closed because all the French people have gone on their vacation. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11533 "2012-07-20T23:36:06Z")
You can delete my Dead Kennedys reference, next poster. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11534 "2012-07-21T04:05:53Z")
Places _NOT_ to go for August Vacation 1. Disneyworld 2. New Orleans 3. Death Valley 4. Cambodia 5. Alaska 6. Telluride 7. France 8. North Korea Nor for January vacation, February vacation, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11535 "2012-07-21T13:21:31Z")
Places _NOT_ to go for August Vacation 1. Disneyworld 2. New Orleans 3. Death Valley 4. Cambodia 5. Alaska 6. Telluride 7. France 8. North Korea 9. outdoors in Houston, TX ---
**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:** [July 21, 2012, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11536 "2012-07-21T15:21:49Z")
Places _NOT_ to go for August Vacation 1. Disneyworld 2. New Orleans 3. Death Valley 4. Cambodia 5. Alaska 6. Telluride 7. France 8. North Korea 9. outdoors in Houston, TX 10. Cancun ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11537 "2012-07-21T15:50:20Z")
Places _NOT_ to go for August Vacation 1. Disneyworld 2. New Orleans 3. Death Valley 4. Cambodia 5. Alaska 6. Telluride 7. France 8. North Korea 9. outdoors in Houston, TX 10. Cancun 11. Haiti ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11538 "2012-07-21T16:11:58Z")
Places _NOT_ to go for August Vacation 1. Disneyworld 2. New Orleans 3. Death Valley 4. Cambodia 5. Alaska 6. Telluride 7. France 8. North Korea 9. outdoors in Houston, TX 10. Cancun 11. Haiti 12. Dachau ---
**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:** [July 21, 2012, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11539 "2012-07-21T16:37:55Z")
Places _NOT_ to go for August Vacation 1. Disneyworld 2. New Orleans 3. Death Valley 4. Cambodia 5. Alaska 6. Telluride 7. France 8. North Korea 9. outdoors in Houston, TX 10. Cancun 11. Haiti 12. Dachau 13. Minnesota (the mosquitos eat you alive) Next up: Actors who have played (da da da da da da da) BATMAN 1. Adam West ---
**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:** [July 21, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11540 "2012-07-21T16:54:47Z")
Actors who have played (da da da da da da da) BATMAN 1. Adam West 2. Michael Keaton ---
**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:** [July 21, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11541 "2012-07-21T17:04:13Z")
Actors who have played (da da da da da da da) BATMAN 1. Adam West 2. Michael Keaton 3. George Clooney [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=576) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=578)