# 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:** 588
**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:** [August 15, 2012, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11742 "2012-08-15T05:10:03Z")
Blues Musicians 1. B.B. King 2. Robert Johnson 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Albert Collins ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11743 "2012-08-15T11:00:31Z")
Blues Musicians 1. B.B. King 2. Robert Johnson 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Albert Collins 5. George Thorogood ---
**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:** [August 15, 2012, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11744 "2012-08-15T11:35:06Z")
Blues Musicians 1. B.B. King 2. Robert Johnson 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Albert Collins 5. George Thorogood 6. The Blues Brothers ---
**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:** [August 15, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11745 "2012-08-15T13:23:02Z")
Blues Musicians 1. B.B. King 2. Robert Johnson 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Albert Collins 5. George Thorogood 6. The Blues Brothers 7. Howlin’ Wolf My favorite song of his: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmoZkL3fsvs) ---
**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:** [August 15, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11746 "2012-08-15T16:06:00Z")
Blues Musicians 1. B.B. King 2. Robert Johnson 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Albert Collins 5. George Thorogood 6. The Blues Brothers 7. Howlin’ Wolf (My favorite song of his: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmoZkL3fsvs)) 8. The Fabulous Thunderbirds ---
**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:** [August 15, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11747 "2012-08-15T16:14:38Z")
Blues Musicians 1. B.B. King 2. Robert Johnson 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Albert Collins 5. George Thorogood 6. The Blues Brothers 7. Howlin’ Wolf (My favorite song of his: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmoZkL3fsvs)) 8. The Fabulous Thunderbirds 9. Muddy Waters ---
**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:** [August 15, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11748 "2012-08-15T16:20:10Z")
Blues Musicians 1. B.B. King 2. Robert Johnson 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Albert Collins 5. George Thorogood 6. The Blues Brothers 7. Howlin’ Wolf (My favorite song of his: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmoZkL3fsvs)) 8. The Fabulous Thunderbirds 9. Muddy Waters 10. Janis Joplin ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11749 "2012-08-15T17:05:02Z")
Blues Musicians 1. B.B. King 2. Robert Johnson 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Albert Collins 5. George Thorogood 6. The Blues Brothers 7. Howlin’ Wolf (My favorite song of his: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmoZkL3fsvs)) 8. The Fabulous Thunderbirds 9. Muddy Waters 10. Janis Joplin 11. John Lee Hooker ---
**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:** [August 15, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11750 "2012-08-15T17:38:05Z")
Blues Musicians 1. B.B. King 2. Robert Johnson 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Albert Collins 5. George Thorogood 6. The Blues Brothers 7. Howlin’ Wolf (My favorite song of his: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmoZkL3fsvs)) 8. The Fabulous Thunderbirds 9. Muddy Waters 10. Janis Joplin 11. John Lee Hooker 12. Eric Clapton. Slow Hand. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11751 "2012-08-15T17:44:45Z")
Blues Musicians 1. B.B. King 2. Robert Johnson 3. Stevie Ray Vaughan 4. Albert Collins 5. George Thorogood 6. The Blues Brothers 7. Howlin’ Wolf (My favorite song of his: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmoZkL3fsvs)) 8. The Fabulous Thunderbirds 9. Muddy Waters 10. Janis Joplin 11. John Lee Hooker 12. Eric Clapton. Slow Hand. 13. Blind Lemon Jefferson Businesses involved in high profile scandals or disasters (with listing) 14. Union Carbide - Bhopal disaster ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11752 "2012-08-15T17:52:21Z")
Businesses involved in high profile scandals or disasters (with listing) 1. Union Carbide - Bhopal disaster 2. Exxon - Valdez Oil Spill ---
**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:** [August 15, 2012, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11753 "2012-08-15T18:35:30Z")
Businesses involved in high profile scandals or disasters (with listing) 1. Union Carbide - Bhopal disaster 2. Exxon - Valdez Oil Spill 3. British Petroleum - Gulf oil spill in 2010 ---
**Author:** ![TexCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/texcat/32/9041_2.png) [@TexCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexCat)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11754 "2012-08-15T19:01:03Z")
Businesses involved in high profile scandals or disasters (with listing) 1. Union Carbide - Bhopal disaster 2. Exxon - Valdez Oil Spill 3. British Petroleum - Gulf oil spill in 2010 4. White Star Line - Titanic ---
**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:** [August 15, 2012, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11755 "2012-08-15T19:26:07Z")
Businesses involved in high profile scandals or disasters (with listing) 1. Union Carbide - Bhopal disaster 2. Exxon - Valdez Oil Spill 3. British Petroleum - Gulf oil spill in 2010 4. White Star Line - Titanic 5. Enron - Off-balance sheet Special Purpose Entities set up by the CFO (Went the scandal route for this one.) ---
**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:** [August 15, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11756 "2012-08-15T19:31:22Z")
Businesses involved in high profile scandals or disasters (with listing) 1. Union Carbide - Bhopal disaster 2. Exxon - Valdez Oil Spill 3. British Petroleum - Gulf oil spill in 2010 4. White Star Line - Titanic 5. Enron - Off-balance sheet Special Purpose Entities set up by the CFO 6. JPMorgan Chase - $4.4 billion in losses for credit default swaps ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11757 "2012-08-15T19:44:21Z")
Businesses involved in high profile scandals or disasters (with listing) 1. Union Carbide - Bhopal disaster 2. Exxon - Valdez Oil Spill 3. British Petroleum - Gulf oil spill in 2010 4. White Star Line - Titanic 5. Enron - Off-balance sheet Special Purpose Entities set up by the CFO 6. JPMorgan Chase - $4.4 billion in losses for credit default swaps 7. Martha Stewart (Corp) - insider trading of ImClone Systems stock ---
**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:** [August 15, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11758 "2012-08-15T19:46:49Z")
FYI, that wasn’t the company, that was Martha Stewart. And she didn’t get charged or convicted for insider trading, she got convicted for lying to the Feds. ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11759 "2012-08-16T01:36:14Z")
Businesses involved in high profile scandals or disasters (with listing) 1. Union Carbide - Bhopal disaster 2. Exxon - Valdez Oil Spill 3. British Petroleum - Gulf oil spill in 2010 4. White Star Line - Titanic 5. Enron - Off-balance sheet Special Purpose Entities set up by the CFO 6. JPMorgan Chase - $4.4 billion in losses for credit default swaps 7. Martha Stewart (Corp) - insider trading of ImClone Systems stock 8. Occidental Petroleum - Piper Alpha disaster, 1988 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11760 "2012-08-16T01:47:32Z")
Businesses involved in high profile scandals or disasters (with listing) 1. Union Carbide - Bhopal disaster 2. Exxon - Valdez Oil Spill 3. British Petroleum - Gulf oil spill in 2010 4. White Star Line - Titanic 5. Enron - Off-balance sheet Special Purpose Entities set up by the CFO 6. JPMorgan Chase - $4.4 billion in losses for credit default swaps 7. Martha Stewart (Corp) - insider trading of ImClone Systems stock 8. Occidental Petroleum - Piper Alpha disaster, 1988 9. Nortel Networks - Stock market crash and burn. (Relevant as a disaster for many of us.) > [@](#): > > At its height, Nortel accounted for more than a third of the total valuation of all the companies listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), employing 94,500 worldwide, with 25,900 in Canada alone.[28] Nortel’s market capitalization fell from C$398 billion in September 2000 to less than C$5 billion in August 2002, as Nortel’s stock price plunged from C$124 to C$0.47. When Nortel’s stock crashed, it took with it a wide swath of Canadian investors and pension funds and left 60,000 Nortel employees unemployed. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/11761 "2012-08-16T04:44:57Z")
Businesses involved in high profile scandals or disasters (with listing) 1. Union Carbide - Bhopal disaster 2. Exxon - Valdez Oil Spill 3. British Petroleum - Gulf oil spill in 2010 4. White Star Line - Titanic 5. Enron - Off-balance sheet Special Purpose Entities set up by the CFO 6. JPMorgan Chase - $4.4 billion in losses for credit default swaps 7. Martha Stewart (Corp) - insider trading of ImClone Systems stock 8. Occidental Petroleum - Piper Alpha disaster, 1988 9. Nortel Networks - Stock market crash and burn. 10. Richardson-Merrell Co. - made and distributed thalidomide > **[Thalidomide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide)** > > Thalidomide, sold under the brand names Contergan and Thalomid among others, is an oral medication used to treat a number of cancers (e.g. multiple myeloma), graft-versus-host disease, and many skin disorders (e.g. complications of leprosy such as skin lesions). While thalidomide has been used in a number of HIV-associated conditions, such use is associated with increased levels of the virus. > Common side effects include sleepiness, rash, and dizziness. Severe side effects include tumor lysis ... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=587) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=589)