# 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:** 660
**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:** [November 10, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13182 "2012-11-10T15:49:22Z")
Highly Interesting or Unique Natural Sights that You’ve Visited 1. Bonaventure Island and its 10,000 strong Northern Gannet colony 2. Monument Valley, southern Utah / northern Arizona: riding my motorcycle through there on a cross-country trip. Beautiful land. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13183 "2012-11-10T15:50:57Z")
Highly Interesting or Unique Natural Sights that You’ve Visited 1. Bonaventure Island and its 10,000 strong Northern Gannet colony 2. Monument Valley, southern Utah / northern Arizona: riding my motorcycle through there on a cross-country trip. Beautiful land. 3. Red Rock Canyon, outside of Las Vegas, at sunset - absolutely stunning ---
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Highly Interesting or Unique Natural Sights that You’ve Visited 1. Bonaventure Island and its 10,000 strong Northern Gannet colony 2. Monument Valley, southern Utah / northern Arizona: riding my motorcycle through there on a cross-country trip. Beautiful land. 3. Red Rock Canyon, outside of Las Vegas, at sunset - absolutely stunning 4. Niagara Falls (thrice) ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13185 "2012-11-10T17:37:52Z")
Highly Interesting or Unique Natural Sights that You’ve Visited 1. Bonaventure Island and its 10,000 strong Northern Gannet colony 2. Monument Valley, southern Utah / northern Arizona: riding my motorcycle through there on a cross-country trip. Beautiful land. 3. Red Rock Canyon, outside of Las Vegas, at sunset - absolutely stunning 4. Niagara Falls (thrice) 5. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland ---
**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 10, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13186 "2012-11-10T18:26:21Z")
Highly Interesting or Unique Natural Sights that You’ve Visited 1. Bonaventure Island and its 10,000 strong Northern Gannet colony 2. Monument Valley, southern Utah / northern Arizona: riding my motorcycle through there on a cross-country trip. Beautiful land. 3. Red Rock Canyon, outside of Las Vegas, at sunset - absolutely stunning 4. Niagara Falls (thrice) 5. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland 6. Extinct volcanoes, Hawaii - as seen from a helicopter ---
**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:** [November 10, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13187 "2012-11-10T19:05:56Z")
This thread is 264 pages long, and I just noticed that the title should be Baker’s Dozen - shouldn’t it? ---
**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:** [November 11, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13188 "2012-11-11T00:47:10Z")
Highly Interesting or Unique Natural Sights that You’ve Visited 1. Bonaventure Island and its 10,000 strong Northern Gannet colony 2. Monument Valley, southern Utah / northern Arizona: riding my motorcycle through there on a cross-country trip. Beautiful land. 3. Red Rock Canyon, outside of Las Vegas, at sunset - absolutely stunning 4. Niagara Falls (thrice) 5. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland 6. Extinct volcanoes, Hawaii - as seen from a helicopter 7. Sea Lion Cave, Oregon - the sea lions are supposed to be the attraction (when they’re there) but [the cave itself](http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4124/5084435817_fa80bebf7d.jpg), with its dual tunnels to the ocean and large size, is also pretty interesting. ---
**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 11, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13189 "2012-11-11T03:00:29Z")
Highly Interesting or Unique Natural Sights that You’ve Visited 1. Bonaventure Island and its 10,000 strong Northern Gannet colony 2. Monument Valley, southern Utah / northern Arizona: riding my motorcycle through there on a cross-country trip. Beautiful land. 3. Red Rock Canyon, outside of Las Vegas, at sunset - absolutely stunning 4. Niagara Falls (thrice) 5. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland 6. Extinct volcanoes, Hawaii - as seen from a helicopter 7. Sea Lion Cave, Oregon - the sea lions are supposed to be the attraction (when they’re there) but the cave itself, with its dual tunnels to the ocean and large size, is also pretty interesting. 8. The beautiful blue-green waters of the Bahamas ---
**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 11, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13190 "2012-11-11T03:04:55Z")
Highly Interesting or Unique Natural Sights that You’ve Visited 1. Bonaventure Island and its 10,000 strong Northern Gannet colony 2. Monument Valley, southern Utah / northern Arizona: riding my motorcycle through there on a cross-country trip. Beautiful land. 3. Red Rock Canyon, outside of Las Vegas, at sunset - absolutely stunning 4. Niagara Falls (thrice) 5. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland 6. Extinct volcanoes, Hawaii - as seen from a helicopter 7. Sea Lion Cave, Oregon - the sea lions are supposed to be the attraction (when they’re there) but the cave itself, with its dual tunnels to the ocean and large size, is also pretty interesting. 8. The beautiful blue-green waters of the Bahamas 9. The [Old Man of the Mountain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain) - before the collapse ---
**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:** [November 11, 2012, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13191 "2012-11-11T06:38:41Z")
Highly Interesting or Unique Natural Sights that You’ve Visited 1. Bonaventure Island and its 10,000 strong Northern Gannet colony 2. Monument Valley, southern Utah / northern Arizona: riding my motorcycle through there on a cross-country trip. Beautiful, sacred Navajo land. 3. Red Rock Canyon, outside of Las Vegas, at sunset - absolutely stunning 4. Niagara Falls (thrice) 5. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland 6. Extinct volcanoes, Hawaii - as seen from a helicopter 7. Sea Lion Cave, Oregon - the sea lions are supposed to be the attraction (when they’re there) but the cave itself, with its dual tunnels to the ocean and large size, is also pretty interesting. 8. The beautiful blue-green waters of the Bahamas 9. The [Old Man of the Mountain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain) - before the collapse 10. Thousand Islands, in the St. Lawrence Seaway between NY state and Ontario. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2012, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13192 "2012-11-11T08:09:16Z")
Highly Interesting or Unique Natural Sights that You’ve Visited 1. Bonaventure Island and its 10,000 strong Northern Gannet colony 2. Monument Valley, southern Utah / northern Arizona: riding my motorcycle through there on a cross-country trip. Beautiful, sacred Navajo land. 3. Red Rock Canyon, outside of Las Vegas, at sunset - absolutely stunning 4. Niagara Falls (thrice) 5. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland 6. Extinct volcanoes, Hawaii - as seen from a helicopter 7. Sea Lion Cave, Oregon - the sea lions are supposed to be the attraction (when they’re there) but the cave itself, with its dual tunnels to the ocean and large size, is also pretty interesting. 8. The beautiful blue-green waters of the Bahamas 9. The [Old Man of the Mountain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain) - before the collapse 10. Thousand Islands, in the St. Lawrence Seaway between NY state and Ontario. 11. Loch Ness (I know there isn’t any monster, but you really can’t help but look for one, every damned second!) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13193 "2012-11-12T17:36:16Z")
Highly Interesting or Unique Natural Sights that You’ve Visited 1. Bonaventure Island and its 10,000 strong Northern Gannet colony 2. Monument Valley, southern Utah / northern Arizona: riding my motorcycle through there on a cross-country trip. Beautiful, sacred Navajo land. 3. Red Rock Canyon, outside of Las Vegas, at sunset - absolutely stunning 4. Niagara Falls (thrice) 5. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland 6. Extinct volcanoes, Hawaii - as seen from a helicopter 7. Sea Lion Cave, Oregon - the sea lions are supposed to be the attraction (when they’re there) but the cave itself, with its dual tunnels to the ocean and large size, is also pretty interesting. 8. The beautiful blue-green waters of the Bahamas 9. The [Old Man of the Mountain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_of_the_Mountain) - before the collapse 10. Thousand Islands, in the St. Lawrence Seaway between NY state and Ontario. 11. Loch Ness 12. Underground caves at [Xcaret Park](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcaret_Park)-I snorkelled the caves and underground rivers over 20 years ago when it was a small nature park and admission was almost free. Sadly, today it is a completely over-developed resort/theme park which costs approx. $80 USD/day just for admission. From Wiki: > [@](#): > > The park is described in _[Lonely Planet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonely_Planet)_ Mexico as a ‘precious spot once open to all’ now a ‘Disneyfied ecopark’ with much of the landscape changed using ‘dynamite, jackhammers or other terra-forming techniques’.[[2]](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xcaret_Park#cite_note-1) ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13194 "2012-11-12T18:02:49Z")
Highly Interesting or Unique Natural Sights that You’ve Visited 1. Bonaventure Island and its 10,000 strong Northern Gannet colony 2. Monument Valley, southern Utah / northern Arizona: riding my motorcycle through there on a cross-country trip. Beautiful, sacred Navajo land. 3. Red Rock Canyon, outside of Las Vegas, at sunset - absolutely stunning 4. Niagara Falls (thrice) 5. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland 6. Extinct volcanoes, Hawaii - as seen from a helicopter 7. Sea Lion Cave, Oregon - the sea lions are supposed to be the attraction (when they’re there) but the cave itself, with its dual tunnels to the ocean and large size, is also pretty interesting. 8. The beautiful blue-green waters of the Bahamas 9. The Old Man of the Mountain - before the collapse 10. Thousand Islands, in the St. Lawrence Seaway between NY state and Ontario. 11. Loch Ness 12. Underground caves at Xcaret Park-I snorkelled the caves and underground rivers over 20 years ago when it was a small nature park and admission was almost free. Sadly, today it is a completely over-developed resort/theme park which costs approx. $80 USD/day just for admission. 13. The Flume at Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. New subject: Songs with a “Twist” 1: Twistin’ by the Pool - Dire Straits ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13195 "2012-11-12T19:19:59Z")
Songs with a “Twist” 1: Twistin’ by the Pool - Dire Straits 2. Twistin’ the Night Away- Sam Cooke ---
**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 12, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13196 "2012-11-12T20:26:19Z")
Songs with a “Twist” 1: Twistin’ by the Pool - Dire Straits 2. Twistin’ the Night Away- Sam Cooke 3. “Peppermint Twist” - Joey Dee and the Starliters ---
**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:** [November 12, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13197 "2012-11-12T20:28:57Z")
[Songs with a “Twist” 1: Twistin’ by the Pool - Dire Straits 2. Twistin’ the Night Away- Sam Cooke 3. “Peppermint Twist” - Joey Dee and the Starliters 4. Twist and Shout - Originally recorded by the Top Notes and then covered by The Isley Brothers. Some other little British band had a version too. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13198 "2012-11-12T21:41:56Z")
Songs with a “Twist” 1: Twistin’ by the Pool - Dire Straits 2. Twistin’ the Night Away- Sam Cooke 3. “Peppermint Twist” - Joey Dee and the Starliters 4. Twist and Shout - Originally recorded by the Top Notes and then covered by The Isley Brothers. Some other little British band had a version too. 5. “Down at the Twist and Shout” - Mary Chapin Carpenter ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13199 "2012-11-12T21:54:09Z")
Songs with a “Twist” 1: Twistin’ by the Pool - Dire Straits 2. Twistin’ the Night Away- Sam Cooke 3. “Peppermint Twist” - Joey Dee and the Starliters 4. Twist and Shout - Originally recorded by the Top Notes and then covered by The Isley Brothers. Some other little British band had a version too. 5. “Down at the Twist and Shout” - Mary Chapin Carpenter 6. “Twist In My Sobriety” - Tanita Tikaram ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13200 "2012-11-12T21:59:31Z")
Songs with a “Twist” 1: Twistin’ by the Pool - Dire Straits 2. Twistin’ the Night Away- Sam Cooke 3. “Peppermint Twist” - Joey Dee and the Starliters 4. Twist and Shout - Originally recorded by the Top Notes and then covered by The Isley Brothers. Some other little British band had a version too. 5. “Down at the Twist and Shout” - Mary Chapin Carpenter 6. “Twist In My Sobriety” - Tanita Tikaram [/QUOTE] 1. “She Twists the Knife Again” - Richard Thompson ---
**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 12, 2012, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/13201 "2012-11-12T22:18:08Z")
Songs with a “Twist” 1: Twistin’ by the Pool - Dire Straits 2. Twistin’ the Night Away- Sam Cooke 3. “Peppermint Twist” - Joey Dee and the Starliters 4. Twist and Shout - Originally recorded by the Top Notes and then covered by The Isley Brothers. Some other little British band had a version too. 5. “Down at the Twist and Shout” - Mary Chapin Carpenter 6. “Twist In My Sobriety” - Tanita Tikaram 7. “She Twists the Knife Again” - Richard Thompson 8. “Twist, Rattle, and Roll” - Jerry Lee Lewis A remake of “Shake, Rattle, and Roll” in an attempt to cash in on the Twist fad. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=659) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=661)