Bakers Dozen

Towns with Groundhog Day Celebrations, and the name of the town’s groundhog

  1. Lilburn, Georgia; General Beauregard Lee
  2. Wiarton, Ontairo; Wiarton Willie
  3. Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania Punxsutawney Phil
  4. Raleigh, NC; Sir Walter Wally
  5. Woodstock, Illinois, Woodstock Willie
  6. Manchester, Connecticut; Chuckles
  7. Staten Island, NY - Staten Island Chuck
  8. Quarryville, Pennsylvania: Octoraro Orphie
  9. Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia : Shubenacadie Sam
  10. Cumberland, Maryland; Mountain Maryland Murray
  11. Marion, Ohio - Buckeye Chuck
  12. Balzac, Alberta - Billy Balzac
  13. Aurora, Colorado - Stormy Marmot

Category:

Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble

  1. Pets.com

Oh and, for no reason whatsoever, here are their predictions:

  1. Lilburn, Georgia; General Beauregard Lee Early Spring
  2. Wiarton, Ontairo; Wiarton Willie Early Spring
  3. Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania Punxsutawney Phil Early Spring
  4. Raleigh, NC; Sir Walter Wally Six more weeks of winter
  5. Woodstock, Illinois, Woodstock Willie Cancelled due to snowstorm
  6. Manchester, Connecticut; Chuckles Early Spring
  7. Staten Island, NY - Staten Island Chuck Early Spring
  8. Quarryville, Pennsylvania: Octoraro Orphie Six more weeks of winter
  9. Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia : Shubenacadie Sam Early Spring
  10. Cumberland, Maryland; Mountain Maryland Murray Six more weeks of winter
  11. Marion, Ohio - Buckeye Chuck Early Spring
  12. Balzac, Alberta - Billy Balzac Early Spring
  13. Aurora, Colorado - Stormy Marmot Six more weeks of winter

Total tally: 8-4-1

Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble

  1. Pets.com
  1. Boo.com

/nitpick - not a groundhog

Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble

  1. Pets.com
  2. Boo.com
  3. WorldCom

Thanks, Enderw24, for that tally!

Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble

  1. Pets.com
  2. Boo.com
  3. WorldCom
  4. Startups.com

I’d say that one should count as “six more weeks”.

Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble

  1. Pets.com
  2. Boo.com
  3. WorldCom
  4. Startups.com
  5. Flooz.com

You wonder how anyone even thought that was going to work.

Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble

  1. Pets.com
  2. Boo.com
  3. WorldCom
  4. Startups.com
  5. Flooz.com
  6. theGlobe.com

Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble

  1. Pets.com
  2. Boo.com
  3. WorldCom
  4. Startups.com
  5. Flooz.com
  6. theGlobe.com
  7. Webvan

Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble

  1. Pets.com
  2. Boo.com
  3. WorldCom
  4. Startups.com
  5. Flooz.com
  6. theGlobe.com
  7. Webvan
  8. govWorks.com

The subject of the documentary startup.com: Startup.com - Wikipedia

Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble

  1. Pets.com
  2. Boo.com
  3. WorldCom
  4. Startups.com
  5. Flooz.com
  6. theGlobe.com
  7. Webvan
  8. govWorks.com
  9. suck.com

But suck.com is still in business!: http://www.suck.com/

Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble

  1. Pets.com
  2. Boo.com
  3. WorldCom
  4. Startups.com
  5. Flooz.com
  6. theGlobe.com
  7. Webvan
  8. govWorks.com
  9. suck.com
  10. xcelera.com

They’ve been in reruns since just after the bubble burst, after they fired all their staff.

ETA - unless they’ve restarted recently.

Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble

  1. Pets.com
  2. Boo.com
  3. WorldCom
  4. Startups.com
  5. Flooz.com
  6. theGlobe.com
  7. Webvan
  8. govWorks.com
  9. suck.com
  10. xcelera.com
  11. RemarQ

Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble

  1. Pets.com
  2. Boo.com
  3. WorldCom
  4. Startups.com
  5. Flooz.com
  6. theGlobe.com
  7. Webvan
  8. govWorks.com
  9. suck.com
  10. xcelera.com
  11. RemarQ
  12. freeinternet.com

Companies that burst with the dot-com bubble

  1. Pets.com
  2. Boo.com
  3. WorldCom
  4. Startups.com
  5. Flooz.com
  6. theGlobe.com
  7. Webvan
  8. govWorks.com
  9. suck.com
  10. xcelera.com
  11. RemarQ
  12. freeinternet.com
  13. lastminute.com

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