# 14 k of g in a f p d **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249 "2006-11-29T21:14:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/1 "2006-11-29T21:14:17Z")
What is the answer to this? It is one of those questions along the same lines of: 7 D in a W = 7 days in a week. but I can’t figure it out, any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/2 "2006-11-29T21:19:37Z")
I would say, 14 karets of gold in a…something or other. I’m coming up blank on the last bit. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/3 "2006-11-29T22:07:39Z")
I’m tempted to say “14 _kinds_ of” but am drawing a blank (probably a quantity that is unique without being self-evident). Yeesh. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/4 "2006-11-29T22:09:42Z")
Interesting guess, but it doesn’t quite rings true. We say “14-karat gold,” not 14 karats of gold." And these things are usually pretty accurate in their idiom. I’ll guess “14 kinds of” something. ---
**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/5 "2006-11-29T22:14:04Z")
All I could come up with was something to do with teeth, where f p d refers to “fixed partial denture”. This is only marginally backed up by the fact that I have 14 teeth on each jaw (not including my partially erupted molars). I can’t figure out what the k and g could stand for though, I am probably barking up the wrong tree as these sorts of questions aren’t usually so obscure. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/6 "2006-11-29T22:19:17Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] Interesting guess, but it doesn’t quite rings true. We say “14-karat gold,” not 14 karats of gold." And these things are usually pretty accurate in their idiom. I’ll guess “14 kinds of” something. [/QUOTE] hmm, guess you’re right about that. What about 14 kilos of something or other. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/7 "2006-11-29T22:24:57Z")
Working on the Fs…in a free…in a full…in a five/four/fourteen/forty… ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/8 "2006-11-29T22:47:35Z")
C’mon…can’t we just make something up. 14 Kilos of grass in a frat party dorm 14 kinds of gin in a filthy puking dame 14 knights of Gelderland in a furious pitiful dump ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/9 "2006-11-29T22:50:32Z")
[QUOTE=velvetjones] C’mon…can’t we just make something up. [/QUOTE] 14 knees of goose in a full plated dinner ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/10 "2006-11-29T23:15:03Z")
Where did you see the puzzle, mittu? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/11 "2006-11-29T23:30:20Z")
14 kings of Germany? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/12 "2006-11-29T23:35:40Z")
14 kinds of grapes in a french Dom Perignon? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/13 "2006-11-29T23:36:42Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] 14 kinds of grapes in a french Dom Perignon? [/QUOTE] Damn, forgot it was p d ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2006, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/14 "2006-11-29T23:57:52Z")
I think the key is to figure out what “f p d” stands for. I’m thinking along the lines of “14 kinds of \ in a full poker deck”, where there are 13 ranks (Ace through 2) plus a Joker to make 14, but I can’t think of what the “g” might stand for. “Grade” is not a term I have ever heard used for card rankings, though I will note that the last time I did a quiz like this it was written by someone in the UK and included some “Britishisms” that took me quite some time to work through (for example, references to the number of bowls in an inning of cricket, or something like that), so maybe there is a standard British term for a card ranking that starts with “g”? Then again I’ve read plenty of bridge books written by Brits and nothing comes to my mind, so maybe I’m totally barking up the wrong tree here. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/15 "2006-11-30T00:18:44Z")
14 kegs of Grolsch in a full pub’s draught? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/16 "2006-11-30T00:22:55Z")
14 kinds of goat in a fucked-up pornographic Dopefest. ---
**Author:** ![tbdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@tbdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbdi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/17 "2006-11-30T00:22:55Z")
kinds of grass in a fully packed dooby? ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/18 "2006-11-30T00:37:50Z")
“full pinochle deck,” might be more likely than “full poker deck,” since a pinochle deck is something specific and a poker deck is just a deck of cards. Still no idea what K of G would be, though. There are 8 kings, not 14. None of the Kings are in suits beginning with the letter G. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/19 "2006-11-30T02:13:02Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty] 14 kinds of goat in a fucked-up pornographic Dopefest. [/QUOTE] Is there any other kind? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/20 "2006-11-30T02:18:17Z")
Fourteen kings of 'Gypt in a fine Ptolemic dynasty. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249.md?page=2)