# 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:** 10
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/181 "2006-12-06T23:31:03Z")
And using British slang, at that. 14 kilograms of ? in a full petrol ? ---
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/182 "2006-12-06T23:40:37Z")
14 kilos of gas in a ford pinto delivered? Or departure? or deathtrap? ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/183 "2006-12-06T23:41:36Z")
14 Kinds of Graphics in a Full Page Display? ---
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/184 "2006-12-06T23:42:22Z")
Ye I know that a kilo is a measure of weight… Just another WAG. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/185 "2006-12-06T23:45:01Z")
[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] And using British slang, at that. 14 kilograms of ? in a full petrol ? [/QUOTE] British slang is more likely to be pounds… Two and a quarter pounds of jam, weighs about a kilogram! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/186 "2006-12-06T23:45:34Z")
14 k\_ of g\_ in a f\_ p\_ d\_ 14 kinds of good in full pack of dreamsicles (insert name of food here). I’ll bet it’s 14 kinds of something. Now, what in UK has 14 kinds of anything? Cars- who knows? ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/187 "2006-12-06T23:54:43Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s good that a solution’s likely and that there’s no typo, but I hope everyone realises that the answer when it comes is going to be very unsatisfactory. Just like that stupid question a while back about what happens every 33rd of March. Man, that was awful. ---
**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:** [December 7, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/188 "2006-12-07T00:11:06Z")
Well, what was the answer to that one? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/189 "2006-12-07T00:12:31Z")
[QUOTE=Walter Windchill] Well, what was the answer to that one? [/QUOTE] I would guess April 2nd. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/190 "2006-12-07T11:18:11Z")
[QUOTE=Walter Windchill] Now that we know the context, I am going to guess it’s something stupid and specific to the Auto Trader magazine. [/QUOTE] That’s why I suggested Full Page Display - if this thing originated in, say, the Auto Trader sales department, perhaps they have some in-house jargon about galleys in full page display ads, or something. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/191 "2006-12-07T13:52:45Z")
[QUOTE=Walter Windchill] Well, what was the answer to that one? [/QUOTE] I can’t find the thread on it - strange because it wasn’t that long ago and it went on for many pages (more than 10, I think). But I found the question [on the internets](http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question21899.html): **Q:** What happens on May 33rd but only on Leap years? **A:** May 33rd occurs the last day of the Summer Festival on the Barlow Calendar. The Barlow Calendar was conceived by Wallace Barlow, an engineer from Washington D.C. He felt that each month should begin on a Monday and end on a Sunday, and have 28 days. That left 29 days (out of 365) unaccounted for. He proceeded to spread those remaining days around the year in the form of Festival days, which would be recognized as national holidays. Barlow also managed to move Christmas to December 30th, which may give you an indication of why this calendar was never adopted. The answer for this thread is going to be just as obscure and unsatisfying. ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/192 "2006-12-07T14:50:33Z")
[QUOTE=Walter Windchill] Now that we know the context, I am going to guess it’s something stupid and specific to the Auto Trader magazine. [/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Patty O’Furniture] The answer for this thread is going to be just as obscure and unsatisfying. [/QUOTE] Clearly we need to begin planning a lynching for those responsible at Auto Trader. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/193 "2006-12-07T15:12:58Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] Well, I’m a Brit who tends to do reasonably well with this kind of puzzle, and I’m no closer than any of you Yanks, so I don’t think it’s a Britishism. Of course, it could be one that I’ve never heard of :). [/QUOTE] The only natural unit of 14 I can think of is “fortnight”, which is certainly a Britishism. But, 14 K of G in a Fortnight’s P D really doesn’t seem to go anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/194 "2006-12-07T15:16:13Z")
14 k\_\_\_ of g\_\_\_ in a fortnight’s per diem? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/195 "2006-12-07T15:50:14Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] 14 k\_\_\_ of g\_\_\_ in a fortnight’s per diem? [/QUOTE] Maybe Kegs of Guinness in a Fortnight Party Draught? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/196 "2006-12-07T20:46:03Z")
According to the Energy Citations Database (section on minerals), there are 14 kinds of glasses in their physical database. That takes care of: 14 **k** of **g** in a F? **p d** Can anyone make it work? [Mineral database](http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=5445900) ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/197 "2006-12-08T00:10:04Z")
**14 Knights of G\_\_\_ in a Fortnight’s P D** ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/198 "2006-12-08T00:19:56Z")
14 keys of grass in a fully packed duffel. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2006, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/199 "2006-12-08T04:28:47Z")
14 kinds of Gendarme in a French Police Department ---
**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:** [December 8, 2006, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/200 "2006-12-08T05:15:01Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] According to the Energy Citations Database (section on minerals), there are 14 kinds of glasses in their physical database. That takes care of: 14 **k** of **g** in a F? **p d** Can anyone make it work? [/QUOTE] federal [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249.md?page=11)