# 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:** 14
**Author:** ![Wordworker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Wordworker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wordworker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/261 "2006-12-16T10:23:03Z")
Ahh, so it has. I was just, um, reaffirming your brilliant guess. This is one of those things that gets in my brain. Today, I figured out there are 14 known-of inhabitants of the Southern Tombs of Amarna; I have tried to work out a way to fit “14 kilopascals of gravity”; and pondered whether there were 14 karats of graphite in a five point diamond. Then, I went insane. ---
**Author:** ![blaggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@blaggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blaggard)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/262 "2006-12-16T13:17:27Z")
The best I’ve come up with is; 14 kinds of goal in a football player’s dream. Then I thought it could be ; 14 kinds of game in a full premiership diary (for those who don’t know, the premiership is the the top football division in the U.K) but , as there are only 20 teams in the premiership, that doesn’t work either. Working on it. ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/263 "2006-12-16T15:14:18Z")
How about this: Maybe we are missing an equal sign (=). try it like this: 14= k of g in a f p d example: 60= s in a m (60= seconds in a minute) Here’s a link to a puzzle in this form [http://www.aztil.com/Fun\_Zone/mental\_test.htm](http://www.aztil.com/Fun_Zone/mental_test.htm) Tar! Feathers! ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/264 "2006-12-16T15:19:09Z")
[QUOTE=indecisive1] How about this: Maybe we are missing an equal sign (=). try it like this: 14= k of g in a f p d example: 60= s in a m (60= seconds in a minute) Here’s a link to a puzzle in this form [http://www.aztil.com/Fun\_Zone/mental\_test.htm](http://www.aztil.com/Fun_Zone/mental_test.htm) Tar! Feathers! [/QUOTE] Sorry guv, but that doesn’t change the meaning. 7 days in a week and 7 = (the number of) days in a week are effectively the same. ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/265 "2006-12-16T15:35:05Z")
[QUOTE=glee] Sorry guv, but that doesn’t change the meaning. 7 days in a week and 7 = (the number of) days in a week are effectively the same. [/QUOTE] It does change it a bit in my mind. It doesn’t need to be a common phrase. Maybe 14 is a date, somebody’s age… I don’t know. Hey, this things driving me mad too! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/266 "2006-12-16T16:00:21Z")
14, d, f = 14 days in a fortnight, somehow? ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/267 "2006-12-16T18:11:36Z")
I thought of this last time the full ptolemaic dynasty idea circled around. The Ptolemaic dynasty was a hellenistic dynasty, a greek dynasty. So how about: 14 kings of greece in a full ptolemaic dynasty ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/268 "2006-12-16T20:28:55Z")
[QUOTE=percypercy] I thought of this last time the full ptolemaic dynasty idea circled around. The Ptolemaic dynasty was a hellenistic dynasty, a greek dynasty. So how about: 14 kings of greece in a full ptolemaic dynasty [/QUOTE] Mine was the original posting on this and in six pages is still the only one that comes even close to making sense. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/269 "2006-12-16T22:16:53Z")
14 Krugerrands of Gold in a Fully Paid Deal ? ---
**Author:** ![blaggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@blaggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blaggard)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/270 "2006-12-17T01:45:52Z")
Damn, thought I was getting somewhere with 14 kilotons of gunpowder … It’s more or less the power of the Hiroshima bomb, depending on where you look. (fission powered device?) (Fissile plutonium?). Back to the drawing board. ---
**Author:** ![percypercy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8baadc/32.png) [@percypercy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/percypercy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/271 "2006-12-17T02:01:26Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] Mine was the original posting on this and in six pages is still the only one that comes even close to making sense. [/QUOTE] Oops, so you did. Sorry about that. I agree with you then. -Lil ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/272 "2006-12-17T10:27:29Z")
14 kinds of glass in a fiat punto dashboard? suitably british and car-ish ---
**Author:** ![essell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/34f0e0/32.png) [@essell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essell)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/273 "2006-12-17T10:32:47Z")
Full Power Days [The number of full 24h days a nuclear reactor can operate at full power between refuelings] Freezing Point Depression ---
**Author:** ![NINJAMC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@NINJAMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NINJAMC)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/274 "2006-12-17T12:09:59Z")
I believe the answer you are looking for is: 14 kind of games in a full poker deck that is the number of variants of the game (like omaha, texas hold em, no limit texas hold them,…) I am working from memory so I might be wrong don’t I don’t think so 😛 best regards ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/275 "2006-12-17T15:09:39Z")
[QUOTE=NINJAMC] I believe the answer you are looking for is: 14 kind of games in a full poker deck that is the number of variants of the game (like omaha, texas hold em, no limit texas hold them,…) I am working from memory so I might be wrong don’t I don’t think so 😛 best regards [/QUOTE] I can’t find anything in a net search that verifies this. While most poker games are a variation on 5-card draw or stud, the variations far exceed fourteen. ---
**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 17, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/276 "2006-12-17T15:23:03Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] Mine was the original posting on this and in six pages is still the only one that comes even close to making sense. [/QUOTE] I disagree that it’s close to making sense, since Ptolemaic rulers were not called Kings, and ruled Egypt, not Greece, and there were more than 14 of them. There were even more than 14 named “Ptolemy.” I continue to believe it refers to something you’d only find in the magazine that had the puzzle. “14 kinds of Geo in a full page display.” Something we’d be unable to verify without a copy. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/277 "2006-12-17T15:46:31Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] [It’s been done…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8021002&postcount=144) [/QUOTE] Twice. ([Post #20)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8010572&postcount=20). 😛 ---
**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 17, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/278 "2006-12-17T15:52:21Z")
Kings of 'Gypt… heh. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/279 "2006-12-17T15:53:59Z")
Maybe they left out a . as in 1.4 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/280 "2006-12-17T18:01:13Z")
[QUOTE=Walter Windchill] I disagree that it’s close to making sense, since Ptolemaic rulers were not called Kings, and ruled Egypt, not Greece, and there were more than 14 of them. There were even more than 14 named “Ptolemy.” I continue to believe it refers to something you’d only find in the magazine that had the puzzle. “14 kinds of Geo in a full page display.” Something we’d be unable to verify without a copy. [/QUOTE] While there were 15 Ptolemys, only 14 held the position of ruler of Egypt; there are some 400,000 hits for “king Ptolemy” on Yahoo!, many of them reputable reference sites. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249.md?page=15)