# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/301 "2006-12-19T11:59:25Z")
I will not open this thread again. I WILL not open this thread again. I will NOT open this thread again. I will not OPEN this thread again. I will not open THIS thread again. I will not open this THREAD again. I will not open this thread AGAIN. I WILL NOT OPEN THIS THREAD AGAIN. :😭: ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/302 "2006-12-19T12:21:11Z")
[QUOTE=Mellivora capensis] I will not open this thread again. I WILL not open this thread again. I will NOT open this thread again. I will not OPEN this thread again. I will not open THIS thread again. I will not open this THREAD again. I will not open this thread AGAIN. I WILL NOT OPEN THIS THREAD AGAIN. :😭: [/QUOTE] I bet you will. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/303 "2006-12-19T12:24:34Z")
Ye gods, is this still going? 14 kinds of gnashing in a fifty page disaster! ---
**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/304 "2006-12-19T12:44:54Z")
[QUOTE=Crotalus] I bet you will. [/QUOTE] I hate you. ---
**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/305 "2006-12-19T12:56:09Z")
[QUOTE=Mellivora capensis] I hate you. [/QUOTE] Errrr… **Crotalus** , you do know there was a winky-smiley-thingee in there somewhere? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/306 "2006-12-19T12:57:31Z")
[QUOTE=Mellivora capensis] I hate you. [/QUOTE] Ah, let’s be friends. Our shared misery is all **mittu** ’s fault. Besides, wasn’t it worth coming back in to read **Dervorin** ’s clever post above? And on preview: sure, I figured you were joking. ---
**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/307 "2006-12-19T13:01:44Z")
[QUOTE=Crotalus] …Besides, wasn’t it worth coming back in to read **Dervorin** ’s clever post above?.. [/QUOTE] Absolutely. Let it never be said that trainwrecks only happen in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/308 "2006-12-19T14:37:20Z")
So, who’s going to start **mittu** ’s Pit thread? I would do it myself but my computer is running a brute force search of all possible combinations of English words beginning with k, g, a, f, p, and d and I don’t want to slow it down. 14 kinds of gasket in a Ford parts department? Note to self/everyone: do not post puzzles to which one doesn’t already know the answer… ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/309 "2006-12-19T14:53:07Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] Note to self/everyone: do not post puzzles to which one doesn’t already know the answer… [/QUOTE] Singing: _Some people started reading it, not knowing what it was, and they’ll continue reading it forever just because…_ ---
**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 19, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/310 "2006-12-19T15:46:59Z")
14 kinds of gendarmes in a French police department? Make it stop, fer cripe’s sake!! ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/311 "2006-12-19T19:52:28Z")
14 kinds of gear in a Ford Pinto drivetrain. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/312 "2006-12-19T20:25:15Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] Note to self/everyone: do not post puzzles to which one doesn’t already know the answer… [/QUOTE] **Dead Cat** is thinking of a number between 1 and 1,000,000… ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/313 "2006-12-19T20:51:39Z")
14 kinds of gates in a field-programmable device. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Jelymag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jelymag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jelymag)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/314 "2006-12-19T21:10:43Z")
I didn’t open this thread at all until today because I thought it was about some kind of abbreviation for something inappropriate and not work-safe that was going to get me into trouble and finally I couldn’t stand the curiousity any more, so for the past twenty minutes I’ve been alternating between laughing my ass off and unwillingly thinking f-p-d, f-p-d, f-p-d…WHAT THE HELL IS F-P-D?? Five piece dinner? ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/315 "2006-12-19T21:48:09Z")
Hey, I emailed Auto Trader in the UK about it. They haven’t replied. Bastards. All I can hope is that their customer support people are now suffering too. ---
**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/316 "2006-12-19T22:07:20Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] **Dead Cat** is thinking of a number between 1 and 1,000,000… [/QUOTE] 14? ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/317 "2006-12-20T00:20:26Z")
There is no reason to panic–we must remain calm. How about some soothing holiday carols? Here’s one that comes to mind: “ **mittu** roasting on an open fire…” ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/318 "2006-12-20T00:47:41Z")
It’s not as bad as that thread about how many palomino horses can you see in this painting. I spent hours squinting at that fucking picture. ---
**Author:** ![fluffyemu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@fluffyemu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluffyemu)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/319 "2006-12-20T12:58:25Z")
Oh my god, how could this be threadspotted without any relief in sight! ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/320 "2006-12-20T13:20:05Z")
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