# 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:** 18
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/341 "2006-12-21T15:11:07Z")
[QUOTE=mittu] Still no answer from that last one, the guy who got it thinks he will be getting the answers after Christmas. In the meantime here’s another one for you from a different work quiz. 230 c a in m b. Any ideas? [/QUOTE] Oh no you didn’t !!! Maybe: 230 cancerous abnormalities in **mittu’s** body. (okay, I really hope not, but why, WHY do you torment us?) ---
**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 21, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/342 "2006-12-21T15:22:59Z")
Screw the pitchforks. _::reaches for his Tazer::_ ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/343 "2006-12-21T16:56:28Z")
When come back, bring a fucking answer. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/344 "2006-12-21T17:07:59Z")
[QUOTE=mittu] Still no answer from that last one, the guy who got it thinks he will be getting the answers after Christmas. In the meantime here’s another one for you from a different work quiz. 230 c a in m b. Any ideas? [/QUOTE] Man, I’m surprised you can walk… You must have balls the size of a F.P.D. to pull this kind of a stunt! ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/345 "2006-12-21T19:28:19Z")
[QUOTE=robardin] Man, I’m surprised you can walk… You must have balls the size of a F.P.D. to pull this kind of a stunt! [/QUOTE] More specifically, 14 kilograms of gonads. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2006, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/346 "2006-12-21T20:18:58Z")
[QUOTE=mittu] 230 c a in m b. [/QUOTE] 230 cryptic abbreviations in my board. **mittu** is doing this on purpose. Just don’t answer the thread until he returns with the solution, so it’ll stop appearing in my email box. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mittu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@mittu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mittu)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/347 "2006-12-22T08:03:53Z")
Hey, aren’t these quizzes supposed to be fun?? 🙂 For what it’s worth apparently the answer to the last one might be “calories in a mars bar” but internet sources don’t agree. I just sent the guy a text message to see when we are likely to get an answer to the first one. Fret not! ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/348 "2006-12-22T08:43:51Z")
It doesn’t fit, either. “230 calories in a Mars bar” would be “230 c in m b,” not “230 c a in m b.” ---
**Author:** ![alphawulf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@alphawulf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphawulf)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/349 "2006-12-22T09:45:38Z")
230 crank angle in motor block ---
**Author:** ![alphawulf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@alphawulf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphawulf)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/350 "2006-12-22T09:49:01Z")
Isn’t mittu supposed to know the answer to the new post --as discussed pages and pages back? ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/351 "2006-12-22T11:17:39Z")
[QUOTE=mittu] Fret not! [/QUOTE] You’re kidding, right? It’s a bit late for that one now… ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/352 "2006-12-22T16:09:05Z")
[QUOTE=Fish] It doesn’t fit, either. “230 calories in a Mars bar” would be “230 c in m b,” not “230 c a in m b.” [/QUOTE] Or even “230 c in a m b”. As for whether that is true, I shall be visiting the vending machine shortly to provide the answer… ---
**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 22, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/353 "2006-12-22T17:48:36Z")
Mars Bar, Mars Calories in a Mars Bars (65g): 294kcal off the web ---
**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 22, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/354 "2006-12-22T17:53:18Z")
mittu’s got a pretty good gag going. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/355 "2006-12-23T05:56:21Z")
**mittu** You’re not getting away with this so easily or so quickly. This thread will not die until we get some kind of answer. As others have stated, the phrase **14 k of g in a f p d** might contain a typo. I’m beginning to think it might contain _many_ typos. Therefore I’m guessing that the solution is “200 dollars for passing _Go_ in Monopoly”. 😃 ---
**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 23, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/356 "2006-12-23T12:45:12Z")
mittu claims to have verified the formula with his friend, if you read back in the thread. So if he’s on the level, he has confirmed there’s no typo. Me? I halfway think he’s just messing with us. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/357 "2006-12-23T13:06:35Z")
[QUOTE=Walter Windchill] Me? I halfway think he’s just messing with us. [/QUOTE] You’re being generous. ---
**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 23, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/358 "2006-12-23T13:16:46Z")
Well, I hold as a real possibility that the magazine published a pretty dumb puzzle that you need have the magazine to understand, and mittu just isn’t that invested in finding an answer. I didn’t really think he was messing with us until he came back with a second unsolvable puzzle instead of an explanation for the first one. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/359 "2006-12-23T13:52:15Z")
Assuming (perhaps naively) that **230 C A in M B** is not a troll on a whooshboard, then the lack of a preposition in front of **M B** usually indicates that it stands from a proper noun of some sort, such as a geographic location. …What am I saying?? I refuse to move forward on this one until we get some clarity on **14 K of G in a F P D**! ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/360 "2006-12-23T16:32:14Z")
This is starting to remind me of a 419 scam. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249.md?page=17) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249.md?page=19)