# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/21 "2006-11-30T02:19:24Z")
14 Knights of Gnee in a funny picture, duh? ---
**Author:** ![Fredescu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/73ab20/32.png) [@Fredescu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fredescu)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/22 "2006-11-30T03:00:26Z")
14 thousand grams in a firty pound drum (I was really hoping the conversion would be forty or fifty, but alas) ---
**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/23 "2006-11-30T03:16:39Z")
Before I looked closely at the letters, I would’ve sworn it was “14 karats of gold in a four dollar dress” but the p is throwing me for a loop. That and google doesn’t show anything for that phrase. ---
**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, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/24 "2006-11-30T03:20:59Z")
Well, mittu DOES live in the UK, so it could be pounds, not dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/25 "2006-11-30T06:00:34Z")
14 kinds of gas in a fully pumped-up dirigible? 14 kilos of grease in a filthy Parisian diner? 14 karets of glass in a fake pseudo-diamond? 14 Kings of Greece in a full parade dress? 14 kilograms of goop in a fifty pound drum? 14 killers of God in a faithfully prepared diorama? ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/26 "2006-11-30T06:33:49Z")
Is it a variation of “10 pounds of crap in a 5 pound bag”? I noticed the OP is from the UK so the k might be kilograms. I just cant make the rest work. ---
**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/27 "2006-11-30T06:44:32Z")
a f p d could be Adhesive Fixed Partial Dentures which are the initials used in this article: [A F P D](http://www.springerlink.com/content/9xdk7py8qw5lcc5m/) ---
**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:** [November 30, 2006, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/28 "2006-11-30T13:55:25Z")
14 kegs of gunpowder in a failed parliamentary destruction? But alas, it was 36 barrels :). ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/29 "2006-11-30T16:19:57Z")
[QUOTE=straykat23] a f p d could be Adhesive Fixed Partial Dentures which are the initials used in this article: [A F P D](http://www.springerlink.com/content/9xdk7py8qw5lcc5m/) [/QUOTE] I very much doubt it. These type of quizzes are almost always “obvious once you know the answer”, like “8784 h in a l y” (hours in a leap year). I doubt if some kind of wacky dental terminology is the answer 🙂 Same goes for “four dollar dress” (or pound or whatever). It can’t be too obscure. Now, is there any way to know whether it’s "“a f\_\_\_\_ p\_\_\_\_ d\_\_\_\_” or “a\_\_\_\_ f\_\_\_\_ p\_\_\_\_ d\_\_\_\_”? ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/30 "2006-11-30T16:39:11Z")
Good question **Colophon** I hadn’t considered that the a might be a first initial rather than an article. That sets a whole new spin on things. 14 Kinds of Gossamer in Alice’s Fluffy Party Dress? AFPD could stand for All Flields Postcode Directory… 14 Kelley’s of Gloucester in All Fields Postcode Directory? ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/31 "2006-11-30T16:39:28Z")
I’m personally going to guess that the “p” is for “per” ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/32 "2006-11-30T17:13:23Z")
I have my classes working on this. So far, no joy. ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/33 "2006-11-30T17:14:46Z")
Wow, nearly a whole day has passed and a lot of rather clever people have nothing to show? There’d better not be a typo in the OP or there will be a Doper riot. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/34 "2006-11-30T17:31:50Z")
I’m not a chemist. I’ve seen a couple of periodic tables (yes, OK) one of them with 11 and another with 18. So this is just an idea which may lead to something else. Or not. 14 kinds of gas in a full periodic table. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/35 "2006-11-30T17:33:46Z")
Share some thoughts to see if someone can “jog” someone else? Something to do with a fortnight, or something that happens twice a day for a week? 14 is the number of pounds in a stone. It’s half the cycle of the moon. I’m drawing a blank with knights, kings, kinds, karats, knots. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/36 "2006-11-30T17:39:54Z")
[QUOTE=robardin] There’d better not be a typo in the OP or there will be a Doper riot. [/QUOTE] I’ve got my brick ready to throw. There has got to be a mistake in this. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/37 "2006-11-30T18:03:11Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] 14 kinds of gas in a full periodic table. [/QUOTE] Rubbish. ---
**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, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/38 "2006-11-30T18:27:15Z")
Plundering Wiki for inspiration, we get from 14: - The atomic number of Silicon - The maximum number of electrons that can fit in an f sublevel - The number of Stations of the Cross. - The Fourteen Holy Helpers were a group of saints formerly venerated together by Roman Catholics. - The number of muqatta’at in the Qur’an. - The number of words in the Jewish Priestly Blessing. - Retired number of former baseball stars Pete Rose and Ernie Banks - Number worn by Ivan Miljković, Serbian volleyball player, considered to be among the best outside hitters in the world. - The G-14 is a union of eighteen football clubs. - In rugby union the right wing wears the 14 shirt. - In football the number of Johan Cruijff and Thierry Henry. - The number of days in a fortnight. - In traditional British units of weight, the number of pounds in a stone. - A number ‘encoded’ in a lot of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. Bach may have considered this number a sort of signature, since given A = 1, B = 2, C = 3, etc., then B + A + C + H = 14 and J + S + B + A + C + H = 41. (or 43?) - The number of points outlined by president Woodrow Wilson for reconstructing a new Europe following World War I, see Fourteen Points. - Among neo-Nazis, 14 signifies the “Fourteen Words”—“We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children”—attributed to David Lane. - The section that you go to when you die in the Grailquest books - The number of a Mexican street gang, the Norteños. It designates N, the fourteenth letter of the alphabet, which stands for “Northerner”. - The number of legs on a pillbug, as well as on Hallucigenia. - A common designation for the thirteenth floor in many buildings for superstitious reasons - The number of fonts included in a standard installation of Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Reader (called “Base 14 fonts”). This set is the same as Base 13 fonts with the addition of Zapf Dingbats. - The number of points in a proposed republican constitution of the United Kingdom - In tarot, card No. 14 is “Temperance”. - The number of confusion for the Chosen of the Krepisme. Often used to confuse adversaries in combat Otherwise I got nuthin’ (serious). ---
**Author:** ![Cemetery\_Savior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Cemetery\_Savior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cemetery_Savior)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/39 "2006-11-30T18:36:56Z")
All: Actually, this comes from a “Mensa Test” at the attached link. It’s a fun way to kill a half-hour. [Mensa Test](http://www.mensa-test.com) To stoke the competitive fires, I got 22 in the allowable time frames. And no, I didn’t get this one. :smack: -Cem ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/40 "2006-11-30T18:46:47Z")
[QUOTE=Cemetery Savior] All: Actually, this comes from a “Mensa Test” at the attached link. It’s a fun way to kill a half-hour. [Mensa Test](http://www.mensa-test.com) To stoke the competitive fires, I got 22 in the allowable time frames. And no, I didn’t get this one. :smack: -Cem [/QUOTE] Yah, I took a similar 30-question test (in an Excel spreadsheet form) last year and scored all 30. Which is why I’m bummed at being stumped for this long on this one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249.md?page=3)