# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/421 "2007-01-07T02:19:39Z")
I’ve been very casually following this so I apologize if someone already tried this. Googling around, I found this page: [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp040.htm](http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/vp/vp040.htm) The relevant part is here: > [@](#): > > but there are fourteen kinds which may be offered in sacrifice; they are, rice, barley, Másha, wheat, millet, and sesamum; Priyangu is the seventh, and kulattha, pulse, the eighth: the others are, Syámáka, a sort of panic; Nívára, uncultivated rice; Jarttila, wild sesamum; Gaveduká (coix); Markata, wild panic; and (a plant called) the seed or barley of the Bambu (Venu-yava). These, cultivated or wild, are the **fourteen grains** that were produced for purposes of offering in sacrifice; and sacrifice (the cause of rain) is their origin also: they again, with sacrifice, are the great cause of the perpetuation of the human race, as those understand who can discriminate cause and effect. 14 kinds of grain in a full Purana devotion? ---
**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:** [January 8, 2007, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/422 "2007-01-08T16:27:23Z")
**hajario** That’s quite a research job you did there. Maybe sometime this year, **Mittu** will return and we’ll see if you found the answer. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/423 "2007-01-09T15:42:26Z")
[QUOTE=mittu] I’m still kicking around, still sans answer. I can assure you all of two things: 1. This isn’t a ruse, I don’t take pleasure in torturing people (though many of you may take pleasure in torturing me). As far as I am aware there is an answer, I have no reason to believe otherwise. 2. I am going to see the guy tonight so I will ask him about it again. He is back at work now so there is no reason he shouldn’t be able to corner the person who gave out the quiz and beat him soundly until an answer falls out. [/QUOTE] What happened at your meeting 4 days ago? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/424 "2007-01-09T20:48:33Z")
14 kilos of gold in a festival prize draw [http://www.ameinfo.com/106921.html](http://www.ameinfo.com/106921.html) This is the correct answer. Take my word for it. We can close the thread now. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/425 "2007-01-09T20:55:02Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Morris] 14 kilos of gold in a festival prize draw [http://www.ameinfo.com/106921.html](http://www.ameinfo.com/106921.html) This is the correct answer. Take my word for it. We can close the thread now. [/QUOTE] Yes, that must be it… :dubious: 🙂 At least you tried. I feel so… unfulfilled. ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/426 "2007-01-09T20:55:38Z")
> [@](#): > > 14 kilos of gold in a festival prize draw [http://www.ameinfo.com/106921.html](http://www.ameinfo.com/106921.html) > This is the correct answer. Take my word for it. We can close the thread now. I…gotta say, that works perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/427 "2007-01-09T22:47:14Z")
[QUOTE=Gadarene] I…gotta say, that works perfectly. [/QUOTE] Apart from the fact that it’s 45 kilos of gold, yeah? ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/428 "2007-01-09T22:48:48Z")
> [@](#): > > Apart from the fact that it’s 45 kilos of gold, yeah? Is it? I thought it was 1 kilo of gold per day for a fortnight. Maybe I didn’t read carefully enough. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/429 "2007-01-09T23:14:53Z")
[QUOTE=Gadarene] Is it? I thought it was 1 kilo of gold per day for a fortnight. Maybe I didn’t read carefully enough. [/QUOTE] It’s a 45 day festival; at the point the article was written they had given away 14 days worth of prizes. Anyway, how do we go about putting this sorry mess to bed? ---
**Author:** ![Gadarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Gadarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadarene)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/430 "2007-01-09T23:17:01Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s a 45 day festival; at the point the article was written they had given away 14 days worth of prizes. Gotcha. Thanks for clarifying. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rogue568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@rogue568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogue568)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/431 "2007-01-10T02:03:45Z")
[QUOTE=velvetjones] C’mon…can’t we just make something up. 14 Kilos of grass in a frat party dorm 14 kinds of gin in a filthy puking dame 14 knights of Gelderland in a furious pitiful dump [/QUOTE] damn, the first thing that popped into my head was 14 kegs of gin in a frat party dorm. no joke, too fast for me ---
**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:** [January 11, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/432 "2007-01-11T01:44:39Z")
I’m wondering if **mittu’s** “friend” whom we are all waiting for will turn out to be named “Godot”. Alternately, perhaps we have formed a “cargo cult” and are all patiently, expectantly, waiting for **mittu** to drop from the sky carrying “14 k of g in a f p d”. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2007, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/433 "2007-01-12T20:23:26Z")
If I might quote the famous last line from the cinematic epic “Airplane” _“Well, I’ll give him another twenty minutes; but that’s it!”_ ---
**Author:** ![coop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/87869e/32.png) [@coop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coop)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/434 "2007-01-17T13:17:30Z")
[QUOTE=mittu] I’m still kicking around, still sans answer. I can assure you all of two things: 1. This isn’t a ruse, I don’t take pleasure in torturing people (though many of you may take pleasure in torturing me). As far as I am aware there is an answer, I have no reason to believe otherwise. 2. \*\*I am going to see the guy tonight \*\* so I will ask him about it again. He is back at work now so there is no reason he shouldn’t be able to corner the person who gave out the quiz and beat him soundly until an answer falls out. [/QUOTE] Bolding mine. “Tonight” was the 6th of January. It is now the 18th of January. So what’s the answer? ---
**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:** [January 21, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/435 "2007-01-21T23:44:02Z")
Just thought I’d bump this thread in case **Mittu** thinks we have forgotten about this. 🙂 We haven’t. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/436 "2007-01-22T01:57:22Z")
Well, I had until you bumped the frickin’ thread! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Squonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squonk)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2007, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/437 "2007-01-22T02:04:29Z")
I had been blissfully unaware of the contents of this thread because the title made no sense and I usually read this site at work, so I didn’t want an unpleasant surprise. I came by today to see if the 2006 death pool final results had been posted, and because I am home, decided to see what this thread is about. Now I’m sorry I didn’t check in earlier. I would have put **mittu** on my 2007 list. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/438 "2007-01-22T03:07:22Z")
14 kinds of gas in a Farting Preacher’s drawers 14 kilos of gunk in a French poodle’s derrière 14 kegs of gunpowder in a fiendish puzzle’s demise Yeah, I’d like to go with that last one. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/439 "2007-01-31T16:39:40Z")
[QUOTE=mittu] I’m still kicking around, still sans answer. I can assure you all of two things: 1. This isn’t a ruse, I don’t take pleasure in torturing people (though many of you may take pleasure in torturing me). As far as I am aware there is an answer, I have no reason to believe otherwise. 2. I am going to see the guy tonight so I will ask him about it again. He is back at work now so there is no reason he shouldn’t be able to corner the person who gave out the quiz and beat him soundly until an answer falls out. [/QUOTE] Posted Jan 5. It’s now Jan 31st. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/14-k-of-g-in-a-f-p-d/382249/440 "2007-01-31T16:46:03Z")
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