Old SDMB thread, riddle never answered

[EllisDee]

I can’t remember what the puzzle was. Something like “14 F in a G.” Anyone remember what I’m talking about?

I just saw a post on Reddit that reminded me of that puzzle:

https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/s/228FLRVG3A

Obviously this will not be the answer to that puzzle, but my memory is saying that it’s pretty close. Anyone able to link to that old SDMB post?

[Arcite]

14 k of g in a f p d

[beowulff]

Now you’ve done it.

[EllisDee]

Thanks much!

That Reddit post is actually closer than I was expecting.

[susan]

Noooooo!!!

[Beckdawrek]

It’s code. I will decipher it.

Gimme a few.have you people never read Sherlock Holmes?

[Half_Man_Half_Wit]

Let’s see if the tools of the future don’t allow us to crack the puzzle…

@Me

If ‘7 d in a w’ is ‘7 days in a week’, what could ‘14 k of g in a f p d’ mean? Please give several options.

@ChatGPT

The phrase “14 k of g in a f p d” appears to be a rebus puzzle, where letters and numbers represent words or parts of words. Here are several possible interpretations for this puzzle:

1. 14 karats of gold in a Fort Knox gold depository.
2. 14 kilograms of grapes in a fruit punch drink.
3. 14 kinds of games in a fun park directory.
4. 14 keys of G major in a full piano duet.
5. 14 knights of the garter in a formal procession display.

Rebus puzzles can have multiple valid interpretations, and the goal is to find a solution that makes sense based on the context or common phrases.

So the first one’s a miss, two and three work in principle but aren’t terribly coherent, four and five cheat at least a little, although I have to admit I kinda like the last one. Maybe try again next decade?

[Czarcasm]

I emailed MENSA, asking if they were the source of this rebus(as claimed in the original thread), emphasizing that I did not want the answer itself.

[Maserschmidt]

When it’s not a zombie thread, and yet it’s 100% a zombie thread.

[The_Other_Waldo_Pepper]

To this day, I still figure it’s 14 karats of gold in a fineness purity determination.

[EllisDee]

I wasn’t really looking to try and solve the original puzzle, only find it. But I can’t help myself…

What if the a isn’t the word a, but only the first letter of the word? As in, it’s not “in a” something but rather “in alternative” or whatever.

[Q.Q.Switcheroo]

14 kil of grams in a foot poun duh.

[Exapno_Mapcase]

That would be a very neat twist to throw people off.

Here’s a thread from some forum that played the game in 2020, explaining the rules and giving many examples. They agreed that the initials had to come from a common phrase. These don’t if nobody has ever spotted it in a couple of decades.

[LSLGuy]

Mindful of current events but anachronistic versus the original puzzle from long ago:

14 Kinds of Goon in America’s Fascist Political Descent?

[peedin]

If this board never figured it out then the answer is “it’s a made up riddle. There is no answer.”

[LSLGuy]

Or one that got garbled somehow.

[mixdenny]

14 karats of gold in a Fixed Partial Denture. Without the “of” it makes more sense. K refers to the purity of gold, not the amount.

[Zyada]

I started this thread with that question

Can we have fun with AI chat?

We’re having some serious discussions about AI, but I’ve heard it will give wrong answers if it doesn’t know the answer. So what can we ask it that it might not have the answer to? I tried this question: What does 14 k of g in a f p d mean? And got this: 14k of g in a f.p.d. is an acronym that typically stands for “14 karats of gold in a filled/plated/double layer.” This means that an item, such as a piece of jewelry, has a coating or layer of 14 karat gold applied to it But when I tried…

[EllisDee]

That’s weird that that old riddle came up on the boards two times in six weeks some 17 years later.

[TruCelt]

@Me

14 k of g in a f p d’

Someone even started a website for it.