A question on AskMe on the 3rd and a really great answer in Slate on the 4th. May 4, 2006 8:44 PM   Subscribe

Interesting coincidence. A question on AskMe on the 3rd and a really great answer in Slate on the 4th.
posted by mikel to MetaFilter-Related at 8:44 PM (9 comments total)

It's not a coincidence: both the question and the Slate article were prompted by news reports about the same fire in Brooklyn on the 2nd.
posted by easternblot at 8:53 PM on May 4, 2006


oh snap
posted by killdevil at 8:53 PM on May 4, 2006


10 alarm snap
posted by Falconetti at 9:20 PM on May 4, 2006


This thread has a mini-roundup of Explainer/AskMe overlaps.
posted by O9scar at 10:55 PM on May 4, 2006


Explainer rocks, but it lacks a "best answer" feature so Ask.Me rocks harder.
posted by oddman at 11:02 PM on May 4, 2006


It would have been a coincidence only if there weren't that huge fire that prompted both.
posted by Rhomboid at 3:14 AM on May 5, 2006


I liked the way the Slate Article gave a shout-out to Two-Alarm Chili at the end. I grew up on that stuff.
posted by TedW at 7:57 AM on May 5, 2006


There was a fire? In New York?

Hell, that hardly ever happens.
posted by cedar at 10:26 PM on May 5, 2006


ten alarm snap is my new favorite term. Thanks, Falconetti!
posted by MadamM at 10:42 PM on May 5, 2006


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