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If a 1 L lama is a holy man and a 2 L llama is an animal, what is a 3L lllama? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by to c/dadjokes@lemmy.world
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It turns out it's a big fire in Boston...

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[–] 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

A "3 Alarm" fire is one big enough to send 3 fire trucks, and in a Boston accent with an extra "a" at the end it would vaguely sound like "3 L llama"

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    Close! A 3 alarm fire could be shortened to “a 3 alarmer”. Which in Boston would be pronounced without the Rs for: “a 3 alamah”.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    So do people in the US rank the size of your fires in "alarms"??! Like a bin fire is a 1 alarm fire? But a house fire is a 3 alarm?

    Do you say, "quick, evacuate the neighbourhood, there's an 8 alarm fire heading our way"

    I've never heard of this before today.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    The number of alarms is (I think) how many different departments, or possibly fire engines, are needed to fight the fire. So yes pretty much. It’s often how they are described in news articles.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    I've never heard anyone say it as "alarmer", but that could be an East Coast thing I guess.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago*

    Maybe, but alarmer isn’t something you’d say alone.

    A 4 alarmer implies 4 alarm fire, in shorthand.

    Sort or like instead of saying “make a left hand turn” someone might also say “take a left hander”.

    Also if it matters I’m a midwesterner. I just know bunch a bastahds from Boston.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Only 3 trucks for a large fire? We just had a large one in an apartment building and there were 120 vehicles in attendance (not all fire trucks, obvs, but deffo more than 3).

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