Tug@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoIf a 1 L lama is a holy man and a 2 L llama is an animal, what is a 3L lllama?message-squaremessage-square30linkfedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up148arrow-down1message-squareIf a 1 L lama is a holy man and a 2 L llama is an animal, what is a 3L lllama?Tug@lemmy.world to Dad Jokes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square30linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 days agoClose! A 3 alarm fire could be shortened to “a 3 alarmer”. Which in Boston would be pronounced without the Rs for: “a 3 alamah”.
minus-squareJason@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 days agoSo 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.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·9 days agoThe 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.
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 days agoIt’s firefighter “units,” generally — kinda a mix of your two guesses.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoHey thanks, I’m in the 10,000 today. Unit count does make sense. I wasn’t aware of the terminology for firefighting teams/groups/trucks.
minus-squaredavidgro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 days agoI’ve never heard anyone say it as “alarmer”, but that could be an East Coast thing I guess.
minus-squarenilloc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoMaybe, 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.
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”.
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.
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.
It’s firefighter “units,” generally — kinda a mix of your two guesses.
Hey thanks, I’m in the 10,000 today. Unit count does make sense. I wasn’t aware of the terminology for firefighting teams/groups/trucks.
I’ve never heard anyone say it as “alarmer”, but that could be an East Coast thing I guess.
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.