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Show HN: Mince pie tracker
- Peroni 14y agoOk, I'll bite (terrible pun intended), what's the point?
- stuartk 14y agoJust for fun.
- minimize_me 14y agohttp://isitchristmas.com/ http://isitchristmas.com/
- stuartk 14y agoI generally hate anything christmassy before December 1st, but after that point, it's fair game. That includes mince pies.
- nmcfarl 14y agoThis is completely awesome. It’s going to be a very regional competition - I wouldn’t even know where to find a mince pie in Seattle. Which I imagine is going to be a pretty common problem for much of the world. As a side note - I was curious if those countries the Southern Hemisphere, (and thus a warm sunny XMas), would be as into Mince Pies, but a quick google of turned up Yes!
- hapless 14y agoMince pie is a thing in America, they're just much larger than the British treat. From what I can tell, it's a similar filling, just, expanded to a full-size pie. In my experience, you can find it in any supermarket around Thanksgiving and Christmas. (Example: wal-mart http://www.walmart.com/ip/Mrs.-Smith-s-Classic-Mince-Pie-27-oz/10850121 http://www.walmart.com/ip/Mrs.-Smith-s-Classic-Mince-Pie-27-...)
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- stuartk 14y agoThat's a feature I might add, location of consumption. Thanks.
- chair6 14y agoSeattle? Best bet is probably to head on over to the Kangaroo and Kiwi in Ballard - http://kangarooandkiwi.com/ http://kangarooandkiwi.com/ Remember, always blow on the pie! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzs70o9u9NQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dzs70o9u9NQ)
- shardling 14y agoIt's unfortunate that it apparently doesn't parse how many you eat -- you need a separate tweet for each consumption.
- stuartk 14y agoI did consider that, but it would be far too easy to just put #mpt #eaten 10000. So I left it as 1 per tweet.
- anu_gupta 14y agoYou might be interested in something similar I've been running for a few years: http://mincepi.es http://mincepi.es