I noticed something fishy yesterday.

At 1:19 p.m., EST, Gawker published a post about a bizarre ad that once ran in The Wall Street Journal. The author of this Gawker post, Hamilton Nolan, said he found the ad on another blog, Animal NY.

And then, 18 minutes later, The Business Insider blog network also published a post about The Wall Street Journal ad. The author of this post, John Carney, also said he found the ad on the Animal NY blog.

OK, could be a coincidence, the ad is part of the Zeitgeist, you know. Or maybe the same tipster wrote to both bloggers pointing out the ad. Or perhaps Nolan and Carney are friends. Who knows? No big deal, until …

At 3:17 p.m., EST, Nolan publishes another post. This one is about a 1,400 pound bull that rampaged through the streets of Paterson, N.J. He tied the strange occurrence to the stock market, which The Wall Street Journal said experienced a “leap,” according to Nolan. So a bull rampages through the streets of New Jersey, while the stock market rampages, like a bull. Alright, sir, that’s all fine and good.

But then, at 4:04 p.m., EST, less than one hour after the Gawker post, The Business Insider’s Joe Weisenthal published — you guessed it — a post about the rampaging New Jersey bull and — yep, right again — the stock market’s figurative rampage.

Hmmm …

Sure this is minor, considering both blog posts were adapted from somewhere else on the Web. But, if The Business Insider did discover those posts on Gawker, should it be noting that? Should it have given Gawker the ol’ “hat tip” you see so many people in the blogosphere and on Twitter give to someone who discovered an interesting post?

Hmmm ...