Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agoTIL knocker uppers were people who went around knocking on windows to wake people up in pre-alarmclock times.www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1260arrow-down17cross-posted to: hackernews
arrow-up1253arrow-down1external-linkTIL knocker uppers were people who went around knocking on windows to wake people up in pre-alarmclock times.www.bbc.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agomessage-square27linkfedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews
minus-squarewildncrazyguy138@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up33·6 months agoIn the olden days, if you were really hard to knock up, you could hire a whole gang to bang on your door.
minus-squareZier@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 months agoWhere might I hire this gang? My door needs some serious knocking.
minus-squareThassodar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoWhy pay a knocker-upper when you could move to an industrial part of town and have a whole train wake you up? Train keeps a-rollin’
In the olden days, if you were really hard to knock up, you could hire a whole gang to bang on your door.
Where might I hire this gang? My door needs some serious knocking.
Why pay a knocker-upper when you could move to an industrial part of town and have a whole train wake you up? Train keeps a-rollin’