c/historyphotos · by PugJesus@piefed.social · 323d'Knocker-Upper' in Britain, a method of waking people up for their work shifts before reliable/cheap alarm clocks, 1915 83 points · 7 comments · view on lemmy.world
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siravious@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 323d
I wonder who woke him up..
Blueshift@piefed.world · 18 pts · 322d
That was a question on QI at some point. Someone with a night shift woke up the first knocker upper as the last job before they went to bed
anyhow2503@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 322d
Knocker-Upper-Knocker-Upper
Bonesince1997@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 322d
Where's the snooze button?
markz@suppo.fi · 4 pts · 322d
One well aimed brick will do the trick
simbico@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 322d
Soo.. did they knock up a lot of people?
drspawndisaster@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 320d
If human history is allowed to run for long enough, I think eventually every single combination of syllables will have meant something related to sex at some point