Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-212 days agoTIL knocker uppers were people who went around knocking on windows to wake people up in pre-alarmclock times.www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up1257arrow-down17
arrow-up1250arrow-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-212 days agomessage-square28fedilink
minus-squarewildncrazyguy138@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up33·12 days 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-up10·12 days agoWhere might I hire this gang? My door needs some serious knocking.
minus-squareThassodar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·12 days 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’