Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-22 months agoTIL knocker uppers were people who went around knocking on windows to wake people up in pre-alarmclock times.www.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square24linkfedilinkarrow-up1235arrow-down17cross-posted to: mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
arrow-up1228arrow-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-22 months agomessage-square24linkfedilinkcross-posted to: mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
minus-squarewildncrazyguy138@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·2 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-up8·2 months agoWhere might I hire this gang? My door needs some serious knocking.
minus-squareThassodar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 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’