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[–] Chivera@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He was probably one of those annoying morning people who wakes up at 4 am, full of energy, and happy.

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Oh no, what did Eminem do. Hehe. Despite the implications of his very creative rhyming style, disgusting is not as similar to "discuss me" as he can make it sound.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Who knocks up the knocker-uppers?

[–] 768@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] 768@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

The day shift, of course. If you refer to the chicken-egg problem, it was the Anomalocaris who begun everything.

[–] Zugyuk@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

A knocker upper knocker upper. It's knocker uppers the whole way down, and it always has been.

[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

The kids from those they “knocked-up”.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

OY BRUV WAKE YOUR ARSE UP

[–] totallynotarobot@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I greatly appreciate the explanation, because without it that’s NOT what I’d have assumed a “knocker-upper” was. The photo would not have helped.

[–] gears@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

I prefer a peashooter

[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's if you had money, of you were broke you'd rent a penny layover and yes that's where the phrase comes.

You'd literally lay over a rope to sleep and they'd pull the knot loose at a set time in the morning, anyone still on it woke up when they hit the floor.

[–] deo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Madison420@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Hah right thing wrong name, my apologies.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Here is a video by Historia Civilis about the history of the work day for those who find this interesting. It brings up how stuff like this (kind of) came to be. It's about 33 minutes long and pretty good to have on in the background

[–] Jojowski@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

Interesting video, thanks for sharing!

[–] detalferous@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Oh god damn