Peak alarm clock before smartphones: Mary Smith, sixpence sniper, launching dried peas at windows like precision wake-up artillery daily heroes.
Bhimaa on
Talk about a unique alarm clock.
fahimching on
The definition of old school cool.
abaeera on
This is a incredible piece of history.
Meshwe on
History you can feel in this picture.
heliosh on
But who woke her up?
Initial-Succotash-37 on
😂😂
Dinx81 on
Six Pence, yet none the richer.
PurfuitOfHappineff on
Had me in the first half…
FatFKingLenny on
She calls out we all call out
pip-roof on
We use to cut the ends off shoelaces and slide a pin or needle through. Disassemble a white bic pen and instant blow dart.
The good times.
cnp_nick on
She would waste a lot of peas on me. I’ve slept through alarm clocks before.
mgoflash on
The sound of a pea hitting a window is enough to wake people up?
aretooamnot on
And then came the alarm clock.
BlondieBabe436 on
I’d like this better than an alarm clock. It’s social interaction. She wakes you up, you say “Hi! Thanks!” and she moves on to the next neighbors. Or one day you would be like “Not today Mary” and she shoots a pea right into your eye.
RedRedVVine on
Just one pea?
SergiouseMaximus on
A wake up call and a free pea soup once a month.
-SaC on
Straight out of the bloody Beano.
csk1325 on
The past really sucked
DoiliesAplenty on
It’s a living.
alffiesta on
Born to be a knocker-upper, forced to be an email answerer
ReggaeReggaeBob on
I can just imagine the feeling of dread as you hear those pings get closer and closer to your window as I mentally prepare myself for a 13 hour shift in the asbestos mine
VR_Bummser on
“Mary, can you wake me up at 7:00?”
“No, at that time i am up-knocking someone else already, i can do 7:25 or 7:50 every other Wednesday. I still have the 7:00 slot free at Sunday though…”
Kahnza on
Yet another repost bot
_cedarwood_ on
Sobering I love about this photo is that she’s fat! History often wants to erase fat people, but humans have always come in every size
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Peak alarm clock before smartphones: Mary Smith, sixpence sniper, launching dried peas at windows like precision wake-up artillery daily heroes.
Talk about a unique alarm clock.
The definition of old school cool.
This is a incredible piece of history.
History you can feel in this picture.
But who woke her up?
😂😂
Six Pence, yet none the richer.
Had me in the first half…
She calls out we all call out
We use to cut the ends off shoelaces and slide a pin or needle through. Disassemble a white bic pen and instant blow dart.
The good times.
She would waste a lot of peas on me. I’ve slept through alarm clocks before.
The sound of a pea hitting a window is enough to wake people up?
And then came the alarm clock.
I’d like this better than an alarm clock. It’s social interaction. She wakes you up, you say “Hi! Thanks!” and she moves on to the next neighbors. Or one day you would be like “Not today Mary” and she shoots a pea right into your eye.
Just one pea?
A wake up call and a free pea soup once a month.
Straight out of the bloody Beano.
The past really sucked
It’s a living.
Born to be a knocker-upper, forced to be an email answerer
I can just imagine the feeling of dread as you hear those pings get closer and closer to your window as I mentally prepare myself for a 13 hour shift in the asbestos mine
“Mary, can you wake me up at 7:00?”
“No, at that time i am up-knocking someone else already, i can do 7:25 or 7:50 every other Wednesday. I still have the 7:00 slot free at Sunday though…”
Yet another repost bot
Sobering I love about this photo is that she’s fat! History often wants to erase fat people, but humans have always come in every size
She’s nine the richer for doing this