Before alarm clocks there were knocker-upper's. Mary Smith earned sixpence a week shooting dried peas at sleeping workers' windows.

Adam Rifkin stashed this in Sleep!

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Adam Rifkin
7:55 PM Dec 03 2012

College students wonder: Is that job still available?

<p>College students wonder: Is that job still available?</p>

Adam Rifkin
9:39 PM Dec 03 2012

So who got paid to wake her up?

<p>So who got paid to wake her up?</p>

Ben R
7:59 PM Dec 03 2012

Perhaps she paid herself to wake herself up.

<p>Perhaps she paid herself to wake herself up.</p>

Adam Rifkin
9:39 PM Dec 03 2012