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Mary Smith, paid weekly for shooting dried peas at workers' windows to wake them for their shifts, Britain, 1930s (lemmy.world)
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[–] Deceptichum@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

I doubt workers could afford much, and it probably took a few, so they must be some cheap arse peas to use as ammo.