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Blog Guy, my daughter just got a degree in creative writing and film studies. Any suggestions for a job?
Sure. Increasingly, people in nice big houses are hiring human door knockers to hang on their front doors, as kind of a status thing. You get to work with people and be outdoors.
Isn’t it just for guys?
No, there are some young women in the profession. They call themselves “doorbelles.”
Who do the knockers take orders from?
The brass.
That makes sense. How does the job work?
Folks come up to the door and say, “Knock knock.” Then the human door knocker says, “Who’s there?”
And then what?
What do you think? Five percent of the time the person gives their name. The rest of the time it’s an idiotically juvenile punch line, and they run away.
Hmmmmm. Well, she does need a job, and I guess it’s a place to start…
Sure. It’s a foot in the door….
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A boy holds on to the door as he shouts slogans during an anti-government demonstration in central Tunis January 25, 2011. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
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I will admit, I was fooled by the title of this blog…
If LMR was here.. she would have cried foul…
Frau Blucher?
—sigh— Mr. Spam Basket I do respect your authority so I will refrain from making a joke regarding women and their knockers.
Does anyone have any suggestions for effective slogans one would shout while holding onto a door other than “You. Shall. Not. Pass!”? Otherwise I can not imagine how anyone would take the kid seriously as an anti-government demonstrator.
ifly – I would yell “What?! is the average velocity of an unladen swallow?”
E.
If they open both doors at once, he’s gonna be in for a rude surprise.
LOL E!
To which I would reply “European or African?”
@Ifly & E – Of course, the correct counter reply would be: I’m not sure — AAAHHhhh!
From reading the title, I thought this article was going to be a story about female hormones and fish.
@CrowGirl: Too perfect!
Whenever I have ‘em, I am going to train my kids to do such tricks. Thanks for guidance, RB.
look what u have done, BG!!!! Poor Mrs. Fwd!
You’ve got to love the irony in the choice of clothing the fellow chose – AC Milan ‘branded’ tracksuit jacket and AS Roma ‘branded’ tacksuit trousers. I bet they’re original merchandise…
For the uninitiated in the soccer world (and I guess this will cost me a taze), both AC Milan and AS Roma are Italian football (soccer for Americans) teams.
Ok, I’m ready for it for it now…
Malteser…. getting zapped is a part of the initiation process to the elite and elusive group of commentators of the OE blog…
Do you, Young Initiate, accept the honour of joining the OE cult?
Do you?
Too late to change your mind now… Zappppppp!!!!
Hey have you met my new doorknocker?
Nope, what’s his name?
Quasimodo.
Quasimodo? That name rings a bell.
of course it does, Nosmo… maybe he is your bell ringer and not door knocker?
I just recovered from the zap Shra. Thanks for the initiation.
Darn, you took a while… gotta toughen up Malt… or simple yet, dont do anything to get tased…;)