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One more basket carrier for the road! 20 baskets on his head, count 'em! London, 1925 (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There’s twenty one.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

Dammit, Jim, I'm a historian, not a mathematician!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are they empty?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

Not sure about this particular pic, but I know that porters at this time would carry multiple filled baskets like this, and that human beings can carry and balance a surprising amount of weight on their heads.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

c/osha

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

It's Landon innit, it's Elfen Safety

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Dudes on the left are also agog.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

~~Caps~~ baskets for sale, 50¢ a ~~cap~~ basket.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Can't be good for the neck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

bet he learned that at the Mongolian Basket Weaving Forum