Lex
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Mon Apr-11-05 12:16 AM
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Most annoying invention EVER! |
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A 25-year-old Massachusetts Institute of Technology student has invented a revolutionary alarm clock 'clocky,' in this undated photo, that falls to the floor and rolls away on the first push of the snooze button. To turn it off, a person must get out of bed and find it. The clock features two rubber wheels and is covered in thick, 1970s-style shag carpet and other material to cushion it when it tumbles to the floor.&e=4&ncid=1756
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tuvor
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Mon Apr-11-05 12:20 AM
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...set the alarm clock far, far away from you where you can still hear it.
Well, it worked for me, anyway.
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Mon Apr-11-05 12:22 AM
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mine is up on a shelf, as far away from my bed as possible...i used to have problems with sleeping through class and work...often
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Mon Apr-11-05 12:46 AM
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7. Right, but if you do that you have to get up immediately |
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With Clocky, you get one snooze and then you're forced to get up. I bet with the deluxe version of Clocky you'll be able to select a certain number of snoozes before the thing moves away. It really amazes me that civilization has functioned at all without the availability of this miracle product...
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Mon Apr-11-05 03:01 AM
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14. I already have an "alarm clock" that does that |
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Mon Apr-11-05 12:25 AM
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3. Well, that certainly beats... |
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...derby378's patented 500psi bidet that plays the Marine hymn every time you use it. I affectionately named it the Asster Blaster.
Good times, good times...
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Mon Apr-11-05 12:28 AM
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Bet that thing would be able to clean your tonsils :P
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Mon Apr-11-05 12:30 AM
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6. Bed Bath & Beyond won't return my calls |
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Nobody wants to pway wif me... :cry:
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petronius
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Mon Apr-11-05 12:48 AM
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8. So is that what the "Halls of Montezuma" bit is all about? |
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Mon Apr-11-05 02:16 AM
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that would be an enema, and a catapult in one!
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Mon Apr-11-05 12:27 AM
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4. I could fool this thing. |
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Edited on Mon Apr-11-05 12:28 AM by progressor
Just put it in a box.
Good invention, though. I need one.
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Mon Apr-11-05 12:56 AM
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actually, i don't think there is such a thing
but if someone did invent it then it would probably be the most annoying invention ever.
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Mon Apr-11-05 01:08 AM
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My alarm clock is annoying enough. The beeping is a certain tone that is simliar to that used by other devices, and whenever I happen to hear a sound that resembles it during the day, I wince and get a slight headache from the connotation that I need to get awake.
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Mon Apr-11-05 02:21 AM
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12. it would have to be louder than a smoke alarm to get my ass out of bed. |
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I sleep like the dead, sometimes thru smoke and tornado alarms. alarm clocks mean nothing to me. I need two, plus the one on my cell phone.
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Mon Apr-11-05 02:44 AM
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When the revolution comes, all leaf blowers will be rounded up and destroyed. :nuke:
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