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Blog Guy, I’m a high school student doing a report, and I need your help.
Oh sure, I’m always eager to help with homework assignments. Do you want it single-spaced or double-spaced? You want me to misspell some words to make it look real?
My report is called “Alarm Clocks Around the World,” and I was hoping you could share the most interesting alarm you know about.
That would have to be a Cambodian clock that is marketed as the “Short Fuse, No Snooze.”
This ingenious device, shown here, connects a normal clock to a series of rocket propelled grenades which go off one at a time starting 30 seconds after the first alarm.
That’s an interesting idea, but I don’t think it would work on me. I’m a very heavy sleeper.
Not to worry. The third rocket is chained to your ankle.
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A Cambodian soldier sleeps next to rocket launchers at the 11th-century Preah Vihear temple on the border between Thailand and Cambodia February 8, 2011. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
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You know BG, I think you should patent that alarm clock… it will simply blow the competition away!!!
Thanks, Shra. I was thinking the same thing. It might fit right in with my other inventions I revealed this week:
http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/20 11/02/08/three-great-inventions-we-reall y-need/
Also useful for the feminist who is still skittish of spiders crawling on the wall but doesn’t have a man around to kill them.
Hmmmm, I wonder how the “Snooze” function works.
Dave, I can answer that. I have the instructions right here.
Bear with me while I translate from the original Khmer: “You snooze, you lose…”
Spin, I love the way you tie new posts to older posts. And that’s a bargain, because the suggested retail price of this little gizmo is $359.99….
http://blogs.reuters.com/oddly-enough/20 11/01/24/dry-your-geckos-perfectly-every -time/
New on the Market
An Alarm Clock with a Twist
Gives Eternal Rest
@Dave: Yes it does, try it
I like the U.S. jungle boots in the background there.
@Spin – no No NO! I am but a humble padawan, learning at the feet of the Master!
@loeel – That’s all that’s left of the previous owner!
When Pradeep awoke and found the roof was missing, he then understood the label on his alarm clock advising him to never hit ‘snooze’ more than once.
Every time he wakes up he does so shouting “Get to the choppa!”.
Alarm clock? Dude needs a roof and a cot. Should be able to trade for it given the going price I’m seeing above.
I’m sure he always wakes up ‘bang’ on time with this system…
as Nhean tried to go to sleep, he heard a single hated phrase repeated in his mind:
“You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.”
The Acme Rocket Alarm Clock is much less expensive than the one sold at Williams-Sonoma. And it comes with a free Anvil, while supplies last!
“In Cambodia, the alarm clock snoozes YOU!”
@Nosmo, brilliant!!! *chuckle* *chuckle*
Unfortunately, I woke to the Acme Rocket Alarm this morning. Splitting headache and I pulled a muscle in a frantic attempt to turn the alarm off before the third rocket launched. The first two rockets left me seeing stars and I tripped over the anvil on the way to the shower. The pain should be gone in a few days. Doughnuts, anyone?
I prefer the oldest alarm clock known to man. Drink a few pints of water before retiring. I guarantee you will get up early.
To compliment Spin’s poem there, here’s my 2 cents:
There once was a soldier
Who slept like a boulder
His mates got mad and built him a clock
Which guaranteed to blow his dock
What they didnt know
Is that he would press “snooze”
And that would be the end of them all…
Oops, I see I sent my poem in twice. I’ll be more careful…
Hickory dickory dock
Three mice ran up a clock
The clock struck one
The other two escaped with minor injuries.