Are you one of those people that just can’t seem to get out of bed in the morning, no matter how hard you try? Do you hit the snooze button more times than you care to disclose? Do you fantasize about traveling to exotic locations and staying in fancy hotels, just to abuse their wake-up call service? Let’s face it, if this sounds like you, a normal alarm clock is not gonna cut it. You need an alarm clock that is going to go above and beyond the average wake up routine. I mean, that whole intensely annoying noise is enough to rouse your usual light sleeper, but how about us snooze addicts? What’s to stop us from exploiting our alarm clocks, only to curse them when we realize we’re late to work for the third day in a row? We need something that’s going to save us (and our jobs) before it’s too late.
Gather round sleeping enthusiasts, and bear witness to the magnificence that is the Flying Alarm Clock (Firebox, $29.95). Never before or since have you observed such an effective tool for punctuality as you have with this item. Not only does this alarm clock sound an alert so shrill that it’s just about guaranteed to make you bolt out of the house without even getting dressed, but it also contains an ingenious backup system. I am of course speaking of the propeller attached to the top of the clock. And no, it’s not just for show (although, it is fo sho, if you catch my drift). Ok, so picture yourself out and about on a Thirsty Thursday such as today. You get home around 2am or so, and you know that you’re gonna have a tough time peeling yourself out of bed tomorrow morning. So you go ahead and set your trusty new alarm clock for 7am, depending on its timely alerting capabilities. Before you know it, it’s 7am! Any other morning, you would just hit your snooze and roll over. Nope, you’re getting up on time today. Why’s that? Well, that horrific alarm is going to continue to sound until you catch the propeller that’s flying around the room and return it the alarm base. You read that right, you have to capture a propeller or else you’re never going to get that alarm sound out of your head.
The basic idea here is that since you have to actually force yourself out of bed and track down a flying object, there’s no way you’re getting back into bed after that. I mean, it is a pretty smart plan because once you’ve accomplished such a spectacular feat as getting up, there’s really nothing you can’t achieve.
4 out of 5 stars.
Specs:
-Dimensions: 5.5″ x 5.5″ x 4″
-Propeller launches into the air and flies around the room when alarm sounds
-Propeller must be returned to base to dismantle alarm
-Uses 4 AA batteries (not included)
-Do not use rechargeable batteries
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