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The candle is made of slices of wax with one insertable
material which causes the candle to start sputtering (possibly loudly) and giving out a pleasent/unpleasant smell.
(???) Baked since there were kids, apparently...
http://www.ernie.cu....net/clock.htm#FOUR
Alarm candles are anciently Baked. So, of course, are scented candles. Is the combination worth a mountain of words? Probably not. [DrCurry, Oct 21 2002, last modified Oct 17 2004]
(?) Now, *this* is an invention
http://www.msichica.../time_gallery9.html
An alarm clock that lights a candle. From the days when that was the only option. [DrCurry, Oct 21 2002, last modified Oct 17 2004]
You can't detect smells when asleep
http://www.scienced...05/040518075747.htm
[AusCan531, Jul 23 2012]
Incense clocks
http://en.wikipedia.../wiki/Incense_clock
And you thought I was fibbing. [MaxwellBuchanan, Jul 23 2012]
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You could put a pyrotechnic whistle cartridge into a slot in the side of the candle. when the wick burns down, the candle whistles loudly, and as a bonus there will be ite wonderful fragrance of gunpowder to enjoy ... loveley. |
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I've had these on a birthday cake. They whistle and sparkle and make heaploads of smoke and everyone in the house says "oh my, I think we should take this outside." |
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In Denmark they market candles by the length of time that they burn ("1 timer" = 1 hour and so on up to 8 timer) and they are pretty accurate, so it seems to me that this idea is possible. |
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Instead of sputtering perhaps something that emits a high pitched squeal or whistle, like that you sometimes hear in a campfire, might work. Maybe it could be a beads of much slower melting wax designed with holes in them so they whistle when the time is up. |
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I want one thats sprays molten wax all over everything. *That* will get you up. |
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It isn't quite the same thing, but the sharper image sells an alarm clock with lights and aromatherapy. The light gradually gets brighter, as does the sound, and it has a resevoir for aroma therapy oils to stimulate your smell to wake you up also. |
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Black Cat brand Whistling Taper Candle with Report |
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[DrCurry]: That looks like a thing I saw at the Time Museum in Rockford. Wonder if they're identical. |
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Candle that smells like the house is burning to the ground? Would that also set off the smoke alarm? Thats the perfect get me up in the morning............. |
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I don't believe that you can actually smell anything when
you're asleep. [link] |
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a bit of snap, crackle and pop sounds simulating a coffee-machine when you forget to put the flask in.... followed by the smell of coffee. |
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Coffee scent can wake me. |
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The Japanese used incense clocks, which produced
different smells as the time passed. <link> |
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What about a candle that burns faster one side than the other, and leans over to pour hot wax drips until you wake? |
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That's the Chinese version. Thanks Toaster for bringing
up a 10 year old idea, that still hasn't emerged from
halfstage. |
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