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Electrocution alarm clocks

Alarm clock that electrecutes you in your bed, for nocturnal people lacking self-discipline.
 
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I have to get up around 7 am to get to work on time, usually I end up waking up sometime around 9. Self-discipline just doesn't work for, I can ignore anytime of alarm clock, I'm just one of those nocturnal people. So for people like me, I propose, an alarm clock, that comes with a little metal net placed under the sheets, it will send an non-lethal dose of electrocution shot if you stay in bed after a 60 second countdown warning from the alarm clock. Knowing that most people dont like to be electrocuted there would be enough motivation to get up, personally I will always get up a few seconds before the countdown is over, cause every second counts. Also the clock should continue to electocute for the next hour, so one wouldnt go back to sleep after to mins. The worst scenario I could envision here, is if you got a one night stand, and she doesn't know about the alarm clock yet.
romanmar, Nov 08 2004

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       Also a good way to keep pets of your bed:)
romanmar, Nov 08 2004
  

       //This account was destroyed in a disk crash in October 2004 // electrocuted?
po, Nov 08 2004
  

       I keep my alarm clock on the ledge 10ft from my bed. I have to get up to turn it off and that way the fillings in my teeth do not zzzzzzzzzzzz.
po, Nov 08 2004
  

       My alarm is also far away, but I dont let it bother me, I just continue sleeping with the noise on.
romanmar, Nov 08 2004
  

       I'm pretty sure I saw that in a movie once.
JakePatterson, Nov 09 2004
  

       There was once a similar idea like this that was deleted, called disaplinens.
sartep, Nov 09 2004
  

       Note the similarity between the words 'execute' and 'electrocute.' This is by design, because electrocute means to kill with electricity. That's right, death must occur. The word you need is shock, or maybe you could get by with electroshock.
swamilad, Nov 09 2004
  

       "I can ignore any type of alarm clock"... I promise you, that's not true. You've just not heard an alarm clock like my wife's.
david_scothern, Nov 09 2004
  

       "I can ignore any type of alarm clock"... I promise you, that's not true. You've just not heard an alarm clock like my wife.   

       Would have been funnier.
swamilad, Nov 09 2004
  

       I'll try harder next time... suffering from a lack of sleep at the moment.
david_scothern, Nov 09 2004
  

       [swamilad] At first I thought how truly evil, effective, and ingenious this idea is, but now I'm not so sure:)
romanmar, Nov 09 2004
  

       wouldnt be that great for any bed-wetters out there (im lookin at you po)
andrew1, Apr 28 2005
  

       "Note the similarity between the words 'execute' and 'electrocute.' This is by design, because electrocute means to kill with electricity." -- swarmilad.   

       The electrocution alarm clock: No matter what time you set it, you'll always be late.
st3f, Apr 28 2005
  
      
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