For when the urge to hit snooze and doze a few moments more is irresistible.

The Terror Clock is designed to cataput you headlong into a state of fully-conscious panic - a cold sweat on your brow and your heart trying to batter its way out through your ribcage. A constantly varying repertoire of spine-chilling tricks include: smell of burning, sound of downstairs window being broken, the booming voice of the most-feared schoolmaster from your youth, changing the time so you think you have overslept by two hours, and perhaps even a short'n'sharp electric shock.

OK - so it's not the most pleasant start to the day, but you sure as hell won't be dozing off again.
-- whimsickle, Nov 04 2002

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[General Washington, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]

I would like one which could terrify me into a dead faint at 1am sharp every night.
-- General Washington, Nov 04 2002


I moved house to near a military training area. the first time I was woken by automatic gunfire at 7am on a saturday morning was fairly exciting!
-- oneoffdave, Nov 04 2002


[GW] I recommend administering a sharp blow to the cranium with the Terror Clock - has the same effect.
-- whimsickle, Nov 04 2002


Design element: red dynamite sticks strapped to the back of the clock with black electrical tape.
-- jackoutofthebox, Nov 04 2002


Just make sure you don't bring it along on your next airplane trip, jack.
-- krelnik, Nov 04 2002


Good point [krelnik], for a minute there I was thinking a travel alarm model would be cute.
-- jackoutofthebox, Nov 04 2002


Wouldn't we just generate a pavlovian reaction to simply turn off the alarm the next time there's a real fire?
-- RayfordSteele, Nov 07 2002


When I was a teen, my bed was in an open carport area, in Hawaii. Long story. Anyway, I found that a cat fight under the bed is a very effective wake-up call. Even at 3:00am.
-- Amos Kito, Nov 07 2002


If you record your girlfriends' screams, that ought to do it after you split up. AAaaaaaahhhhahh, and your like, oh sweet jesus not her.
-- Admiral Hackbar, Nov 07 2002


Beeping alarms already have this effect on me. That's why I use a clock radio.
-- madradish, Nov 09 2002


I need this. I always end up oversleeping and missing my early morning class.
-- Eulogic, Nov 10 2002


Terror Bedfellow also does the trick, Saturday mornings.
-- General Washington, Nov 10 2002



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