The "Realistic Rooster" Alarm Clock is a stuffed rooster mounted on a *very* heavy base, that sits on your night-table. When it's time to get up, the rooster launches into pre-recorded "cock-a-doodle-doo"s until you reach over and grab it by the neck.
This doesn't finish the job though as that's only the snooze function. To shut the damn thing completely off you have to sit or stand up (to get leverage) and wring its neck with both hands, at which time the rooster will give a dying "GAACK" and let you get on with your day.-- FlyingToaster, Feb 25 2009 Rooster Clock Rooster_20ClockNo stuffed rooster here [skinflaps, Feb 25 2009] Unlike my current alarm clock, this might actually get me out of bed in the morning. [+]-- Spacecoyote, Feb 25 2009 Had a plastic rooster once, that crowed quite convincingly in the morning, but a simple hit on the head would shut it up.
The two handed wringing is the perfect morning exertion, lets you begin the day with the right attitude. [+]-- loonquawl, Feb 25 2009 Had a rooster once that decided to roost just outside my bedroom window. Worked a treat.-- spidermother, Feb 25 2009 Linky.
(You probably saw that though, it sits below yours.)-- skinflaps, Feb 25 2009 cock clock-- po, Feb 25 2009 ...in your dreams, [po]-- hippo, Feb 25 2009 [skin] missed it, but the "Realistic" refers to the way you shut it off.-- FlyingToaster, Feb 25 2009 [miasere] It's extraordinary that with the wealth of gym-related, bed-related and alarm-clock-related ideas here, that no one's posted "Gym alarm clock bed".-- hippo, Feb 25 2009 lost for words, [hippo] that's a first!-- po, Feb 25 2009 [FlyingToaster] is just looking for an excuse to choke his chicken.-- phoenix, Feb 26 2009 Strangle it, actually.-- neelandan, Feb 26 2009 hey, narcissists are people too ya know.-- FlyingToaster, Feb 26 2009 Before the cock crows twice thou shalt deny thy oversleeping vice.-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Feb 26 2009 random, halfbakery