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Posted at 7:07 PM on Tuesday 06/9/09 by
Ben
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This will make sure you're not late in the morning. Buy.com has the Flying Alarm Clock for $14 + $0 shipping = $14 shipped. If you haven't already figured it out, this alarm clock shoots out a flying contraption that must be returned to the cradle to shut off the alarm. [Compare]
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    crisis182 - Posted 7:21 pm PDT 06/9/09 (89 Posts)  Report Spam

    This seems like an awful way to start your day

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    NotBen - Posted 7:21 pm PDT 06/9/09 (811 Posts)  Report Spam

    This would only be cute for a couple of days

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    MrWrigley - Posted 7:32 pm PDT 06/9/09 (344 Posts)  Report Spam

    You can also turn off the alarm by smashing it against the wall.

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    weksa - Posted 7:35 pm PDT 06/9/09 (56 Posts)  Report Spam

    tie weights to the copter.

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    Sparty0n - Posted 7:39 pm PDT 06/9/09 (248 Posts)  Report Spam

    i've broken 8

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    illinied - Posted 7:40 pm PDT 06/9/09 (84 Posts)  Report Spam

    I can see it now... alarm goes off... stupid flying thingy goes sailing into the air... my 14th story apartment window is open... my dog (having been trained for years to catch the thrown frisbee) takes chase after the alarm clock flying disc... I run to the window in time to view my dog's butt hurtling to the sidewalk below... What a way to wake up in the morning... Maybe not!

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    njb - Posted 7:41 pm PDT 06/9/09 (2826 Posts)  Report Spam

    i don't give a flying burp

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    gassyjoe - Posted 7:41 pm PDT 06/9/09 (2518 Posts)  Report Spam

    These are only good as gifts to annoy others with.

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    zinnzillay - Posted 9:47 pm PDT 06/9/09 (10 Posts)  Report Spam

    hmmmm. i don't know .

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    JeepingG - Posted 11:08 pm PDT 06/9/09 (201 Posts)  Report Spam

    I had a roommate who could sleep with an alarm going off right next to his head, while I was kept awake in the next room. I eventually started turning off the circuit breaker to his room.

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    kenv00 - Posted 12:32 am PDT 06/10/09 (243 Posts)  Report Spam

    It says "flying contraption that must be returned to the cradle to shut off the alarm", so turning off circuit breaker won't stop these.

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    Vikramaditya - Posted 2:43 am PDT 06/10/09 (68 Posts)  Report Spam

    unacceptable!

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    chilehead - Posted 5:14 am PDT 06/10/09 (147 Posts)  Report Spam

    interesting concept... i think i might throw the alarm clock along with the flying thingy

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    dmaker - Posted 6:17 am PDT 06/10/09 (103 Posts)  Report Spam

    This seems like a practical joke.

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    tehduke - Posted 6:24 am PDT 06/10/09 (418 Posts)  Report Spam

    Some crap is made for the sole purpose of being a funny gift and is never used, or only used a couple times. This thing and the car pizza cooker are in that category. The greenies should start a campaign about the ecological impact of stupid gag gifts.

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    ralphk917 - Posted 7:42 am PDT 06/10/09 (878 Posts)  Report Spam

    Have one. Works as billed. Kids thought it was super neato, as did us parents who would have to wake the kids after they would smack the snooze. This forces you to engage your brain enough to hunt for the copter-disc. Usually goes straight up & down; so a deck of cards under it gives it tilt and some randomness. The alarm is the red-alert klaxxon from Star Trek - very effective waking you up (compared to the normal monotonous standard beep, beep, beep of normal alarms). Battery operated, so can be used as a backup for those mornings that would be a career-
    Knock Knock.
    Who's there?
    Bacon.
    Bacon who?
    were you to oversleep. Recommended. Wife hates it, but that's probably because it is so effective waking you up (I get up at the first alarm; she snoozes for 5 cycles).

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    karenefwalsh - Posted 12:03 pm PDT 06/10/09 (91 Posts)  Report Spam

    OMG - I think I would hurt someone if they gave me one of these clocks...

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    Rhoxing - Posted 2:23 pm PDT 06/10/09 (13 Posts)  Report Spam

    #11, I am guessing MOST alarm clocks work off of electricity, the plug-in-your-wall variety. While this roflmaocopterclock works off batteries, #10's point was, to shut off the electricity to his neighbor's room, which would prevent any alarms from going off.

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    dave_c - Posted 3:26 pm PDT 06/10/09 (16750 Posts)  Report Spam

    Most decent alarm clocks have a battery backup so not only would you need to flip the circuit breaker, you'd have to leave the power off then either return later after the alarm time without being caught, or they'd catch onto the plan because the circuit breaker was in the off position instead of the tripped position which is only partway off on garden variety breakers and can't be manually set easily if at all (Unless you're into sticking paperclips into wall outlets).

    I had a similar problem back in college, roommate took too much ritalin for ADD and was pretty much dead to the world every morning as a result, never turned his alarm clock off right away. My fix was to pop open the alarm clock and bend the wire to the buzzer till it looked like it had frayed off. Neutered alarm clock, for quite awhile he thought he just slept through it.

    Wouldn't have worked as well if it were a clock radio since then the radio wouldn't work either on those which use the same speaker for both and turn the radio on at the alarm time. I mean it would've been easier to figure out since they usually have a switch to turn the radio on at any time.

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