15 Funniest Alarm Clocks - Part 1
Published by Sierra, on May 15th, 2008 11:43 am, in the categories: Gadgets
There are several gadgets indispensable for our these days life style and just to enumerate a few we have the cell phone, the watch, laptops, memory sticks, and for some, portable media players, but there is none of you that doesn’t use an alarm clock, right? We all have jobs to wake up for early in the morning or at least important appointments that we have to attend, from time to time, and the handiest device to alert us when the time has come is the cell phone that can be easily set to ring at that specific hour. If only all cell phones could play the alarm while being turned Off! I don’t enjoy unknown people calling me by mistake at 2 o’clock in the morning so maybe I would prefer to keep it turned Off and use an alarm clock which is specially designed for this kind of job.
Everything’s fine now that we know what to get but some of us have a problem with waking up in the morning and each of us need specific sound and intensity. We thought at this fact and managed to gather 15 of the coolest alarm clocks existent on the market. We called it 15 Funniest Alarm Clocks and you’ll see why.
The Pillow Alarm Clock
This alarm clock is designed for those that want to be woken up in the morning without disturbing the other in the same room. It is called the
because it’s flat and small enough at 90 x 70 x 13mm to fit under your pillow, and is meant to awake you discretely with vibrations. It features dual alarm setting, snooze button, buzzing/vibrating alert, temperature display, date, time, 12/24 time format, a green backlight, clock stand, keylock and a nice leather cover.
The Throw Alarm Clocks
About the ball-shaped clock we’ve talked before in one of our recent articles but it’s cool enough to mention it again in our collection.
It is specially designed for those that get really nervous early in the morning when the alarm rings and feel like wanting to throw away that stressing clock that just doesn’t want to stop ringing.
It has the shape of a ball so you can throw it as fast and as much as you want because even when it hits the room’s walls it doesn’t break. And actually this is the only way you can make it stop ringing. It is made of resistant and slightly flexible vinyl, and shows the time, the date, while you can set the alarm on the LCD display. You can also choose between several ball shapes - Cricket, Golf, and Football Special Edition Silver or Normal – and it also comes with a circular stand which prevents it from falling off the desk. Boysstuff Ltd has it.
The Puzzle Alarm Clock
Even if in the picture is a child’s hand this doesn’t mean it’s designed for little children only and we believe it’s a funny alarm clock even for older children and those that still feel children.
The
solves the problem of getting your butt out of bed fast.
When the alarm rings, the 3 jigsaw puzzle pieces shoot out and to stop the ringing you have to solve the puzzle assembling it back.
It measures 18 x 11 x 4 cm and is powered by 3 AA batteries.
The Grenade Alarm
That’s more an alarm than a clock but you could use it just to have some great fun by placing it near a sleeping friend. It gives you the chance to play the role of an alarm clock yourself. For that you have to pull the pin and yell “Fire in the hole!!!” then leave
near your friend and run. He will wake up instantly at the loud sound that blasts out and will be able to stop it only by placing the pin back in.
The Disco Ball Alarm Clock
This is the party-style waking up with cool lights show.
The
is made of pink plastic and powered by 3 AA batteries and 1 LR44 battery measuring 110 x 120 x 160 mm.
The Running Alarm Clock
that runs away when the alarm rings.
It was designed by a smart engineering student with great sense of humor that wanted to give the sleeper one chance to wake up at the set hour. If he/she hits the snooze button and goes back to sleep then the clock gets really inpatient and starts to run around the room until he/she catches it.
The good thing is that it allows you to set the snooze time that can be of up to 9 minutes after which it starts to run away.
It measures 14 x 9 x 9 cm, is powered by 4 AAA batteries and has the following features: you can drop it from 3 feet height, can run on wood and even carpet, shows the low battery warning, flashes when beeping or running, has a random alarm beep pattern, and has the ability to disable its wheels.
The Book Clock
The
is cool because it looks like a set of real books but with integrated discrete clock hands. You could say it looks funny or stylish, both versions making it a great clock for room decoration.
Its stainless steel hands are moving on reinforced heavyweight card and paper, and you can choose between the three-color model and the classic black one.
It powers from 1 AA battery and measures 20 x 20 x 15 cm.
The Police Alarm Clock
imitates the sounds of police sirens and the specific spinning blue light when its alarm rings.
It is 6-inch high and shows the time and alarm on an LCD display.
When it’s the time it starts ringing and you can hear a voice waking you up: “This is the police! You have t’ll the count of three or we’re coming in! 1...2...3”
You can set the sound and visual effects via the Try Me button. It has a cool metallic silver finish, comes with a sleep squad badge, and measures about 14.5 x 12 x 11.5 cm, powered by 3 AA batteries.
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FIRST!
LAST!
Not quite.
Police Alarm Clock is the best!!!
Far from it
NOT IT!
The Puzzle Alarm Clock - SICK! You shouldn't feel children!
"we believe it’s a funny alarm clock even for older children and those that still feel children."
I prefer hammer.. when I hear the clock
The grenade one :)
You spelt "butt" wrong.
Indeed, Grammar Police. I've corrected it. Thanks!
"Spelt" is used in Britain quite frequently. I didn't mean it to be so serious though.
You spelled "spelled" wrong. Although pronounced , it is spelled "spelled". Dictionaries include "spelt" as an alternative, but I think is's a phonological back-formation.
Hmm, Wikipedia says:
"The past tense and past participle of spell (only in the word-related sense) have both a regular form in spelled and an irregular form in spelt. British English allows both irregular and regular forms; in American English, the irregular forms are rarely used."
I've never actually heard it pronounced "spelt" in America.
who gives a shit.
First of all, that sentence is all around incorrect, as there is no real faecal exchange, and second of all, questions don't end in periods. Also, in English, sentences begin with capital letters. I realise the following is a bold, stereotypical statement, but you sound like an American. I hope I have improved your grammar.
Thank you, Grammar Police! :D
So, you did not spell it wrong... you spelled it rarely. Apologies.
can't we all just...get along?
While I do like the concept, I don't see the humor in the pillow alarm. I personally use my cellphone as an alarm all the time, set to vibrate and hidden beneath my pillow. It's a gentler way to wake up, and tends to only wake the person on the pillow, though I suppose certain types of mattresses would amplify the sound that even vibrate mode creates.
I wouldn't like to be woken up with by head shaking/vibrating.
Chris, you are gay
"Chris, you are gay"
Joe, do you say that because you made sweet sweet love to Chris or were you another idiot using sexuality as a derogitory term? There's over half a million words in the english language, how about you learn some more and be a little more accurate and creative in your insults.
I wouldn't give pay him too much attention, anyone that would take the time to make baseless claims about a person making an arguement instead of sticking to the subject at hand probably doesn't really understand logic anyway.
Joe needs to capitalise his name, and put periods at the end of his sentences. Good day, sir.
The rays from the telephone will fry your brain, Chris. STOP DOING THAT!
Spelt is also a kind of flour that can be used to make bread.
The puzzle RULES
Looks Like 8 to me..
It is only 8, but it says part one. As for "rays" from my cell, most phones include an airplane mode that keep them from transmitting anything, not that there's much definitive yet, (as far as I know, I could be wrong there) that the signal is actually enough to cause harm in the long term.
And with that, I bid you all Good Night..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
capitalize
Only in America. Do realise that America is not the only English speaking country, and words like "capitalise", "realise", and "colour" are spelt differently.
Some of these clocks look like they would really work... I like the the pillow one and the grenade one!
The Grenade is not a clock, it's just an alarm, but i couldn't help myself to include it too.:D
I'm sick of blog post comments. Every time I read a post, value of the post is instantly let down by the comments. Maybe someone has something useful to say rather than being so far up their own arse that they feel the urge to deface the comments page correcting people’s grammatical skills.
Great post by the way. I am awful at getting up, maybe one of these with solve my problem?
If people would start by not defacing the page with horrible grammar, nobody would feel the need to correct it. It's really a shame that people cannot even learn their native language.
First of all, I'd like to say I disagree with the title of the page. While some of the clocks are funny, I'd have to say they are not the funniest clocks you could have chosen. The pillow clock isn't funny at all, the ball isn't really funny - but it does seem like an interesting idea. I'm not going to go one by one and disagree with each clock chosen, I think I'd be wasting everyone's time. Instead I'll join the fight for grammar and spelling. I think it's a little bit more fun anyways...
Many people do not realize that words are spelled different in other English speaking countries. One that was left out was armour. Shoppe is another good example, but most American's have seen it. Analog/analogue, enquire/inquire, this list could go on forever. However important I believe grammar to be, (and apparently someone else believes it too) I do not believe that you should go so far as to criticize an internet article about a single misspelled word. I do agree that most Americans are dolts, but we don't really need to have the entire comment section about this article be ragging on each other or correcting grammar/spelling mistakes. Can't we all just focus on the content of the article and post our thoughts instead of concentrating on the syntax and posting hateful remarks?
I don't see it as criticising. Rather, I see it as help. Personally, I LOVE being told if I spell something incorrectly. I don't like making mistakes, and the less I can make, the better. If this article was something like Wikipedia and had an edit option, I would have quietly fixed it. That option wasn't available, so I mentioned it to the writer of the article. Correcting spelling mistakes should be a learning experience, not hate, and my posts have no hate. Now, really, I didn't think this grammar thing would be drawn out so far. When you were a child and missed a question on a test, did you slap the teacher for marking it wrong? Probably not. You would recognise your mistake and remember it for next time, so you wouldn't make it again. Why can't we do that for grammar mistakes?