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Shape Up Alarm Clock Dumbbell Won't Shut up 'Til You Do 30 Reps
Posted by Kit Eaton at 1:00 AM on July 16, 2008
Shape Up from Fred and Friends is one of those bullying-style digital alarm clocks, designed to force you awake. It's shaped like a mini dumbbell and won't stop buzzing until you do 30 reps. This would not get me out of bed in the AM, nossir. But it might make me smile. Smile happily as I grip its conveniently throwable shape and fling it heartily out of the window into the garden, and slip back to sleep. There's no info on price or availability, you may be pleased to know. [OhGizmo]
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jiffy
Posted 1:42 AM 16/7/08
@N@tedog:
jiffy
jiffy
Posted 1:42 AM 16/7/08
@N@tedog:
The people who have the disposable income to buy crap like this?
;)
jiffy
N@tedog iiinnnnn spaaaaaaace!
Posted 1:26 AM 16/7/08
Who the heck gets the luxury of sleeping until 9am?!?!
N@tedog iiinnnnn spaaaaaaace!
Hectorvex
Posted 1:07 AM 16/7/08
Or, load it into the beer bottle flinging robot and call it a snooze. I want an alarm clock shaped like a bong that won't go off until you're waked and baked.
Hectorvex
ceslami
Posted 2:55 AM 16/7/08
I am going to buy this for my double amputee friend.
ceslami
Walter
Posted 2:43 AM 16/7/08
"into the garden"
Garden sounds much better than back yard. Kudos to the British for that one.
Walter
kOtic
Posted 2:42 AM 16/7/08
Hectorvex: I want an alarm clock shaped like a bong that won't go off until you're waked and baked.
kOtic
Hvedhrungr
Posted 7:00 AM 16/7/08
I guess I'll just have to build a robot doing the reps for me, and call that irony.
Hvedhrungr
Zencyde
Posted 3:08 PM 16/7/08
Holy crap! That's a really good idea. I've noticed the reason I tend to stay asleep is because of the fact that my heart rate is so low that my body isn't getting enough oxygen. Though, this thing looks really light. I hope they released a 20-30 pound variant.
Zencyde