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It's Gun O'Clock, So You'd Best Rise and Shine
Posted by Mark Wilson at 3:24 AM on September 3, 2008
You were up late working last night, and the alarm is already going off, cutting through your ears directly into your throbbing head. The good news? Your alarm clock is the Gun O'Clock, and your bedside table holds its IR pistol that shoots the alarm quiet. The bad news? The gun only works on the clock. Maybe today is a good day to try out some counselling. [Bandai via Dvice]
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Canthros
Posted 4:00 AM 3/9/08
Eh. Seems kinda cute, but my eyesight is such that the clock is either going to be too close for it to be at all challenging or too far away to see. (I have slight concerns about the habit of pulling a gun and shooting the clock whenever awoken, but I don't think this is being marketed to the sort of people who actually own actual guns. Actually.)
Canthros
nutbastard
Posted 3:58 AM 3/9/08
wouldn't it be more effective if they made an alarm that shoots you? perhaps something from soviet russia?
nutbastard
godwhacker
Posted 3:55 AM 3/9/08
sawed-off-shotgun o'clock?
godwhacker
Jimbuck
Posted 3:55 AM 3/9/08
Pipipipipipi! If my alarm sounded that way I'd shoot it too.
Jimbuck
Git Em SteveDave is starlost
Posted 3:51 AM 3/9/08
Do they have a sniper rifle just in case that guy across the way is a bad shot, and couldn't hit the side of a barn. I want to be able to shut that damn thing off.
Git Em SteveDave is starlost
OMG! Ponies!
Posted 3:51 AM 3/9/08
It is not Gun O'Clock.
It's Beer O'Clock. Get it straight.
OMG! Ponies!
strider_mt2k
Posted 3:50 AM 3/9/08
The very thought drives me to syntax errors. Sorry folks.
strider_mt2k
strider_mt2k
Posted 3:49 AM 3/9/08
Oh no!
What would people say if the video of an inner-city-gang sign-making Muslim girl with no feet were field stripping this was released on the webtube!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
strider_mt2k
dukemang
Posted 3:44 AM 3/9/08
@Kaiser-Machead on the Edge: Even better, the alarm gets louder or starts singing "Kumbaya" if you miss.
dukemang
dukemang
Posted 3:43 AM 3/9/08
@Kaiser-Machead on the Edge: Perhaps the gun could go "BANG"!
I'm amazed this wasn't invented here in the US. I can see the next NRA convention with these being handed out engraved with "NRA 2009"
dukemang
sqeakytoy of the apocalypse
Posted 3:42 AM 3/9/08
@Kaiser-Machead on the Edge: close... make the lips bigger.
sqeakytoy of the apocalypse
jcrockerman
Posted 3:41 AM 3/9/08
I always try to place my alarm clock in different places every few days. If I put it close to me i'll turn it off and never even remember i turned it off...causing me to be late for work. So...if I put it somewhere else I have to wake up and look for it.
jcrockerman
Rabid Penguin
Posted 3:38 AM 3/9/08
@Rabid Penguin: Well... maybe one of you might.
Rabid Penguin
Rabid Penguin
Posted 3:37 AM 3/9/08
@bosskev: And replace the clock with a nagging wife. That would be an anniversary neither of you would forget.
Rabid Penguin
fusilero
Posted 3:35 AM 3/9/08
Awesome.
fusilero
falandil
Posted 3:35 AM 3/9/08
OH, good. Training people to shoot things that wake them up. I don't see how that could _possibly_ go wrong.
falandil
godwhacker
Posted 3:34 AM 3/9/08
homicidal clock killing? i like where giz is going today
godwhacker
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Posted 3:32 AM 3/9/08
Ok, firstly, I'm amused to finally see what a homicidal cartoon rendering of Mick Jagger looks like.
Secondly, if it allows you to easily turn the alarm off in the morning, it's a complete wank. I mean, it should make you get up to turn it off. You don't wanna be late for work, savvy? Magic!
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
bosskev
Posted 3:30 AM 3/9/08
And, like a Candid Camera stunt, sneak into their bedroom while they are asleep and replace the fake gun with a real gun. Hoo-boy! Hilarity ensues!
bosskev
youngjjohnson
Posted 3:29 AM 3/9/08
hope you dont sleep with a real gun under the pillow...that may cause for an unpleasing mistake...lol
youngjjohnson
frigg
Posted 4:19 AM 3/9/08
@nutbastard: The newer models from Russia shoot your competitors, and let you continue to sleep like a baby.
@Worf: If you're looking for cool sounds, I recommend the Shuriken O'Clock or Katana O'Clock. And if you're really a heavy sleeper, they make an EMP O'Clock, but you can only use it once.
frigg
nutbastard
Posted 4:15 AM 3/9/08
@strider_mt2k:
irrational ones at that!
nutbastard
Faslane66
Posted 4:13 AM 3/9/08
Another dumbass invention from "The East"
Faslane66
Rabid Penguin
Posted 4:10 AM 3/9/08
Gun O'clock: for the abusive husband who has everything.
"Shut that damn thing off bitch, and make me some waffles before I pop a cap in yo' ass."
Also a great gift for children with night terrors.
Rabid Penguin
strider_mt2k
Posted 4:09 AM 3/9/08
@Worf: Nope, according to the artwork it only speaks in mathematical constants.
strider_mt2k
Worf
Posted 4:06 AM 3/9/08
Does it make "pew-pew-pew" sounds?
Worf
DeusExMach
Posted 4:42 AM 3/9/08
@KarinDiscoGirl: If I ever look THAT awake, I'm sure I'll simultaneously look THAT enraged to be awake.
I follow a pretty simple edict: I am not responsible for anything that I may do or say for at least three minutes after I wake up. This includes fire-arm incidents and turning the alarm clock off instead of hitting snooze.
DeusExMach
bosskev
Posted 4:29 AM 3/9/08
@Curves: ...changing the channel...
bosskev
KarinDiscoGirl
Posted 4:23 AM 3/9/08
Is anyone else way too entertained by the name "Gun O'Clock?" Also, I'm not sure if I ever look that awake, or as enraged, as he seems to be in that depiction.
KarinDiscoGirl
Curves
Posted 4:22 AM 3/9/08
It would be more fun if they made the alarm sound like something you would shoot someone for...say the sound of breaking glass, or picking a lock....
Curves
HeyBeav
Posted 4:58 AM 3/9/08
If I have to pipi then I don't need an alarm clock.
Damn diuretics.
HeyBeav
ps61318
Posted 4:48 AM 3/9/08
Ah, once again the tragedy of killing time.
@nutbastard: @strider_mt2k: And what if that's a short "i?" Kind of gives a whole new perspective...
...kind of...
...I'm just sayin'....
ps61318
brother9
Posted 5:30 AM 3/9/08
Make-your-own version was listed in one of the first issues of MAKE. Uses the old Nintendo gun you got with Duck Hunt.
brother9
Robobagins
Posted 5:45 AM 3/9/08
This is awesome.
Robobagins
Petezah
Posted 7:02 AM 3/9/08
@Kaiser-Machead on the Edge: Huh? My alarm is strategically placed so I can snooze it as frequently as I want.
Petezah
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
Posted 7:21 AM 3/9/08
@Petezah: I tried that. I found that if I'm still half asleep, and the clock is within arm's reach, it's possible that I may wake up and look at the dismembered bits of plastic and not recall how the destruction occurred.
Kaiser-Machead on the Edge
RE-L
Posted 7:50 AM 3/9/08
I think the replies to this post are even more hilarious than the item itself. I'm dying here ROFL!
RE-L
dascoyne
Posted 8:10 AM 3/9/08
Not for me.
Got a .45 by the bed.
dascoyne
BiZarRroBALlmeR
Posted 8:54 AM 3/9/08
Kind of early to focus and shoot a target..can I get the sawed off shotgun version? I need that spray radius. Like that morning pee.
BiZarRroBALlmeR
skulldriveshaft
Posted 12:05 PM 3/9/08
it says EXCELLENT right there on the box, I give this a two thumbs up
buy buy buy
skulldriveshaft
Channing
Posted 7:40 PM 3/9/08
@Jimbuck:
Yeah, that's the "beep" noise in Japanese.
Channing
nottekangaru
Posted 1:49 AM 4/9/08
Looking forward to hearing the "excellent"...
Hopefully they put some on display at KiddyLand.
If the voice is from some Japanese guy with a crazy accent I'm definitely getting one.
nottekangaru