# Alarm Clocks that work...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alarm-clocks-that-work/9366>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 27, 2000, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alarm-clocks-that-work/9366 "2000-03-27T17:08:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alarm-clocks-that-work/9366/21 "2000-03-30T02:59:00Z")

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Get a kid.

(oh wait, you’re 16!)

Um, I once had an alarm clock that was a ball that you had to throw against a wall to activate snooze. Problem was, once you threw it, the next time you had to _find_ it. It worked wonders.

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—Zsa Zsa Gabor

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