# Good Morning, Sunshine! What(or who) woke you up today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 17, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-sunshine-what-or-who-woke-you-up-today/818094 "2018-07-17T16:57:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-sunshine-what-or-who-woke-you-up-today/818094/41 "2018-07-19T22:13:39Z")
On a normal morning (no bladder-related interruption) I wake up sometime between 4:00 and 5:30 with no alarm. When my bladder gets me up before 3:00 it’s not a problem and I go back to sleep until 4 or so. But those days when I have to get up at 3:01 or later for the bathroom my internal clock develops a fault in the fail-safe mechanism. It must figure that going back to sleep for what might be less than a full hour is the wimpy way out, so I’m up for the day. ---
**Author:** ![betterlifethroughchemistry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/betterlifethroughchemistry/32/3094_2.png) [@betterlifethroughchemistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betterlifethroughchemistry)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-sunshine-what-or-who-woke-you-up-today/818094/42 "2018-07-19T23:01:40Z")
My cell phone alarm - Mrs. BLTC banned the alarm clock we had many years ago as she wants the room to be as dark as possible…I look better in the dark, so it works for me as well… ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-sunshine-what-or-who-woke-you-up-today/818094/43 "2018-07-19T23:32:00Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > The same thing that wakes me up every morning - my bladder. > > Retirement is really great. +! Really - almost the exact words I was going to post. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-sunshine-what-or-who-woke-you-up-today/818094/44 "2018-07-20T09:57:38Z")
The thread title brought this to mind. 😃 Hey, where’s Oliver? \*Gliddy gloop gloopy Nibby nabby noopy, la la la, lo lo Sabba sibby sabba Nooby abba nabba, le le, lo lo Tooby ooby walla, nooby abba nabba Early mornin’ singin’ song Good morning, starshine! \* One of the happiest songs I know, from 1967’s musical, _Hair_: [Oliver Good Morning Starshine HD With Lyrics - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SVGXK_4ba8) I hope that brings a smile to someone else too. Good morning, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-sunshine-what-or-who-woke-you-up-today/818094/45 "2018-07-20T17:53:04Z")
During the week I tell Alexa to set an alarm for the time I want to wake up, usually 6:45. On the weekend, sometimes I will hear the dogs out in the yard if they catch sight of a squirrel or something, but my husband does pretty well at keeping them quiet until I wake up (he is an early riser usually). ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-sunshine-what-or-who-woke-you-up-today/818094/46 "2018-07-20T19:23:06Z")
Today? Wife throwing her phone across the room in to a giant Jenga game at 3:00 a.m. Ok not really, she just dropped it (I assume accidentally) on the nightstand after checking the time. That was mostly the end of my night though. Got up and made a sandwich and read. Went back to bed at 5:30 and got maybe another hour. Then my final wake-up was my 2.5 year old hollering “G’moaning Da-eee! G’moaning!” when my wife brought him in to say bye before they left. So that wasn’t so bad. He’s a cool guy. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2018, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-sunshine-what-or-who-woke-you-up-today/818094/47 "2018-07-21T00:13:41Z")
An alarm clock’s beep. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-sunshine-what-or-who-woke-you-up-today/818094.md?page=2)