# I need a sure-fire waker-upper! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 31, 2014, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-sure-fire-waker-upper/684965 "2014-03-31T04:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-sure-fire-waker-upper/684965/61 "2014-04-15T17:35:11Z")
As a present, a few years ago I received [Clocky](http://www.nandahome.com/) - an alarm clock that rolls off your nightstand and runs away from you, beeping. As a heavy sleeper, I can firmly say that the noise this thing makes is godawful - think really, really loud r2d2 sounds. Once you’ve fallen out of bed in a panic and ran after it, the hardest part of waking up is over. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-sure-fire-waker-upper/684965/62 "2014-04-15T19:23:39Z")
Well, I didn’t see _Star Wars,_ but I’ll take your word for it. That electric alarm clock I had that went “bing, bing bing, bing bing bing” was plenty maddening itself. ---
**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-sure-fire-waker-upper/684965/63 "2014-04-15T21:21:57Z")
So you are Natalie’s father? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-sure-fire-waker-upper/684965/64 "2014-04-15T21:50:54Z")
> [@Inna\_Minnit](#): > > So you are Natalie’s father? I knew it!! ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-sure-fire-waker-upper/684965/65 "2014-04-15T22:01:07Z")
Certainly NOT. Natalie’s father is considerably older than I am (I’m 64), and he is quite well-to-do and in poor health. She stands to inherit from him, since he is divorced and has no other children. (I don’t even know his name. I never discussed him with Natalie’s mother.) ---
**Author:** ![sich\_hinaufwinden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@sich\_hinaufwinden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sich_hinaufwinden)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-sure-fire-waker-upper/684965/66 "2014-04-15T22:36:26Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > 1. Put another one under her dresser > [@Senegoid](#): > > The ultimate in nit-pickery I just couldn’t resist. > > FTFY: 1001. Put another one under her dresser If you were trying to fix the 5th item from his list, you may want to take another stab at it. : ) ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-sure-fire-waker-upper/684965/67 "2014-04-16T01:24:42Z")
1. Put another under her dresser. Sorry about that one, folks. Would you believe I meant to type 1010/10 the first time? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-a-sure-fire-waker-upper/684965.md?page=3)