# Is your wake-up set to Alarm, Music or Fart? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 16, 2002, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-wake-up-set-to-alarm-music-or-fart/109428 "2002-05-16T18:57:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-wake-up-set-to-alarm-music-or-fart/109428/21 "2002-05-17T04:53:45Z")
I use the radio on my alarm. It works for me, though there was a time I could have been late for work. The station was on the air, but was broadcasting silence when my alarm went off. There was no noise, not the hissing sound that you get when the station is off the air. Fortunately I woke up on my own, and while I had to hurry and skip my shave that morning, I still made it to work on time. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-wake-up-set-to-alarm-music-or-fart/109428/22 "2002-05-17T13:51:17Z")
Thank you, **jinwicked** , for the one post that made this a legitimate ignorance battling thread. And **dwc** , yeah, sometimes I silently broadcast that hissing sound as well. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-wake-up-set-to-alarm-music-or-fart/109428/23 "2002-05-17T14:20:48Z")
My clock radio starts with a remnant of classical music, seguing into Morning Edition. When the local guy pops on with the weather, I know it’s time to drag my sorry carcass to the shower. And I shall now thank my lucky stars daily that I’m not married to **lieu**. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-wake-up-set-to-alarm-music-or-fart/109428/24 "2002-05-17T15:02:14Z")
I would just like you all to know that this morning I was awoken by my boyfriend’s fart alarm. I swear on my life that I had the wherewithall to say the following: Me: Is that the alarm? Him: Yep Me: Well then I’m hitting the snooze :: swats him on the backside :: Normally my sense of humor takes a while to wake up. I attribute my sharpness this morning to the fact that I’d seen this thread just the day before. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-wake-up-set-to-alarm-music-or-fart/109428/25 "2002-05-17T15:32:37Z")
You know, it’s just a happy sound… kinda like a _“gutchuckle”_. It puts a smile on my face to start the day with. FAAAAAaaaaaaaarrrrrrrRRRRTTTTTTT! Thing is, ain’t no way I’d ever intentionally toot in front of my wife. These are all stealth farts that surprise the heck out of me and cause my eyes to bug open. I lay there immobile as a surprised burglar, waiting to see if my wife’s going to come after me with a flashlight. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-wake-up-set-to-alarm-music-or-fart/109428/26 "2002-05-17T15:51:20Z")
:pointedly crosses lieu off the “Dopers I’d most like to sleep with” list. Unintentional? Yeah right. Then how do you expain that huge bowl of pinto beans, cabbage and onions on your nightstand? Hmmmmm? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-your-wake-up-set-to-alarm-music-or-fart/109428.md?page=1)