# Ways you've been unpleasantly awakened.

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 25, 2008, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-youve-been-unpleasantly-awakened/469477 "2008-10-25T04:28:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Danalan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-youve-been-unpleasantly-awakened/469477/61 "2008-10-26T01:34:44Z")

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From the (as yet unresolved) [“Worst way to wake up” contest](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=459054):

> [@"Worst way to wake up" contest.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-way-to-wake-up-contest/440707/101):
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> I woke up while being handcuffed once.
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> Full illustrated story [here](http://rockhoppersdailygrind.blogspot.com/2008/01/handcuffed.html).
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> Basically, some friends broke into my house and handcuffed me as a practical joke. Then they left to go to breakfast. I escaped before they returned, so hilarity didn’t ensue as they expected. I destroyed their handcuffs, and managed to make it to class on time anyway.

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