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Originally posted by IBleedPixies!:
Hehe Mike, those first two are classic. My former roommate in College would always find something unusual that he'd want to burn, and most of the time it never worked out (ie. old floral arrangements aren't very flammable surprisingly, especially when it's -20 out, and styrofoam/polyester rapidly ignites to release a toxic/nauseating gas...yeah). I would've never thought to use boxes as robot costumes for sparring but that sounds really fun.

Recently I was talking with my friends about how difficult it is to get up extremely early in the morning for work. I have to use a series of alarms to ensure I won't sleep through one or two of them. One of my friends said that there are robotic alarms like roombas that move around and 'hide' after going off.

This got me thinking that maybe the best solution to overcome the bleak despair of having to wake up early for work and needing to remain awake for the dreaded day ahead was an alarm that tasered you. That way waking up will really be the worst part of the day and after that it can really (on most occasions) only get better than being electrocuted.

The alarm could simply be a taser gun stationed to a clock that could be fancy and detect you through infrared or you could just position it the night before towards your sleeping area. Perhaps some models could shoot out a stream of freezing water first to help with the conductivity. Patent pending... with disclaimer: not responsible for death or injury related to getting your ass up on time.