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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)




The Great State of Texas

I was greeted this morning with an epic tale. To awaken our 14 year old, who if left alone would get up at the crack of noon, she walked in, kicked on the keyboard and started crooning Barry Manilow's "O Mandy." Several local cats were reported to have died. Evidently he jumped right up "what is THAT?!?"

I was informed by a co worker her dad would take an electric shaver to his throat and croon Kumbaya.

Any other tales of waking teens?


-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
 
   
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Nasty Nob on Warbike with Klaw





Buzzard's Knob

My Mom would just slam my door open and screech at me "WAKE UP DAMNIT!!!" I was used to her screeching by that time, so it was not very useful.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! 
   
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The Great State of Texas

Ah sounds like my parent's method. That or "get your own self up dammit" which was Dad's method.

-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
 
   
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Killer Klaivex






Forever alone

On weekdays, I have this horrible alarm clock that's made me fall out of bed a fair few times in an attempt to stop it beeping at me (I sleep on a raised bed, like the top half of a bunk bed with a workspace instead of a second bed), and on weekends, my mother quietly opens my door and holds my dog up so it can shove its cold nose in my mouth.

People are like dice, a certain Frenchman said that. You throw yourself in the direction of your own choosing. People are free because they can do that. Everyone's circumstances are different, but no matter how small the choice, at the very least, you can throw yourself. It's not chance or fate. It's the choice you made. 
   
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The Great State of Texas

Ah the wet nose effect! Yes, I had a dog who would do that of his own volition if I didn't get up. As his next step if that failed was to leap upon me (he was a 90 lb pit bull) I would heed the warning.

-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
 
   
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Lady of the Lake






Should be terrifying once you wake up enough to realise where the nose goes

Alarms don't work for me, I hate the annoying buzzing ones and just sleep through it anyway. Most of the time I just wake up at the right time.

   
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When I was working the 2pm to 10pm shift and staying up until about 4am and then slept all day, my family would ignore the fact that I needed sleep for work, and wake me up for every little thing. "You need to take the trash out." Which was quickly followed by the nearest thing I could grab being thrown at them and telling them to get out.

Since I also lived downstairs and you can hear footsteps on the floor above, they would pretty ignore this fact and do whatever. Ignoring the fact that I needed to sleep at all.

This is why I stopped paying them rent. That, and I live in a basement. (Moving this Saturday, I WILL BE FREE)
   
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my dad lifted my mattress and dumped me on the floor once.
good times... good times...
   
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Lord Commander in a Plush Chair





In your base, ignoring your logic.

Nothing like a 26lb weight jumping on your chest to wake you up. By weight I do mean dog.
   
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I had the dog bit pulled on me and also ice water dumped down my back on one particular morning.

   
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There is a sure way to wake anyone up...

threaten to cut / shave their hair if they dont get up.

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Well my parents usually come in and tell me to get up, failing that they get real close to my ear and scream real loud while pulling my covers off.
   
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5th God of Chaos! (Yea'rly!)




The Great State of Texas

How come all you turkeys don't have your own alarm clock?

-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
 
   
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Krazed Killa Kan






Columbus, Oh

Teenager really is hard to awaken.. one sure method that USED to work was having her 8 year old sister strategically place frozen cooler blocks in the small of her back.. lots of screetching.

Also, playing Ozzy Ozbourne from (armspan + 12 inches) away on a boom box got her up once.. dumped her on the floor..

2+2=5 for sufficiently large values of 2.

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Frazzled wrote:How come all you turkeys don't have your own alarm clock?


None are loud enough to wake me.
   
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The Great State of Texas

porkuslime wrote:Teenager really is hard to awaken.. one sure method that USED to work was having her 8 year old sister strategically place frozen cooler blocks in the small of her back.. lots of screetching.

Also, playing Ozzy Ozbourne from (armspan + 12 inches) away on a boom box got her up once.. dumped her on the floor..


I'm sure the 8 year old objected strongly to having to do that...

-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
 
   
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Ruthless Rafkin






Glen Burnie, MD

It was my responsibility to wake my younger brother up for school. I would do things, horrible, horrible things. I'd drip ice water in his ear, play industrial music with the speakers an inch from his ear, put q-tips in his nostrils, throw the beagle on his bed, jump on him, etc. Everyday was something different.



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Krazed Killa Kan






Columbus, Oh

Frazzled wrote:
porkuslime wrote:Teenager really is hard to awaken.. one sure method that USED to work was having her 8 year old sister strategically place frozen cooler blocks in the small of her back.. lots of screetching.

Also, playing Ozzy Ozbourne from (armspan + 12 inches) away on a boom box got her up once.. dumped her on the floor..


I'm sure the 8 year old objected strongly to having to do that...


Yeah, right. Gave her ALL sorts of ideas on how to wake her sister up.. play-doh, teenager make up application, and tabasco in her mouth (teenager snores)

Although.. nothing beats my youngest at age 2, using the ol "banana in the ear canal" method to tell me she was hungry, whist *I* was sleeping..

2+2=5 for sufficiently large values of 2.

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Get of Freki (Space Wolves): W-3, L-1, T-1
Hive Fleet Portentosa (Nids/Stealers): W-6, L-4, T-0
Omega Marines (vanilla Space Marine): W-1, L-6, T-2
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Longtime Dakkanaut






Las Vegas

I just let my daughter sleep. It's summer, she's a good kid.

But when I do have to get her up I just jump on her bed and sing and dance until she actually sits up. She hates it but admits it works when necessary.

 
   
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Joplin, Missouri

My dad would just walk in and turn on my bedroom light, no he wouldn't turn it on. He would flash it strobe style till I pleaded for him to stop.

"Just pull it out and play with it" -Big Nasty B @ Life After the Cover Save
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I had the dustbin emptied over my head regularly when I was 13. By my 18 year old brother.

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Golden Eyed Scout wrote:Well my parents usually come in and tell me to get up, failing that they get real close to my ear and scream real loud while pulling my covers off.


Not such a hot idea the latter part. I mean, you're a pubescent teen male. What transpires from unplanned cover removal could scar both parties for life.

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When I was a kid (middle/high school):
Spray bottle full of Ice Water... (set to stream)
Then a cup of coffee. (I got to drink that, as opposed to the ice water.)
   
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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Golden Eyed Scout wrote:Well my parents usually come in and tell me to get up, failing that they get real close to my ear and scream real loud while pulling my covers off.


Not such a hot idea the latter part. I mean, you're a pubescent teen male. What transpires from unplanned cover removal could scar both parties for life.


My parents learned that with my older brother. They have become quite adept at removing one cover while at the same time placing another one on.
   
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The home of the Alamo, TX

This will wake anyone up thats brave/dumb/unfortunate enough to sleep on it:

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Cane wrote:This will wake anyone up thats brave/dumb/unfortunate enough to sleep on it:



If he's getting laid and can't quite get her there, all he has to do is "punch the alarm!"
   
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Glendale, AZ

Understanding circadian rhythyms. Your parents Fail at it.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/12/sleep.teenagers.school/index.html

http://marionpolk.or.lwvnet.org/School_hours.html

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sleeping-angels/200903/should-high-school-start-11-am


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Lordhat: Understanding circadian rhythms. Your everyone-with-authority-over-your-schedule* Fail at it.
Fixed it. (in review of articles)

*with exception of GoFenris, during the summer.
   
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