so... i had this idea...an alarm clock that had multiple sounds...but...the sounds "you don't want to hear!!" ie water dripping on floor from leaky roof, mice in the walls, someone trying your door handle, police at the door, air raid siren... any others?? btw, all ideas will be credited if this goes to production
diversifying in burnaby
john
Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :
paint...drying
Posted by Jason Davie (Member # 2172) on :
smoke detector
Posted by Rene Giroux (Member # 4980) on :
Head board noise from your 12 year old daughter's room...
Pebbles in window
Knife being sharpened
cell phone
SNOW STORM !!!
Chearing Toronto fans
Cat in garbage can
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
Cat throwing up hairball
Posted by Russ McMullin (Member # 5617) on :
nose whistling
Posted by Bob Rochon (Member # 30) on :
LOL David
Posted by Kissymatina (Member # 2028) on :
cat being given bath (how do you bath a cat? put cat in toilet, hold down lid, flush 3 times, run like hell)
screaming children in restaurant whose parents shouldn't have been allowed to become parents because they refuse to act like parents & correct the brat, meanwhile subjecting everyone else to experience their lack of parenting skills.
sound of vehicle crashing into the house (sticky could explain this sound)
Posted by Donald Miner (Member # 6472) on :
Whistle from an old steam locomotive, Semi diesel air horn, Fog horn from a lighthouse. Bobcat screaming. This could get long, but this is enough for now.
Posted by Jillbeans (Member # 1912) on :
Machine gun fire Explosive diarrhea Car backfire Alleluia chorus Shotgun cocking (with optional Redneck chortle) Gomer Pyle saying "Shazam!" Swarm of angry bees buzzing Ice in a deep fryer (hmm wonder how I know what that sounds like?) Love.....Jill
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
Bruce Bowers' Little Clock of Horrors would say "signage" every hour and half hour.
Posted by Doug Allan (Member # 2247) on :
a plotter, printer, router, or other mechanized sign making equipment straying into realms where the subtle shift in the sound of it's normal operation is always a wake up call you wouldn't want to miss.
I've always loved the annoying sound of coffee grinding, because although it's a rude awakening... it delivers a promise of recovery in the same act of intrusion.
Halfway home from 5 days of router magic, I awoke at my brothers house to the sound of coffee grinding... but in my half awake state... my first thought was.... someone's running the router! (true story)
Posted by Kelly Thorson (Member # 2958) on :
You have such unique ideas John! ....screeching tires, breaking glass, gurgling toilet,
Sue showed me the panel you sent her...too cool, love it! Posted by Bruce Bowers (Member # 892) on :
Hahahahahahahaha!
OMG, I HATE that word. No, despise it. Detest it. There isn't a word with enough negative power to be a proper adjective for describing the emotions that word congers up.
"FONT" is another word that gets my hackles up. Particularly when used by some wannabe asking what "font" I am hand lettering... I have been approached by three different people about digitizing my script lettering (One of which is one of the best computerized letterstyle maker I know). Sorry, but I would not want to go to jail for kicking the living bejeeeeeeeezus out of some signmaking poser for using it in red, all caps, on an arc, with a black drop shadow on a blue background... Ain't it purdy? Nope.
Signage... sounds like some kind of of loser poser (not to be confused with hapless loser) disease.
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
Bruce, if someone took your "font" and did the "red, all caps, on an arc, with a black drop shadow on a blue background", would the end result be called "signage drainage"?
Posted by Sheila Ferrell (Member # 3741) on :
LOL MIKEY!!
Obviously, there would be several kinds of alarm clocks, each with their own unique and various sounds to motivate and arouse all manner of people to their daily-destined occupations . . .
So then, this'ed be the main one for a Letterhead, the one sure to get you out of bed and jumping into your day:
~The background sound of a gallon of paint hitting the floor, about every 5 seconds while a cheesy, nerdy, geeky voice repeats immediately after each thud: 'So what FONT are ya usin' on that SIGNAGE, EY? . . .'
Posted by Alicia B. Jennings (Member # 1272) on :
And for the truck lovers,,,sounds of a jake brake, train air horns, garbiled CB talk, big CAT engine being reved up, and of course those awful sounds coming from the tire guy with his air tool.
Posted by Ellen Day Cutting (Member # 5365) on :
How about fingernails scraping the chalkboard?
Doesn't bother me, but sure annoys every one I know Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :
The fingernails down the chalkboard or screen door, I would say. a baby crying non-stop at a loud shrill: there are different types of cries; a screaming preacher on a mission of doom and gloom, a person gasping for air, a fast-talking salesperson, kids talking back, a foul-mouth rapper that doesn't have a clue, someone pounding frantically and loudly at door when sleeping
Posted by William DeBekker (Member # 3848) on :
My Ex-Wife Screaming.
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
How about the sound of a drunk barrrfing up a pizza and a 6 pack in the back seat of your new car?
Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
I think a big ol' fart would make a good alarm, but the clock has to be equipped with SMELL-O-RAMA to complete the effect.
I like Jill's diarrhea idea but how about that rumble you get beforehand, that'll wake you up!
Posted by Anne McDonald (Member # 6842) on :
Vomit hitting concrete Taxi drivers endless ramble Air horns Someone really cheerful (that's just wrong early in the morning!!) Cat Meowing to be fed Rooster crowing
Gee, am I irritated easily!!
Posted by James Donahue (Member # 3624) on :
A voice loudly saying:"Samson! The Philistines be upon thee!"
Which in today's terms is: "The mailbox is full of bills, and one has red lettering on it!"
(Or whatever sort of appointment looms) Did anyone mention a dentist's drill?
Posted by Claire Watson (Member # 2633) on :
i can handle fingernails on a chalkboard , but the worst sounds ever have to be a fax machine or dial up internet...eeeeeeaaaaaaaaoooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrr.
Posted by John Lennig (Member # 2455) on :
yes...inhuman sounds! then there's always the customer calling, after they've received their sign, with the dreaded words..."I like the sign very much...but....." you know what comes next...misspelling/wrong colour/ forgotten copy... Time for a Professional! to fix it like it never happened! )
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
the LACK OF PURE SILENCE.....at any given time... like it was when i was a kid in the woods....and the only noise was wind, leaves, birds and my breathing.....what a joy that is....
Posted by William Holohan (Member # 2514) on :
Sound of your doctor pulling on his rubber gloves and saying "this might be a little uncomfortable" before your prostate exam.
Posted by Tom Giampia (Member # 2007) on :
We had an employee who was NOT a morning person and would too frequently not hear his alarm clock.
It gets louder and then rolls away if it is not turned off. It was very effective.
Posted by Bernice Tornquist (Member # 16) on :
My, aren't we a creative bunch!
How about a marching band with pots and pans (by my husband). He's very creative also...tries new things all the time. Hope he doesn't read this thread.
Posted by Kymi Hum (Member # 2140) on :
Heart monitor doing its little beep, beep, beep and then going to that "flat line" sound bleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, outboard motor on the flusher with someone (that would be my husband Kenny) revving it repeatedly over and over, pack of coyotes on a fresh kill, someone singing "You Are My Sunshine",... ok, anyone singing or whistling or humming or whispering in the morning is bad form IMHO, cats fighting or are they breeding? whatever, it's horrible, screeching violins,
lightning, well I guess its really thunder, cept when you see it and hear it at the same time, lightning ought to get some of the credit,
the horrendous explosion and then crash of trees thudding to the gound,
hurricane winds (starting to see a pattern here), pretty sure it was a tornando inside of the hurricane,
and then the chain saws cutting up all those damn downed trees, (17 - 80 footers to be exact)
glasses rattling in the cabinets from the... (thought I was going to say howling wind didn't you) neighbor's thump thump bass stereo,
lawn mower, the other neighbor lets run for hours on end (not cutting the grass, just letting it run in one spot, droning on for four hours at a time on a Saturday morning)
Same neighbor honking horn at 2:00 in the morning cause she's too lazy to open her own darn gate, makes hubby come out and open it for her, grrrrrrr
WOOHOO, thanks for letting me get it all out, I feel much better now. P.S Did Alicia mention generators?... running 24/7... instead of air conditioners.... I may have a touch of PTSD...DAMN Charlie, Jean, Ivan and Good ole Francis
Posted by Brian Ooms (Member # 487) on :
A falling tree... car crash... your mom screaming "are you gonna sleep all day?"
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
King Solomon, the writer of the Bible book of Proverbs, evidently wasn't a morning person either. His words at Proverbs 27:14 state:
"He that is blessing his fellowman with a loud voice early in the morning, as a malediction it will be accounted on his part."
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, but the worst sounds ever have to be a fax machine or dial up internet...eeeeeeaaaaaaaaoooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrr.
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